I generally subscribe to good blogs updated at a reasonable frequency from multiple fields which I think is a pretty good way to keep abreast of the news in those fields.

[Here][1] is a big list of academic blogs which might be useful. ([Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20110819065218/http://www.academicblogs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) and also a [link for Mathematics/Statistics](https://web.archive.org/web/20090918085549/http://www.academicblogs.org:80/wiki/index.php/Mathematics/Statistics))


  [1]: http://www.academicblogs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page