Subtract your news (a howto)

Tired of getting certain types of news? Whether its the inconsequential morons or politics from Obama, Sean Hannity, or overused sports phrases, there's a way to finally clean that up using the free FeedRinse service:

1. Set up an account

2. Make a list:

People/topics I'm sick of

* Kayne West
* That Jon and Kate show
* Marilyn Manson
* Donald Trump
* American Idol
* Dance competitions

Non-News

* Britney Spears
* Lindsay Lohan
* Scott Weiland
* Scott Stapp
* Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie
* The Kardashians

3. Get your news source (there are many). For example, the Associated Press Top Stories feed:

http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/TOPHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=DEWIL&SECTION=HOME

... and paste into the window under "Add feeds"

4. Add a list of filters. Click the "+" sign a few times to add lots of blockers:

5. Finally, select "get your rinsed feeds" and click the button in red below:

I use Google's service but there are many listed below:

You're done! Log into your news reader of choice and you've just filtered out the stupid!