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I'm finally getting settled into my new life, but over the past few weeks I haven't been able to sit down and have a thought to myself, let alone read my newspaper. So everyday I take my newspaper off my doorstep and throw it in the corner with the other ones, and make another vow to read them that night. My biggest fear is that something is going to happen to me, and when they come and take my body away they're going to see this stack of newspapers in the corner and wonder what kind of obsessive-compulsive psycho I was. The human hamster hoarding all his papers to build some kind of freaky nest. Since the first thing I did when I stepped foot into my new apartment was set up my computer (a.k.a. my lifeline), I was lucky enough to be able to find a few news sites to help keep me in the loop.

The first site I would like to recommend is one that I've already written about, but it's worth repeating. CEOExpress has everything news related, with just about every news source online. To get in touch with one of America's most premier newspapers, go to the New York Times. The newspaper is free once you register with an ID and password.

Although there is a section dedicated to local NY, the rest of the paper is national and international news.

Another excellent source for the standard news items is CNN.com. But in addition to those subjects found in any newspaper, CNN.com has news on the latest in technology, space, politics, law, food, arts & style, travel, nature, books, entertainment, and local. If you're a news junkie and need to keep your finger on the pulse of what's going on, then check out CNN. Personally, it's too much news for me. I'm not really interested in what's happening in Paraguay, unless I just won the Paraguayan Powerball. Along the same format, check out ABCNews.

Anyone who's ever stayed in a hotel will recognize the next news site, USA Today. I'm starting to think that newspapers are like underwear. After awhile they kind of grow on you. You get so used to the one you like, even though they're all basically the same, that any other one just doesn't "feel" right. The USA Today online has everything you would expect from a newspaper, plus links to many useful sites, such as book stores, brokerage services, personals, a career center, etc.

For those of you to which the local U.S. news is not enough, and you need something more or different, then go to BBC News. The BBC stand for British Broadcasting Corp., and it's very interesting to view the U.S. through European eyes.

Of course all the national and international news in the world is great, but what you really want is your local news. The News-Sun and The Evening Star are excellent online versions of the paper, while The News-Sentinel and The Journal Gazette can be found at FortWayne.com.

If there's a newspaper you're looking for and I haven't listed it, then check out the Newspaper Association of America. If it's online, than this site has a link to it. This is great for people who are transplants to the area and want to keep in touch with home.

Now that I am a transplant, I keep waiting for Leah to put the Ashley-Hudson Paper online so I can keep in touch with what's happening under Smiley. I can't live without my weekly shot of Ms. Purple. Who else can tell it like it is? Anyway, I was just informed by my new landlords that my newspaper shrine is creating a "fire hazard" and it has to be removed. Ok, just what am I going to do for a bed now?