AltaVista
News Page
Top current stories are displayed under several general topics. You
can also search with their news-only search engine that focuses on
news sources from around the U.S. and the world.
Yahoo News
Yahoo! offers this place where you can search for daily news using
their searcher, or by browsing in subject areas. Items are taken
from a variety of news sources, but tend to focus on current dates
of publication.
Lycos Top News
Tracks news stories by topic and also allows searching of archives.
Nice interface is fun and easy to use.
Total News
Search a wide variety of online news sources for news stories and
articles.
News Searching
Resources
The Web is a rich source for current local, national, and
international news. There are a number of search engines which cover
multiple news sites and news wires. This section compares those news
search engines.
National
United States and World News Sources
BBC
News World Service
The BBC News Service makes many news stories from Europe and the
world available for free. You may also search their past articles
archive, dating back to the site's launch in November 1997.
Available in 43 languages; many stories and articles are available
in audio or video versions. Provided by the British Broadcasting
Corporation.
CNN News Searcher
Thorough archives going back several years. Check the box of the
specific archive(s) to search to speed your search. See also their News
Center.
The
Online News Hour
The highly respected news program from public television is on the
Web, offering current news and transcript archives of past programs.
USA Today
A national newspaper covering all aspects of American life and
culture. Easy to search, especially if a particular section is
checked.
The Drudge Report
Contains many links to editorial opinion columnists and other
full-text news sources.
Newspapers
Outside the United States
Guardian
and Observer Archive
One of the major newspapers of Great Britain makes its full text
archives available to the public. It is easy to search and retrieve
news stories back to September 1, 1998.
The Irish Times-- Ireland
Allows narrowing of the archival search through several parameters.
Telegraph
Newspaper Archives Online
Another of the major newspapers of Great Britain makes its full text
archives available to the public. Registration (free) is required.
It is easy to search and retrieve news stories back to 1996.
