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ABCNews.com
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CBSNews.com
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MSNBC.com
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11.86% |
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CNN.com
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16.95% |
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NYTimes.com
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8.47% |
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USAToday.com
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6.78% |
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FoxNews.com
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16.95% |
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Other
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37.29% |
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Reuters.com
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05-09-2007, 05:03 PM
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Best General News Site
I've used MSNBC.com for years, but they changed their format, making it less easy to read.
I like CNN.com because they usually have a four line summary at the start of each story, which is a great feature. However, they have too many stories that are videos, meaning I have to wait through a mini commercial to see the video.
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05-09-2007, 05:04 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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05-09-2007, 05:07 PM
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Re: Best General News Site
drudgereport!
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05-09-2007, 05:11 PM
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Re: Best General News Site
Yahoo is my homepage.
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05-09-2007, 05:11 PM
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Re: Best General News Site
I set the votes to zero because I forgot Foxnews.com
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05-09-2007, 05:14 PM
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Like Fox news. However I like CNN Money portion. So I do the go between.
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05-09-2007, 05:22 PM
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Re: Best General News Site
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Yahoo is my homepage.
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Same here.
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05-09-2007, 05:28 PM
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Fark.com, or, for news as it happens, Digg.com.
Hard hitting incisive reporting from the tickers and police blotters of the world.
Sorta.
What, T-Al - you add Fox "News" and don't balance it with Jon Stewart's Daily Show?
Uhm, fair and balanced? 
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05-09-2007, 05:35 PM
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NYtimes, BBC. Sidney Morning Herald I just love reading what is happening Tomorrow! Today!
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05-09-2007, 05:47 PM
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BBC.com best by far, if you have XM radio can listen also
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05-09-2007, 05:47 PM
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Re: Best General News Site
Start the day with news.google.com
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05-09-2007, 05:49 PM
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05-09-2007, 05:57 PM
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Re: Best General News Site
The BBC site is nice, but the animated text (LATEST) is annoying. I want my news page totally static -- don't want things flickering while I'm reading.
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05-09-2007, 05:59 PM
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Google News
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05-09-2007, 06:07 PM
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Re: Best General News Site
Also, are there any news sites that let you watch video without a commercial first?
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05-09-2007, 06:12 PM
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Also, are there any news sites that let you watch video without a commercial first?
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CNBC did for awhile but now they got ads too.
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05-09-2007, 06:36 PM
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This site is it for me. I pretty much get from here which celebrity or important person has recently died, and that's all the news I need. 
Seriously, I don't keep up with the news but it filters in from the radio that BF has got on most of the time--tuned to NPR, Wisconsin Public Radio, or the local community station.
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05-09-2007, 06:39 PM
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Fox News Channel all the way!
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05-09-2007, 09:05 PM
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Re: Best General News Site
I generally use reuters.com , sometimes via my Yahoo portal.
I also keep links for foreign news sites handy as I like to get different viewpoints on big news; I have links handy for BBC news, Hindustan Times and Aljazeera.
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05-09-2007, 09:20 PM
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