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For this example, we just went to GOOGLE and clicked on the NEWS tab and entered the words fire and the words British Columbia with quotes
We chose the quotes because with the current political situation in the Middle East, British soldiers are always coming under fire.
One advantage of this type of search is that it gives you the time this report was released (how recent is the news item) and it also might give you access to news organizations you may never have heard of that might be closer to the events. (Like all the Canadian reports) Locals may give more details than CNN or one of the other World Wide news organizations.
ABC news
Christian Science Monitor
Washington Post
NBC news (MSNBC)
CNN
These are among the MANY you can find links to instantly through Google as well, just by clicking on the NEWS tab and under each top story are links to the various news agencies.
WARNING - Prepare for lots of pop-ups and "pop unders" with these sites.
RUMORS
Have you ever wondered if something was a rumor or really true?
Our very own CIPCUG home page has GREAT links to check out rumors like this.
To find the latest "what's coming next" in the field of computers, or any other field, you can look here: www.cnet.com
or even back to good old Google - News and Tech News
THE LATEST TIP
If you are serious about being a newshound, you MUST get
Firefox 1.0 or greater.
This comes with a built in link to the
BBC news organization and with a button right on your toolbar that says "Latest Headlines". When you click it,
a menu drops down with the latest headlines. Click on any one and you go right to a
webpage with that story.
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