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Free, full-length news podcasts

Turn your drive time, workout time, or other monotonous time into enjoyable, productive listening with podcasts of our top stories from Newsworthy Audio. A podcast is an audio file that can be downloaded automatically to your computer using RSS feeds.

Podcasts bring you a variety of top news, sports and entertainment stories. Each article is full length, not just a headline or first paragraph. Listen on your iPod or your computer.

It's easy to get started. You can listen to "Weekend Update", "The Best of Speak Out" and "Fact or Fiction" right now on your computer. Just click on the link to the show and then click on the audio file to listen in your browser.

If you have an RSS reader such as My Yahoo or My MSN, find the podcast you want below and click the RSS link. Then, copy and paste the URL into the reader or podcatcher.

For iTunes, click on the "Add to iTunes" link. That will take you to the iTunes Store, where you'll see a description of the podcast and a button to click to subscribe. Hints for iTunes users

	Weekend Update Media source: Marshall News Messenger Description: The latest happenings to plan a fun weekend	Subscribe via RSS  Add to itunes
	The best of Speak Out Media source: Marshall News Messenger Description: Hear commentary about commentary! Listen to Phil Latham and Robb McMahan discuss the best of the printed Speak Out column in the Marshall News Messenger.	Subscribe via RSS  Add to itunes
	Fact or Fiction Media source: Marshall News Messenger Description: Ever wondered if something was fact or fiction? Just take a listen to Phil Latham and Robb McMahan and you might just learn a thing or two.	Subscribe via RSS  Add to itunes
	Family Matters Media source: Marshall News Messenger Description: The companion podcast to the Family Matters magazine.	Subscribe via RSS  Add to iTunes

	Local News Media source: Marshall News Messenger Description: The latest, full-length, top local news from the Marshall News Messenger.	Subscribe via RSS  Add to iTunes
	Police & Crime Media source: Marshall News Messenger Description: The latest police and crime stories, updated several times each day.	Subscribe via RSS  Add to iTunes
	Opinion Media source: Marshall News Messenger Description: The latest opinion and editorials, updated several times each day.	Subscribe via RSS  Add to iTunes
	Features Media source: Marshall News Messenger Description: The latest features, updated several times each day.	Subscribe via RSS  Add to iTunes

Hints for iTunes users

1. Set your Podcast preferences to "Keep last 10 episodes" since each story is an episode.

2. The first time you download the Podcast, make sure you "Get" each episode. You only need to do this once.

3. The best way to listen to a Podcast is to create a "Smart Playlist" with the "Album" name equal to the name of the Podcast. Doing this will allow you to easily progress through the Podcast one story at a time. This is very helpful if you synch your iTunes to an iPod.

To set up a Smart Playlist in iTunes click on the "File" menu item and select "New Smart Playlist...". Select "Album" from the first drop down menu. Select "Contains" from the second drop down. Type in the name of the Podcast in the third box and click "OK." When you attach your iPod, remember to tell iTunes that you want this playlist to automatically sync to your iPod.