For news I still use ... *gasp* ... trusty old Netscape 4.08. I use it esclusively for news only. I'ts fast, it's free and it has no-nonsense newsreader. I stick with 4.08 because that was the last version which didn't have news servers and newsgroups list in the same window with message list and messages itself. I hate the way later Netscapes and now Mozilla use one huuuuge window for both the list and message display. They just don't fit comfortably all in there. I know folks who still use Netscape 3 news. It's lightning fast by todays standards and gets the job done on most cases