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(usually updated at minimum a couple times daily, seven days a week)

CNN Interactive CNN updates quite often, and for certain news events may be a must-see. But I've drastically scaled back my own visits to CNN over the past years, usually finding all I need on a daily basis at the other sites below. CNN hasn't helped itself any by trying to become more like Fox News.
Yahoo! News Top Stories is a great news link but for one detail: Yahoo breaks their links roughly 30 days after posting them. Which is very bad for a blogger/researcher like myself. But it's been tough to find a suitable replacement for them on this list.
Google News as of late 2008 seems to be slower than Yahoo News on producing links to fast breaking events. So if something just happened in the last hour check Yahoo first. Google Advanced News Search may help you track down something you saw previously but didn't bookmark or save. It might also serve well for general research into current events.
reddit: what's new online is hands-down my own favorite social networking news site-- though it suffers from the same gang-style post voting as Digg. Reddit's main advantage over Digg is that it accepts postings on a far wider variety of subjects, and somehow suffers less censorship than Digg, despite enduring similar gang-style problems in other areas.
omgili.com searches forums on the net.
Groups.google.com lets you search internet newsgroups (You might be able to give yourself a good scare by doing a search for your email address or other personal info here...). Unfortunately, you might only rarely find a search of news groups useful for your purposes these days...most of the action seems to have moved to web sites and/or e-mail newsletters now.

Daily updates

(business days only; i.e., often excluding weekends, holidays, and certain other special occasions)

AlterNet is maybe THE progressive or liberal leaning news site on the net today.
Dvorak Uncensored
Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Digg is thought by many to have practically invented the social networking news niche. Unfortunately, not only does it maintain a pretty narrow topics focus, but post ratings are firmly in the control of a handful of gangs there-- some of them apparently rabid right-wingers. So Digg has steadily deteriorated in news quality the entire time I've been aware of its existence. I do hope it doesn't end up becoming some sort of KKK or white-power site.
sphinn.com looks interesting for tech and business news affecting bloggers/web authors. The main thrust in 2008 though was search engine optimization of web sites (which appears to be a lose/lose game).

• The WashingtonPost.com is (or was) a great news source. But at last check you either had to pay a fee or fill out long forms detailing your private life to access all their content. And even after all that you might not get it, due to chaotic internet policies and various technical glitches there the past few years. So I prefer only visiting via links proven to work through recommendations from third party sites, rather than visiting the WP home page myself. Or alternatively, checking out a Google Search for Washington Post stories sorted by date.

Kevin C. emailed me the URL bugmenot.com (here's their FAQ) which appears to help folks bypass the registration requirements on sites like washingtonpost.com. I haven't tried it myself, but offer it here for those who'd like to.

Slashdot has as its central themes Linux and the Open Source movement, but in practice it covers just about anything which might be of interest to technophiles. Unfortunately, Slashdot seems to have lost much steam in recent years, with far fewer stories of interest appearing there than before.
BusinessWeek Online is often a must-see on the web, for anyone interested in business, economics, or investment.

The New York Times often offers some of the best news, information, and opinion available from a major US newspaper online. Unfortunately, although I hear they're going to be switching over to entirely free and open web access, that hasn't happened yet. So on occasion you might have to check out some alternative sources for particular NYT stories:

Google Search new york times sorted by date
IHT Search NYT might be a handy additional free access point to New York Times content.

New Scientist is absolutely one of my own favorites. Science news. The only thing that's stopped me from paying for a subscription to this periodical is the fact I'm already buried in more news and reports from many sources than I can possibly digest.
EurekAlert! Public News List offers up the latest scientific reports.
Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog
The MoJo Wire-- Interactive Exposes and Politics

The Anomalist offers frequently updated links to unusual news stories and reports as well as other content.
Yahoo! News - Oddly Enough

Archaeological News

PC Magazine Online Often pretty good stuff here for technophiles.
PC World Online often offers great content.

Boing Boing may be the original 'eye candy' blog online. That is, they prefer to blog about things offering an intriguing pic or image, to those which don't. Eye candy blogs are almost always more fun than others, but also usually less useful in every day life, and more silly. Hence, the reason I place these at the end of this section: in metaphorical meal terms, they're typically desserts or snacks, rather than substantial, healthy, and nutritious fare.

Web 2.0 Mashup: Best of the Internet Today

Once to several times weekly update frequency

Unknown News is a big favorite of mine, mainly focusing on politics and social issues of controversy. As the name says, you'll often find news here that you'll rarely if ever see anywhere else. This is the place to go after you get tired of watching the latest child abduction/murder trial/'war is good'/celebrity fluff stuff in the mainstream US media.

Scripting News is supposed to just cover developments in high level programming languages of various sorts, but tends to include a bit of almost everything. This is basically the site of a semi-famous, semi-retired geek (programmer) who uses it to push his latest efforts and opinions. This guy had a lot to do with creating the earliest draft of one of my favorite programs of all time (the More II outliner on the ancient Mac). Plus he on occasion has something interesting to say about the world. On 9-11-01 when much of the net was overloaded and worthless, this guy's site somehow became one of the most informative and comprehensive realtime reporting sites on the internet about the terrorist attack, for maybe several days in a row. I sure wouldn't mind to someday have an overall reputation similar to his on the web-- even if some folks out there do dislike him (heck: you can't please everyone!). All that's why I still link to him, and visit his site maybe once a week-- and will rush to it if something like 9-11-01 happens again.

Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or lengthier update frequency

jrm&aFLUX Newz&Viewz

Robot Wisdom (auxiliary) was surely one of the earliest and best blogs ever created. Unfortunately, it sure can have loooonnng dry spells! Once upon a time the author didn't update it for something like FIVE YEARS(!) But the blog was so terrific I stubbornly kept its link in this page the whole time, hoping he hadn't died, and would someday return. And he did! Maybe a year or so ago! Yay! This second link is the original. But he's now using modern blogging software I think, and only updating the first link I provide above.
Science News Online is pretty nice, and a weekly at last check (updated late Friday evenings, usually).
I, Cringely and Notes from the Field are both by the same fellow, who in the past has often written some intriguing pieces on the tech market.
PressThink

Miscellaneous news, opinion, or image blogs currently under evaluation for long-term inclusion in this page (presented in random order)

Science news from around the world
Bloomberg.com: News
Common Dreams | News & Views
Phunk U
The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
Shrinkage is Good
Fimoculous.com: Feeding On Itself
The Way the Future Blogs by Frederik Pohl
How good is that?
Dark Reading | Security | Protect The Business - Enable Access
Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech
Online Marketing and Social Media | Dosh Dosh
Internet Business ~ PluginHQ
The Invesp Blog: E-commerce and Landing page Optimization
Making a Living Online with Caroline Middlebrook
Make Money Online | Make Money At Home With A 13-Year Old
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur | The Source For First Time Entrepreneurs | Blog
PC Magazine Security Watch - Tech Security News, Reviews, Patches and Advice
Pixolu - find what you imagine
Neatorama
Citizens for change in America
Dark Roasted Blend Weird and wonderful things
United Liberty | Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government
Get Online Quotes
Trend de la Creme - FASHION. STYLE. TRENDS. Indulge Your Trend Obsession: featured
EconomPic Data
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
White Collar Fraud
http://www.popgive.com/
Freedom to Tinker...is your freedom to understand, discuss, repair, and modify the technological devices you own.
Zen Moments - the great power of small things
SquidHammer
Space Haiku Of The Day
Addictomatic: Inhale the Web
Brad Brown has an unusual blog, with entries like "Seven Ways to Become a Better Bank Robber"
Google Online Security Blog
Deliciously Addictive Tech News Served Daily / Infopackets.com
Next Big Future
Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen Analysis on viral marketing, user experience, game design, and online ads
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
Visualizing Economics
news from occupied Iraq
Infolust - Realtime Context Search

Miscellaneous sweepstakes news sites of varying frequency (also check the caveats described below)

CAUTION! Keep in mind that entering many sweeps will definitely increase your junk e-mail, win or lose. You also need to be wary and read the rules carefully before entering many such contests-- because sometimes there's Gotchas! in the fine print which would put you off the game if you were aware of them. For instance, that highly touted $10,000 prize might only be awarded in the form of a credit at Harry's House of Ceramic Shoe Collectibles-- and so of little value to many folks. At the other end of the scale are sweeps with huge non-cash prizes of super-expensive cars and homes, which could effectively bankrupt many winners who try to claim them, with enormous income tax bills. To make it worse, the homes are usually located 3000 miles away from where the winner would want to live, or the car is totally impractical for normal driving (a Rolls Royce or Lamborghini Countach for example), and the income tax bite on the prize's value alone may be about the same as what you'll be able to sell it for on the street. Heck, sometimes auto prizes incur tax penalties equal to that of a brand new model off the dealer lot, but there's no new car warranty to go with it! Yeah, some winners might manage to sell off such assets, pay the taxes, and still end up with a little profit on the side. But I bet you most won't. So keep in mind folks that minimum 20-25% tax bite on prizes, and the principle that cold cash is much easier to deal with than overpriced real estate or luxury autos.

One last good reason to carefully read the rules of contests before entering them: quite a few sites take months to take down entry pages after a sweepstakes has ended, still collecting personal info from poor saps who are unaware their entries are no good. There should be a law stopping this, but apparently there's not. So if you're too dumb or lazy to read the rules, you're going to be an automatic loser in lots of sweeps the very moment you click the last button for entry.

Better Business Bureau News and Alerts might help you steer clear of some sweep and contest scams.

Keeping all the above in mind, here's some miscellaneous links you can try, if you wish:

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