NEWS ONLINE

CONTENTS:

• BigNews Network.com
• National Geographic News
• Today in History

BIGNEWS NETWORK.COM

BigNews Network.com, online since 1998, is a news service that offers about 400 categories of news from more than 80 countries that are updated on an hourly basis. The news sources are diverse and include newspapers, government, press releases, television, radio and other news producers.

BigNews features links (some categories have many subtopics) to Breaking News, Business, Editorials, Entertainment, Health, International, Internet, Markets, Media, Religion, Special Interest, Sports and Technology.

Reviewing just a couple of the subtopics shows the variety of news that you can capture using this site.

Starting with the Business category, opt for Breaking News, International Business, Regional or Sector. Regional has its own options: top news stories from Asia Business News, Europe Business News, UK Business News and U.S. Business News. Sector offers up news from many business sectors, from Accounting to Utilities. For all you April Fools fans, the Entertainment category includes Weird News from around the world.

Check out the photos from the day's news or have the top five headlines e-mailed to you every day. This site is worth a longer review so you may want to explore it more yourself.

http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS

On April 1, 2003 National Geographic News celebrated the day with the feature April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes by John Roach. What a great read! Roach relates the tales of some of the great hoaxes. The Web story is replete with pics, a definition of hoaxes and a history of hoaxes. You may want to scroll to the end of the page to delve deeper into hoaxes in the Related Stories and Related Links. Enjoy!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030401_aprilfool.html

TODAY IN HISTORY

The Library of Congress’ American Memory project "is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States . The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections." Part of this rich resource is Today in History, which educates us all using the written word, audio and visual tools. Scroll down the page to celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of Today in History. Look inside the research and fact checking, and learn about the tasks it takes to bring the enlightening site to the world.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr01.html

Pamela J. Smith

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