On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 01:03, Andres L. Figari wrote:
> [*] headline 1
> [*] headline 2

ok

> $news =~ s/^(\[\*\]) + ([^W.*])/$2/;

This won't match, and thus no substitution will happen.

try:
  $news =~ s/^\[\*\] (.*)$/$1/;

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