1. A method of predicting content of a news story with a computing system comprising: a) identifying a first event described in first content published in a knowledge domain including one or more social network domains, news content domains, blog domains and/or message board domains; b) automatically determining a plurality of different alternative predicted states for said first event, based on a comparison of characteristics of said first event to characteristics of prior events of a same type; c) automatically generating queries to said knowledge domain and/or at least one search engine to locate published new content associated with said plurality of different predicted states; d) presenting search results or news stories to a user with the computing system which includes at least some of said new published content when such is identified at step (c).