Are you using iGoogle? I have it as my homepage and it’s been a great way for me to keep up on the news (world, US, business and tech) in a quick and easy way. In case you didn’t already know, you can greatly customize iGoogle to work for you. Not only can you choose your own gadgets but you can choose your own feeds. I have mine set to give me the news from the places I trust and frequent the most.
Just click on the tabs in iGoogle and then click on “add stuff.” It will give you a list of items to choose. When you finish choosing what you want, look on the left side of the screen and there will be a link at the bottom to add  feed or gadget. Click on that and then enter the feed url that you want and your iGoogle page will update.
It’s a simple but nice little productivity tool that I use.