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Congress Nears Historic Vote on $700 Billion Bailout Plan for Wall Street Upon entering the site, the viewer is smacked straight in the face with this pressing article. It basically explains how our government is on the verge of passing a $700 billion dollar "rescue deal", said to reboot our nations economic situation. An attached photo of House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank speaking with the press, adds for a striking visual, and the cherry on top of such a conflicting issue. USNEWS.com obviously headlined this story front and center specifically because of its importance and how the passing of such a plan will have a tremendous effect on every American, thus they must be informed.





America's Best Healthy Places to Retire The second featured article is located on the left-upper-side of the web page and is one of the first pictures that the reader sees when pulling up the website. This article gives the editors' top ten picks of the healthiest places to retire and then lists the reasons the locations are so desirable.

Can I Blame My Pains on My Sinuses?

Posted on the front page of US News & World Report, Can I Blame My Pains on My Sinuses is the featured story of the health section in this particular daily display of news. Being the first, and only bold, title in a separated health section, including an image of a man with sinus problems, this article is meant to grab the reader's attention and inspire him to read this paper. This article features new research that correlates bodily pains with sinus troubles and attempts to reason that one may affect the other.

3. USNEWS.com offers a section on the main webpage that lists the most viewed and the most e-mailed topics. Both tabs are almost identical to the headlines listed on the top of the page.

4. US News & World Report allows commentary on almost any article on their website, providing a specific "comments" tab that is easily seen and accessible. US News & World Report also has an entire page focused on opinions. The bloggers are repetitive reporters, each having several articles under this section and the majority of these articles initiate many comments into a discussion. Some bloggers mostly focus on political aspects, while some revolve around sexism, modern themes, or specific world, nation, or local events.

5. USNEWS.com is an interactive site, to say the least. Every article posted allows readers the option to voice their reaction or own opinion on the issue, with merely the click of a mouse. The layout is simple and cost-free, only requiring an e-mail address from the reader. We personally found this refreshing and much less invasive than many other sites which require much more personal information, just to leave a simple, insignificant response.

6. As expected, this website is almost overwhelmingly engulfed with various forms of multimedia content. Each section of the website is accompanied with videos galore spanning a wide range of topics, from the presidential election race to heart disease and everything in between. They even offer a USNEWS VIDEO section, where the reader can find just that, and about almost any news related topic. Technologically savvy viewers can even go as far as to upload podcasts and view what USNEWS.com has to offer from the convenience of their iPods.