News Sources

Newspapers and On-line News Sources

• CNBC Business

• Bloomberg Business News

• The Christian Science Monitor

• The Drudge Report

• FeedRoom

• Metagrid

• NewsCentral

• New York Stock Exchange

• Nasdaq Stock Exchange

• American Stock Exchange

• Investors Business Daily

• Wall Street Journal

• Options Express

• NPR

• New York Times

• USA Today

• Spiegel Online

• Guardian OnLine

• World Focus (WF)

• PBS NewsHour

• PBS FrontLine (FL)

• CNN

• YAHOO

• MSN

• WeatherUnderground

• WW Time & Date

• World News
  This Website features several categories: WN Reports, Regional WW News, Entertainment, Science, Sports. Business, Languages, & Multimedia.

• The Leon Charney Report
  Leon Charney is a prominent lawyer and author.The format is unrehearsed, highly intelligent one-on-one discussion on Current Affairs.
  His Tv Schedule and a Multimedia of Previous Shows is featured.

• BBC
  Internet Service of the British Broadcasting Co.

• U.S. Defense Dept.
  Official Website of the U.S. DOD

• The TakeAway
  A Mix of Current Topics is discussed. They are:
  Cultural Arts, Entertainment; National Issues; Society; Health; Tech; Politics, etc.
  This is also a Morning Radio Program that is broadcast in the NYC area by WNYC on FM & AM.
  You can check their current Time Schedule on www.wnyc.org.

References

Assorted Dictionaries, Libraries and Newspaper Archives can be freely tapped.

• Academic Materials
  Finds Web based material suitable for a professor's lesson plans or a student's research paper. Geared to college students and academic researchers. Much material may be helpful to secondary (high school) students.

• AdCritic.com
  An archive of great TV commercials. A special feature is the "Music Section". AdCritic.com tells you the name and performer of more than 200 songs used in commercials.

• Cryptome
  A continually updated archive of secret, leaked, classified, and public docummments from the realms of national security, intelligence gathering, cryptology, and technology.

• Harlem.org
  A fan site devoted to Harlem's great jazz musicians. One feature lets you click on the face of a musician in the photograph and zoom in, get biographical information, and find links to sites devoted to the artist's music.

• Legal Documents
  Combs sites through the legal dictionary, legal news, and the text of the United States Constitution. A search engine powered by Alta Vista enables users to search for documents on Federal and state Web sites.

• Library of Congress

• Merriam-Webster OnLine

• New York Public Library

• Internet Public Library (IPL)
  The IPL features a wide range searchable subject matter under Collections and Ready References.

• Internet Movie DataBase (IMDB)
  The IMDB provides info on Movies, DVD's and TV programs.

• Roget's Thesaurus

• Rhyming Dictionary

• Snopes.com
  Urban Legends Reference Pages of pop-culture myths and rumors.

• SpeedTrapInfo
  FYI: The Natl.Motorist Assoc. lists the Worst Speed Traps in All 50 States plus Other Features for the Motorist.

• BallParks
  A Look at Various Types of BallParks, Past, Present & Future.

• USA Lighthouses
  This Website provides Pictures, History, and Links to LightHouses Around the USA.

• MtWashington (MtW)
  MtW is Where the Wind Blows. A Weather Research Station is perched on top of NH's - and highest peak in the NE.
  This Website is a treasure for fans of Weather and the Outdoors. The Home Page features a Summit Cam.

• DarwinAwards (DA)
  The DA's are given to some dearly departed, not exactly geniuses. They are judged to have helped mankind by removing themselves from the gene pool.
  READ ON !

• VrGettysburg
  The Battle of Gettysburg was a horrific struggle between the Union and the Confederate Armies. This battle which lasted over a period of days claimed over 50000 lives.
  This Website is a Virtual Tour (VrT)of the Battlefields and the Vistas as they look today.
  The Viewer must have QuickTime installed on the cmptr to partake in the VrT.

• VrSeattle
  This Website is a Virtual Tour (VrT) of Seattle WA.
  A View Menu is provided for various Seattle locations. VrT allows you to spin around the chosen Location, zoom in and out, and look up and down.
  The Viewer must have QuickTime (QT) or Flash (F) installed on the Cmptr to partake in the VrT. This Site allows DL's of Either QT or F to your Cmptr,if needed.

• Infoplease Encyclopedia
  Your Source for 'All the Knowledge You Need '.
  Enter their Year-by-Year Chronology (1900- 2008). You get Events ( For a Given Year) that Happened in the: World, U.S.,Economics, Sports, & Entertainment.
  This Website features several categories;
  Almanacs;
  Atlas - World Atlas & Maps;
  Encyclopedia - Covers Various Branches of Knowledge;
  A Dictionary Search;
  A Thesaures - Access to Synonyms;
  Features - Bios, Business, Health & Science, Sports;
  Timelines - World History; Profiles of World Countries.

Editorial Cartoons/Humor

• WaltHandelsman

• Mike Keefe

• JMargulies

  Humor Columnist

• Dave Barry
  Dave Barry is the Humor Columnist for the Miami Hearld. He is Syndicated in Various Newspapers.

• Bill Ervolino
  Click on Columnists and a Listing will appear. Bill Ervolino writes a twice-weekly humor column for the Bergen Record. His Listing has his Latest Column and his Archives.