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This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / 1 sink

Alvin & The Chipmunks - The Devil Went Down To Georgia

Music – The title really says it all.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:24am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 71 votes / 2 sinks

New Color $5 Bills Come Out Today

Money – Abraham Lincoln is getting a little color in his cheeks. New $5 bills bearing the gaunt visage of the nation's 16th president - but with some touches of color added -are making their way to banks and cash registers near you.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:24am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 82 votes / 4 sinks

Google Office in Zurich

Art & Design – Seeing such offices makes you wish you were working for Google. They have everything a person needs in there and even more. They have massage chairs, slides, pool tables and other games, private cabins and much more. These photos are from Google office in Zurich.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:24am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / 1 sink

Fed Takes Boldest Rescue Action Since the Depression

Money – The US Federal Reserve has taken the boldest action since the 1930s, accepting $200bn of housing debt as collateral to prevent an implosion of the mortgage finance industry and head off a full-blown economic crisis.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:23am

Police ask to drop charges against Ill. mom
This story has mostly positive ratings. 60 votes / 1 sink

Police ask to drop charges against Ill. mom

News – Misdemeanor charges will be dropped against an Illinois woman who briefly left her 2-year-old daughter in the car to take her two older daughters to pour coins into a Salvation Army kettle.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:23am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 46 votes / 1 sink

Darfur mission may last 10 years: UNAMID general

News – International peacekeepers may have to stay in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region for up to 10 years before seeing a resolution to the conflict, the force's commander said on Thursday.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:23am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 55 votes / 2 sinks

Gaza rockets barrage southern Israel

News – Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza fired more than a dozen rockets at southern Israel early Thursday after Israeli undercover forces killed one of its West Bank leaders, shattering a recent lull in Gaza fighting.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:23am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 59 votes / 4 sinks

Meltdown Looms Larger as Credit Markets Freeze

Money – Yesterday s action by the Federal Reserve proves that the banking system is insolvent. It also shows that the Fed is willing to intervene directly in the stock market if it keeps equities propped up. This is clearly a violation of its mandate and runs contrary to the basic tenets of a free market. Investors who shorted the market yesterday, got clo

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:22am

Battle of the Bags: Paper vs. Plastic
This story has mostly positive ratings. 71 votes / 4 sinks

Battle of the Bags: Paper vs. Plastic

Science – Msnbc.com takes you on an interactive journey through the debate on "greenest" way to cart away groceries.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:22am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 53 votes / 2 sinks

The ChÃ;¡vez Democrats

Politics – Democrats on Capitol Hill are doing their best to help Mr. ChÃ;¡vez prevail against Mr. Uribe. Even as Mr. ChÃ;¡vez was doing his war dance, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus was warning the White House not to send the Colombia deal to the Hill for a vote without the permission of Democratic leader

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:22am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 56 votes / 2 sinks

Leave That Puppy Alone

Do No Evil – Who cares about Britney Spears when innocent little puppies are dying in Iraq.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:22am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 71 votes / 1 sink

Hydrogen Cars Are Here. Now We Just Need A Fueling Infrastructure.

Autos – Where do we get the hydrogen? There are 36 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States, and two thirds of them are in California.

Voted for on March 14, 2008 08:21am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 79 votes / 3 sinks

U.S. Gold Hits $1,000 Record High

Money – U.S. gold futures rallied to a record high of $1,000 an ounce on Thursday.

Voted for on March 14, 2008 08:21am

Kids' Soccer Insanity. Lollipops The Cure?
This story has mostly positive ratings. 267 votes / 1 sink

Kids' Soccer Insanity. Lollipops The Cure?

Family – Original, humorous (& serious) personal piece on the less-than-ideal dynamics of many kids sports programs -- written by novelist Nancy Star. Author relates her own experiences. Can't we find more balance...for parents & kids? Piece doesn't try to offer definitive answers but it does offer 1 soccer mom's entertaining & thoughtful POV.

Sunk on March 14, 2008 08:21am

Beautiful Cosmic Vista  [NASA Photo]
This story has mostly positive ratings. 115 votes / 3 sinks

Beautiful Cosmic Vista [NASA Photo]

Science – "...Fantastic pillars of glowing dust and gas with embedded newborn stars...sculpted by the intense wind and radiation from Eta Carinae and other massive stars...this remarkable cosmic vista is largely obscured by nebular dust and only revealed here in penetrating infrared light."

Voted for on March 14, 2008 08:21am