I work in content, so I need to know what’s going on at all times. I read the following news sites and aggregators every single day:

Forekast, trends24, Google Trends, Google Finance, Drudge, Slashdot, NYTimes (personal favorite and the only one I pay for), Digg, Reddit, Boing Boing, Engadget, Gizmodo, HN, NPR, 503 engineering blogs, Newsbreak (local news), Bogleheads, and Kottke.