RSS Reader?

So, for the longest time I just used start.com; but now that I’ve reformatted my computer and upgraded, I’ve lost the settings and I would have to add all the feeds all over again. This got me thinking, maybe time to change something else? Essentially, I’d like you fine folks to reccomend an RSS reader for me. Preferably it would be as simple anc clean as start.com (ie: very little beyond the essentials).

I don’t know if it’s an option, but I was wondering if any readers keep track of updates, should I miss a day. Example, /. is one of my feeds. If, for some reason, I didn’t log on to my computer Sunday (god forbid), the reader would keep track of the headlines for that day so that I could check them when I get back (the next day) along with the headlines for the new day (Monday).