GOOGLE NEWS TIMELINE  or  GOOGLE FASTFLIP 

or try DIG: the social networking news site


EBSCO HOST:

Enter the PHS password.
type in your topic. [economics, biology, etc]
then click on news

 


GALE: GLOBAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT
Enter the PHS password.
look on the right hand side and you'll see  "World News".
type in your topic [economics, biology, etc]
then click on search


 

World Book;

Britannica
they both have excellent "in the news" links