I use Google News a lot. I have set up several topic-specific sections on topics I wish to follow closely, and have closed some of the default Google News sections (e.g., entertainment and sports) to devote more time to more serious news. Google News is also useful for switching over to concentrated views of newspapers from particular parts of the world, e.g., India or Pakistan, or Africa.

I cultivate my Facebook circle of friends into mutual teams of news-gatherers. People friend me specifically to follow the links I post that they've heard about from other friends, and I follow most closely friends who scan news sources for new reliable links. I share out links I discover here on Hacker News, and share into Hacker News some of the best links I learn about from my friends.

Yeah..."after digg," seems a bit five years ago.

Google News? Never. Reddit. Yes. I actually do get most of my news from a combo of HN and various subreddits.

Surprisingly, my workman friend seems to hear about stuff on FARK just as fast as I hear about stuff on reddit.