Text Classification:
Software: Rainbow, Ripper
Datasets: Reuters, 20 Newsgroup, WebKB 4 University, Industry Sector (marketguide)

Information Extraction:
Introduction, Repository (RISE)

Conferences:
ICML 2000, AAAI 2000, KDD 2000, ACL 2000, CIKM 2000

Other Machine Learning Resources:
ML links, CORA (CS papers Search Engine)

Travel:
Expedia, Travelocity

Good deals online:
Slickdeals
Techbargains
AddAll - Book Price Comparisons

News:
CNN
BBC
Dawn

Sports
NBA
Cricket.Org
Wisden