READING THE NEWS

People read news to stay well-versed about the latest events in the world. Their interest in keeping up to date of events varies. For some people, it is a form of leisure like reading a stock ticker or checking a sports score. For others, business decisions are made on the most recent occurrences. To access news, the popular means include newspapers, television, radio and the Internet. Major categories of news are international, entertainment, business, sports, health, science and technology.

Here is an example of major news stories:

The Justice Department is being asked to probe how allegations that Rep. Mark Foley sent explicit notes to former congressional pages were handled.

United Nations peacekeepers Sunday denied Israel's assertion that it had completely withdrawn all of its soldiers from southern Lebanon. Israeli troops still control the border village of Ghajar.

A man was charged Sunday with murdering his wife and her four children in a domestic dispute at their home, authorities said. Michael Simmons, 41, appeared at a bond hearing via video link from the Charleston County jail on Sunday and was ordered held without bond on five counts of murder.

The St. Louis Cardinals won their third straight NL Central title on Sunday despite a 5-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, backing into the playoffs thanks to Houston's loss in Atlanta.

A Nebraska company was improperly paid more than $278 million by misusing the federal student aid program, according to a federal audit released Friday. The overpayments could swell to $882 million through 2015 if the company, Nelnet, is not ordered to change its billing practices, the Education Department's inspector general found.

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