diff -Naur rawdog-2.11_orig/rawdoglib/rawdog.py rawdog-2.11/rawdoglib/rawdog.py
--- rawdoglib/rawdog.py	2008-02-23 16:11:07.000000000 -0600
+++ rawdoglib/rawdog.py	2009-01-27 01:42:32.000000000 -0600
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 STATE_VERSION = 2
 import feedparser, feedfinder, plugins
 from persister import Persistable, Persister
-import os, time, sha, getopt, sys, re, cgi, socket, urllib2, calendar
+import os, time, hashlib, getopt, sys, re, cgi, socket, urllib2, calendar
 import string, locale
 from StringIO import StringIO
 import types
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 
 def short_hash(s):
 	"""Return a human-manipulatable 'short hash' of a string."""
-	return sha.new(s).hexdigest()[-8:]
+	return hashlib.sha1(s).hexdigest()[-8:]
 
 def decode_structure(struct, encoding):
 	"""Walk through a structure returned by feedparser, decoding any
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 		self.added = now
 
 	def compute_hash(self):
-		h = sha.new()
+		h = hashlib.sha1()
 		def add_hash(s):
 			h.update(s.encode("UTF-8"))
 
@@ -587,15 +587,15 @@
 	"""Parse a list of feed arguments. Raise ConfigError if the syntax is invalid."""
 	args = {}
 	for a in argparams:
-		as = a.split("=", 1)
-		if len(as) != 2:
+		az = a.split("=", 1)
+		if len(az) != 2:
 			raise ConfigError("Bad feed argument in config: " + a)
-		args[as[0]] = as[1]
+		args[az[0]] = az[1]
 	for a in arglines:
-		as = a.split(None, 1)
-		if len(as) != 2:
+		az = a.split(None, 1)
+		if len(az) != 2:
 			raise ConfigError("Bad argument line in config: " + a)
-		args[as[0]] = as[1]
+		args[az[0]] = az[1]
 	if "maxage" in args:
 		args["maxage"] = parse_time(args["maxage"])
 	return args