It sometimes seems as if every news agency on television or the newspaper is also on the World Wide Web. You've seen the Internet addresses flashed on screen or emblazoned across the newsprint announcing their interactive Web site.

Many of the great "traditional" news sources are now providing online counterparts to fill in gaps in coverage and offer more timely information to their viewers or readers.

Unlike the daily newspaper that may have printed its last, late-breaking story just before 1:00 a.m. today, good online news sites keep the information fresh throughout the day.

Additionally, with print newspapers you need to wade through the classified advertisements to find that 1994 Geo Prizm you want, but with the online version, you just put a few items in a search field and in seconds you can find the most current listings with all the details.

The Houston Chronicle Interactive is a good example of what a "local" newspaper can do for its online readers.

On a national scale, 24-hour news stations like CNN provide coverage that is much more current than the newspapers, but they still have a short-coming when it comes to delivering depth of information.

Again, the Internet comes to the rescue.

Online sites like USA Today, MSNBC and CNN Interactive all provide national and world headlines, sports, weather, technology, finance and other special topics.

With articles that go more in-depth than their thirty-minute counterparts, you can get the currency of information, but pick and choose what you want to know more about.

Similar to watching news on television, where you get the same news on each station, but it is just packaged differently, the Internet news from the big guys mentioned is all about the same. Check each site and see the format you best like.

One additional news source that is also updated throughout the day that skips the heavy graphics that seem to flock to other news sites, is Yahoo! News. The simple, friendly and easy-to-use menu gets you to the information you quickly.

Children's Express is a monthly newspaper "by children for everybody." This newspaper is written exclusively be kids eighteen and under from all over the world and is not just some watered-down personal homepage.

"Founded in 1975, Children's Express has established a solid reputation for serious journalism. Having covered conventions and elections since 1976, CE reporters have interviewed numerous political leaders as well as a countless number of young people, including runaways, drop-outs, teen parents and gang members"

Kids can read relevant, sometimes controversial articles and give their feedback to CE.

Online articles go back to July 1996 and cover a wide range of topics.

Due to cable television being brought into the classroom, probably the best known kids' news source is Channel One.

Written at level for kids 12 to 18, the channelone.com site keeps past news columns online and provides a forum for kids to discuss what interests them as well as taking news polls and delivering fun quizzes.

Whether you want the latest on a particular union strike or to find out what's happening on Mars today, try online news sites to get in-depth details and the latest information.