4. One or more physical memory devices storing instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions comprising: one or more instructions to generate a custom news document, where the custom news document includes a plurality of custom news sections; one or more instructions to assign one or more keywords or phrases, one or more topical categories, or one or more geographic categories to each one of the plurality of custom news sections; one or more instructions to embed search queries within the custom news document, where the embedded search queries comprise applets or iframes that include one or more instructions to submit respective ones of the one or more keywords or phrases, one or more topical categories, or one or more geographic categories to a news search server; one or more instructions to receive, across a network connection, a selection of the custom news document from a user at a client device; one or more instructions to execute the one or more instructions associated with the applets or iframes, in response to receiving the selection of the custom news document; one or more instructions to receive news content from the news search server that is related to the one or more keywords, one or more topical categories, or one or more geographic categories; one or more instructions to sort the received news content based on at least one of a news source, author, or news category; and one or more instructions to populate the custom news document with the sorted news content for access by the user.
4. One or more physical memory devices storing instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions comprising: one or more instructions to generate a custom news document, where the custom news document includes a plurality of custom news sections; one or more instructions to assign one or more keywords or phrases, one or more topical categories, or one or more geographic categories to each one of the plurality of custom news sections; one or more instructions to embed search queries within the custom news document, where the embedded search queries comprise applets or iframes that include one or more instructions to submit respective ones of the one or more keywords or phrases, one or more topical categories, or one or more geographic categories to a news search server; one or more instructions to receive, across a network connection, a selection of the custom news document from a user at a client device; one or more instructions to execute the one or more instructions associated with the applets or iframes, in response to receiving the selection of the custom news document; one or more instructions to receive news content from the news search server that is related to the one or more keywords, one or more topical categories, or one or more geographic categories; one or more instructions to sort the received news content based on at least one of a news source, author, or news category; and one or more instructions to populate the custom news document with the sorted news content for access by the user. 23. The one or more physical memory devices of claim 4 , where the instructions further comprise: one or more instructions to update the populated plurality of custom news sections, where one or more instructions to update the populated plurality of custom news sections include: one or more instructions to resend the embedded search queries to the news search server, where the news search server obtains updated news content based on the resent embedded search queries, one or more instructions to receive the updated news content from the news search server, one or more instructions to sort the received updated news content, and one or more instructions to repopulate the plurality of custom news sections with the sorted updated news content.