Yahoo! Human Interest News FAQ
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Our goal is to make Yahoo! News as comprehensive as possible, and from
time to time we add sources to make your news more complete. Currently,
our Human Interest content is provided by the following sources:
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Oddly
Enough - The offbeat, the bizarre, the tragic, the comic -- human interest
from around the world on the Reuters newswires. Updates twice daily,
M-F.
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Crimes
and Trials - Looking for drama and suspense from the mean streets of
America? Check out our crime news from UPI. Updates continuously on
weekdays.
If you're looking for a news source that we don't currently offer,
be sure to check Yahoo!'s News and
Media category for other news sites.
Reuters and UPI news stories are archived for seven days. The archiving
process is continuous and occurs after each fresh update of stories. Included
is a news search capability which helps you find archived stories quickly
and easily.
If you're looking for stories that are more than a week old, please
check our Full Coverage
section for an archive of sources on major news stories. Also, Lexis-Nexis
offers their news archives for a fee, and you can find many other services
in our News and Media category.
Unfortunately, we cannot provide Reuters and UPI stories that are more
than seven days old.
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search words... but remember we only archive Reuters stories for seven
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Yahoo! content while you browse our news pages. In Human Interest news
you will see the following features:
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Yahoo! Categories - check out these Yahoo! categories for more news
sources and information.
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Related Links - our list of a few good sites to help you find information
about crimes and trials.
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