Looking for news the MSM might not cover?

 Thom Hartmann:  http://www.thomhartmann.com/  The guy is scary smart.  His fans sometimes refer to him as “The Professor”.  I stream his show (along with others) here: http://www.ktlkam1150.com/main.html
Stephanie Miller starts at 9am on this same station.  She’s hilarious.  She and her sidekicks (“mooks”) relentlessly goof on the reich wing every weekday morning.  She’s on vacation this week but she has great fill-ins.  Thom comes on after Sheph, at noon.
As for progressive sites….  probably my first go-to is www.buzzflash.com.
http://www.bartcop.com/ is a fun mix of stuff a little corse, very smart, and has lots of good cartoons.
http://consortiumnews.com/ is a great independent journalism site.
This site is full of great, up-to-the-minute issues (with his snarky take on them) http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Keeping an eye on the corporate media: http://mediamatters.org/
A pretty big & influential online magazine: http://www.salon.com/You’re probably familiar with http://www.thenation.com/

Haven’t visited this one in a while, but it’s cool: http://www.adbusters.org/

Chock-full of interesting stuff: http://www.judicialwatch.org/

An oldie and a goodie: http://www.alternet.org/
If you have any time left over:
So that should get you started.