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Links to Interesting Web Sites
Financial Information
American City Business Journals Regional wannabees
Better Business Bureau Search a business's bona fides
Big Charts Minute by minute trading data to check your broker
Bloomberg A comer in business news, when he's not a mayor
Bureau of Public Debt Buy those bonds, notes and bills here
Business Wire Official line from the company
CFA Institute No scandal among chartered financial analysts
Charles Schwab Quick stock quotes from discount brokerage king
Consumer Price Index Since 1913 How much cheaper back then?
Cost of Living Comparisons If you're thinking of moving
CNN Financial News Latest happenings in business
Corporate Information Company profiles worldwide
The Economist International financial view from London
Economic History Chatty economists, lots of neat links
Federal Trade Commission Warnings on many industries
Financial Times Pinko business newspaper in London
Fiscal Zen New Age approach to money
Forbes Magazine Shameless plug for my employer
Fraser Nifty economic data compiled by the St. Louis Fed
Free Erisa Possible details on your own pension plan
Free Edgar Smart retrieval of SEC filings
Free Lunch Huge amount of economic data
Hedge Fund Adviser Records Check out that secretive outfit
Hoover Online Basic information on public companies
IPO Central Good way to track new initial public offerings
Internal Revenue Service Taxing information
Investment Adviser Records Check out that money manager
Investor Guide Directs you to other sites
Market Guide Much basic data here
Minyanville Quirky site features dancing bulls and bears
Mergerstat Tracks mergers and acquisitions
Morningstar The Bible on mutual funds
Motley Fool Amusing but informative financial information
Municipal Bond Information Finally, free online statements
PR Newswire More official line from the company
Quatloos Heads-up on scams, frauds, dubious investments
Quicken Financial Network Personal finance advice
Raging Bull Where unverified market gossip reigns supreme
Real Estate ABC Name says it all
Real Estate Records Links to free property records on the Web
Securities and Exchange Commission Public company filings
SEC Info Makes sense out of raw SEC documents
Social Security Figure out what you got coming
State Securities Regulators Where to blow the whistle
Stockbroker Records Helpful but limited data from FINRA
The Street.com Broad financial coverage
Tax-Exempt Form 990s Get the skinny on tax-dodgers
10-K Wizard Clever retrieval and analysis of SEC filings, but not free
Vanguard Lots of financial information here
Yahoo Finance Best investor chat around
Zillow Computer estimate of a property's value
General Research
About The skinny on nearly everything
Acronym Finder A guide to alphabet soup
American Rhetoric Live feed of famous speeches
Answers.com Hot new quick source to everything from Gurunet
Babelfish Altavista's neat translation service
Bartlett's Quotations Who said what when where how but no why
Biography Resource Center Search for people
Census Data Plenty of numbers here
CEO Express Well-designed links to just about everything
County Clerk Offices Every single one in the United States
Dictionary Plus thesaurus
Dictionary.com For various languages
Double-Tongued Word Wrestler Dictionary Includes slang
The Elements of Style William Strunk's classic work on writing
eLibrary A paid Web site for general research
eNature Broad database on animals and plants
Encarta Microsoft's encyclopedia, atlas and dictionary
Encyclopedia Britannica Great book but barely afloat
Fed Stats Numbers from all over the government
First Gov Owner's manual to the Federal Government
FreeDictionary Lots of technical definitions
Internet Public Library Good collection of reference sites
Librarians' Index to the Internet Vetting by the pros
Library of Congress Terrific way to track down old books
Library Spot Another good collection of reference sites
LOUIS One-stop search of federal records
Martindale's The Reference Desk Links aplenty
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Metric Converter How many meters in a mile?
National Obituary Archives Links to 50 million death notices
Online Dictionaries and Thesauri Galore
One Look Word definitions drawn from 100 dictionaries
Portico Good collection of research links
Questia Another paid Web site that is a virtual library
Rapleaf Claims 50 million people profiles
Reference Desk Still another good collection of reference sites
Smithsonian Institution Wide scope
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Even more numbers
UN Data United Nations clearinghouse
University of Michigan Wide collection of links to statistics and data
Wayback Machine Amazing archives of the entire Web back to 1996
Who2 Lots of biographies here
Wikipedia User-written encyclopedia of uncertain veracity
Wink Surprisingly effective people searches
Zoom Info Good at finding official bios on the Web
Internet, Computers and Wireless
Astalavista Security Group Where hackers and the hacked meet
Bandwith Meter Measure the speed of your Internet connection
Broadband Home Central How to set up that home network
Bug Me Not Enter Web sites without registration
Cell Reception Provides map of nearby cell phone towers
Download Squad Witty update on software, Web apps
File Info Index to obscure computer file extensions like .vcd
Internet Domain Lookup The skinny on domain owners if not hiding
Internet Traffic Report Congestion on the information superhighway
Net History Amazing story of the Internet
PC Magazine Free software and helpful computer reviews
Sam Spade Tools to protect online privacy
Search Engine Showdown Critiques the backbone of the Web
Spyware Info Tipoff sheet about Internet snoops
Spyware Warrior Tips on shaking that virus
Tech Crunch Review Internet sites and services
Tech Dirt The Page Six of the tech industry
WiFi Freespot.com List of no-cost wireless access
WiFi Hotspots Searchable database of paid and free wireless access
WiFi Maps.com Plots Internet wireless access on map
Wi-Fi Planet How to get wireless
Media, Entertainment and--Gasp!--Gossip
ABC Major broadcast network with newsy site
Ad Age Power 150 Links to top marketing and media blogs
AJR Newslink Find most U.S. print media with Web sites
All-News Radio Station Live Feeds Check NYC traffic from L.A.
Alternative Weeklies Links to the down and dirty of journalism
Arts & Letters Daily Points to humanities-oriented material
Associated Press The granddaddy of wire services
Associated Press Stories Plotted on a Map Visual news
Audit Bureau of Circulations Shocked by fraud in Chicago, Dallas, etc.
BBC World Service Listen to its famous radio reports right here
Book Publishing Industry Directory Everyone who's anyone
Box Office Mojo Movie stats galore
Breaking News When you got to know the scoop right away
BusinessWeek Dying financial publication
Chicago Tribune Not Zellous of World's Greatest Newspaper
Christian Science Monitor Top newspaper that nobody reads
Classical Music Radio Stations Online Hear Mozart right now!
CNN Good for breaking news
Commentary Today Left, right and in-betweens listed here
The Dallas Morning News Sad testimonial to family control
Defamer Hollywood gossip
Drudge Report General gossip without verification
E! Online Brad and Jennifer and Angelina and other such stuff
eWeek What's happening in the digital world
Fishbowl LA More Hollywood gossip
Forbes Magazine Another shameless plug for my employer
Fox News When you like your news with a spin from the right
Gawker New York gossip
Gizmodo New gadget blog
Google News Fastest way to grab breaking news
Guerrilla News Network News stories without verification
Houston Chronicle Largest local daily never to win a Pulitzer Prize
The Huffington Post Blog of blogs
Informer Forbes Magazine's business gossip page
LA Observed Online critique of things Los Angelesian
LA.COMfidential Hollywood gossip blog from William Dean Singleton
Los Angeles Daily News The other paper in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times West Coast outlet of Chicago Tribune
MSNBC Even better for breaking news
MSN Money Lots of material here
Music Archive Huge number of performances, all for free
National Geographic Without the dirty pictures
National Public Radio A decent site, All Things Considered
New Mexico Magazine Touts Land of Enchantment
News Links Links to media outlets worldwide
Newspaper Association of America Another list of print links
News Voyager Another link to media outlets everywhere
The New York Observer Thoughtful, witty Gotham weekly
The New York Post Gossip Columns The best in daily dish
The New York Times Still the U.S. newspaper of record
O'Dwyer's P.R. Newsletter Spin about the spin
The Onion Satire, not news, but who cares?
Opera Broadcasts Daily listings of when the fat lady sings
Overlawyered Daily accounts of why there are too many lawyers
Press Think Journalism blog by Professor Jay Rosen
Pro Publica Paul Steiger's life after The Wall Street Journal
PR Watch Amusing dissections of paid propaganda and media spins
Pulitzer Prizes All the winners since the very first one in 1917
Radio Locator Locate that AM or FM outlet
Regret the Error Amusing newspaper corrections
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Name says it all
Reuters Detached foreign view with funny spellings
Jim Romenesko His famous MediaNews summary
Salon Online magazine of note
Santa Fe New Mexican Fine small daily that escaped from Gannett
Science Daily News on the next breakthrough
Scriptsales.com Track those movie deals
Slate Another online magazine of note
The Smoking Gun Collection of gossipy documents
Sunday Times (London) Surprisingly interesting for non-Brits
Talking Biz News Giving business news outlets the business
TV Tome Everything about the small screen
The Times of London International perspective
Toronto Globe and Mail Canada's top newspaper
TruthDig Links to political journalism
United Press International A shadow of its former self
Valleywag Silicon Valley gossip blog
The Washington Post Scoop and poop from the nation's capital
Weather Channel What it's doing outside, everywhere
Wired Intersection of technology and culture
USA Today Free searches back to 1987
Political Sites
The Note ABC News go-to site for daily political dish
Fact Check Tries to keel pols on the straight and narrow
GOP USA Red meat for red states
Politico Increasingly the go-to site for political coverage
PolitiFact Features the "Truth-O-Meter"
Ralph Nader for President The spoiler returns!
Republican Offenders Amusingly long list of GOP miscreants
Spinsanity Another set-'em-straight site
Wonkette Political gossip blog
Search Engines and Portals
A9 Search engine from Amazon.com
After Vote Combines results from Google, Yahoo and MSN
All The Web Norwegian import with very broad coverage
AOL Search engine with a tilt toward partners and own sites
Altavista Still a damn good engine
Ask Jeeves Stunning search logic using ordinary questions
Ask X Ask Jeeves search engine in drag
Cha Cha Takes you to a real human guide
Clusty Cleverly classifies hits by topic a la the old Northern Light
Cuil Newest challenger to Google
Congoo Seaches beyond the free Web.
Deja News Indexes Usenet posting by everyone
Dogpile Searches other search engines
eTBLAST Searches Web by text similarity rather than keywords
Google Also searches other engines, plus deleted pages
Google Groups Searchable archives of newsgroup postings
Internet Archive Dig up that old Web site
Mahalo Claims to be "human-powered"
Microsoft Live Search Surprisingly decent coverage
MsDewey.com Scantily clad host talks back at you during searching
MSN It's a search engine, too
Prefound Search your own Internet universe.
Rollyo Sometimes works better for obscure topics
Search Mash All-in-one Google engine for Web, video, blogs, pix
Stumble Upon Your past searches help guide this engine
Wayback Machine Amazing archives of the entire Web back to 1996
Yahoo Best known engine, although, frankly, coverage is spotty
Services
Get Human.com Find the codes to evade company phone trees
Track My Shipments Even provides maps of that UPS order
Zillow In case you missed it above
Sites for Searching Blogs
Alltop Blog-posting collector by industry
Bloglines Search recent blog postings
Blogdigger Name says it all
Bloglines Keep track of new blog postings
Blog Pulse Track that Blogosphere chatter here
Blog Search Find that snarky posting on blogs
Flickr Search for photos by name
Google Blog Search Claims it can search minutes-old postings
Ice Rocket Another way to search bogs
Sphere A comer in blog-searching
Technorati Yet another source for researching blogs
Specialty Searches
Banished Words List Lake Superior State Univ's gift to the world
Canada Statistics Pin down those numbers up north, eh?
Centers for Disease Control Health info galore
Dead People Server Is that celebrity finally gone yet?
Earthquakes This Week in Los Angeles Many more than you think
Federal Campaign Contributions Democracy at work
Federal Prisoner Locator Records of past and current inmates
Footnote Documents in the National Archives
Genealogy Records Mormon Church's famous archives
Graves of Famous People Exhaustive index to final resting spots
Healthopedia Links to medical information
How Stuff Works The basics on the basics
The Memory Hole Stories that deserved better play
Internet Movie Database Track down Hollywood trivia
Justia Free search of federal-court civil cases, and more
KnowX Nationwide lawsuit and lien searches for modest fees
Lifehacker All kinds of shortcuts
Martindale's List of Lawyers Find that mouthpiece
The Memory Hole Stories that deserved better play
Muckety Interactive organization charts showing relationships
Museum of Hoaxes When it sounds too good to be true
New York City Official Web Site Lots of information here
Nonprofit Organizations Forbes Magazine list of 200 majors
Nonprofit Governance BBB Wise Giving Alliance ratings
Open Secrets Details the best democracy that money can buy
Patent and Trademark Server Index goes way back--to 1790
Political Organization Filings With IRS Who got what from whom
Project Gutenberg Full-text of many old books in public domain
Public Resource.org Copyright records, building codes and more
Public Records Search Free and paid sources
Search Engine Guide Links to specialized Web findings
The Straight Dope Basic answers to basic questions
Social Security Death Index Dearly departeds back to 1933
State Courts Index to thousands of jurisdictions
State FOIA laws Every single one
State Lawmaker Financial Disclosures Actual filings
Useless Knowledge All kinds of trivia
U.S. Gazetteer Interesting geographical index
U.S. Postal Service Figure out the freight and the rules
U.S. Supreme Court Research about the Supremes
Web MD Reference manual for the body
World Health Organization Early word on the next epidemic
Telephone Numbers and Addresses
Anywho AT&T's directory assistance
Argali Lots of numbers, lots of ads
At Hand Directory assistance often more current than others
Links to Online Directories Courtesy of the University of Texas
FindFone Useful in tracking down location of phone exchange
Hard to Find 800 numbers Name says it all
Infospace Another phone and address directory
InfoUSA Still another phone and address directory
Reverse Phone Directory Get name or address from number
Search-It-All Another reverse directory
Switchboard Also provides maps and directions
Verizon Can search by first name only.
WhitePages.com Also pulls up email addresses and bio
Zip Codes In A Radius Find out who's nearby
Travel
Accutraffic Real time traffic reports from government agencies
Airfare Watchdog Real people searching for real discounts
Airline Crashes Details every airplane crash since 1970
AirTran Airways Watch those discount flights to Florida
Alamo Car Rental A tad cheaper than others
American Airlines More accidents than most other carriers
American Trans Air Discount carrier in the Midwest
America West Airlines Back from the dead
Amtrak Puts the drama back in long-distance travel
Avis They try to try harder
Booking Buddy Helps search other travel sites
Cheap Tickets Another place to look for air deals
City Search Guides to the city you are visiting
Continental Airlines Still rising from the ghost of Frank Lorenzo
Czech Airlines When you really want to take a flyer
Currency Converter How many pesos to the dollar?
Delta Air Lines Made ``Change in Atlanta'' famous
Driving Directions How to get anywhere on the road
Driving Distance Calculator In miles, not six-packs
Enterprise Car Rental Also on the low side
Expedia Book those airfares here
Farecast Buy that plane ticket now or later?
Fare Compare Good for traveler with flexible dates
Flightstats Tells you how often a specific flight is late
Flyer Talk When you have to vent
Flying Distance Calculator Figure out the frequent flyer mileage
Foders Lots of travel information
Frommers Lists cut-rate deals
Frontier Airlines Lower fares, but not low fares, through Denver
Google Maps Trying to muscle in on Mapquest
Google Pedometer Figure out the length of your daily walk
Hertz King of rental cars
Inside Trip Search airfares by price, speed, comfort or ease
Jet Blue Discount carrier that goes coast to coast--in good weather
Kayak Better than most at finding lowair fares
Lonely Planet Oriented toward backpackers
Los Angeles Transit Featuring subways to nowhere
Mapquest King of online mapping
Mesa Air Getting around New Mexico and environs
Metrolink Southern California's commuter train system to nowhere
Mile Maven How to get maximum frequent flyer points
MizPee When you gotta go
Mobissimo Another site to check for best airfares
New York City Transit Get that subway map here
New York City Trafficcams When you're really, really bored.
Nextag Comparison shop air, hotels, cars
Northwest Airlines Unhappy workers in Minneapolis, Detroit, etc.
Orbitz Best for finding flights
Point Maven How to get maximum frequent hotel points
Priceline Frankly, you often can do better elsewhere
Seat Guru Spotlights airplane seats with the most legroom
SideStep Search engine for best travel deals
Southern California Freeway Traffic Amazing detail in real time
Southwest About to run US Airways out of Philly
Spirit Airlines Discount flights mainly along the East Coast
TerraServer Microsoft's answer to Google Maps
Thrifty Car Rental A dubious outfit, from my dealings
Time Zones and Current Time Set your watch right here
Travelocity Good place for last-minute airfares
Trip Advisor Helpful in booking hotel rooms
Trip Connect Share your travel war stories
United Airlines Squeezes customers in Denver and Chicago
US Airways Still known as US Error
Walk Jog Run Calculates distance of your jogging route
Weather Channel Local conditions anywhere in the world
World Health Organization Check for outbreaks before you go
Yapta Monitors airlines for fare cuts after ticketing
Video, Images and Personal
AOL Video Search Serious place to look for tape
Ask Images From the Ask Jeeves crowd
Blinkx One way to find that clip online
Facebook Check out that college student here
Google Video Broad coverage of the medium
Google Image Search Still the best for stills
LinkedIn A Facebook for professionals
Lococitato Nifty tools for linking people
My Space Check out that high school student here
Picsearch Name says it all
Tube Surf Searches all the video search sites
Twitter A Facebook for techies
Yahoo Live Broadcast of live video
Yahoo Video Mark Cuban's revenge
Yoname Search social networks by name
YouTube Where copyright is just a quaint thought
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