October 13 - 15, 2013
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Resource Directory

AllPolitics
AllPolitics: CNN/Time political news. The Washington Post's Politics compilation.

Annotated AP Wire
FACSNET is providing the AP news roundup for the AM cycle in annotated form, with links to World Wide Web sources of additional information related to the news story and, sometimes, suggested sources to interview that FACS (Foundation for American Communications) has found useful for journalists in the past.

Assessing the New Federalism
One of the focuses of NCEW's 1997 convention was the challenge facing editorial pages as responsibility for social programs is passed down from Washington to the states

CBO Reports
The Congressional Budget Office, which is both nonpartisan and widely regarded for the reliability and accessibility of its work, is now making its reports available online. While it usually is thought of for its semiannual review of the federal budget outlook, it also does reports on a variety of topics.

Christmas ideas: Detroit Free Press
Some Christmas ideas from The Detroit Free Press

Community columnists
How The Dallas Morning News formed a cadre of community columnists.

Courts
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions since 1990
Decisions 1937-1975
Justices U.S. Circuit Courts
Guide to finding court decisions, federal and state.
Current Political News: by Yahoo!
Current Political News: by Yahoo!

Current Supreme Court Decisions
Short but authoritative synopses of current U.S. Supreme Court decisions, prepared by the Court's Reporter of Decisions, are now available from FACSNET, the Web site of the Foundation for American Communication. The FACSNET link here is to the service generally.

Current/Recent News Search
Washington Post, free; past two weeks. New York Times , requires registration, search free, charge per article.
Dogpile News search of Yahoo, Excite and Infoseek; pull down Search menu to Newswires.








