"If you’re looking for some good news in these days of hurricanes, insurgency and high oil prices, go to goodnewsblog.com for links to stories that are uplifting but not maudlin." - Newsweek Blog Watch, Sep. 12, 2005 picked by kissmenow 3 years ago

Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 3 years ago

News At Seven automatically gathers news with relevant images, videos and opinions from blogs and combines them into a virtual newscast. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Brian Williams asks viewers for good news and they deliver!

One such gem:
"..a man who keeps a full can of gas in his trunk and gives it to people who have run out of gas, asking only that they do the same for someone else." picked by gammerus 9 months ago

2007 was a big year for news -- in America and around the world. But how much attention were you REALLY paying? Here’s our 50-question, tougher-than-our-usual-weekly-news-quiz test -- your chance to measure your news-junkie mettle (and a good excuse to avoid that holiday-time chin-wag with boring old Uncle Charlie). picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

From story:
"He chose a 42-inch katana, a Japanese samurai sword, and went inside to confront Lee Alexander, a 25-year-old ranch hand from Polk County who was convicted in 2000 of a lewd and lascivious act on a person under 16. Less than 15 minutes later, Alexander was dead." picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

News Corp chairman plans to charge readers of the websites of all his newspapers within the next 12 months.

Will this work? Doomed to failure I think. picked by topofall 4 months ago

As of 3:30 pm PST, Russian officials say 78 bodies of miners have been recovered from the mine site explosion in Siberia, but fear casualities will increase. picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

No one likes to give bad news. What if there was a better way to give out bad news? What if there was a robot that could tell people things they didn't want to hear? picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Scott Moore is in charge of news at Yahoo! Broadcast television still reaches more people in a single hour; 6 million viewers at a time will tune in to the CBS Evening News. But over the course of a month, the online portals are providing news to more people. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon. picked by susiesunshine 3 years ago

Think the news is boring? Well here is a site that may change your mind. It is a community driven experience – imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Roleplaying, prediction of real world events and more are combined into a new fun learning experience. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Check out these news photos from Reuters. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

News stories from around the world that got little attention. picked by wags273 2 years ago

Site is filled with legal stories, lawsuits, photos and more. Most articles have links to pdf files of legal filings. It is basically a news wire for lawyers and those interested in legal cases.

Includes lawsuits such as one where a land owner is suing FEMA and Homeland Security for failure to pay rent on his land since June of 2007 picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The Onion News Network has set the standard for globe-encompassing 24-hour television news since it was founded in December, 1892. The network boasts channels in 171 languages and can be viewed in 4.2 billion households in 811 countries. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

d**kheads of the Year

My picks for the biggest a*****es of 2007 by Bill Maher picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

Here's todays run of weird stories from The Sun news paper.

All the stories are one page so read away! picked by davethefish 2 years ago

In a demonstration of the speed of people-powered news aggregation, Diggers got the Rumsfeld resignation story to Page 1 in 3 minutes. It didn't show up on Google News for 20. Does this portend good things for Plime? picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

The good news is scientists may have found a natural way to get rid of your allergies. The bad news is it involves implanting a bloodsucking worm into your stomach. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago