AP News puts out an app that has push notifications. They published the app, and did Beta Testing with Push prior to Apple releasing the 3.0 to the public. Developers had the privilege of using the push feature with AP News releases in about June of 2009.
The function worked very well then, and it still works great. They are more a national entity, and perhaps don't have the detailed local stories that you might want, but it's a great place to start.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.