diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
index f5e423f..ed1c9b8 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class NewsController extends Controller
     private static $CALENDAR_CATEGORY = 42;
     private static $BASE_SQL = <<<QUERY
 SELECT `news`.`id`, `content`.`title`, `content`.`content`, `news`.`podcast` AS `podcast_id`, `news`.`video`, `news`.`keywords`, `news`.`titlewithdate`, 
-       `news`.`creationdt` AS `published`, `content`.`creator`, `content`.`editingdt` AS `edited`, `content`.`editor`, 
+       `news`.`creationdt` AS `published`, `content`.`creator`, `news`.`pubupdatedt` AS `edited`,
        `news`.`startdt` AS `starts`, `news`.`enddt` AS `ends`,
        `content`.`showsource` AS `showsource`, `sources`.`title` AS `source`, `sources`.`url` AS `source_url`, 
        `themes`.`title` AS `theme`, `themes`.`thumbnail` AS `theme_thumbnail`, `regions`.`title` AS `region`, `regions`.`slug` as `region_slug`
diff --git a/common/classes/NewsItem.php b/common/classes/NewsItem.php
index c2e60ec..aa20c30 100644
--- a/common/classes/NewsItem.php
+++ b/common/classes/NewsItem.php
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ class NewsItem extends Model {
     parent::ConvertToDateTime($this->published);
     parent::ConvertToDateTime($this->edited);
 
-    if($this->edited && ($this->edited->getTimestamp() - $this->published->getTimestamp() < 1800 /* == 30 minutes */)) {
-      // If last edit was within grace period, consider it unedited (note: currently RES always saves edited == published on creation)
-      $this->edited = null;
-    }
+    //if($this->edited && ($this->edited->getTimestamp() - $this->published->getTimestamp() < 1800 /* == 30 minutes */)) {
+    //  // If last edit was within grace period, consider it unedited (note: currently RES always saves edited == published on creation)
+    //  $this->edited = null;
+    //}
     
     $this->source = null;
     if(isset($data->source))