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Top Digg Users Feeling Snubbed

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:36 PM EST (TechCrunch)

Digg continues to grow, claiming 20 million visitors per month and an increasing amount of mainstream attention. But as traffic to Digg has grown, the incentive to "game" the site to get stories to the home page has also increased.

technology, digg, top-digg-users, transparency, kevin-rose

Chase Accidentally Sells Couple's Home

Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:15 PM EST (http://www.kpho.com/)

Despite being up-to-date on their modified mortgage payments, a Valley couple found Chase foreclosing on their home.

business, chase, chase-foreclosing, modified-mortgage-payments, mortgage, taxes

The Great War in Colour

Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:56 AM EST (Environmental Graffiti)

On this day, ninety-one years ago, the guns that raged over the battlefields of Europe for more than four years fell silent.

history, the-great-war, battlefields-of-europe, industrial-scale

Funny Or Die links up with YouTube

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 3:51 AM EST (TechRadar: All Phone and communications feeds)

YouTube has announced it is to partner Will Ferrell's comedy website Funny Or Die, offering up a channel featuring a boatload of the site's comedic content.

entertainment, funny-or-die, will-ferrell, adam-mckay, google, youtube, comedy-website

Laser-Powered Robot Climbs to Victory in the Space-Elevator Contest

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:35 PM EST (discovermagazine.com)

A laser-powered robot took a climb up a cable in the Mohave Desert in Wednesday, and pushed ahead the sci-fi inspired notion of a space elevator capable of lifting astronauts, cargo, and even tourists up into orbit.

technology, mohave-desert, laser-powered-robot, lasermotive, seattle, space-elevator, nasa, space-elevator-games

Dutch 'among lowest cannabis users'

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:42 AM EST ()

THE Dutch are among the lowest users of marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands' well-known tolerance of the drug, according to a regional study.

world-news, netherlands, the-dutch, italy, spain, the-czech-republic, france, eu-agency

Prominent Fort Lauderdale law firm to be placed in receivership

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 11:26 AM EST (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

FORT LAUDERDALE - A high-profile Fort Lauderdale law firm will ask to be placed in a receivership later today and has no money to pay employees, according to an e-mail sent by Broward Chief Circuit Judge Victor Tobin to his fellow judges.

us-news, fort-lauderdale-law-firm, broward-chief-circuit-judge, victor-tobin, scott-rothstein, broward-countys-biggest-political-contributors, banyan, george-levin

Twitter Users Most Followed by the Web 2.0 Summit Crowd

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:07 AM EDT ()

I took the set of users who posted tweets containing the hashtag #w2s and determined who those users followed. Unlike the list of the most followed users in all of Twitter, the list isn't dominated by celebrities.

arts, twitter, twitter-users, web-2-0-summit-crowd, hashtag

Hardaway keeps it cool as Heat jersey rises to arena rafters

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:55 AM EDT (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

MIAMI - In typical Tim Hardaway fashion, he was cool under pressure while watching his No. 10 Heat jersey being raised to the rafters before the season opener Wednesday night at American Airlines Arena.

sports, basketball, tim-hardaway, alonzo-mourning, nba, miami-heat

Silicon Beach: South Florida plugs into the next wave

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:25 PM EDT (MiamiHerald.com)

There has been quite a bit of bellyaching coming out of some recent South Florida tech networking meetings. It sounds like this: The government needs to do more to lure tech firms here. The education system doesn't do enough to cultivate tech talent.

technology, tech-groups, south-florida, silicon-beach, refresh-miami, internetcoast, south-florida-tech-alliance, social-media-club-south-florida, mobilemonday-miami, florida-2-0

Why Email No Longer Rules…

Seeded on Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:57 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over.

technology, twitter, facebook, google-wave

Who stole more than $200,000 at Walmart?

Seeded on Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:24 AM EDT (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Walmart shoppers pay in cash — lots and lots of cash, records of a daring $200,000-plus heist show. And the thief walked right out the front door with the money, stopping only momentarily to fool a front-of-the-store greeter.

business, walmart, walmart-shoppers, walmart-supervisor, turkey-lake-road-store

Coal Ash: 130 Million Tons of Waste

Seeded on Sun Oct 4, 2009 11:22 PM EDT (CBS News)

We burn so much coal in this country for electricity that every year that process generates 130 million tons of waste. Most of it is coal ash, and it contains some nasty stuff.

us-news, environment, environmental-scientists, coal-ash, waste, toxic-metals, mercury, arsenic, lead, lined-impoundments

Cat Killer Suspect May Be "Sociopath"

Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 10:13 AM EDT (nbc6miami.com)

The arrest affidavit was unsealed today in the case against accused cat butcher Tyler Weinman, detailing the teen's odd behavior and the compelling evidence he faces in his trial on the murder of 19 cats throughout South Florida.

odd-news, south-florida, miami, miami-dade, cat-dissections, animal-abuse, animal-cruelty, tyler-weinman, crime

In Cramer We Trust

Seeded on Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:25 AM EDT (thedailyshow.com)

Jim Cramer recommends buying Bear Stearns two weeks before it collapses.

business, bear-stearns, jim-cramer, the-daily-show, jon-stewart, mad-money, bad-advice

Chancellor sets RBS bonus limits

Seeded on Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:39 AM EST (BBC News)

Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced that the government is limiting bonuses paid out to staff by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

business, chancellor-alistair-darling, rbs, royal-bank-of-scotland

Olbermann: Cheney doing the work of terrorists

Seeded on Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:43 AM EST (msnbc.com)

"Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment on former Vice President Cheney's remarks about the prospects of future terrorist attacks in this country. Flatly, it may be time for Mr. Cheney to leave this country.

politics, torture, gitmo, waterboarding, cheney, former-vice-president, artisanship

Big satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia

Seeded on Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:11 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of its kind in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station.

science, cape-canaveral, fl, nasa, space-station, astronauts, siberia

Don't be a Dick

Seeded on Fri Feb 6, 2009 2:34 PM EST (thedailyshow.com)

Tricky Dick Cheney up to his old tricks. The Daily Show has officially renamed their "You Don't Know Dick" segment about Dick Cheney to "Why Are You Such a Dick?" after his latest post-Bush administration antics.

politics, dick-cheney, the-daily-show, you-dont-know-dick, why-are-you-such-a-dick, post-bush-administration, antics, bushs-foreign-policy, president-obama

Cops Gun Down Car Burglary Suspect At Best Buy

Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 10:54 PM EST ()

"On Wednesday at 3:30 in the afternoon in broad daylight--bullets were flying at a busy Kendall shopping plaza. Miami-Dade detectives unloaded their firearms at a pair of accused burglars who police say tried to run them over.

us-news, kendall, fl, miami-dade, crime, accused-burglars, car-burglary, best-buy

Madoff Whistle-Blower Assails SEC in Hearing

Seeded on Wed Feb 4, 2009 6:06 PM EST (TIME)

"The man who waged a decade-long campaign to alert regulators to problems in the operations of fallen money manager Bernard Madoff told Congress Wednesday that he had feared for his physical safety.

business, harry-markopolos, securities-and-exchange-commission, sec, madoff, bernard-madof, whistle-blower, congress

D'oh! Bart Simpson actress angers TV bosses by using his voice to promote Scientology event

Seeded on Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:14 PM EST (the Mail online)

"She's famous for being the voice of perennially naughty cartoon character Bart Simpson. But it seems actress Nancy Cartwright could be in a spot of trouble for a 'prank call' of her own.

entertainment, bart-simpson, nancy-cartwright, 20th-century-fox, fox, tv, scientology, scientology-event

Teacher: Wrong Computer Click Ruined My Life

Seeded on Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:09 PM EST (ABC News)

"In 2004 Julie Amero was a 37-year-old substitute teacher who looked forward to the impending birth of her first child and enjoyed educating students.

us-news, teacher, julie-amero, 2004, spyware, porn-popups, computer-literacy, pornographic-images

Obama's Mac-savvy team lands in Microsoft hell at White House

Seeded on Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:32 PM EST ()

"Thursday's Washington Post has a fascinating story about the technological challenges faced by the Obama administration as it moved into the White House following the inauguration.

technology, obama-administration, white-house, microsoft, bush-administration

Obama retakes oath of office after Roberts' mistake

Seeded on Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:19 AM EST (CNN)

"President Obama retook his oath of office Wednesday after Chief Justice John Roberts flubbed while delivering it at Tuesday's inauguration.

politics, president-obama, chief-justice-john-roberts, oath-of-office, white-house

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The West Coast v. Chase
Ok, so perhaps I was spoiled: Washington Mutual had lulled me into a false sense of safety, almost leading me to believe that it wasn't a banks' sole purpose to lie cheat and steal as much as possible out of its customers.
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Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home
Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
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Pope decries Czech communist-era persecution - Yahoo! News
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PRAGUE – Pope Benedict XVI criticized the communist era's fierce religious persecution Saturday as he began a three-day pilgrimage to the Czech Republic, and urged the heavily secular nation to rediscover its Christian roots.
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The Gaggle : Joe Wilson's Dirty Health-Care Secret
Source: Newsweek
Poor Joe Wilson. The conservative Republican representative from South Carolina stepped in it Wednesday night when he broke with centuries of decorum by screaming, "You lie!" at President Obama during his health-care speech to a joint session of Congress. Cut the man some slack.
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