NEWS ONLINE

CONTENTS:

• The Frumious Bandersnatch
• News of the Weird
• Oddly Enough News from Reuters

THE FRUMIOUS BANDERSNATCH

"The Least Trustworthy Source of News on the Web. Free and worth twice the price." The tag line for The Frumious Bandersnatch says it all and it's all it says. For the majority of prospect research offices, the primary budget item required is the free one. What more can I say; The Frumious Bandersnatch fits your research resource bill.

http://www.bandersnatch.com/

NEWS OF THE WEIRD

Of course, every good researcher knows that it is necessary to verify information with a second independent and trusted source.

Founded in 1988, Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird is a trusted source of true but weird news features. It boasts that its column can be found in 300 daily and weekly newspapers and on Web sites throughout the real and virtual news world. Why spend time, so much time, with the handiwipes and make-up mirror removing news print from your cheeks. Just log on to the original virtual aggregator of strange but true news.

Although time has proven that this is THE source of currently weird news, its search function and Weird Map remain in the middle years of the 1990s. The archives are truly historical fonts of odd information.

If you have news to share, click the Submit button as fast as you can.

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/

ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS FROM REUTERS

Reuters, founded as a London news agency in 1851, serves up some peculiar news. A special treat from Reuters is Oddly Enough, with its eye on the true but unusual facts in the news. Do Visit Oddly Enough's photo gallery and do read the captions.

http://www.reuters.com/news.jhtml?type=human

Pamela J. Smith