Most of us read news online, and we've gotten used to how it's presented to us.
However, in David Pogue's 'Pogie Awards' [link] I was introduced to a web simplifying tool called Readability - lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability.
-You simply add it to your Bookmark bar, and then click for calm.
-Don't worry, you can always go back to the original version.
