I like to read the comics. If I fall behind in reading the newspaper, I'll work on catching up on the comics, but I won't usually try to catch up on a backlog of news articles. I have been thrilled to find that I can get to so many strips via the internet that are not carried by my local paper.
I've included links here to you can see the comics that I read on a regular basis. (Also so that when I travel I have a concise list of the comics I'm following if I can get to an Internet link.)
Adam at Home
Arlo and Janis
Betty
Calvin and Hobbes
BC
The Fusco Brothers
Grand Avenue
Jane's World
Kevin and Kell
Nonsequitur
Pibgorn
Pickles
User Friendly
The Houston Chronicle has a great selection of today's strips available online for free. You can even build a list of strips which it will display for you, up to 8 strips per screen.
This next link is the comics I look at each day there.
Houston Chronicle selection