According to the site, "Topix.net is the Internet's largest news site, with over 300,000 topically based, micro-news pages presenting stories from more than 10,000 sources." Compare that to Google News, arguably Topix's biggest competitor with "only" 4,500 sources at the time of this writing.
Topix.net News Search Engine and News Aggregator
By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide
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