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Dakota
A reporter for Propeller, Dakota writes the Overlooked column for the web site. If you submitted a story and feel it deserves a second look, email her with the link! Dakota@propeller.com.
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 23 votes / No sinks
Rocketman flies over Alps with jet-pack strapped to his back
News – Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings on his back and loop the loop above the Swiss Alps. The self-built contraption took the former fighter pilot five years to build and perfect - and yesterday he gave it its maiden flight.
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Voted for on May 16, 2008 10:20am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 100 votes / 3 sinks
Interior Dept. Declares the Polar Bear a Threatened Species
Science – The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.
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(rawstory.com)
Voted for on May 15, 2008 11:13am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 74 votes / 1 sink
Understanding AOL and Bebo
News – When AOL announced in March that it would acquire social-networking service Bebo for $850 million, there was a collective gasp from those watching the company.
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(newsquake.netscape.com)
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Voted for on May 13, 2008 04:01pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 68 votes / No sinks
Overlooked: Ghosts Towns of Minnesota
News – If there's an epicenter to the country's real-estate downturn, it may be just be Wright County in Northwest Minnesota. As outlined in the recent three-part Star-Tribune feature "From Boom to Bust," the county, located 30 miles from the Twin Cities, is facing the brunt of the subprime mortgage meltdown and overbuilding.
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(newsquake.netscape.com)
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Voted for on April 25, 2008 01:14am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 86 votes / 2 sinks
Heroes and Villains: A Conversation with Errol Morris
News – Errol Morris's new film, "Standard Operating Procedure," is a hypnotic meditation on the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs. In this Propeller interview, he discusses the documentary, the scandal, and the pictures themselves, which he calls "a State of the Union address in its most perverse form."
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Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:18am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 114 votes / 3 sinks
Wall Street Journal Editor Expected to Resign
News – Marcus W. Brauchli will step down as the top-ranking editor of The Wall Street Journal after less than a year in the job, four people briefed on the matter said on Monday, just four months after Rupert Murdoch took control of the paper.
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Voted for on April 22, 2008 01:40am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 143 votes / 3 sinks
Overlooked: "Let Them Return"
News – Starting in 1968, the United States and Britain began forcibly removing 2,000 Chagossian people from an island in the Indian Ocean so the U.S. could build a military base.
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(newsquake.netscape.com)
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Voted for on April 17, 2008 11:31pm
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks
Carmelo Anthony arrested on suspicion of DUI
Sports – Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony was arrested on suspicion of DUI charges on early Monday in the Denver area, police reported.
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Voted for on April 14, 2008 02:51pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 72 votes / 1 sink
Why Blogging May Be the Death of Me
Gadgets & Tech – Blogging may be the death of me. The struggle to find new and interesting things to write and the stress of a deadline that, at least for me, doesn't really exist in real terms but in my OCD-riddled mind, contribute to a type-A lifestyle.
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(technologyexpert.blogspot.com)
Voted for on April 07, 2008 10:31am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 160 votes / 1 sink
Propeller Week In Review: April 4, 2008
News – Two disturbing stories about the U.S. military caught the attention of the Propeller community this week--as did posts about cell phones, Dith Pran, and the ever-changing poll numbers of Barack Obama.
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(newsquake.netscape.com)
Voted for on April 04, 2008 09:52pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 102 votes / 1 sink
Employers Slashed 80,000 Jobs In March
Careers & Jobs – At the same time, the national unemployment rate rose from 4.8 percent to 5.1 percent, the clearest signal yet that the economy may already be in a recession.
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(money.aol.com)
Voted for on April 04, 2008 10:46am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 92 votes / No sinks
Overlooked: D.B. Cooper Lives On
News – Overlooked considers the very wacky case of D.B. Cooper, a sky hijacker who made headlines again this week. Want your story considered for Overlooked? Email: dakota@propeller.com
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(newsquake.netscape.com)
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Voted for on April 02, 2008 04:42pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 71 votes / 1 sink
Russian Billionaire To Build America, Russia Undersea Tunnel.
Money – Forty-one year old Roman Abramovich figures on the Forbes 2007 list as the sixteenth richest man in the world with a net worth of $18.7 billion. A college dropout he made his fortune in the Russian oil industry. He has a knack of making ....
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Voted for on March 31, 2008 11:30pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 97 votes / 1 sink
Overlooked: Rush to Judgment
News – Overlooked follows up on a story submitted by Propeller user Bruhaha about a man wrongly accused in the Times Square bombing. We also find out what interested Bruhaha in the story.
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(newsquake.netscape.com)
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Voted for on March 26, 2008 09:49pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 18 votes / No sinks
Did kids find D.B. Cooper's parachute?
News – The FBI says it's analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried in Southwest Washington to determine if it might have been used by legendary plane hijacker D.B. Cooper.
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(msnbc.msn.com)
Voted for on March 26, 2008 12:52am
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