Looking for a better RSS reader

RSS has been both a blessing and a curse for me. On the one hand it allows me to subscribe to and read an amazing amount of content. On the other hand, I am completely overwhelmed now with the amount of information I am trying to disseminate on a daily basis.
I am convinced that this is due in part to the interfaces that I am trying to use. Yes I have used Newsgator, Feeddemon, NetNewsWire, and lately Thunderbird. In the past I experimented with autogenerating my own web page based on RSS feeds to read. Nothing I have found comes close to the simplicity and ease of use as Google News, which is why I keep looking for alternatives.
What am I looking for would be the question to ask. Most RSS readers are arranged after email programs. The title of the post is the equalivant of the subject line. When you click on the item, the complete post is displayed for you to read. This works great as long as you have under a dozen RSS feeds to read. I need a reader that allows me to read a configurable length excerpt for all the items at the same time. It doesn’t have to be long, 20 words, maybe more, maybe less. This way things that peak my interest I can read, and things that don’t I will pass on.
The new RSS feeds in My Yahoo are the closest thing that I have found. But the service still leaves me longing for something different.
Suggestions anyone?