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Bookslut is a monthly Web magazine run by a pack of
lit-savvy ladies (and a few fellas) that provides a constant supply of
news, reviews, commentary, insight, and a healthy dose of opinions. The
site covers poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and even comic books.
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National Public Radio
NPR
National news with a voice, literally. NPR.com
includes audio clips of featured stories, as well as straight news
coverage and blogs on national stories. Listen to archives, order
transcripts, and link to your local NPR station for talk radio from your
own area. The national radio cast can also be streamed online with Real
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Even the horribly misguided site redesign and
seemingly less copious content can't keep us away from Salon.com, even
if we have to watch a brief ad first. The left-leaning site still shows
flashes of brilliance, though these days, those are more often on the
entertainment and lifestyle side than on the national and international
news front.
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Fight the power! Indymedia, a network of more than 150
"Independent Media Center" sites, features grass-roots,
non-corporate-media news from activists and journalists on every
inhabited continent. Want to find the hottest protest spot? This is the
place to look.
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Regret the Error is the site that takes the mainstream
media to task, reprinting corrections and errors from newspapers,
magazines, and other news sources. Funny headlines + media apologies = a
great afternoon read. |
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10x10 offers an hourly updated snapshot of the world,
with the 100 pictures that matter most on a global scale. 10x10 scans a
handful of reputable news sites to come up with the top 100 words and
images. Clicking on the images lets you dig deeper and find the stories
behind them. |
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As James Earl Jones so eloquently puts it, CNN is
"still the most trusted name in news." The site is a go-to for national
and international news on a wide range of topics with vid-eos, photos,
and a list of the most popular stories of the day. |
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BBC News features comprehensive, global coverage in
quite a few different languages. Sort your news by continent, or just
take in the loads of information presented on the site's news portal
page. Read the page with a British accent to give the news that extra
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The New York Times
NYTimes
A recent site redesign made the already user-friendly
NYTimes.com much better by integrating blogs, video and multimedia
presentations, reader feedback, links to the most blogged and e-mailed
pages, and much more. With this redesign, the Times sets the standard
for the electronic newspaper of tomorrow. Now if only they'd get rid of
the TimesSelect program... |
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Slate tends to take a contrarian, intelligent,
almost-too-clever approach to hard news, soft news, and not-news-at-all
news, and the formula makes for an enjoyable read on topics both
important and mundane. The "related in Slate" links at the bottom of
each article will keep you browsing the site all day. |
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The site's name is actually a bit of a misnomer; it's
updated every weekday morning, but not always with news (though you will
find the latest news headlines in the right column). The Morning News
features short works of both fiction and nonfiction that range from the
satirical to the serious. Highlights are the "advice" column "The
Non-Expert" and the multiple "How-To" guides. |
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