--- a/src/news_gui.cpp	Fri Apr 27 21:35:02 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/news_gui.cpp	Sat Apr 28 10:41:00 2007 +0000
@@ -620,15 +620,21 @@
 	 * from it such as big fonts, etc. */
 	ptr  = buffer;
 	dest = buffer2;
+	WChar c_last = '\0';
 	for (;;) {
 		WChar c = Utf8Consume(&ptr);
 		if (c == 0) break;
-		if (c == '\r') {
+		/* Make a space from a newline, but ignore multiple newlines */
+		if (c == '\n' && c_last != '\n') {
+			dest[0] = ' ';
+			dest++;
+		} else if (c == '\r') {
 			dest[0] = dest[1] = dest[2] = dest[3] = ' ';
 			dest += 4;
 		} else if (IsPrintable(c)) {
 			dest += Utf8Encode(dest, c);
 		}
+		c_last = c;
 	}
 
 	*dest = '\0';