Hmm. Alex, who hosts my website, just started working at findory, which looks a lot like Google News to me. Apparently, they use some personalization technology (which Google does not do) to deliver the news that's more relevant to you. Hmm..will have to play around with it more. Of even more interest to me is their Findory Blogory---now this is interesting. Similar in nature to their news section but all the links are to relevant personal weblogs. Check it out.