my $dbh = $self->connect_db;
my $sql = <<"EOSQL";
-SELECT firehose.id AS firehose_id, firehose.*, firehose_text.*, topics.tid, stories.sid, users.nickname AS author
+SELECT DISTINCT firehose.id AS firehose_id, firehose.*, firehose_text.*, topics.tid, stories.sid,
+ users.nickname AS author, urls.url
FROM firehose
LEFT JOIN topics ON firehose.tid = topics.tid
LEFT JOIN firehose_text ON firehose.id = firehose_text.id
LEFT JOIN stories ON firehose.type = "story" AND firehose.srcid = stories.stoid
+ LEFT JOIN urls ON firehose.type = "submission" AND firehose.url_id = urls.url_id
LEFT JOIN users ON firehose.uid = users.uid
$join_clause
$where_clause