diff --git a/epicyon-profile.css b/epicyon-profile.css
index 282aed28f..473fbdb37 100644
--- a/epicyon-profile.css
+++ b/epicyon-profile.css
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     --quote-right-margin: 0.1em;
     --quote-font-weight: normal;
     --quote-font-size: 120%;
-    --line-spacing: 130%;
+    --line-spacing: 180%;
     --line-spacing-newswire: 120%;
     --newswire-item-moderated-color: white;
     --newswire-date-moderated-color: white;
diff --git a/newswire.py b/newswire.py
index 29abb2428..29e24e3b7 100644
--- a/newswire.py
+++ b/newswire.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ def _xml2StrToDict(baseDir: str, domain: str, xmlStr: str,
             continue
         title = rssItem.split('<title>')[1]
         title = _removeCDATA(title.split('</title>')[0])
+        title = removeHtml(title)
         description = ''
         if '<description>' in rssItem and '</description>' in rssItem:
             description = rssItem.split('<description>')[1]
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ def _xml1StrToDict(baseDir: str, domain: str, xmlStr: str,
             continue
         title = rssItem.split('<title>')[1]
         title = _removeCDATA(title.split('</title>')[0])
+        title = removeHtml(title)
         description = ''
         if '<description>' in rssItem and '</description>' in rssItem:
             description = rssItem.split('<description>')[1]
@@ -462,6 +464,7 @@ def _atomFeedToDict(baseDir: str, domain: str, xmlStr: str,
             continue
         title = atomItem.split('<title>')[1]
         title = _removeCDATA(title.split('</title>')[0])
+        title = removeHtml(title)
         description = ''
         if '<summary>' in atomItem and '</summary>' in atomItem:
             description = atomItem.split('<summary>')[1]
diff --git a/theme/default/left_col_image.png b/theme/default/left_col_image.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..268bbd86f
Binary files /dev/null and b/theme/default/left_col_image.png differ
diff --git a/theme/default/right_col_image.png b/theme/default/right_col_image.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..268bbd86f
Binary files /dev/null and b/theme/default/right_col_image.png differ
diff --git a/theme/indymediamodern/theme.json b/theme/indymediamodern/theme.json
index 91859ddaa..8f9d41143 100644
--- a/theme/indymediamodern/theme.json
+++ b/theme/indymediamodern/theme.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "header-bg-color": "#efefef",
     "verticals-width": "10px",
     "newswire-publish-icon": "False",
-    "line-spacing-newswire": "150%",
+    "line-spacing-newswire": "180%",
     "full-width-timeline-buttons": "False",
     "icons-as-buttons": "True",
     "rss-icon-at-top": "False",
diff --git a/theme/night/theme.json b/theme/night/theme.json
index 1762cfd2a..f29c4cd12 100644
--- a/theme/night/theme.json
+++ b/theme/night/theme.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "event-color": "#0481f5",
     "event-background": "#00014a",
     "quote-right-margin": "0",
-    "line-spacing": "150%",
+    "line-spacing": "180%",
     "header-font": "'solidaric'",
     "*font-family": "'solidaric'",
     "*src": "url('./fonts/solidaric.woff2') format('woff2')",
diff --git a/theme/rc3/theme.json b/theme/rc3/theme.json
index 4eb466d6f..95b54d546 100644
--- a/theme/rc3/theme.json
+++ b/theme/rc3/theme.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "event-color": "#0481f5",
     "event-background": "#00014a",
     "quote-right-margin": "0",    
-    "line-spacing": "150%",
+    "line-spacing": "180%",
     "*font-family": "'Montserrat-Regular'",
     "*src": "url('./fonts/Montserrat-Regular.ttf') format('truetype')",
     "**font-family": "'Orbitron'",
diff --git a/theme/solidaric/theme.json b/theme/solidaric/theme.json
index 69cc6e057..e3e46b6ff 100644
--- a/theme/solidaric/theme.json
+++ b/theme/solidaric/theme.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "title-background": "#ccc",
     "gallery-text-color": "#2d2c37",
     "quote-right-margin": "0",
-    "line-spacing": "150%",
+    "line-spacing": "180%",
     "header-font": "'solidaric'",
     "*font-family": "'solidaric'",
     "*src": "url('./fonts/solidaric.woff2') format('woff2')",