newsfeeds is what you need.

use any of these 4 comprehensive newsfeed search sites, in conjunction with "newsowl" posted above, and you wont even have to surf to get the latest news, niftys and gossip, just look at a constantly refreshing dynamic page, as your pre-chosen sources for info, and topics of interest, scroll their latest breaking content.
i like to think of it as ¤ semi-manageable information overload ¤its out there , you just dont know it yet.
http://www.newsisfree.com
http://www.weblogs.com
http://www.rss-verzeichnis.de
http://www.syndic8.com