Current Event Web Sites

• ABC NEWS

Includes American and world news headlines, articles, chatrooms, message boards, news alerts, video and audio webcasts, shopping, and wireless news service.

http://abcnews.go.com/

• BBC NEWS

The website is the most popular news website in the United Kingdom and forms a major part of BBC Online. The site records around 14 million unique users a week. The website contains international news coverage, as well as British, entertainment, science, and political news. Many reports are accompanied by audio and video from the BBC's television and radio news services, while the latest TV and radio bulletins are also available to view or listen to on the site together with other current affairs programmes.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world

• CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

http://www.cnn.com/

• CSPAN

For more than 30 years, C-SPAN has supported initiatives that encourage greater public access to the courts, Congress, the President and other areas within our government.

http://www.cspan.org/

• FOX NEWS

Fox News Channel (FNC), often Fox News, or ambiguously "Fox", is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation. As of April 2009, the channel is available to 102 million households in the United States and further to viewers internationally, broadcasting primarily out of its New York studios. The channel grew in the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant cable news network in the United States.

http://www.foxnews.com

• GOOGLE NEWS

Google News is an automated news aggregator provided by Google Inc. The service covers news articles appearing within the past 30 days on various news websites. For this reason, links to the site will find the target article only within that 30-day window.

http://news.google.com/

• NEWSWEEK

Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence. Newsweek is published in four English language editions and 12 global editions written in the language of the circulation region.

http://www.newsweek.com/

• NY TIMES

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded, and continuously published in New York City, since 1851. Its website is the most popular American online newspaper website, receiving more than 30 million unique visitors per month. The news includes International, National, Washington, Business, Technology, Science, Health, Sports, The Metro Section, Education, Weather, and Obituaries.

http://www.nytimes.com/

• TIME

Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is an American news magazine. Time is the world's largest weekly news magazine, and has a domestic audience of 20 million and a global audience of 25 million.

http://www.time.com/time/

• USA TODAY

USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003. USA Today remains the widest circulated print newspaper in the United States. USA Today is distributed in all fifty states, Canada, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the United Kingdom.

http://www.usatoday.com/

• US NEWS & WORLD REPORT

U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories. In recent years, it has become particularly known for its ranking system and annual reports on American colleges, graduate schools and hospitals.

http://www.usnews.com/

• WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Wall Street Journal is an American international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company and it is the largest newspaper in the United States, by circulation. The Journal primarily covers American economic and international business topics, and financial news and issues. Its name derives from Wall Street, located in New York City, which is the heart of the financial district; it has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8, 1889, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser.

http://online.wsj.com/home-page

• WASHINGTON POST

The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

• YAHOO! NEWS

Yahoo! News is an Internet-based news aggregator provided by Yahoo!. It features Top Stories, U.S. National, World, Business, Entertainment, Science, Health, Weather, Most Popular, News Photos, Op/Ed, and Local news.

http://news.yahoo.com/