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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. 139 votes / 1 sink
Black Wednesday For Print
News – A round-up of the recent media layoffs.
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Voted for on July 16, 2008 11:20pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 89 votes / 1 sink
iPhone Goes on Sale Friday
Gadgets & Tech – Today, the iPhone is in the hands of six million people. Clumsy touch-screen lookalikes from rival phone makers line the shelves. And Friday is the iPhone's second coming.
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(nytimes.com)
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Voted for on July 09, 2008 02:55am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 92 votes / 4 sinks
Overlooked: Sonar and Navy
News – Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to review the case of Winter v. NRDC, a case ostensibly about the Navy's use of sonar during military training exercises, but in reality about the extent of President Bush's power in influencing court decisions.
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Voted for on July 04, 2008 11:07am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 94 votes / 1 sink
Overlooked: Paparazzi Vs. Surfers
News – Last weekend in Malibu, a group of paparazzi descended on the beach to take photos of actor Matthew McConaughy, who was surfing nearby. On this particular day, the group was confronted by a group of local surfers.
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Voted for on June 26, 2008 09:48pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 127 votes / 9 sinks
Overlooked: Obama's Anti-Smear Site
Politics – Last week, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign launched a new website solely dedicated to debunking untruths about his life. Called Fight The Smears, the site is laid out in a clean, simple style: it lists each rumor, then neatly debunks it.
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Voted for on June 19, 2008 12:30pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 110 votes / 1 sink
MySpace Suicide Mother Pleads Not Guilty
News – Lori Drew, 49, pleaded not guilty in federal court today to charges in a MySpace hoax allegedly linked to a 13-year-old girl's suicide.
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(latimes.com)
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Voted for on June 17, 2008 02:31am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 85 votes / 6 sinks
Overlooked: Fighting Gay Marriage
News – Propeller checks in with the battle over gay marriage in California and talks to user David-NWA about why this story interested him.
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Voted for on June 09, 2008 11:53pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 102 votes / 3 sinks
Overlooked: NewsHour's Money Problems
News – Nightly PBS show The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer may be popular with Propeller Scout Corey Spring, but a New York Times story about the show's funding difficulties wasn't a hit with users.
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Voted for on May 28, 2008 11:35am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 62 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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Voted for on May 13, 2008 04:01pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 75 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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Voted for on April 25, 2008 01:14am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 121 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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(nytimes.com)
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Voted for on April 22, 2008 01:40am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 151 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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Voted for on April 17, 2008 11:31pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 94 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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Voted for on April 02, 2008 04:42pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 102 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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Voted for on March 26, 2008 09:49pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 67 votes / 2 sinks
Overlooked: Guns On Campus
News – This week's Overlooked story features an interview with Joshua Molina, a 25-year-old college student-- and a CNN correspondent--on the use of guns on campuses. Should college and university students be allowed to arm themselves for protection?
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Voted for on February 26, 2008 04:52pm
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