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Search Engines

Google
Avenue.com - Search all selected Search Engines at once
Cyber 411 - "the Ultimate Parallel Search"
All-in-One Search Page
Yahoo
WebCrawler
AltaVista
Lycos, Inc. Home Page
Google Groups - "Post and read comments in Usenet discussion forums."
MSN SearchFind It Fast - Microsoft's all-in-one package
Kartoo
Search.com

Internet Help Resources

Technology Questions

Reference-Language

The Internet Public Library
OneLook Dictionary Search
A search engine for words; 5 million of them and counting
Merriam-Webster OnLine
Dictionary and Thesaurus
AskOxford
"Passionate about language."
Die.Net's Online Dictionary
The American Heritage Book of English Usage
OneLook Dictionaries
Word Spy
Devoted to "lexpionage", or "the sleuthing of new words and phrases."
Confusing Words
Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers.
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
THE SLOT: A Spot for Copy Editors
(Does "anal retentive" have a hyphen?)
The Cliché Finder
American Rhetoric
Database of and index to 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.
SpellWeb
Receive or recieve? Potato or potatoe? Quayle or quail? Got a spelling problem? Visit Clear Ink's SpellWeb and let the possibilities go head to head. By processing the two terms through one of four different search engines, the site shows you the number of hits returned for each, i.e., which is more popular on the Web.
World Wide Words Home page
Michael Quinion researches words and phrases and gives you the story behind them -- 1,500 pages of interesting entries
Glossarist
: a searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries
Ye Olde English Sayings
Phrase origins
The Word Detective
"Words and Language in a Humorous Vein on the Web Since 1995"
Languages and Translation
A collection of useful links and resources for translators
English2American
"I have discovered a bewildering array of words which are in common use on our side of the pond and invariably mean nothing at all or something exceedingly rude on the other side."
Animated American Sign Language: Dictionaries On-Line
Daily Grammar
The Grammar Lady Online
The American Sign Language Browser

Reference-General

About
"We're the one place on the Web where you'll find passionate people with practical advice and solutions for almost any problem."
Answers
"the world's greatest encyclodictionalmanacapedia"
AllExperts
EHow
ExpertCentral

Official Greenwich--and local--time
Use this one; it utilizes a running clock.
The Official U.S. Time
The Official U.S. Time
from the US Naval Observatory Master Clock Time
Time and Date
A world clock, generate calendars for any year, countdown timers, calculate the number of days between two different dates, and more.

Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library
Encyberpedia
"The Living Encyclopedia from Cyberspace"
Britannica Internet Guide
by Encyclopædia Britannica
Encarta
(Warning: Pop-up ads)
Copyright Website
Find friendly access to the basics of copyright law, so you can do the right thing when using clip art, icons, or graphics for your home page.
How Stuff Works
Infonation: Choose Countries
Information Please Home Page
Martindale's "The Reference Desk"
Dear Abby
Ask about almost anything!
The World Factbook
The Inflation Calculator
6 milliards d'Hommes / 6 billion Human Beings
Learn2.com
Flags of the World
Life Along the Faultline
Earthquake stuff

News

FactCheck.org
Holding politicians accountable.
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Newslink
Links to newspapers, radio and television sites world-wide
Inform
"... to enhance your ability to find and digest large quantities of news content from the web."
Total News "all the News, on the Net, all the Time"
Topix.net
"News on 300,000 topics, from Autos to your ZIP code"
Google News
Yahoo! News
The Associated Press
United Press International
CNN Interactive
ABC News
NBC News
MSNBC
Fox News
"News" with a right-wing slant
NBC 4 Los Angeles
CBS 2 Los Angeles
KFWB News Radio Webservice
KNX 1070 Newsradio Online
KTLK Progressive Talk
USA Today
US News Online (U.S. News and World Report)
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition (subscription)
The Los Angeles Times
Long Beach Press-Telegram
The Orange County Register
The New York Times
SF Gate
The Washington Post (free registration required)
The Boston Globe
Houston Chronicle
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Center for American Progress
"Progressive ideas for a strong, just, and free America"
NewsChoice Online Newspaper Network
Online NewsHour -- @ the Capitol
The Positive Press Good News Every Day
AlterNet


The Onion | America's Finest News Source
Out There News Presents World News Megastories
This is True Some amazing true stories from the news.
News of the Weird
Proof that true stories are weirder than made-up stories.
Family Watchdog
National Sex Offender Directory: See who lives near you and your children.

The Blogs

The Huffington Post (Arianna Huffington)
AmericaBlog (John Aravosis)
TowleRoad (Andy Towle)
blogActive
PerezHilton (Perez Hilton)
TMZ
Defamer (Mark Lisanti, Seth Abramovitch)
Queerty (David Hauslaib, Andrew Belonsky)
Gay News Blog
Gay Blog Directory

Weather

Accuweather "The World's Weather Leader"
Includes "Last 24 hours"
The Weather Network
CNN Weather
The Weather Channel
The Weather Underground, Inc.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration
INTELLiCast covers national and world weather.
INTELLiCast: Los Angeles Weather
National Weather Service
National Hurricane Center
Los Angeles Almanac
WeatherBase
"Weather Records and Averages... And More"

People Search Facilities

Free 411
Free directory assistance. You can also dial 800-FREE411 (800-373-3411)
AnyWho Directory Service
WhoWhere
A searchable and browseable directory of 100,000+ personal home pages.
WhitePages.com
ZabaSearch
YellowPages.com
Verizon SuperPages.com
SMARTpages.com
"Your online Yellow Pages"
Switchboard
Find friends, colleagues, and old roommates for free. Any time, nationwide. Look up over 90 million names and get fast response to addresses, phone numbers, and personalized updates. Also find over 10 million businesses across the U.S.A. for free. Whether or not they're on the web.
United States Post Office
Look up zip codes, etc.
MapQuest
Interactive street maps of every city in the continental U.S.
Yahoo! Maps
MSN Maps
Create your own map of any street address in the U.S.
Windows Live Local
Interactive maps of the whole U.S., including bird's eye pictures
Google Earth
Popular interactive maps/satellite views of the U.S. and beyond
Requires free download application

Internet Hoax Debunkers

Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people - and passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community by spreading the warning. These links will tell you if the latest alert you received is legitimate.

Symantec AntiVirus Research Center
Urban Legends Reference Page
Truth or Fiction.com
HoaxBusters
BreakTheChain.org
 "Stop junk e-mail and misinformation!"
Urban Myths
ScamBusters
"Internet ScamBusters Helps You Protect Yourself From Clever Scams -- Online and Offline"
VMyths.com  "Truth about computer virus myths and hoaxes"
Urban Legends and Folklore  Warning: Pop-up ads

Fun Facts

The Straight Dope
PhoneSpell
What does your phone number spell?
Rulers
- If they ruled, you'll find them here
Useless Information Home Page
Absolute Trivia
"Totally Trivia Search Engine"
Fun Trivia.com
"The Trivia Portal"
Legends
Dumb Laws
"Big Government. Small Brains. Dumb Laws."


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