Skip to main content area

Search form

User login

  • Create new account
  • Request new password

The Own Zone

Aggregation Station - Updates from across the interwebs

The New York Times - Global Headlines

  • Straight Sets: Azarenka Powers Past Sharapova, Claims No. 1 Ranking
  • Greece Inches Toward Deal in Talks With Its Creditors
  • Azarenka Routs Sharapova to Win Australian Title
  • Azarenka Wins Australian Open Women's Title
  • Defense Budget Limits Reach of Romney’s Plan for Navy
  • Abdoulaye Wade, president of Senegal, Can Run Again, Court Rules
  • The Saturday Profile: In South Africa, Mazibuko Is Democratic Alliance’s New Face
  • Some Egyptian Protesters Turn Ire on Muslim Brotherhood
  • U.S. Transfers Security to Afghans in Jalalabad
  • Scottish Government Takes on Soccer Violence
More

BBC - World News

  • Live - Africa Cup of Nations Day 8
  • Arab League halts Syria mission
  • Grief over Pakistan heart deaths
  • Sudan offers gesture in oil row
  • Woods & Rock share Abu Dhabi lead
  • Morocco coach Gerets keen to stay
  • Woman's body found on cruise ship
  • Pakistan humiliate abject England
  • RBS chairman rejects £1.4m bonus
  • US fears for Bin Laden 'informer'
More

POLITICO

  • Urban Exile: Lifestyles of the Down and Out—Tent Cities in America
  • Deliverance: 411 on the 313—The Public Fast Food Option….O’Donald’s
  • Who Are Ann Arbor’s Own 1 Percent? Hint: Many Work for Local Nonprofits & In the Public Sector
  • Lanx Satura [sat-ahuyr]: The President’s 2012 State of the Union Address—LIVEBLOG Begins @ 9 p.m. EST
  • Residents Say “No Go” to Mayor’s Plan To Pay For County-Wide & Regional Transit With City Millage
  • MoveOn.org Urges Ann Arbor Residents to Run for Local Office To “Fight Cuts to Crucial Services”
  • Council Members in Open Revolt: Challenge Mayor & Insist Transit Proposal Is Seriously Flawed
  • A2Politico: The Next Step Toward More Accountability Journalism in Ann Arbor
  • Michigan Rising: Aiming to Recall Snyder—While Disgruntled Former Volunteers Target Michigan Rising
  • Lanx Satura [sat-ahyur]: Governor Rick Snyder’s State of the State—Liveblog Event Begins @ 7 p.m.
More

The Huffington Post

  • Off The Campaign Trail: Florida Food Bank Assists Struggling Citizens, Stimulates Local Economy
  • Sergeant Vincinte L. Jackson Arrested In Connection With Death Of Brandy Fonteneaux In Fort Carson Barracks
  • Todd Gallopo: Designing Pulp Fiction
  • FL-2012 Primary: 41% Romney, 33% Gingrich, 13% Santorum, 5% Paul (Ipsos/Reuters 1/26-27)
  • Courtroom Artists Becoming Obsolete? Cameras Taking Over Trial Documentation
  • 'Goetterdaemmerung' Review: 'Ring' Cycle At Met Opera Reaches A Disappointing End
  • Tiger Woods Shoots 66 To Share Lead In Abu Dhabi With Robert Rock
  • Rio Buildings Collapse: Death Toll Rises To 17
  • Kyle Singler Has No Regrets After Ditching Detroit Pistons For Spain
  • After Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke Ends Cult Of Personality At Fed Through Transparency
More

Sky News Sports

  • Crash marrs Aus track cycling champs
  • Azarenka wins Australian Open
  • Sixers beat Scorchers in BBL final
  • Pakistan beat England by 72 runs
  • Jets upset Roar 1-0 in A-League clash
  • Jets upset Roar 1-0 in A-League clash
  • Azarenka wins Australian Open
  • NZ complete biggest Test victory
  • NZ complete biggest Test victory
  • Aussie Saville wins Aust Open boys final
More

Sky News Politics

  • Chavez eyes long-term presidency
  • Qld govt refutes Wivenhoe Dam coverup
  • WA's McGowan lists shadow cabinet
  • Embarrassment for Gillard after protests
  • Embarrassment for Gillard after protests
  • Musharraf delays his return to Pakistan
  • Romney out swinging in Florida debate
  • Rogue PNG Colonel demanding full pardon
  • Putin dismisses calls to resign
  • Vic deputy Labor leader Hulls retires
More

Sky News Business

  • Some euro nations can lift growth - IMF
  • Indon revokes Aust firm's mining permit
  • Greek debt talks still cloud Davos forum
  • Facebook IPO value could be $100 billion
  • Procter & Gamble eyes emerging markets
  • Dow slips to first losing week of 2012
  • Chevron struggling to produce more oil
  • Starbucks boss earns only $15 million
  • Wall Street loses steam in quiet trading
  • Greece 'close' to a debt deal
More

BusinessWeek - Top News

  • Ackermann Says Greek Default Would Be ‘Playing With Fire’
  • Airbus Chief Enders Rides Flight-Jacket Swagger to EADS Top Job
  • RIM’s Heins ‘Here to Fight’ for BlackBerry Revival Against Apple
  • Citigroup Said to Cut Bonuses in Investment Bank By About 30%
  • Solar CEOs See Boom in China Will Ease Glut in 2012: Energy
  • Swiss Tax Pact With U.S. May Come Soon, Widmer-Schlumpf Says
  • Spanish Unemployment Rises to 15-Year High of 22.9%: Economy
  • Italian, Spanish Ratings Cut Two Notches by Fitch on Crisis
  • Cameron Said to See Bonus as Price for Keeping Hester at RBS
  • Oil Markets Seen Withstanding Iran Attack Shock in Investor Poll
More

Gawker

  • Buy Barack Obama's Old Chrysler [Deals]
  • Are Unborn Donkeys Worth More Than Live Scorpions? [Gross]
  • Twitter Blackout Protest Means Fewer Tweets About Brunch [Twitter]
  • Please Welcome Our Third Weekend Audition: Louis Peitzman [Announcements]
  • Barista Uprise: Starbucks Is 'Not The Company I Thought It Was,' Says Entitled Coffee Drone [Starbucks]
  • 'Sucks Cuz I Used to Like It' and Other Things Gawker Made You Feel This Week [Tail Of Mears]
  • Google Resorts to Shamelessly Whoring Out Brad Pitt for Google Plus [Social Networks]
  • I Can't Stop Staring at Cyber Woman With Corn [Weird Corn]
  • Armed Forces Return to DEFCON Five as Blow Job Movie Gets New Feminist Icon [Lovelace]
  • Here's a Young Jon Stewart, Moshing at a Dead Kennedys Show [The Daily Show]
More

Slashdot

  • Stealing Smartphone Crypto Keys Using Radio Waves
  • Google+ Officially Open To Teens
  • Monty Python Crew To Reunite For Movie
  • Deathmatch On Mars: an Interview With Warren Ellis
  • New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry
  • iPhone 4S's Siri Is a Bandwidth Guzzler
  • Android Malware May Have Infected 5 Million Users
  • Sea Water Could Cause Uranium Pollution From Nuclear Fuel Rods
  • How Allan Scherr Hacked Around the First Computer Password
  • January 28 is Data Privacy Day
More

Reddit - Frontpage of the internet

  • First quantum jiggles detected in solid object - A quantum-mechanical twang has been detected in a bar of silicon – previously such movement had been measured only in particles
  • My mother was a foster parent for troubled, developmentally disabled and sometimes violent kids until I was 12. AMA!
  • PA House of Representatives unanimously passes HR535, declaring bible "the word of God" & 2012 "Year of the Bible"
  • Just The Motivation They Need
  • I can finally see the womans perspective
  • Emma Stone
  • A Teacher's Hint
  • Scumbag Bush Sr.
  • Don't Track Us
  • 24,336 people need to die.
More

Ten Ton Hammer

  • PlanetSide 2 Devs Field Community Questions in Webcast | Ten Ton Hammer
  • WAKFU Worldwide Launch Set for February 29th | Ten Ton Hammer
  • NA TERA Publisher En Masse Entertainment Responds to NCsoft Lawsuit | Ten Ton Hammer
  • CCP Announces Community Events for EVE Fanfest 2012 | Ten Ton Hammer
  • PvPing Without Honor, Part 2 (EVE Online Guide) | Ten Ton Hammer
  • STO Dev Diary Briefs the New Klingon Bortas Class Starship | Ten Ton Hammer
  • The Secret World's Lead Programmer Talks Game Tech | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Blacklight: Retribution Trailer Shows Fun Ways to Make Your Opponents Go Boom | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Peek Mass Effect 3's Multiplayer Mode in New Special Forces Trailer | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Jagged Alliance Online Beta Key Giveaway at Ten Ton Hammer | Ten Ton Hammer
More

The Escapist

  • The Week in Review
  • Escapist Podcast: 031: Creativity & What We've Been Playing
  • Blizzard Exorcises Companion Pets From Diablo III
  • Wastelander Panda Gleefully Blends Pandas And Post-Apocalypse Action
  • Insomniac's Officially Done With Resistance
  • TERA Developer Fights NCsoft's Lawsuit
  • Experienced Points: Digital Distribution: The Other Guys
  • Latest Minecraft Build Adds Kitties
  • Family Research Council Warns of Gay Relationships in The Old Republic
  • THQ Lays Off Staff
More

Cyanide and Happiness

  • 01.28.2012
  • Comic Rewrite Contest!
  • 01.27.2012
  • 01.26.2012
  • The C&H app comes to Palm (and more!)
More

xkcd

  • Sigh
  • Suckville
  • Sustainable
  • Sloppier Than Fiction
  • SOPA
  • Batman
  • Adam and Eve
  • Game AIs
  • AAAAAA
  • 1000 Comics
More