diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
index fcd1705..65e85d9 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class NewsController extends Controller
     // TODO: Include podcast
     private static $BASE_SQL = <<<QUERY
 SELECT `news`.`id`, `content`.`title`, `content`.`content`, `news`.`podcast`, `news`.`video`, `news`.`keywords`, `news`.`titlewithdate`, 
-       `content`.`publishingdt` AS `published`, `content`.`creator`, `content`.`editingdt` AS `edited`, `content`.`editor`, 
+       `news`.`creationdt` AS `published`, `content`.`creator`, `content`.`editingdt` AS `edited`, `content`.`editor`, 
        `content`.`showsource`, `sources`.`title` AS `source`, `sources`.`url` AS `source_url`, 
         `themes`.`title` AS `theme`, `themes`.`thumbnail` AS `theme_thumbnail`, `regions`.`title` AS `region`
     FROM `news`    
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ QUERY;
 
       $result = array();
       foreach($newsItems as $newsItem) {
+        // Note: content is stored in the database with an additional addslashes() - don't ask why, just remove it :)
+        $newsItem->content = stripslashes($newsItem->content);
         $pictures = app('db')->select(self::$LOAD_IMAGES, ['newsId' => $newsItem->id]);
         $result[] = new \Model\NewsItem($newsItem, $pictures);
       }
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ QUERY;
         if(count($newsItem) != 1) {
             return abort(404);
         } else {
+            // Note: content is stored in the database with an additional addslashes() - don't ask why, just remove it :)
+            $newsItem[0]->content = stripslashes($newsItem[0]->content);
             $images = app('db')->select(self::$LOAD_IMAGES, ['newsId' => $id]);
             return response()->json(new \Model\NewsItem($newsItem[0], $images));
         }
diff --git a/common/classes/NewsItem.php b/common/classes/NewsItem.php
index ad7d622..778db72 100644
--- a/common/classes/NewsItem.php
+++ b/common/classes/NewsItem.php
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class NewsItem extends Model {
     parent::__construct($data);
     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;
+    }
     
     $this->source = null;
     if($data->source)