Blogs
Unregistered News
http://www.unregisterednews.com
Unregistered News covers stories that don't make it to the front page.
Themes
Go Rusty
Rusty News is a free Wordpress theme which takes inspiration from newspaper sites. It supports the usual features, and is valid CSS and HTML. Created by <a href="http://www.rustyspigot.com">Rusty Web</a>.