Weekend update: Other things found this week:
The buzz among librarians, researchers, and investigative journalists this week was the Choicepoint situation. Latest: Choicepoint has truncated more data and will be asking all users to complete new user profiles. Not to mention: Choicepoint under investigation, story in Atlanta Biz Journal.

More links....

Reference:

Beach renourishment funding in the federal budget, beach-by-beach; from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Assn.

State Education Profiles from Natl Center for Education Stats.

Guide to International Refugee Resources on the Web.

North American Native Fish Assn has a fish guide.
Tools:

Create your own AP ticker with RSS feeds from Associated Press.

The Most Useful Websites for Reporters: a quick list from Mark Schaver. All (well, most) of these are on Newsnet but you might find this list easier to use.
Public Records:

Not All Criminal Records Checks Are Created Equal; a good article explaning why there isn't a comprehensive national criminal records search.
Statistics:

Hot Wheels: most stolen vehicles, 2003, from NICB.
People:

English Accents and Dialects: a collection of recordings from the British Library.

1861 UK Census now online along with vital (births, deaths, marriages) and World War records at 1837online.com.
Business:

Nooked is a directory of RSS feeds from corporations.

Fire-safe hotels list from FEMA.

Some Interesting stories/Weblogs:

Observer Blog from 'the world's first Sunday newspaper'.

Taming of the Band-Aid, a new gardening blog from Naples, FL. Nice photos of insects, butterflies, etc. with identifications, as well as info on birds and plants.

IncredibleBlogs.com: it's a blog about blogs...and very enlightening.

Fun/Entertaining:

Yahoo!s birthday celebration continues with a Netrospective of the last 10 years on the Web. First news story published on Yahoo's front page: the death of Jerry Garcia.