News and Current Events Links

Electronic versions of US newspapers:

Washington Post - An important rag on national politics
Seattle Times - A funny little paper
The Stranger - Seattle weekly magazine that's either trash or lefty
Los Angeles Times - A big, sometimes useful paper
The Boston Globe - Another big US paper

Electronic versions of Foreign newspapers:

Times of India - Not a great paper, but it's a big country
The Daily Star - Lebanese paper
AlJazeera.net - The CNN of the Arab world (trashy, but timely)
Dawn - Pakistani newspaper
Tehran Times - Iranian news
Islamic Republic News Agency - Iranian news
Clarin.com - An Argentine electronic newspaper - in Spanish
La Repubblica - Italian newspaper - in Italian
Corriere della Sera - Italian newspaper - in Italian

Web news and news aggregator links:

ioL - South African and African news
boingboing.net - Random web gems
Slashdot - Techie news at the moment
International Crisis Group - Handy for very specific crisis-oriented world news
DEBKAfile - Right-wing Israeli propaganda site - occasionally brilliant
Yahoo Finance - Quick US economic snapshot
Plastic - Interesting news items from the web
Space Weather - News from out of this world

Electronic versions of news magazines:

The Nation - Magazine - Left Wing
The Guardian - Magazine - Left/Center from England (good for international and outsider's view of US)
CounterPunch - Magazine - Left Wing
Mother Jones - Magazine - Left Wing
The New Republic - Magazine - Centrist?
The Washington Monthly - Magazine - Centrist?
The American Spectator - Magazine - Right Wing
The National Review - Magazine - Right Wing

Translator sites

Langenburg.com - The first one I found (I'd love better suggestions)

Sports News

Velo News - Bicycle racing news
Sports Illustrated Baseball
Sports Illustrated Basketball

Web Comics & Funnies

Diesel Sweeties
The Onion - Best satire in the United States
Get Your War On
The Daily Show