Google announced yet another feature added to the Google News side bar, this is called editors picks.

It is a bit un-searchy to me being that editors (not from Google) are hand picking stories to show there. Of course, what users see are personalized based on their preferences in Google News. The only issue is that you can’t remove the box, even if you wanted to.

Here is a picture:

Google announced it also in the Google News Help forums but the response has been only negative. Users simply want to remove it. One said:

I am not sure if Google will allow users to remove it or not, but for publishers, if you want to be included, you should check out the help document.

Forum discussion at Google News Help.