diff --git a/app/views/cms/_textile_article.rhtml b/app/views/cms/_textile_article.rhtml
index b15f79d..9a2c3b3 100644
--- a/app/views/cms/_textile_article.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/cms/_textile_article.rhtml
@@ -4,5 +4,15 @@
 
 <%= required labelled_form_field(_('Title'), text_field(:article, 'name', :size => '64')) %>
 
-<%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), text_area(:article, 'body', :cols => 64)) %>
+<br style="clear: both;"/>
+<%= button_to_function :edit, _("Lead"), nil, :id => "lead-link", :style => "margin-left: 0px;" %>
+
+<div id="article-lead">
+  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Lead'), text_area(:article, 'abstract', :cols => 64, :rows => 10)) %>
+</div>
+<div style="margin-top: 10px;">
+  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), text_area(:article, 'body', :cols => 64)) %>
+</div>
+
+<%= javascript_include_tag 'article'%>
 
diff --git a/app/views/cms/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml b/app/views/cms/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
index 26216b5..b752bdd 100644
--- a/app/views/cms/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/cms/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
     <%= required labelled_form_field(_('Title'), text_field(:article, 'name', :size => '64')) %>
   <% end %>
 
-  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), text_area(:article, 'body', :cols => 40, :style => 'width:100%')) %>
+  <br style="clear: both;"/>
+  <%= button_to_function :edit, _("Lead"), nil, :id => "lead-link", :style => "margin-left: 0px;" %>
+
+  <div id="article-lead">
+    <%= labelled_form_field(_('Lead'), text_area(:article, 'abstract', :style => 'width: 100%; height: 300px;')) %>
+  </div>
+  <div style="margin-top: 10px;">
+    <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), text_area(:article, 'body', :style => 'width:100%')) %>
+  </div>
 
 </div>
+
+<%= javascript_include_tag 'article' %>
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.rhtml b/app/views/home/index.rhtml
index 4b32e4a..61239ee 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.rhtml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
         <div class='highlighted-news-item post-<%= index + 1 %>'>
           <div class='highlighted-news-item post-<%= index + 1 %>-inner'>
             <h2><%= link_to(highlighted.title, highlighted.url, :class => 'post-title') %></h2>
-            <span class="post-date"><%= show_date(highlighted.published_at, true) %> </span></p>
-            <p class='headline'><%= highlighted.first_paragraph %></p>
+            <span class="post-date"><%= show_date(highlighted.published_at, true) %> </span>
+            <p class='headline'><%= !highlighted.abstract.blank? ? highlighted.abstract : highlighted.first_paragraph %></p>
             <p class='highlighted-news-read-more'>
               <%= link_to(_('Read more'), highlighted.url) %>
             </p>
diff --git a/public/javascripts/article.js b/public/javascripts/article.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c73cdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/article.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+(function($) {
+  $("#lead-link").click(function(){
+    if($('#article-lead').css('display') == 'none')
+      $('#article-lead').slideDown();
+    else
+      $('#article-lead').slideUp();
+  })
+})(jQuery)
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 491d5f8..028f508 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -1005,6 +1005,11 @@ code input {
   font-weight: normal;
 }
 
+#article-lead {
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  display: none;
+}
+
 /* * *  Comments  * * */
 
 .comments {  }
diff --git a/test/functional/home_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/home_controller_test.rb
index dc73f67..885a877 100644
--- a/test/functional/home_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/home_controller_test.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,29 @@ all_fixtures
     assert_tag :tag => 'div', :attributes => { :id => 'portal-news' } #, :descendant => {:tag => 'form', :attributes => {:action => '/account/activation_question'}}
   end
 
+  should 'display the news leads if there is any' do
+    env = Environment.default
+    env.enable('use_portal_community')
+    c = fast_create(Community)
+    a1 = TextileArticle.create!(:name => "Article 1",
+                                :profile => c,
+                                :abstract => "This is the article1 lead.",
+                                :body => "This is the article1 body.",
+                                :highlighted => true)
+    a2 = TextileArticle.create!(:name => "Article 2",
+                                :profile => c,
+                                :body => "This is the article2 body.",
+                                :highlighted => true)
+    env.portal_community = c
+    env.save!
+
+
+    get :index
+    assert_tag :tag => 'p', :content => a1.abstract
+    assert_no_tag :tag => 'p', :content => a1.body
+    assert_tag :tag => 'p', :content => a2.body
+  end
+
   should 'display block in index page if it\'s configured to display on homepage and its an environment block' do
     env = Environment.default
     box = Box.create(:owner_type => 'Environment', :owner_id => env.id)
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