http://www.fark.com for sometimes great, always interesting news.
http://www.theonion.com for decent humor
http://www.bbspot.com for tech humor
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ for international news
http://www.nytimes.com for all the news that fits.
thanks xoxoxobruce for the animal rescue site. we just adopted a black lab last weekend. We lost and adopted Austrialian Shepard mix to leukemia recently and this lab was heading for the pound. He has a mild case of heart worms and would most likely be put down for that but he is perfectly curable and a wonderful addition to our family.