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I thought I have posted it but somehow I can't find the original post. Maybe my memory's failing me again. Anyways, this is a terribly written recipe for Smithsonian Mag and it works.

import re
from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
from collections import OrderedDict

class Smithsonian(BasicNewsRecipe):

    title       = 'Smithsonian Magazine'
    __author__  = 'Rick Shang'

    description = 'This magazine chronicles the arts, environment, sciences and popular culture of the times. It is edited for modern, well-rounded individuals with diverse, general interests. With your order, you become a National Associate Member of the Smithsonian. Membership benefits include your subscription to Smithsonian magazine, a personalized membership card, discounts from the Smithsonian catalog, and more.'
    language = 'en'
    category = 'news'
    encoding = 'UTF-8'
    keep_only_tags = [dict(attrs={'id':['articleTitle', 'subHead', 'byLine', 'articleImage', 'article-text']})]
    remove_tags = [dict(attrs={'class':['related-articles-inpage', 'viewMorePhotos']})]
    no_javascript = True
    no_stylesheets = True

    def parse_index(self):

	#Go to the issue
        soup0 = self.index_to_soup('http://www.smithsonianmag.com/issue/archive/')
        div = soup0.find('div',attrs={'id':'archives'})
        issue = div.find('ul',attrs={'class':'clear-both'})
	current_issue_url = issue.find('a', href=True)['href']
        soup = self.index_to_soup(current_issue_url)

	#Go to the main body
	div = soup.find ('div', attrs={'id':'content-inset'})

	#Find date
	date = re.sub('.*\:\W*', "", self.tag_to_string(div.find('h2')).strip())
	self.timefmt = u' [%s]'%date

	#Find cover
	self.cover_url = div.find('img',src=True)['src']	

        feeds = OrderedDict()
	section_title = ''
	subsection_title = ''
        for post in div.findAll('div', attrs={'class':['plainModule', 'departments plainModule']}):
		articles = []
		prefix = ''
		h3=post.find('h3')
		if h3 is not None:
			section_title = self.tag_to_string(h3)
		else:
			subsection=post.find('p',attrs={'class':'article-cat'})
			link=post.find('a',href=True)
			url=link['href']+'?c=y&story=fullstory'
			if subsection is not None:
				subsection_title = self.tag_to_string(subsection).strip()
				prefix = (subsection_title+': ')
				description=self.tag_to_string(post('p', limit=2)[1]).strip()
			else:
				if post.find('img') is not None:
					subsection_title = self.tag_to_string(post.findPrevious('div', attrs={'class':'departments plainModule'}).find('p', attrs={'class':'article-cat'})).strip()
					prefix = (subsection_title+': ')

				description=self.tag_to_string(post.find('p')).strip()
			desc=re.sub('\sBy\s.*', '', description, re.DOTALL)
			author=re.sub('.*By\s', '', description, re.DOTALL)
			title=prefix + self.tag_to_string(link).strip()+ u' (%s)'%author
			articles.append({'title':title, 'url':url, 'description':desc, 'date':''})
		
		if articles:
			if section_title not in feeds:
	                    feeds[section_title] = []
			feeds[section_title] += articles
        ans = [(key, val) for key, val in feeds.iteritems()]
        return ans