news brief

The homepage for my SBC/Yahoo account shows "news" items for the day. Here's today's "top" stories:

1. Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie will be doing a new "Simple Life" show, but wont actually be having any contact with each other.
2. Jerry Falwell, and friends, are upset about Boston changing the name of their Christmas Tree to "Holiday Tree". "There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas," Falwell told Fox Television.
3. Bush maps out new strategy in Iraq War: "These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington."
4. Possible Miniature Solar System Discovered: scientists observed a brown dwarf (a failed star less than one hundredth the mass of the sun) that appears to be undergoing a planet-forming process that could one day yield a solar system.

This is news? Let's look at CNN's top four:

1. Bush: "America will not run"
2. Supreme Court hears abortion notification case
3. Alito argued in memo for state laws 'mitigating' Roe
4. CNN/Money: Will judge's ruling shut down your BlackBerry?

MSN:

1. "It was a beautiful little community" (NOLA")
2. Garage Music Barrage (not actually news, but musical VW ad)
3. "10 Food mistakes people make"
4. Bush: Iraq victory "will take time"

Google News

1. George Bush, Meet Reality
2. Israeli [foriegn minister] vows to rehabilitate Likud party
3. Pacifist group experienced in war zones
4. Supreme Court seeks Middle Ground in Abortion Case

hmmm. Who would I choose for my news? Who would you choose?