diff --git a/htroot/News.java b/htroot/News.java
index 96dafaf79..ba522e749 100644
--- a/htroot/News.java
+++ b/htroot/News.java
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ public class News {
                 }
                 yacyNewsRecord record;
                 try {
-                    if ((tableID == yacyNewsPool.PROCESSED_DB) || (tableID == yacyNewsPool.PUBLISHED_DB)) {
-                        yacyCore.newsPool.clear(tableID);
-                    } else {
+//                    if ((tableID == yacyNewsPool.PROCESSED_DB) || (tableID == yacyNewsPool.PUBLISHED_DB)) {
+//                        yacyCore.newsPool.clear(tableID);
+//                    } else {
                         while (yacyCore.newsPool.size(tableID) > 0) {
                             record = yacyCore.newsPool.get(tableID, 0);
                             yacyCore.newsPool.moveOff(tableID, record.id());
                         }
-                    }
+//                    }
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
                 }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
index c8e88376f..22cf08f62 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
@@ -304,8 +304,19 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
     private boolean moveOff(yacyNewsQueue fromqueue, yacyNewsQueue toqueue, String id) throws IOException {
         // called if a published news shall be removed
         yacyNewsRecord record = fromqueue.remove(id);
-        if (record == null) return false;
+        if (record == null) {
+            System.out.println("DEBUG: record == null");
+            return false;
+        }
         if (toqueue != null) toqueue.push(record);
+        else if ((incomingNews.get(id) == null) && (processedNews.get(id) == null) && (outgoingNews.get(id) == null) && (publishedNews.get(id) == null)){
+            newsDB.remove(id);
+            System.out.println("DEBUG: News-ID " + id + " deleted");
+        }
+        if (incomingNews.get(id) != null) System.out.println("DEBUG: News-ID " + id + " in incomingNews");
+        if (processedNews.get(id) != null) System.out.println("DEBUG: News-ID " + id + " in processedNews");
+        if (outgoingNews.get(id) != null) System.out.println("DEBUG: News-ID " + id + " in outgoingNews");
+        if (publishedNews.get(id) != null) System.out.println("DEBUG: News-ID " + id + " in publishedNews");
         return true;
     }