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I have a newsticker set up in my Firefox window that displays headlines from BBC, Slashdot, CBC, Reuters and Associated Press. I have the option of adding more if I want to, but I find that those sites give me a variety of perspectives and tend to keep me up-to-date on what's going on in the world.
I'm the guy who most of my friends look to as being informed and up-to-date on current events, and I use the internet almost exclusively for news gathering. I'll occasionally glance through the local paper, but other than that have more or less given up on newspapers as a source of information. Interestingly, I have received several telemarketing calls attempting to get me to sign up to newspapers with special promotions. I honestly think that old print newspapers are going extinct, and I see no problem with that; why would I want to read a story in the paper a few days after the fact when I can pull the same information directly from the newswire as it happens?
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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