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| ABCNEWS.COM | Useful news source | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternet.org | Another useful news source | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Google News | "Search and browse the latest headlines." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HuffPost | "Breaking News, U.S. and World News" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Meet the Press | Video of previous programs, transcripts, and resources | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MSNBC | Microsoft's & NBC's marriage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Times | Includes New York Review of Books. Requires (free) email address registration. They have a searchable archive (back to 1996) . You must pay for archived articles more than 7 days old. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NPR | News highlights and connections to all programs from National Public Radio. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rawstory | An important news source. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reuters | A "leading source of breaking business news, full news coverage, stock quotes and global market data." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UPI | United Press International pioneered many areas of worldwide news coverage and distribution (since 1907). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Today | Articles from the print version and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Voice of America | News from the VOA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vox | News from the Vox | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington Post | Washington Post On-line Edition | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BBC NEWS | News from the BBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CBC News | News from the Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| China News from the Independent | News about China, from a British web site, as all "news" sites in China are under the total control of the Communist Party | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Crikey | News from the Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deutsche Welle | "The German international broadcasting service offers information seekers a global package of programmes for radio, television and the Internet" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| thelocal.DK | Danish news in English | ||||||||||||||||||||
| EUobserver.com | The latest EU related news. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Times of Israel | News from Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Times | News from Japan in English | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kyiv Post | News from Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexico News Daily | News south of the border | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Moscow Times | News from Russia by one of the few independent news sources, as Putin controls most. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Novaya Gazeta | The Russian Supreme Court ordered the closure of the website of the ‘Novaya Gazeta’ portal, a symbol of critical voices in Russia and whose director, Dimitri Muratov, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Polygraph.info | Attempts to counter some of the enormous number of lies and propaganda produced by Putin's apparatus. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| News.scotsman.com | News from Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ElPais.com | News from Spain, English edition | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Der Spiegel | Issues commentary from Germany (the German equivalent of Newsweek) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Times | News from Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ukrainska Pravda | News from Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||
| US Cities News | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DallasNews.com | The Dallas Morning News online | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Free Press | "Freep.com is the site of Michigan's largest newspaper, the Detroit Free Press. Here you'll find coverage of Michigan and metro Detroit news, arts, entertainment, and sports." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HoustonChronicle.com | The Houston Chronicle online | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L.A. Daily News | "The Daily News of Los Angeles serves the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys and adjacent areas." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NewsOK.com | Oklahoman - online version | ||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco Chronicle | Articles from the print version and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Articles from the print version and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Local/NC News | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WRAL TV | The best NC news site, with the area weather forecast for central NC, and school and business closings | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Pilot | Local online newspaper for Moore County, NC (paywall beyond home page) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sandhills Sentinel | Another local online newspaper for Moore County, NC - ad supported | ||||||||||||||||||||
| News-Record.com | Piedmont/Triad NC on-line newspaper | ||||||||||||||||||||
| News & Observer | Excellent Raleigh, NC on-line newspaper | ||||||||||||||||||||
| news14.com | Central N.C. area news | ||||||||||||||||||||
| heraldsun.com | "Continuously updated news for the Triangle region, including Durham, RTP and Chapel Hill" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte Observer | Well-done online newspaper - see especially their careerbuilder page | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fayetteville Observer | Fayetteville, N.C. area news | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WUNC-FM | Listen to WUNC-FM, 91.5 FM (an NPR station), from your computer. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| News Links/Search Engines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Google News Search | "Search and browse the latest headlines." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paperboy | "Provides the web's biggest collection of quality searchable links to thousands of online newspapers from around the world" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yahoo News Links | News extracted from many news sources. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Crime | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FBI's 10 Most Wanted | "The FBI is offering rewards for information leading to the apprehension of Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Check each fugitive page for the specific amount." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States Marshals Service Most Wanted | 15 most wanted fugitives | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NC Wanted | Stories from the television program | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children |
"As the nation's resource center for child protection, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) spearheads national efforts to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation ..." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Sex Offender & Public Registry | Data on sex offenders in participating states | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FamilyWatchdog | Maps local sex offenders in your area. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Sex Offender Registry | Data for the public on more than 2200 sex offenders in NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Department of Correction
Public Access Information System | Data for the public on more than convicted criminals in NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WeTip Crime Net | Fugitives and unsolved crimes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Officer.com | "Absolutely everything that's law-enforcement related on the Web" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TheLaw.com | "You can conduct research on issues, download legal documents and forms, and get up-to-the-minute news about the law. You can even participate in professionally-led support groups or speak directly with lawyers in our one-on-one chat. All for free!" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal Trade Commission: Identity Theft | Information on identity theft | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E-Zines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BBC Radio 4 | Great audio content - streaming audio programs - Arts and Drama, Comedy, Religion/Ethics, History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BBC4 Science | Great science content - including streaming audio programs - wonderful stuff | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Booknotes | A companion web site to C-SPAN's Sunday author interview series - has archived versions of Booknotes interviews, 1989-2004. No newer content, replaced by Book TV | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Book TV | Book TV on C-SPAN 2 - has archived video podcasts of programming - excellent! | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C-SPAN | Excellent! Includes web mirroring of the TV program content, Booknotes transcripts, audio files, special features like American Presidents and their "Life Portraits" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Discovery Channel | The Discovery Channel Online | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Geographic | Wonderful graphics & content, as one might expect. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nova | Internet Edition - interesting articles, based on the TV series - well designed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PBS | Featuring the NewsHour site | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Science Friday | "An online companion to Science Friday, a weekly science, technology, and environment news radio program." - including many archived programs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NPR | National Public Radio site | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Popular Science | Articles from the print version and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Popular Mechanics | Articles from the print version and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology Review | Interesting articles on new technology from MIT | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Slate | Microsoft's political (chiefly) commentary site - some good stuff | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Readers Digest | The famous Digest's interactive online counterpart. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific American | The great one - partially on the Web | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Time | Time has taken down it's paywall! Hooray! | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USNews.com | Articles from the print version of U.S. News & World Report On-line and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vox | Understand the news | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weather | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Weather Channel | Everything about the weather - Here is Pinehurst's forecast | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Weather Service | Weather conditions & forecasts, radar & satellite images - Moore County forecast | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Weather Service's Graphical Forecasts | Very cool. After this page loads, you can mouseover the links on the left to see progressive color-coded maps of precipitation probabilities, among other things - this link is to the Mid Atlantic map. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WRAL WeatherCenter | NC & Triangle weather satellite views, Doppler radar images, forecasts, audio, and central NC school and business closings. Also see WRAL's iControl Interactive Doppler. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AccuWeather.Com | Good weather site, marred by lots of irritating animated ads and pop-ups, anyway here is their forecast for Pinehurst | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yahoo Weather | Here is Pinehurst's weather. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Weather Underground | Find the Weather for any City, State or Zipcode, or Country - Here is Pinehurst's. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Intellicast | Weather conditions & forecasts, radar & satellite images | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration | Everything about the weather, atmosphere, oceans, ... | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WeatherBug | "Free software for your PC that enables LIVE temperature in your system tray" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Hurricane Center | Hurricane analysis and forecasts - part of NOAA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Google Maps | Very robust and useful, with integrated satellite views. Highly recommended! | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Google Earth | "Quickly zoom from space down to street level and combine imagery, 3D geography, maps, and business data to get the total picture in seconds." Requires software installation. Free version available for download. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yahoo Maps | Very much like Google Maps, no satellite views, but has some neat interface features, especially nice is the interactive zoom. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mapquest | Once the best free online interactive street & travel atlas of the entire US, now is rather poor technically and its maps are not nearly as easy to use - lots of ads. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MSN Maps | Free interactive mapping service, not on par with Google, Yahoo, or Ask, but perhaps fourth best in this category. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Geographic's Map Machine | Political, geographical maps of the world | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Census Bureau Homepage | Maps & data about every place in the U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Map Guide | "Links to many map sites in the world, organized by continent." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Map | Country maps, organized by continent. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 Top Map Sites | Self-documenting - lists many map resources, but some links are dead. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Time/Time Zones | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The official U.S. time | "Public service cooperatively provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U. S. Naval Observatory. Also historical and general interest exhibits." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World ClocTime Server | Claims to provide "the most accurate current local times of any world clock on the Internet" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Clock | Current local times around the world | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Business/Investment | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Business Week | Articles from the print version and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Economist | British e-zine (based on the print version) like unto US News and World Report | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MSN Money | A free Internet service, providing investors with portfolio tracking, news, quotes, historical charting, online trading, and other investment services | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Motley Fool | All things related to investing online | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BigCharts | "Free and unlimited access to charts, reports, indicators and quotes on 22,700 US stocks, mutual funds and major market indices. " | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Barron's Online | Limited content for public access | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Forbes | Extensive business/investment information - an attractive site | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Employment/Job Link Sites | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Salary.com | "Free salary information, salary and benefits advice, career and job search help. Hundreds of salary surveys, compensation reports, and useful links." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ComputerJobs | "Computer Jobs and Career Management Resources for Technology Professionals" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NC Commerce Job and Training | "Offers labor market information, provides access to career training and job placement services, and serves as the connection between employers and qualified workers." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FirstHealth of the Carolinas | FirstHealth provides integrated health care services to the mid-Carolinas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte Observer's Employment Page | Find a job in the Carolinas or across the country | ||||||||||||||||||||
| JobBank USA | "Specializes in providing career information including job and resume database services to job candidates, employers and recruitment firms in the U.S. and worldwide" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Careerbuilder.com | Search hundreds of thousands of jobs, listed by job type, searchable | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Careers.org | "A free and comprehensive career research and job-hunting site, organized by topic, that includes regional resources, expert job advice, career articles, and the best career sites on the Web." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Monster Board! | Find the job you're looking for from 459,629 job postings now. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SimplyHired.com | "SimplyHired indexes more than 4.5 million jobs from thousands of sources and provides filtered searches, ratings and other services for job hunters." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LiveCareer | "This site is designed to provide as much information and resources as possible for job seekers. While this site has all types of resources and links, its main focus is on helping the new college grad find employment." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Health News/Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Medline Plus | A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine - from the National Institutes of Health | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ask Dr. Weil | Dr. Weil's Home Remedies for Common Ailments - searchable, includes Vitamin Adviser | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DiscoveryHealth | Information for wellness, nutrition, fitness and healthy lifestyles. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| onHealth | New excellent health site | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DrugDigest.org | A database of more than 5,000 drugs and herbals and 11,500 potential interactions. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Koop's Community | Large site for medical information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WebMD.com | "The largest health community and best medical information on the Web from trustworthy professionals." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The People's Pharmacy | Joe and Terry Graedon's health site | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MayoClinic.com | Health info from the Mayo Clinic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HealthCentral | Health news & other info - includes a searchable library | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Better Hearing Institute | Hearing FAQs and facts, an interactive self-hearing evaluation, more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mental Help Net | Guide to mental health, psychology, and psychiatry online | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DrWhitaker.com | Health news & other info | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Centers for Disease Control | Diseases, health risks, prevention guidelines and strategies information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RxList | The Internet Drug Index | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medscape | For health professionals and interested consumers, features thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed articles medical news, Medline, and interactive quizzes. Updated daily, and Free! | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MedicineNet | 100 most common medical conditions & treatments, med. dictionary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The New England Journal of Medicine | Articles from the print version | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Prevention | Lots of interesting health related info, including home remedies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Herbal Information Center | Large herbal resource collection | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Botanical.com | A hyper-text version of "A Modern Herbal" and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HerbNet | Information on herbs, herb products and remedies, herb publications | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Henriette's Herbal Homepage | Information on herbs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| American Tinnitus Association | Tinnitus treatment options | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ESPN.COM | The online version of ESPN. More sports news than you have time for, including a search engine for both ESPN and the Web if you need more than you have time for. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BleacherReport.com | From CNN, complete sports coverage of all major sports, including a search engine for major sports stories. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Today Sports | The sports section of USA Today. All the up-to-the-minute news of major U.S. sports. Looks just like the newspaper version but with more information. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS Sports | CBSSports.Com is the on-line sports magazine of the CBS TV network, providing sports information of major US and world sports, with a search engine for locating sports information. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pinehurst and Moore County Sites | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Moore County Government | Official Moore County, NC county government web page | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Moore County Board of Elections | Find your polling place, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Moore County GIS | Maps of Moore County, NC county properties - includes aerial photos of many areas. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Pilot | Local online newspaper for Moore County, NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pinehurst Area Movies | Movie showings, times, online ticket sales, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sandhills Online | All about Pinehurst, Southern Pines, and Moore County, NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Universities & Colleges | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prospective Students' Info: UNC System | Links to information about undergraduate admission to the University of North Carolina System | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NC Community Colleges | Comprehensive, searchable list (maintained by the NC Department of Community Colleges) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Student Financial Aid & Grad School Links | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FinAid | "Provides a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| fastWEB | "The Internet's largest free scholarship search!" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CollegeNet | Scholarship searches and more | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SallieMae | Extensive loan and financial aid info | ||||||||||||||||||||
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