I read the AP news on the Yahoo website and watch CNN Headline News
and sometimes the BBC news.  It all seems so repetitive and focused on
the latest disasters.

I'd like to find other sources for the news that keep me informed but
avoid repeating themselves over and over. And I'd like to save time.

Did you try the news service provided by google ?
At Google News
( http://news.google.com/news/en/us/nation.html )
you wonīt be bored with repeated messages over and over again.

And google news offers another - in my opinion great - service. The
google news alert (beta state):

( ://www.google.com/newsalerts?hl=en )
keeps you informed by e-mail on exactly the topics you wish to watch.
You will be notified by mail when new news appear.
 
Thatīs what I call "time saving". You do not have to browse through
all the news to find out the interesting ones for you.
After entering the keywords (topics) of your personal preference you
will get a mail as soon as new messages by the google news system.

I hope that google news will keep you well informed.

till-ga

No search done as I use google news every day.

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Request for Answer Clarification by gt3-ga on 18 Mar 2004 06:51 PST

Till,

Thanks. This is a good start. I really want a broader range of choices
then just Google.

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Clarification of Answer by till-ga on 19 Mar 2004 01:25 PST

Did the comments by the others here help you to get the wanted broader
range of choices ?

till-ga

www.allyoucanread.com

Have a look at:

http://www.oneworld.net

for a pretty different take on what's important in the world news.

And I almost forgot this site, which is tons of fun:

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/

News Connect
http://www.newsconnect.net

World News Network
http://www.wn.com

The pop-ups on the allyoucanread site are really annoying.

Hi mister2u, pafalafa, voila,

Thanks for several fun and or informative news web sites.

I think that wn.com is a really good replacement for my Yahoo news.

GT3

NewsIsFree
http://www.newsisfree.com/

An Advanced News Aggregator

"This site collects headlines from 8652 sources around the web and lets
you manage them in new ways. You can:

- Browse the latest headlines, from thousands of sources in many different
languages. 
- Search for the latest news. 
- Create custom pages with your own choice of news sources, arrange them
in boxes or lists.
- Send headlines to your friends and collegues by mail."

If you are a hard core news junkie you can go with one of their "premium"
services for $20.00 a year and get rid of the pop-unders, etc. and expand
the service.