diff --git a/src/gui/rss/rss.ui b/src/gui/rss/rss.ui
index 7d0d348bb..d83b562fa 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/rss.ui
+++ b/src/gui/rss/rss.ui
@@ -116,16 +116,12 @@
         <widget class="QLabel" name="news_lbl">
          <property name="font">
           <font>
-           <weight>50</weight>
-           <bold>false</bold>
+           <weight>75</weight>
+           <bold>true</bold>
           </font>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
-&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
-p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
-&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'Sans'; font-size:10pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
-&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Torrents:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot; font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;(double-click to download)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <string>Torrents: (double-click to download)</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -139,7 +135,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
            <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="selectionMode">
-           <enum>QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection</enum>
+           <enum>QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="selectionBehavior">
            <enum>QAbstractItemView::SelectItems</enum>
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/rss_imp.cpp b/src/gui/rss/rss_imp.cpp
index f31edc1fb..613288a2d 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/rss_imp.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/rss_imp.cpp
@@ -112,20 +112,31 @@ void RSSImp::displayItemsListMenu(const QPoint&)
 {
     QMenu myItemListMenu(this);
     QList<QListWidgetItem*> selectedItems = listArticles->selectedItems();
-    if (selectedItems.size() > 0) {
-        bool has_attachment = false;
-        foreach (const QListWidgetItem* item, selectedItems) {
-            if (m_feedList->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->data(Article::FeedUrlRole).toString())
-                ->getItem(item->data(Article::IdRole).toString())->hasAttachment()) {
-                has_attachment = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (has_attachment)
-            myItemListMenu.addAction(actionDownload_torrent);
-        myItemListMenu.addAction(actionOpen_news_URL);
+    if (selectedItems.size() <= 0)
+        return;
+
+    bool hasTorrent = false;
+    bool hasLink = false;
+    foreach (const QListWidgetItem* item, selectedItems) {
+        if (!item) continue;
+        RssFeedPtr feed = m_feedList->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->data(Article::FeedUrlRole).toString());
+        if (!feed) continue;
+        RssArticlePtr article = feed->getItem(item->data(Article::IdRole).toString());
+        if (!article) continue;
+
+        if (!article->torrentUrl().isEmpty())
+            hasTorrent = true;
+        if (!article->link().isEmpty())
+            hasLink = true;
+        if (hasTorrent && hasLink)
+            break;
     }
-    myItemListMenu.exec(QCursor::pos());
+    if (hasTorrent)
+        myItemListMenu.addAction(actionDownload_torrent);
+    if (hasLink)
+        myItemListMenu.addAction(actionOpen_news_URL);
+    if (hasTorrent || hasLink)
+        myItemListMenu.exec(QCursor::pos());
 }
 
 void RSSImp::on_actionManage_cookies_triggered()
@@ -238,21 +249,13 @@ void RSSImp::deleteSelectedItems()
     QList<QTreeWidgetItem*> selectedItems = m_feedList->selectedItems();
     if (selectedItems.isEmpty())
         return;
+    if ((selectedItems.size() == 1) && (selectedItems.first() == m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem()))
+        return;
 
-    int ret;
-    if (selectedItems.size() > 1) {
-        ret = QMessageBox::question(this, tr("Are you sure? -- qBittorrent"), tr("Are you sure you want to delete these elements from the list?"),
-                                    tr("&Yes"), tr("&No"),
-                                    QString(), 0, 1);
-    }
-    else {
-        if (selectedItems.first() == m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem())
-            return;
-        ret = QMessageBox::question(this, tr("Are you sure? -- qBittorrent"), tr("Are you sure you want to delete this element from the list?"),
-                                    tr("&Yes"), tr("&No"),
-                                    QString(), 0, 1);
-    }
-    if (ret)
+    QMessageBox::StandardButton answer = QMessageBox::question(this, tr("Deletion confirmation"),
+        tr("Are you sure you want to delete the selected RSS feeds?"),
+        QMessageBox::Yes|QMessageBox::No, QMessageBox::No);
+    if (answer == QMessageBox::No)
         return;
 
     foreach (QTreeWidgetItem* item, selectedItems) {
@@ -337,31 +340,57 @@ void RSSImp::refreshAllFeeds()
 void RSSImp::downloadSelectedTorrents()
 {
     QList<QListWidgetItem*> selected_items = listArticles->selectedItems();
-    foreach (const QListWidgetItem* item, selected_items) {
+    if (selected_items.size() <= 0)
+        return;
+    foreach (QListWidgetItem* item, selected_items) {
         if (!item) continue;
         RssFeedPtr feed = m_feedList->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->data(Article::FeedUrlRole).toString());
         if (!feed) continue;
         RssArticlePtr article = feed->getItem(item->data(Article::IdRole).toString());
         if (!article) continue;
 
+        // Mark as read
+        article->markAsRead();
+        item->setData(Article::ColorRole, QVariant(QColor("grey")));
+        item->setData(Article::IconRole, QVariant(QIcon(":/icons/sphere.png")));
+
+        if (article->torrentUrl().isEmpty())
+            continue;
         if (Preferences::instance()->useAdditionDialog())
             AddNewTorrentDialog::show(article->torrentUrl());
         else
             BitTorrent::Session::instance()->addTorrent(article->torrentUrl());
     }
+    // Decrement feed nb unread news
+    updateItemInfos(m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem());
+    updateItemInfos(m_feedList->getTreeItemFromUrl(selected_items.first()->data(Article::FeedUrlRole).toString()));
 }
 
 // open the url of the selected RSS articles in the Web browser
 void RSSImp::openSelectedArticlesUrls()
 {
     QList<QListWidgetItem *> selected_items = listArticles->selectedItems();
-    foreach (const QListWidgetItem* item, selected_items) {
-        RssArticlePtr news =  m_feedList->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->data(Article::FeedUrlRole).toString())
-                             ->getItem(item->data(Article::IdRole).toString());
-        const QString link = news->link();
+    if (selected_items.size() <= 0)
+        return;
+    foreach (QListWidgetItem* item, selected_items) {
+        if (!item) continue;
+        RssFeedPtr feed = m_feedList->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->data(Article::FeedUrlRole).toString());
+        if (!feed) continue;
+        RssArticlePtr article = feed->getItem(item->data(Article::IdRole).toString());
+        if (!article) continue;
+
+        // Mark as read
+        article->markAsRead();
+        item->setData(Article::ColorRole, QVariant(QColor("grey")));
+        item->setData(Article::IconRole, QVariant(QIcon(":/icons/sphere.png")));
+
+        const QString link = article->link();
         if (!link.isEmpty())
             QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(link));
     }
+    // Decrement feed nb unread news
+    updateItemInfos(m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem());
+    updateItemInfos(m_feedList->getTreeItemFromUrl(selected_items.first()->data(Article::FeedUrlRole).toString()));
 }
 
 //right-click on stream : give it an alias
@@ -538,21 +567,11 @@ void RSSImp::refreshTextBrowser()
 {
     QList<QListWidgetItem*> selection = listArticles->selectedItems();
     if (selection.empty()) return;
-    Q_ASSERT(selection.size() == 1);
     QListWidgetItem *item = selection.first();
     Q_ASSERT(item);
     if (item == m_currentArticle) return;
-    // Stop displaying previous news if necessary
-    if (m_feedList->currentFeed() == m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem()) {
-        if (m_currentArticle) {
-            disconnect(listArticles, SIGNAL(itemSelectionChanged()), this, SLOT(refreshTextBrowser()));
-            listArticles->removeItemWidget(m_currentArticle);
-            Q_ASSERT(m_currentArticle);
-            delete m_currentArticle;
-            connect(listArticles, SIGNAL(itemSelectionChanged()), this, SLOT(refreshTextBrowser()));
-        }
-        m_currentArticle = item;
-    }
+    m_currentArticle = item;
+
     RssFeedPtr stream = m_feedList->getRSSItemFromUrl(item->data(Article::FeedUrlRole).toString());
     RssArticlePtr article = stream->getItem(item->data(Article::IdRole).toString());
     QString html;
@@ -675,14 +694,11 @@ void RSSImp::onFeedContentChanged(const QString& url)
     qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << url;
     QTreeWidgetItem *item = m_feedList->getTreeItemFromUrl(url);
     // If the feed is selected, update the displayed news
-    if (m_feedList->currentItem() == item ) {
+    if (m_feedList->currentItem() == item)
         populateArticleList(item);
-    }
-    else {
-        // Update unread items
-        if (m_feedList->currentItem() == m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem())
-            populateArticleList(m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem());
-    }
+    // Update unread items
+    else if (m_feedList->currentItem() == m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem())
+        populateArticleList(m_feedList->stickyUnreadItem());
 }
 
 void RSSImp::updateRefreshInterval(uint val)
@@ -715,8 +731,6 @@ RSSImp::RSSImp(QWidget *parent):
 
     m_feedList = new FeedListWidget(splitter_h, m_rssManager);
     splitter_h->insertWidget(0, m_feedList);
-    listArticles->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectItems);
-    listArticles->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
     editHotkey = new QShortcut(QKeySequence("F2"), m_feedList, 0, 0, Qt::WidgetShortcut);
     connect(editHotkey, SIGNAL(activated()), SLOT(renameSelectedRssFile()));
     connect(m_feedList, SIGNAL(doubleClicked(QModelIndex)), SLOT(renameSelectedRssFile()));
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/rssarticle.cpp b/src/gui/rss/rssarticle.cpp
index a0262c1de..fbc7218bf 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/rssarticle.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/rssarticle.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const QString& RssArticle::author() const {
 }
 
 const QString& RssArticle::torrentUrl() const {
-  return m_torrentUrl.isEmpty() ? m_link : m_torrentUrl;
+  return m_torrentUrl;
 }
 
 const QString& RssArticle::link() const {
@@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ const QString& RssArticle::title() const
 }
 
 void RssArticle::handleTorrentDownloadSuccess(const QString &url) {
-  if (url == m_torrentUrl || url == m_link)
+  if (url == m_torrentUrl)
     markAsRead();
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/rssfeed.cpp b/src/gui/rss/rssfeed.cpp
index 837f5470b..6587e9123 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/rssfeed.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/rssfeed.cpp
@@ -364,6 +364,12 @@ void RssFeed::downloadArticleTorrentIfMatching(RssDownloadRuleList* rules, const
   rules->saveRulesToStorage();
   // Download the torrent
   const QString& torrent_url = article->torrentUrl();
+  if (torrent_url.isEmpty()) {
+    Logger::instance()->addMessage(tr("Automatic download %1 from %2 RSS feed failed because it doesn't contain a torrent or a magnet link...").arg(article->title()).arg(displayName()), Log::WARNING);
+    article->markAsRead();
+    return;
+  }
+
   Logger::instance()->addMessage(tr("Automatically downloading %1 torrent from %2 RSS feed...").arg(article->title()).arg(displayName()));
   connect(BitTorrent::Session::instance(), SIGNAL(downloadFromUrlFinished(QString)), article.data(), SLOT(handleTorrentDownloadSuccess(const QString&)), Qt::UniqueConnection);
   connect(article.data(), SIGNAL(articleWasRead()), SLOT(handleArticleStateChanged()), Qt::UniqueConnection);
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/rssparser.cpp b/src/gui/rss/rssparser.cpp
index 9f9b87207..fb0932d59 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/rssparser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/rssparser.cpp
@@ -254,24 +254,32 @@ void RssParser::parseRssArticle(QXmlStreamReader& xml, const QString& feedUrl)
 
     if (xml.isStartElement()) {
       if (xml.name() == "title")
-        article["title"] = xml.readElementText();
+        article["title"] = xml.readElementText().trimmed();
       else if (xml.name() == "enclosure") {
         if (xml.attributes().value("type") == "application/x-bittorrent")
           article["torrent_url"] = xml.attributes().value("url").toString();
       }
-      else if (xml.name() == "link")
-        article["news_link"] = xml.readElementText();
+      else if (xml.name() == "link") {
+        QString link = xml.readElementText().trimmed();
+        if (link.startsWith("magnet:", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+          article["torrent_url"] = link; // magnet link instead of a news URL
+        else
+          article["news_link"] = link;
+      }
       else if (xml.name() == "description")
-        article["description"] = xml.readElementText();
+        article["description"] = xml.readElementText().trimmed();
       else if (xml.name() == "pubDate")
-        article["date"] = parseDate(xml.readElementText());
+        article["date"] = parseDate(xml.readElementText().trimmed());
       else if (xml.name() == "author")
-        article["author"] = xml.readElementText();
+        article["author"] = xml.readElementText().trimmed();
       else if (xml.name() == "guid")
-        article["id"] = xml.readElementText();
+        article["id"] = xml.readElementText().trimmed();
     }
   }
 
+  if (!article.contains("torrent_url") && article.contains("news_link"))
+    article["torrent_url"] = article["news_link"];
+
   if (!article.contains("id")) {
     // Item does not have a guid, fall back to some other identifier
     const QString link = article.value("news_link").toString();
@@ -338,20 +346,21 @@ void RssParser::parseAtomArticle(QXmlStreamReader& xml, const QString& feedUrl,
         // Workaround for CDATA (QString cannot parse html escapes on it's own)
         QTextDocument doc;
         doc.setHtml(xml.readElementText());
-        article["title"] = doc.toPlainText();
+        article["title"] = doc.toPlainText().trimmed();
       }
       else if (xml.name() == "link") {
-        QString theLink = ( xml.attributes().isEmpty() ?
-                              xml.readElementText() :
-                              xml.attributes().value("href").toString() );
+        QString link = ( xml.attributes().isEmpty() ?
+                           xml.readElementText().trimmed() :
+                           xml.attributes().value("href").toString() );
+
+        if (link.startsWith("magnet:", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+          article["torrent_url"] = link; // magnet link instead of a news URL
+        else
+          // Atom feeds can have relative links, work around this and
+          // take the stress of figuring article full URI from UI
+          // Assemble full URI
+          article["news_link"] = ( baseUrl.isEmpty() ? link : baseUrl + link );
 
-        // Atom feeds can have relative links, work around this and
-        // take the stress of figuring article full URI from UI
-
-        // Assemble full URI
-        article["news_link"] = ( baseUrl.isEmpty() ?
-                                   theLink :
-                                   baseUrl + theLink );
       }
       else if (xml.name() == "summary" || xml.name() == "content"){
         if(double_content) { // Duplicate content -> ignore
@@ -367,13 +376,13 @@ void RssParser::parseAtomArticle(QXmlStreamReader& xml, const QString& feedUrl,
         // Actually works great for non-broken content too
         QString feedText = xml.readElementText(QXmlStreamReader::IncludeChildElements);
         if (!feedText.isEmpty())
-          article["description"] = feedText;
+          article["description"] = feedText.trimmed();
 
         double_content = true;
       }
       else if (xml.name() == "updated"){
         // ATOM uses standard compliant date, don't do fancy stuff
-        QDateTime articleDate = QDateTime::fromString(xml.readElementText(), Qt::ISODate);
+        QDateTime articleDate = QDateTime::fromString(xml.readElementText().trimmed(), Qt::ISODate);
         article["date"] = ( articleDate.isValid() ?
                               articleDate :
                               QDateTime::currentDateTime() );
@@ -382,15 +391,18 @@ void RssParser::parseAtomArticle(QXmlStreamReader& xml, const QString& feedUrl,
         xml.readNext();
         while(xml.name() != "author") {
           if(xml.name() == "name")
-            article["author"] = xml.readElementText();
+            article["author"] = xml.readElementText().trimmed();
           xml.readNext();
         }
       }
       else if (xml.name() == "id")
-        article["id"] = xml.readElementText();
+        article["id"] = xml.readElementText().trimmed();
     }
   }
 
+  if (!article.contains("torrent_url") && article.contains("news_link"))
+    article["torrent_url"] = article["news_link"];
+
   if (!article.contains("id")) {
     // Item does not have a guid, fall back to some other identifier
     const QString link = article.value("news_link").toString();