Definitions of news on the Web:
* information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"
* information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
* news program: a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night"
* informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone; "it was news to me"
* newsworthiness: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [/quote}
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