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HeadlineSpot.com: Search news by city, state, country, region, topics. Includes, TV, radio, magazines, podcasts, newswires and news photos.

Disaster Finder: Run by the NASA Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program.

World Public Opinion: Information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues.

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers

Media Bloggers Association: Tips, guidelines and legal resources.

FriendFeed.com: Track people and news stories on more than 50 popular sites, including MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.

NinjaWords.com: A fast, accurate dictionary. Great for looking up words quickly.

Hard to Find 800 Numbers: Organizes companies alphabetically and displays phone numbers and hours of operation.

Neat New Stuff on the Web: A great list of resources, updated weekly, from library researcher Marylaine Block.

The Center for Public Integrity has compiled a comprehensive two-million-record database that includes every federal lobbying document filed since 1998. Read more.
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Newspaper Archives on the Web
A listing of archives from the Special Libraries Association.

Directory of USA Newspapers Online

Breitbart.com
A quick scan of the day's top headlines.

Newser.com
A news site that publishes about 60 written new summaries each day. It's aggregated news but written and framed by editors. It includes top stories of the day and pieces from free-lancers around the world, and links to various news sources.

Kidon Media Link
A very comprehensive directory of news organizations from around the world.

HometownNews.com
Links to more than 2,600 U.S. daily and weekly newspapers.

Legacy.com
Obits and death notices from hundreds of U.S. papers.

Directory of Canadian Newspapers Online

Headlinespot.com
Search daily news headlines

LiveNewsCameras.com
Features more than 110 live streaming video channels from network affiliates around the world, as well as Sky News and the Pentagon Channel. Users stay updated through a Twitter feed and by live moderators that are based out of cities such as Chicago, Milwaukee, and Los Angeles. Users also can imbed the moderator feed into their blog, website or MySpace page. The site also features live weather channels, an RSS feed and a blog. The site can be particularly helpful to TV and radio journalists tracking stories in other cities.

Slate: Today's U.S. Papers
Summary of front pages of the biggest U.S. newspapers.Bookmark the web page or sign up for a daily e-update.

Slate: Today's International Papers
Summary of front pages of the biggest U.S. newspapers.Bookmark the web page or sign up for a daily e-update.

BackIssueFinder.com
Locate back issues of various periodicals and publications. A good stab-in-the-dark search tool.

Findarticles.com

AllYouCanRead.com
Search more than 20,000 newspapers and magazines around the world.

First Headlines: State News List
Scan news from each state using an image map.

Global Voices Online Blog
From Harvard Law, this site features blogs from around the world, highlighting news and other resources.

IRE Archive of Hot Stories
Good to check every few days for ideas, news, etc.

1stHeadlines.com
A very basic newsfeed site from several sources. Organized by topics.

CyberPaperBoy.com
Helps you find any online newspaper in the world.

New West Network
Founded by former Industry Standard editor Jonathan Weber, this blog is a network of online communities devoted to the culture, economy, politics, etc.

Ibiblio.org: U.S. Newspaper Archives on the Web
Internet's most comprehensive directory of online newspaper archives lists which ones are free, prices for sites that charge, and links.

NewspaperIndex.com
A directory of online newspapers, organized by country. Very helpful as a quick-reference tool.

AltWeeklies.com
Best of stories from 125 online alternative weekly sites.

Yahoo! News Local
Scan stories by region using an image map or pulldown menu.

NewspaperArchive.com
More than 32 million newspaper pages online. Some content is free, much of it is paid, password-protected.

Global Beat: NYU's Center for War, Peace and the News Media
Backgrounders for anyone
interested in international news.

E-newswires.com
A cool clearinghouse of great news sites.

Weekly Newspapers Online

AllMediaScotland.com
A portal to Scotland media industries.

WireTap Magazine
An online magazine targeting socially conscious kids.

NewsKnife.com
Ranks the top news websites. Does a top 100 newspaper sites list.

ABYZ News Links
Lists news sites by region.

U.S. Newspapers List

Newseum: Today's Front Pages
View page one visuals from newspapers around the nation.

Techmeme
Links to many breaking tech news stories.

NewsDirectory.com
Links to hundreds of newspapers.

Newslink.org
Links to major newspaper Web sites.

Pandia Search Finder: Search Engine for News Sites

Power Library Initiative
Search several newspaper and magazine databases for free.

Total News
Links to dozens of daily news sites.

WorldFlash
A news ticker that crawls across the bottom of your computer screen. Lets you run up to four constantly scrolling ticker-style windows.

ABYZ Newslinks Page
Choose by country, region, etc.

Yahoo! News
A great breaking news site and related Web sites, Usenet groups and audio-video files.

Washington Post

Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles Times

New York Times

Wall Street Journal

USA Today

United Press International
Offers real-time on all its wires.

PBS

CNN

ABC News.com

MSNBC.com

CBS News

National Public Radio

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NBC.com

FOXnews.com

U.S. News and World Report

Cursor.org
A handy collection of news and political stories.

Village Voice

Cybercast News Service
Daily news updates with a conservative twist.

Christian Science Monitor

Newswatch.org

FrontPageMagazine.com

MagPortal.com
Search hundreds of magazine titles.

Law.com Newswire
Updated several times a day with great stories.

The Morning News
Dry wit and candor on this news site with a New York focus.

Footnote.TV
From Stephen Lee, a former Chicago Tribune reporter, offers a site that provides context and background to current events mentioned on such shows as "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central, "The West Wing" on NBC, and "JAG" on CBS.

The News Directory
Portal for finding news stories, search magazines, etc.

Atlantic Unbound
An expanded version of the Atlantic Monthly on the Web.

RocketNews.com
A helpful, current news search engine.

Lycos News

EmergencyNet News Today
Site monitors current and potential political, social an natural crises.

NewsHub
This site features major news sources as well as PR Newswire, EurekaAlert and E! Online.

NewsMax.com
Dubbed "America's News Page."

The Yahoo! Buzz Index Top 20 Searches

Scoop08: National Student Newspaper Election Coverage
First online national student newspaper will cover the 2008 elections.

EveryBlock.com
Available in Chicago, San Francisco and New York, this site helps you browse news by zip code or neighborhood. You can enter an address and see nearby crimes, restaurant inspections, media coverage, etc. You also can get a citywide overview of news by category, then click on specific topics to find what you're looking for.

GuerrillaNews.com
Explore various global issues through this site, which provides links to articles, headlines, videos, and blogs.

The Huffington Post
Popular news, entertainment and politics site from Arianna Huffington.

SiloBreaker
An online search service for news and current events that delivers "meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines."

ABC World Newser Blog
Anchor Charles Gibson's blog.

World Public Opinion
Information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues.

The Daily Beast
A news aggregator that's about 30 percent original content features politics, entertainment, pop culture, etc. Includes blogs, "buzz board", e-mail newsletter, etc.