Great upgraded news app for iPad: News360
http://www.news360app.com/ If you just want the news, there is no better than News360. I still like Flipboard, too, because it mixes in social which is very important to me, but I gotta admit that News360 is getting more of my time, particularly when I just want to see the hot news. Here the founder explains it to me and talks about why his iPad app has been redesigned from ground up and why it's better than other apps to see the news.