newspaper.py

from newspaper import Article

url = u'http://fox13now.com/2013/12/30/new-year-new-laws-obamacare-pot-guns-and-drones/'

article = Article(url)
article.download()
article.parse()

a = article.text.encode("ascii", "ignore")
b = a.replace("\n", " ")

MORSE = {'a': '.-',
         'b': '-...',
         'c': '-.-.',
         'd': '-..',
         'e': '.',
         'f': '..-.',
         'g': '--.',
         'h': '....',
         'i': '..',
         'j': '.---',
         'k': '-.-',
         'l': '.-..',
         'm': '--',
         'n': '-.',
         'o': '---',
         'p': '.--.',
         'q': '--.-',
         'r': '.-.',
         's': '...',
         't': '-',
         'u': '.-',
         'v': '...-',
         'w': '.--',
         'x': '-..-',
         'y': '-.--',
         'z': '--..'
         }
         
def tx_morsed_word(morse_word):
    for letter in morse_word:
        for symbol in letter:
            # here toggle hardware pins
            if symbol == '.':
                print "DOT"
            else:
                print "DASH"
        print "\n"
    print "\n\n\n"


def parse_word(word):
    word2 = word.lower()
    to_send = []
    for character in word2:
        if character in MORSE:
            to_send.append(MORSE[character])
    tx_morsed_word(to_send)

#for word in b.split(" "):
    #parse_word(word)

parse_word("MattheW")