Surf3D AGENT: ABCNewsAgent_1.xo WHAT IT DOES: Gathers news extracts from articles from ABCNews.com WHAT ITS GOOD FOR: Keeping track of particular types of news stories Getting relevant article summaries for many stories Getting extracts from articles containing chosen word terms HOW IT WORKS: Drills down into each news article in your search results and extracts sentences containing your preferred extraction keywords HOW TO SET IT UP: Save-As the provided ABCNewsAgent_1.xo to a new name, such as ABCPentagon_1.xo Type preferred search term keywords into the OR line of the Transport (X) window such as Rumsfeld and Briefing Type preferred text extract keywords into the Metric channel lines A and B such as Qaeda HOW TO USE IT: Start your Web Browser Go to this URL: http://search.abcnews.go.com/ Type in any search terms into the ABC search window and submit The ABC search results are displayed in your browser Go to the Surf3D Transport window and click the GET-URL button Now click the right pointing triangle on the main Surf3D toolbar to start the agent VARIATIONS TO TRY: Browse the different view buttons #1 through #8 Try different searches with different keywords for text extraction Try different searches with different keywords for OR line evaluation Make agents for different news topics by changing keywords