Inside Pages

• To use AP's The Wire you must link from a member site. A list of possible sites is provided. Or you can try Access Atlanta or the Augusta Chronicle. Access Atlanta also offers this page of items from the National AP wire.
  
• Time magazine, daily edition
  
• Nando Times
  
• There's also a good summary of breaking news (weekdays only) at the Christian Science Monitor.
  

Georgia and Athens news

• Access Atlanta offers this menu of current local news as well as recent items from wire.
  
• The Augusta Chronicle has a page of metro and state news.
  
• The Macon Telegraph Online has a page of Georgia news, with the emphasis on the midstate region.
  
• Flagpole Magazine -- the online edition of the colorbearer of Athens, Georgia's art, entertainment, music, politics, clubs, events, happenings, anecdotes, beer, humor, movies, and just about anything else. Updated weekly.
  

Some unusual news tools

• BBC World Service Caversham Diaries -- a calendar of events gleaned from the BBC's Caversham monitoring service. Can provide a preview of coming news events.
  
• The Online Newspaper -- this Canadian page features a search engine that can access a long list of international online news services.
  

Good sources for additional news links

• My Virtual Newspaper -- from My Virtual Reference Desk.
  
• Yahoo's news sources
  

Satellite, Radar and Surface Maps

• Satellite Surface map from Purdue
  
• Earthwatch severe weather imagery -- map shows all current watches and warnings, with links to descriptions.
  
• Real-time weather images -- A page of links to satellite, radar, and surface images.
  
• Georgia Skies -- links to images, forecasts, and other weather data from the University of Georgia Department of Geography Climatological Research Laboratory. Unfortunately, this is a frames-only page, but other browsers can access the menu or the introduction.
  
• Fox5 Doppler Radar from WAGA-TV in Atlanta.
  
• The Weather Channel radar map of northern Georgia.
  
• WSB-TV, Atlanta, Radar from Access Atlanta -- supposedly updated every three minutes, but with no date/time stamp.
  
• Huntsville, Alabama, Current Radar Map -- Sometimes includes metro Atlanta; more frequently shows what's heading in our direction.
  

Local Forecasts (Athens, GA)

• Athens Forecast & Conditions (with the obligatory "cool" graphics)
• Georgia Zone Forecasts text) -- straight from the National Weather Service.
  
• Current Conditions -- hourly reports from around Georgia.
  
• Athens Current Conditions and Climatological Summary from the National Weather Service.
  
• Athens Conditions and Forecast from Access Atlanta and WSB-TV.
  
• Athens Forecast from Accuweather.
  
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
  
• The Weather Channel Athens forecast (may crash browsers if Javascript is enabled)
  
• USA Today Athens Forecast
  

Local Forecasts (elsewhere)

• Georgia Weather -- a menu of Georgia weather info from the National Weather Service (requires graphics).
  
• WeatherNet: Travel Cities Weather -- links to forecasts, conditions, maps, and other weather info for many cities in the USA.
  
• Interactive Weather Information Network -- front door to National Weather Service forecasts for the entire USA.
  
• Weather24 Weather Server
  
• United States Forecasts and Observations -- from Ohio State.
  
• Welcome to the Weather Underground Inc
  
• Five-day forecasts -- from the Old Farmer's Almanac
  
• The Weather Channel -- forecasts for U.S. cities.
  
• USA Today
  

Sources for additional weather links

• Weather Sites -- from My Virtual Reference Desk
  
• A Selection of Current US Weather Maps -- compiled by Charles Boley
  
• Weather Information Superhighway
  

• Sunrise/Sunset computation -- from the U.S. Naval Observatory.
  
• Current phase of the moon -- from the U.S. Naval Observatory.
  
• Check the current time -- also from the U.S. Naval Observatory.
  
• Heavenly Details -- from the Old Farmer's Almanac
  
• On This Date -- from the History Channel.
  
• Today-in-History -- from Scope Systems.
  

Another Way to Get News on the Net...