(I just realized I didn't put a news site here. how wild.. in the old days I actually created a simple webpage with good sites.. amazing I forgot to do one here.. so here we go.)
The Melbourne Age (Australia) / Fairfax
http://www.theage.com.auUS, Western Washington State
Everett Herald
http://www.heraldnet.com/Seattle Post Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/Ars Technica / Conde Nast
Information Technology and Entertainment/Consumer use and effects related news
http://www.arstechnica.com
