When Google News did their redesign, it made the service essentially useless to me. I replaced it by installing Tiny Tiny RSS on my home webserver, which aggregates RSS feeds and makes them available in its own RSS feeds. I read the news using the web interface and (when mobile), using the Android gReader app.
That solution is even better for me than Google News was, and a big part of why is that it dramatically increased discovery of new things. Not only can I easily follow sites I use regularly, including HN, but I've included the feeds of a few aggregators that I appreciate to increase the amount of new stuff I see.
