Daylife‘s mission to:
“gather stories of all shapes and sizes from countless perspectives around the world, and then present them in a rich browseable landscape, helping you make connections you never knew existed. stories of all shapes and sizes from countless perspectives around the world, and then present them in a rich browseable landscape, helping you make connections you never knew existed.”
It’s a very promising start to a useful service. If they get it right, they’ll be Google News done the right way. (Unfortunately, like Google News, they don’t tell you which publications they’re including in their database — bad policy.)