"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 2 years ago

Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 2 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 2 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 6 months 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 1 year 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 2 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 3 months 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 1 year 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 2 years ago

The year 2007 was full of bad news for some, and the bad handling of bad news. Here's a good overview of the worst of the worst. picked by deepcleanfun 10 months 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 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 2 years ago

The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University: "TV election news has been hardest on Hillary Clinton this fall." The study also found that "Fox News Channel's evening news show provided more balanced coverage than its counterparts on the broadcast networks." picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

A real-time news "translation machine" representing appearing & disappearing information about our times. The news content is reduced to the most frequent headlines & their according keywords. The reduced news headlines are then visually translated in a dynamic pictogram language that is considered to be universal & instantly understandable. online users can add keywords to ... read full post picked by Turtle 11 months ago

News stories from around the world that got little attention. picked by wags273 9 months ago

CBS, the home of the most celebrated news division in broadcasting, has been in discussions with Time Warner about a deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN. picked by maxriter 6 months ago

For some readers, News of the Weird is a light diversion from the serious reporting of the week. For others, though, it's a weekly chronicle of the alarming decline of civilization. Or a therapeutic personal benchmark (for reassurance that the problem is other people, not you). Or, for the few who actually wind up in News of the Weird, a monument to lives interestingly lived. I hope it's not a ... read full post picked by keroberos32 4 months ago

Funny, Emmy-winning Uncle Jay thinks it’s really, really important for today’s news to be understood by today’s innocent, ignorant and immature minds.

Also children. picked by hypnotode 1 year ago

No longer breaking stories in high heels and skimpy outfits, Lauren Jones has signed off from the KYTX-TV "Eye of East Texas" news team and returned to modeling swimsuits. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Americans' knowledge of national and international affairs has changed little in two decades despite the emergence of 24-hour cable news and the Internet as major news sources. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago