>   Example:
>    <http://www.mynewspaper.com/columnist>
> -->They may or may not have a column today.
> -->All columns DO have a date stamp
> -->If they do, there may be links for 1-4 articles
>    in that column.
>  Is there a way to copy only today's column and the 
> linked articles therein using the program's filters?
Err.. if you can filter the linked articles, too, yes, 
this may be possible using something like:
-* +www.mynewspaper.com/columnist/currentdate*