diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 6c882a420..d381e4d59 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  - fixed: Unable to template user profile viewing and editing screens.
  - fixed: Product Variants not saving SKU
  - fixed: Shop Payment Methods
+ - fixed: Syndicated Content asset makes template engine choke
  - fixed: Asset Manager breaks when an asset is locked
  - fixed: Asset Manager is slow to load
  - fixed: project management application unable to add or edit tasks.
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
index 3fffa51e5..5f6c102b3 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ sub _find_record {
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# First, get rid of things we don't want.
 # Copy the guid field to the link field if the guid looks like a link.
 # This is a kludge that gets around the fact that some folks use the link
 # field as the link to the story while others use it as the link
@@ -300,25 +301,29 @@ sub _normalize_items {
         my $max_words = 10;
 
         for my $item (@{$_[0]}) {
-                if ($item->{guid} && ($item->{guid} =~ /^http:\/\//i)) {
-                        $item->{link} = $item->{guid};
-                }
-                if (!$item->{title}) {
-                        my @description_words = split(/\s/, $item->{description});
-                        if (@description_words <= $max_words) {
-                                $item->{title} = $item->{description};
-                        } else {
-                                $item->{title} = join(' ', @description_words[0..$max_words-1]) . 
-                                  ' ...';
-                        }
-                }
+            # Get rid of any keys in the items that we do not want
+            my @wantedKeys  = qw( title link description pubDate );
+            %{ $item }  = map { $_ => $item->{ $_ } } @wantedKeys;
+                                    
+            if ($item->{guid} && ($item->{guid} =~ /^http:\/\//i)) {
+                    $item->{link} = $item->{guid};
+            }
+            if (!$item->{title}) {
+                    my @description_words = split(/\s/, $item->{description});
+                    if (@description_words <= $max_words) {
+                            $item->{title} = $item->{description};
+                    } else {
+                            $item->{title} = join(' ', @description_words[0..$max_words-1]) . 
+                              ' ...';
+                    }
+            }
 
-                # IE doesn't recognize &apos;
-                $item->{title} =~ s/&apos;/\'/g;
-                $item->{description} =~ s/&apos;/\'/g;
-                $item->{category} = [$item->{category}]
-                    if ref $item->{category} ne 'ARRAY';  
-		appendChoppedDescriptionTemplateVars($item);
+            # IE doesn't recognize &apos;
+            $item->{title} =~ s/&apos;/\'/g;
+            $item->{description} =~ s/&apos;/\'/g;
+            $item->{category} = [$item->{category}]
+                if ref $item->{category} ne 'ARRAY';  
+            appendChoppedDescriptionTemplateVars($item);
         }
 }
 
@@ -570,7 +575,7 @@ sub _get_items {
 
 		#Sort feeds in order by channel title.
 		#@rss_feeds=sort{$a->{channel}->{title} cmp $b->{channel}->{title}} @rss_feeds;
-				
+
                 if ($displayMode eq 'grouped') {
 		    _create_grouped_items($items,\@rss_feeds,$maxHeadlines,$hasTermsRegex);
 		} else {
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.t
index ceabfb279..dc6a788bd 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.t
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ isa_ok($syndicated_content, 'WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::SyndicatedContent');
 my $newSyndicatedContentSettings = {
 	cacheTimeout => 124,
 	templateId   => "PBtmpl0000000000000065", 
-	rssUrl       => "http://morningmonologue.wordpress.com/feed/", # broken
+	#rssUrl       => "http://morningmonologue.wordpress.com/feed/", # broken
 	#rssUrl       => "http://motivationalmuse.wordpress.com/feed/", #working feed
+        rssUrl      => 'https://svn.webgui.org/svnweb/plainblack/rss/WebGUI/',
 };
 
 # update the new values for this instance
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ my $hasTermsRegex = "" ; #$syndicated_content->_make_regex( $syndicated_content-
 
 my $rss_info = WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::SyndicatedContent::_get_rss_data($session,$newSyndicatedContentSettings->{'rssUrl'});
 ok(ref($rss_info) eq 'HASH',  "Hashref returned from _get_rss_data");
-push(@rss_feeds, $rss_info) ;
+push(@rss_feeds, $rss_info);
 
 my $xml_list = WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::SyndicatedContent::_create_interleaved_items($items, \@rss_feeds  , $max_headlines, $hasTermsRegex);
 ok($xml_list , "Got results back from XML " );