[atacrawl]

Completely agree. "Where are you?" is basic information when location is at all relevant, and site designers frequently make the false assumption that every visitor is a local who knows exactly what you meant.

And it's not just news sites -- I once made a service reservation at a Toyota dealership in another state because it had the same name as the one I wanted and no indication of where it was in any global assets (it was buried on a "directions" page).

[CocaKoala]

How did you make the service reservation? There wasn't a phone number with area code prominently displayed anywhere?

[atacrawl]

Good question: I was new to the Chicagoland area at the time and chalked it up to not being aware of what all the area codes were.