diff --git a/app/modules/news/NewsWebModule.php b/app/modules/news/NewsWebModule.php
index 236adee9e..9adb81457 100644
--- a/app/modules/news/NewsWebModule.php
+++ b/app/modules/news/NewsWebModule.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class NewsWebModule extends WebModule {
   protected $showPubDate = false;
   protected $showAuthor = false;
   protected $showLink = false;
+  protected $showCommentsLink = false;
   protected $legacyController = false;
   
   public static function validateFeed($section, $feedData) {
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ protected function initialize() {
         $this->showPubDate = isset($feedData['SHOW_PUBDATE']) ? $feedData['SHOW_PUBDATE'] : false;
         $this->showAuthor = isset($feedData['SHOW_AUTHOR']) ? $feedData['SHOW_AUTHOR'] : false;
         $this->showLink = isset($feedData['SHOW_LINK']) ? $feedData['SHOW_LINK'] : false;
+        $this->showCommentsLink = isset($feedData['SHOW_COMMENTS_LINK']) ? $feedData['SHOW_COMMENTS_LINK'] : false;
     }    
     
     protected function htmlEncodeFeedString($string) {
@@ -264,8 +266,15 @@ protected function initializeForPage() {
         $this->assign('author',        $this->htmlEncodeFeedString($story->getAuthor()));
         $this->assign('image',         $this->getImageForStory($story));
         $this->assign('link',          $story->getLink());
+        if ($story->getComments()) {
+        	$this->assign('commentslink', $story->getComments());
+        }
+        else {
+        	$this->assign('commentslink', $story->getLink());
+        }
         $this->assign('ajax',          $this->getArg('ajax'));
         $this->assign('showLink',      $this->showLink);
+        $this->assign('showCommentsLink',      $this->showCommentsLink);
         break;
         
       case 'search':
diff --git a/app/modules/news/strings/en_US.ini b/app/modules/news/strings/en_US.ini
index d249285b5..434f1f46b 100644
--- a/app/modules/news/strings/en_US.ini
+++ b/app/modules/news/strings/en_US.ini
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ NEXT_STORY_TEXT="Next %s stories"
 SECTION_TEXT="Section:"
 NO_RESULTS="No Stories Found"
 READ_MORE="Read More"
+READ_COMMENTS="Read/Leave Comments"
 AUTHOR_CREDIT="by %s"
 NEWS_ADMIN_OPTIONS_TITLE="Options"
 NEWS_ADMIN_OPTIONS_DESCRIPTION=""
diff --git a/app/modules/news/templates/story.tpl b/app/modules/news/templates/story.tpl
index 07ab5cb35..75d002120 100644
--- a/app/modules/news/templates/story.tpl
+++ b/app/modules/news/templates/story.tpl
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
     </div>
     {/block}
     {/if}
+    {if $showCommentsLink}
+    <div id="comments">
+    <a href="{$commentslink}">{"READ_COMMENTS"|getLocalizedString}</a>
+    </div>
+    {/if}
   </div><!--story-->
 </div>