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Current Events - The following websites link to cable/network news, magazines, newspapers and wire services/web news.

CABLE & NETWORK NEWS

ABCNews.Com

National and international news, ESPN sports, weather, online chats with guests from Good Morning America, transcripts and video from Nightline, and links to related stories from 20/20.

BBC News
Includes world news; UK news and politics; education; sci-tech; sports; entertainment; news in other languages, video and audio. Choose the UK Edition for news with a British basis, or the World Edition for world news, business, and sports along with international radio and TV.

CBS News
National and world news, weather, science and technology, and news polls.

CNN
National and local news, politics, business, weather, sports, technology, space, health, entertainment, books, travel, food, arts & style, nature, the daily almanac, plus audio and video clips.  myCNN.com brings news from sources around the world.

MSNBC
Microsoft/NBC news and featured news programs, including the Today Show, Nightly News, Dateline NBC, and MSNBC Cable.

NPR Online
The National Public Radio site, this features online audio of NPR news programs and archives of previous shows.

MAGAZINES

Newsweek.com
Stories from the current issue, with daily features and international editions. Archives to February, 1997 are searchable by subject.

Time Magazine
The online edition of Time magazine, including articles, online polls, Time for Kids, and archives by date to 1994.

U.S. News Online
The weekly news magazines, with archives, lists of best colleges, hospitals, and News You Can Use.  

NEWSPAPERS

Detroit Free Press
Today’s news, featured columnists, comics, and classified ads. 

Detroit News
Current news, columnists, sports, feature sections, and Web links. Articles from the past year are available at the Detroit News section of Infotrac, which is available at Lahser or from home at the Michigan Electronic Library (Mel). You'll need a Michigan Driver's License number to access Mel.

The Christian Science Monitor Electronic Edition
Includes world and national news, editorials and opinion, work and money, learning, "the home front", and arts and leisure.

The Chicago Tribune
Online version of the daily newspaper featuring international, national, and Chicago news and features.

Internet Public Library Online Newspapers
A large collection of links to electronic newspapers from around the world.

Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times online, featuring daily, weekly, and Sunday sections.

Miami Herald
Emphasis on local news, hurricane updates, sports, and Florida travel.

The New York Times
The daily edition of the New York Times, this requires registration and a password. For articles from the past ninety days, go the The New York Times backfiles, available in the Media Center, from home through the Michigan Electronic Library (Mel). You'll need a Michigan Driver's License number to access Mel.

USA Today
Condensed stories on international and national news, weather, sports, and business.  Past issues to 1997 searchable by topic or date.

Washington Post.com
The daily newspaper features "News Digest", "Photo Galleries", politics, national, world and local news.  

WIRE SERVICES & WEB NEWS

All the Web News

Over 3,000 news sites indexed in "real time" and updated every fifteen minutes. Stories are kept for two days.

Google News
Information from approximately 4,000 news sources worldwide, arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day; an automated grouping process pulls together related headlines and photos from thousands of sources worldwide, demonstrating how different news organizations are reporting the same story. Stories are kept for approximately 30 days

LexisNexis U.S. Politics and World News
News from around the world on political and social issues.

Reuters News
Stories from the Reuters newswire, featuring breaking stories, international news, business, politics, public opinion, sports, science, health and entertainment.



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