NewsPiper

NewsPiper is the best way to be in touch with the latest news in the fastest way.
This multifunctional utility is the most advanced technology that is a combination of RSS feed reader, news aggregator, web grabber and news ticker. The tool provides you the gateway to keep close watch on news sites like cnn.com, foxnews.com, and so on, RSS feeds or blogs, and the retrieved news is displayed with three-paned user interface like channels, news titles, and news details or scrolls it in a special bar on top of your monitor. The tool is also supported with a news pronounce that will let you to use a radio tuner for your favorite RSS feeds or Web sites. The tool is enhanced with very simple interface that allows you to very simply add a new channel; one can even add a new channel from the online channel catalog too.
NewsPiper features the option to display your status by indicating on an icon in the system tray bar as green if you are online and red if offline.

NewsPiper is an RSS feed reader, news aggregator, web grabber and news ticker in one program. It allows you to monitor your favorite news sites (cnn.com, foxnews.com, etc.), RSS feeds or blogs, retrieve necessary news and display it in the usual three panes newsreader interface (channels, news titles, news details) or scroll it in a special bar (NewsBar) placed at the top of your screen. For each shown headline, you can open the "full story" page in your default web browser simply by clicking on the headline.
Another useful feature of NewsPiper Pro is "news pronouncing": you can set it up to pronounce news headlines and details from one or more channels so NewsPiper can be used as a "radio tuner" for your favorite RSS feeds or Web sites.
Adding a new channel is very easy: you can manually enter the URL of a web site or an RSS feed, or drag-and-drop it from a web browser or another program, or simply paste it in from the clipboard.
You can also add channels from an "Online channel catalog" containing many popular web sites and RSS feeds.
In addition, NewsPiper checks your connection status according to a schedule you setup and changes the color of the icon in the system tray bar accordingly: green means you are online, red indicates offline.