Real-world news: wikiepedia's "Current Events" page, google news Nerd-world news: programming.reddit, science.reddit, news.yc (though lately I've resorted t

Real-world news: wikiepedia's "Current Events" page, google news Nerd-world news: programming.reddit, science.reddit, news.yc (though lately I've resorted to upvoting stories that are actually "Hacker News"...) Slashdot has gotten surprisingly good again in recent years (most of the dregs have gone to other sites), and the snarky tags (that users inevitably add) instantly indicate when an editor messes up or gives a crappy summary.