diff -r bd6f1436505a -r abac0db1cb52 core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractRSSPortalPageLayer.java
--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractRSSPortalPageLayer.java	Tue Aug 03 14:42:22 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractRSSPortalPageLayer.java	Wed Aug 04 09:27:14 2010 -0500
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
 
 public abstract class AbstractRSSPortalPageLayer extends AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer {
 
+	private static final List<Pattern> EXCLUDE_TAG_PATTERNS = new ArrayList<Pattern>();
+
 	private static final String[] EXCLUDE_TAGS = { 	
 		"object", //$NON-NLS-1$
 		"param", //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -44,10 +48,18 @@
 		"img" //$NON-NLS-1$
 	};
 	
-	private static final Pattern[] EXCLUDE_TAG_PATTERNS = new Pattern[EXCLUDE_TAGS.length * 2];
+	private static final String[] EXCLUDE_FORMAT_TAGS = {
+		"b", //$NON-NLS-1$
+		"i", //$NON-NLS-1$
+		"em", //$NON-NLS-1$
+		"strong", //$NON-NLS-1$
+		"tt", //$NON-NLS-1$
+		"s", //$NON-NLS-1$
+		"strike", //$NON-NLS-1$
+		"p" //$NON-NLS-1$
+	};
 	
 	static {
-		int i = 0;
 		for (String tagString : EXCLUDE_TAGS) {
 			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 			sb.append('<');
@@ -55,18 +67,25 @@
 			sb.append(" .*</"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			sb.append(tagString);
 			sb.append('>');
-			EXCLUDE_TAG_PATTERNS[i++] = 
-				Pattern.compile(sb.toString(), 
-						Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE);
+			EXCLUDE_TAG_PATTERNS.add(Pattern.compile(sb.toString(),
+					Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
 		}
 		for (String tagString : EXCLUDE_TAGS) {
 			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 			sb.append('<');
 			sb.append(tagString);
 			sb.append(" .*/>"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			EXCLUDE_TAG_PATTERNS[i++] = 
-				Pattern.compile(sb.toString(), 
-						Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE);
+			EXCLUDE_TAG_PATTERNS.add(Pattern.compile(sb.toString(),
+					Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
+		}
+		for (String formatTag : EXCLUDE_FORMAT_TAGS) {
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			sb.append("</?"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			sb.append(formatTag);
+			sb.append('>');
+			EXCLUDE_TAG_PATTERNS.add(Pattern.compile(sb.toString(),
+					Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
+			
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -117,8 +136,11 @@
 				buf.append("</a>"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 				buf.append("<div class=\"itemBody\">"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 				Date date = item.getPubDate();
-				if (date != null)
-					buf.append(DateFormat.getInstance().format(date));
+				if (date != null) {
+					String dateString = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(date);
+					buf.append(dateString);
+					buf.append("<br>");
+				}
 				buf.append(clean(item.getDescription()));
 				buf.append("</div></li>"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			}
@@ -129,10 +151,12 @@
 	}
 
 	private String clean(String s) {
+		String output = s;
 		for (Pattern pattern : EXCLUDE_TAG_PATTERNS) {
-			s = pattern.matcher(s).replaceAll(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			output = pattern.matcher(output).replaceAll(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		}
-		return s.length() > MAX_ELEM_LEN ? s.substring(0, MAX_ELEM_LEN) : s;
+		output = output.length() > MAX_ELEM_LEN ? output.substring(0, MAX_ELEM_LEN) : output;
+		return output;
 	}
 
 	@Override