TWO OLD RIDDLES

1)
Of a brave set of brethren I stand at the head,
And to keep them quite warm, I cram three in a bed;
Six of them in prison I cruelly put(t),
And three I confine in a mean little hut.
To escape my fell grasp, three reside in the sky,
And, though strange it may seem, we have all but one eye.

Who am I and who are my brothers?

2)
I'm a singular creature, pray tell me my name,
I partake of my countrymen's glory and fame;
I daily am old, and I daily am new,
I am praised, I am blamed, I am false, I am true.
I'm the talk of the nation, while I'm in my prime,
But forgotten when once I've outlasted my time.

Answers:

1. I am the letter A, and my brothers are the other 25 letters of the alphabet.
2. Newspaper