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Academic Impressions:
This daily news update contains 5-8 top news stories each day, plus feature articles focused on a variety of ongoing issues facing education.
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AlterNet Headlines:
This twice-weekly alert links to roughly 15 stories per issue. On its site, AlterNet describes itself as a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism. They don't shy away from the unpopular or untold stories. If you want a unique look at current events and the media coverage of them, this is a great place to start.
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BBC Daily E-mail (Recommended):
This service lets you specify which categories you'd like from a large list including each continent, subsections of the United Kingdom, Entertainment, Science/Nature, and more. Three to five stories will come in each category, and depending on which you choose, some may overlap. You may also specify delivery time and mail format. A great service for those who'd like a non-US perspective on current events.
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CNN AM QuickNews (Recommended):
A daily e-mail, CNN's QuickNews features fifteen to twenty headlines and article summaries arranged by category: Top Stories, Weather, US News, World News, Sports, and Business. All link to full content.
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New York Times Daily News (Recommended):
This service brings you the top stories from the New York Times, and lets you choose from a diverse set of categories, including Business, Editorial, and Arts. Headlines are followed by a brief summary and links to the full articles.
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Washington Post News Headlines:
This daily alert briefs you on current events in eight categories--Highlights, Politics, World, Nation, Metro, Business, Technology, Sports, and Style. Each category features one story summary and a link to more news in that category. There are also links to editorials, horoscopes, comics, and a Washington DC webcam.
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ABC Breaking News:
ABC's Breaking News service features political, financial, judicial, and other content. Though typically not as fast as CNN's Breaking News, this service offers a good variety of content.
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CNN Breaking News (Recommended):
CNN Breaking News is very fast. The content is typically political, though some financial and other news is delivered. Each alert comes with a link to CNN.com. Highly recommended for those who want to keep aware of current developments.
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Washington Post News Alerts:
This alert service features a headline and a good summary of the news item. This is the only breaking news alert is the only one we've seen that features direct links to full articles (instead of just to the main site).
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CNN
This custom e-mail alert will notify you of any CNN.com article that mentions your selected keywords. You can choose immediate, daily, or weekly delivery. You'll first have to register as a member; then click the "Create your own" link on the alerts page.
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Google
Currently in Beta, Google News alerts are easy to customize. Simply put in your e-mail address, the search terms you'd like to receive alerts about, and choose whether you'd like them daily or as they occur. You'll receive an e-mail with headlines, links to the article, a brief article quote, and a handy link to "all stories on this topic". Great for following a developing story.
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Yahoo!
Yahoo!'s keyword alert service offers lets you select the sources from which it will retrieve stories, as well as delivery options: up to twice a day, or "as it happens." The "as it happens" option is great for keeping close tabs on developing stories, but you might receive a lot of e-mail if the topic is popular. Alerts come to your inbox with a title, brief summary, and a link to the full story.
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CBS MarketWatch:
We evaluated three of the services CBS MarketWatch offers. After the Bell Report (Recommended): Delivered daily after the stock market closes, this alert features the main indexes' closing levels followed by story headlines and links to full article content.
Weekly Roundup:
Delivering headlines with links to full article content on Fridays, this newsletter duplicates some of the stories offered by the After the Bell Report, but also evaluates the week's news to help put it in perspective.
Breaking News Bulletin:
This service is recommended for those who want to stay in very close touch with market developments. It averages one to three messages per day.
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MSNBC Market Close:
A daily e-mail featuring the closing levels of the main indexes as well as a link to one main story and some other MSNBC content. A good update for those who don't require many headlines with their market summary.
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Technology/Internet:
CNET News.com Daily Dispatch (Recommended):
This twice-daily newsletter features six "top stories" in each release, with headlines at the top, brief summaries below, and links to the full articles on CNET's site. After that, there are summary-free links to other stories by category. The range of this tech newsletter is very broad: it covers tech business, new hardware/software, business analysis, gaming, cell phones, lawsuits...almost every "techworldly" topic you can imagine.
Internet.com Daily:
This newsletter features about fifteen headlines with links to full text. Some summaries are included. Topics range from tech companies' activities to book reviews and hardware development. Each e-mail is accompanied by the "JavaScript Tip of the Day." Roughly fifteen stories per day.
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SiliconValley News:
Though provided by Internet.com and occasionally duplicating content from that newsletter, SiliconValley News provides a sharper focus on news about tech companies' activities, strategies, mergers, and the like. Roughly fifteen stories per day.
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Scot's Newsletter:
This twice-a-month newsletter covers the how-to, why-to, and when-to of today's computing and internet world. Software reviews, OS tips, how to beat spam, and spyware elimintation techniques have all been recent topics.
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Tourbus:
This informal and witty "tour of the internet" arrives in your inbox about twice a week. It features discoveries of new websites, security flaws, reviews, and advice for the common internet user. Though it doesn't contain an overabundance of "hard news," Tourbus is an entertaining and useful resource for the Net-savvy.
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The News Center does not publish, nor make any claim as to the validity or soundness of theory in any of the following e-mail alerts. The News Center does not accept any responsibility for any action taken as a result of any of these newsletters. We provide links to and summaries of these free newsletters as a service, NOT as medical advice. Remember to check with your doctor before enacting any changes in your health lifestyle.
American Medical News (Recommended):
This weekly e-mail is a great way to kep in touch with a wide variety of medical & health topics. It offers twenty to thirty headlines and story links in several categories: Government & Medicine, Professional Issues, Business, Health & Science, and Opinion.
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Modern Healthcare's Daily Dose:
This daily e-mail is mostly geared toward reviewing the state of the healthcare industry. 6-8 short stories arrive in your inbox each weekday. Most are relatively short with the full text right in the e-mail, but some longer ones link to the website.
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eHealthy News You Can Use:
Mercola.com sends this e-mail out twice a week. It contains reports on recent studies, dietary hints, drug warnings, seminar information, and articles about new developments in a variety of medical fields, including psychology. The newsletter features between eight and ten story summaries with links to full text.
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The Washington Post's Lean Plate Club:
Focusing on diet and exercise, this weekly newsletter features reports on studies that pertain to the area, exercise tips, and the science of nutrition. It also features follow-ups to online chat sessions, as well as reader suggestions and links to tips on the website.
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