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REFERENCE

NEWS SOURCES   Menu

Manjor Newspapers Online / General Weekly News Magazines

Headline Spot.Com - Online News by Media or Subject

http://headlinespot.com/

Popular Online News

http://latimes.com/   L. A. Times on-line

http://nytimes.com/ N.Y. Times on-line

http://www.newsweek.com/ Newsweek Magazine

http://www.cnn.com/ CNN

http://www.c-span.org/ C-SPAN

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/default.stm BBC

http://news.yahoo.com/ Yahoo.Com

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Directories -- U.S. Newspapers

U.S. Newspaper Links
http://www.hammondindiana.com/news.htm     A-Z
http://www.executivelibrary.com/index.asp#news     A-Z and much more
http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/U_S__States/  by State

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Weather News

U.S. National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/   World & Local Weather, Forecasts, National Warnings, Great Links & Graphics!

NOAA Watch - U.S. High Pressure & Low Pressure Fronts plus Warnings
http://www.noaawatch.gov/

WX USA Weatger Hub - Local Weather
http://www.wxusa.com/
Clickable map gives forecasts or links to local weather news sources throughout the U.S.

Weather Underground - Find the Weather for any City, State or ZIP Code, or Airport Code or Country
http://www.wunderground.com/  U.S. Weather
http://www.wunderground.com/global/Weather of other countries

Best World Weather Sites - World Weather Index - Linx Net.Com
http://www.linxnet.com/weather.html  Weather forecasts and weather news, Satellite maps

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Weather Hazards / Warnings / Earthquakes

News

Warnings & Forecasts - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Click map for color-coded warnings  Then, click red colored hyperlinks for hazard reports.

NOAA Watch - All Hazard Monitor - Weather Warnings, River Levels (Flood Levels), Drought Outlooks +
http://www.noaawatch.gov/  See items on left side of web page.

Severe Weather Center - Clickable Risk Nap & Warnings Map with Reports - Accu Weather.Com
http://www.accuweather.com/index-severe-weather.asp  Plus satellite maps

Severe Weather - Weather Underground.Com - Severe Thunderstorms, Tornados, Tropical Hurricanes, Fires
http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp

Current Natural & Weather Disasters - Search for Each Nation or World - Glide Number.Net
http://www.glidenumber.net/glide/public/search/search.jsp

Severe Weather Information Center - Current World Weather Disasters - World Meteorological Organization
http://severe.worldweather.wmo.int/

Earthquakes
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html   Current earthquakes and information

Information and History

Preparing for Emergencies - Natural Disasters and Man-made Disasters - U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/

Federal Disaster Declarations - FEMA Web Page
http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema  FEMA Declarations - Current year and in the past
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/index.shtm  Basic FEMA information and advice on each type of hazard

Hurricanes
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastcost.shtml  Costliest Hurricanes in the U.S.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdead.html  Deadliest Hurricanes in the U.S.

Special Ebrary Web Resources on Disasters & Extreme Weather
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/disaster/home.action
LAC students may save mini-books not available elsewhere to their personal bookshelf in Ebrary.


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Opinion Polls

Gallop Poll Current News
http://www.gallup.com/

Polling Report on the Presidency and the Issues
http://www.pollingreport.com/

Opinion Magazines

http://newslink.org/mpol.html  News Links.Com
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Political_Opinion/Progressive/Magazines/  Yahoo.Com directory of progressive magazines & e-zines
http://dir.yahoo.com/government/u_s__government/politics/political_opinion/conservative/magazines/  Yahoo.Com directory of conservative magazines & e-zines

Alternative News and News Sources

http://home.earthlink.net/~tebrister/alternativepress.htm  Earthlink.Net; Thomas Brister, PhD. - Right and left of center
http://www.wanttoknow.info/resources  Want To Know.Com - Alternative news
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/mediacrit.html  Interleaves.Org - Additional alternative news resources

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Business News Periodicals

Business News Periodicals on the Internet, Free Versions
http://online.barrons.com/public/main  Barrons.Com
http://www.businessweek.com/  Business Week.Com
http://www.economist.com/index.html  Economist.Com
http://www.entrepreneur.com/  Entrepreneur.Com
http://www.forbes.com/  Forbes.Com
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/  Fortune - CNN Money.Com
http://www.inc.com/  Inc.Com

http://online.wsj.com/public/us  Wall St. Journal On-line

Directories of Free Online Business and General Magazines - executive Library.Com
http://www.executivelibrary.com/index.asp#magazines

To Business Web Sites

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International News

All Newspapers.Com: International News Links, Fun site.
http://www.allnewspapers.com/

Online Newspapers.Com - "Thousands of World Newspapers at Your Fingertips"
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

International News Archives, by Country and Region - Scroll down for hyperlinks
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/intarchives.htm

Broadcast News / Streaming

Live Radio and TV from Around the World - Includes Streaming - Broadcastlive.Com
http://www.broadcast-live.com/

Streamfinder.Com - Over 12,000 free streaming radio stations
http://www.streamfinder.com/  

Streaming Radio Guide
http://streamingradioguide.com/
News & Talk Radio
National Public Radio  With or without streaming


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4-19-10