This list was compiled on 2011-01-28 from alexa lists of top 100 news sites.

Rank	Site name	SSL?	Valid cert?	Full SSL?	Allows use?	Comments
1	news.yahoo.com	No	No	No	No
2	bbc.co.uk	No	No	No	No
3	cnn.com	No	No	No	No
4	nytimes.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Default https-everywhere. uses akamai for images.
5	weather.com	No	No	No	No
6	bbc.co.uk/news	No	No	No	No
7	news.google.com	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
8	huffingtonpost.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai. Does not work.
9	my.yahoo.com	Yes	Yes	?	?	Requires account.
10	reddit.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Uses pay.reddit.com. Else force you to akamai. Part of https-everywhere beta
11	msnbc.msn.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai. Does not work.
12	guardian.co.uk	No	No	No	No
13	online.wsj.com	Yes	No	No	No	redirect to europe.wsj.com, cert www.wsj.com expired, redirs to plaintext, does not work if enforced
14	foxnews.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai. Does not work.
15	reuters.com	Yes	No	No	No	uses localhost.localdomain. redirs to plaintext www.reuters.com which have no ssl.
16	timesofindia.indiatimes.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai. Does not work.
17	washingtonpost.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Default https-everywhere. Includes stuff from media.washingtonpost.com which uses akamai.
18	latimes.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai. Redirects to plaintext
19	weather.yahoo.com	No	No	No	No
20	drudgereport.com	No	No	No	No
21	money.cnn.com	No	No	No	No
22	wunderground.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Includes non https content
23	news.com.au	No	No	No	No
24	usatoday.com	No	No	No	No
25	bloomberg.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai. Does not work
26	time.com	Yes	No	No	No	Wrong domain.
27	shutterstock.com	Yes	Yes	No	No	Redirects to plaintext.
28	forbes.com	Yes	No	No	No	expired, no cert chain.
29	associatedcontent.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Includes non-https content.
30	abcnews.go.com	No	No	No	No
31	accuweather.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, does not work
32	examiner.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Includes non https content
33	aolnews.com	No	No	No	No
34	smh.com.au	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, does not work
35	buisnessweek.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, Redirects to plaintext
36	sfgate.com	No	No	No	No
37	cbsnews.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, does not work
38	cnbc.com	No	No	No	No
39	nypost.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, does not work
40	nationalgeographic.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, does not work
41	topix.com	No	No	No	No
42	ft.com	Yes	Yes	No	No	Redirects to plaintext(www), ft.com is expired, selfsigned, wrong domain, and redirects to plaintext
43	economictimes.indiatimes.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai. does not work
44	mixx.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Includes non https-content.
45	bbc.co.uk/news	No	No	No	No
46	guardian.co.uk/world	No	No	No	No
47	helium.com	Yes	Yes	No	No	Redirects to plaintext
48	alarabiya.net	No	No	No	No
49	foxnews.com/politics	No	No	No	No
50	theglobeandmail.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Most images are on beta.images.theglobeandmail which uses akamai, where https doesnt work.
51	voices.washingotnpost.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	includes non https content.
52	theage.com.au	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
53	chicagotribune.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, Redirects to plaintext.
54	hindustantimes.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
55	suntimes.com	No	No	No	No
56	economist.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	media and stats.economist.com lacks proper certs
57	azcentral.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(i|j|k|l).azcentral.com lacks ssl. pathcontrol-att.pni.com lacks https.
58	csmonitor.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
59	metafilter.com	Yes	No	No	No	Incorrect cert, forces you to loginpage.
60	prweb.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
61	weeklyworldnews.com	Yes	No	No	No	Wordpress.com-cert.
62	news.sky.com	No	No	No	No
63	prnewswire.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
64	digitalspy.cu.uk	No	No	No	No
65	voanews.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
66	fark.com	Yes	Yes	No	No	Ok cert, but no content.
67	ajc.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	media.ajc.com.coxnewsweb.com uses akamai for https.
68	newsmax.com	No	No	No	No
69	manoramaonline.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
70	eenadu.net	No	No	No	No
71	theonion.com	Yes	No	No	No	bad cert, doesnt work with https
72	findarticles.com	No	No	No	No
73	newsvine.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	i.newsvine.com lacks ssl. www.polls.newsvine.com uses akamai.
74	philly.com	Yes	No	No	No	bad cert, doesnt work with https
75	thestar.com	No	No	No	No
76	hollywoodreporter.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
77	newsnow.co.uk	No	No	No	No
78	mercurynews.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, redirects to plaintext.
79	heraldsun.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
80	theatlantic.com	Yes	No	No	No	cert only valid for ssl.theatlantic.com, doesnt allow browsing
81	wnd.com	Yes	No	No	No	Broken cert, doesn't work.
82	nj.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
83	navbharattimes.indiatimes.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
84	france24.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
85	thetimes.co.uk	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
86	breitbart.com	No	No	No	No
87	chron.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
88	guardian.co.uk/media	No	No	No	No
89	seattlepi.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
90	startribune.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
91	bdnews24.com	Yes	No	No	No	Selfsigned nonworking cert. Expired
92	bankrate.com	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Use origin.bankrate.com for https. some content not included not https.
93	theaustralian.com.au	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
94	time.com/time/specials	Yes	No	No	No	Wrong domain.
95	intellicast.com	No	No	No	No
96	miamiherald.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
97	english.aljazeera.net	No	No	No	No
98	denverpost.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, redirects to plaintext.
99	weatherbug.com	Yes	No	No	No	Akamai, doesnt work.
100	indianexpress.com	Yes	No	No	No	Expired, unknown issuer, wrong domain, doesn't work.