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National and global news from the South.

Digitized version of the Ayer's Directory (1869-1919), which is a list of newspapers (and many periodicals) published in the United States and Canada, arranged geographically. Includes basic facts (editor name, subscription cost, etc.) as well as advertising and circulation statistics. The library has owns this title in print (1880-1986). NARN (Ayer).It is continued by Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (New York: Gale, 1987-) JFM 90-283, with expanded coverage of radio and television stations.

National and local news. Today's and yesterday's editions are searchable.

News from New York's CBS television station.

Searchable for the past 7 days.

The latest news, with text, audio and video.

German news in German.

Spain's news in Castilian and Catalan.

New York City news and policy.

Easy-to-use portal providing free access to news, news headlines, and news sources worldwide.

One of the sites maintained by the News Division volunteers of the Special Libraries Association, this one archives foreign newspapers papers are organized by region and country.

Numerous links to news & periodical resources on the Web.

A gateway service for mass media on the worldwide web, provides links to newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations around the world. Searchable by country, city, and topic.

NPR provides listeners with "noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming."

New York City news with some national coverage.

Library of Congress' list of online newpaper archives, indexes and databases, with links to both free and subscription services.

News, weather & sports from the New York City radio station.

News and features from National Public Radio. Includes a national directory of NPR affiliates.

Links to thousands of U.S. and international newspapers.

Archives of articles and photos back to 1995 included free.

Part of News Directory, it allows you to search for free full-text articles in selected newspapers. Coverage varies. News Directory is a free directory of newspapers, magazines, television stations, colleges, visitor bureaus, governmental agencies and more.

Searchable archive of newspapers from small towns in the United States.

Breaking News from Australia

Breaking news from Israel.

Internet version of the weekly and Sunday paper. Requires registration, but is free.

Turkey's only English-language daily news- paper current issues available free.

Contains links to national and international newspaper archives and indexes available over theInternet.

Money and investing update. Requires free registration.

Links to U.S. and world newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, arranged by region and country.