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 Reading Breaking News On-Line Reading Breaking News On-Line
 Getting Breaking News Directly from the Wires Getting Breaking News Directly from the Wires
 Receiving Breaking News to Your E-mail Inbox Receiving Breaking News to Your E-mail Inbox
 Finding Satirical Breaking News On-Line Finding Satirical Breaking News On-Line
 

Reading Breaking News On-Line "Reading Breaking News On-Line"


1st Headlines.com, a round-up of breaking news stories - This site collects and posts breaking news from national and international sources. It sorts stories by time, topic, or source. This comprehensive but easy-to-use site is everything a news junkie could hope for.

CNN Headline News - The news behemoth that is CNN maintains a site that's full of options and is easy to navigate. In addition to reading news on-line, you can listen to streaming CNN radio, play news-related video, and participate in interactive features. The lead story posted on the site always runs with a photo.

Rocket News, a breaking-news site - Besides linking to breaking news stories from sources all over the country and the world, Rocket News offers links to Weblogs ("blogs"), which make the site even more helpful and unique. Breaking news is categorized by topic (general, sports, etc.) and region (U.S., Canada, Africa, etc.)

MSNBC, headline and breaking news - Colorful, comprehensive, and user-friendly, MSNBC is a popular mainstream news source. Consider signing up for free e-mailed news alerts to stay current on breaking news. The site can also be customized to local news and interests.

Getting Breaking News Directly from the Wires "Getting Breaking News Directly from the Wires"


Agence France-Presse (AFP) - AFP is a huge and well-respected wire service. Its Web site lists seven or so direct-from-AFP breaking-news headlines, with links to the full stories.

Associated Press (AP) - AP is another well-known and far-reaching news provider. Its Web site scrolls breaking-news headlines, and you can click on AP News for stories from your local AP outlet.

Reuters - Reuters is an information company with a focus on finance and business, but it provides plenty of headline, political, science, health, and sports news, and lots of photos. Its main Web page contains constantly updated headlines with links to full stories.

BusinessWire.com - BusinessWire posts business-related press releases (NOT stories written by journalists). It is useful for those with an interest in business. The site offers free registration for e-mailed press-release headlines filtered by industry, subject, company, etc.

EurekAlert.com - A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, EurekAlert is an exhaustive source of science-related press releases (again, NOT journalistic stories). Releases are broken down into 14 categories: everything from Atmospheric Science to Policy & Ethics. Fascinating stuff!

Receiving Breaking News to Your E-mail Inbox "Receiving Breaking News to Your E-mail Inbox"


CNN E-Mail Alerts - This e-mail news-alert service is free and provides quick bits of information on the very latest breaking news.

MSNBC E-Mail Alerts - Like CNN, MSNBC will send free breaking-news headlines to your e-mail inbox.

Internet Broadcast Systems, e-mailed local-TV network breaking news - Scroll down to "IBS Sites," and find your local TV-news station. Click on it, and you'll find breaking-news headlines and an option to receive free e-mailed news alerts periodically throughout the day. The site for Los Angeles, for example (nbc4.tv), offers e-mailed alerts up to five times per day.

Finding Satirical Breaking News On-Line "Finding Satirical Breaking News On-Line"


The Onion, "America's Finest News Source" - The Onion comes out every Wednesday and offers readers expertly crafted satirical news stories. Sample headlines: "Revised Patriot Act Will Make It Illegal to Read Patriot Act," and "Supreme Court Gets Free Box of Shoes After Mentioning Nike in Ruling."

The Spoof - The Spoof runs lots of satirical news and articles and is frequently updated. Readers can rate each story one to five stars...fun!

The Glossy News - It's a bit of a poor man's Onion, but it's still irreverent and fun. In addition to running "Top News," The Glossy News also posts stories under the categories of "BizNews," "Entertainment," "Horoscopes," "Kidzone," etc.

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