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EBay sues Craigslist over alleged stake dilution
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EBay sues Craigslist over alleged stake dilution

Gadgets & Tech – Online auctioneer eBay Inc said on Tuesday it had sued Craigslist, alleging the Craigslist board of directors had diluted eBay's 28.4 percent stake in the online classifieds site.

View Story Discuss (9) (reuters.com) 77 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 23, 2008 10:53am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Where's All The Hoopla For Ken Griffey Jr's 600th Home Run?

Sports – Ken Griffey Jr may be the first player in the last 35 years to reach 600 without cheating. He's being forced to quietly make history in the shadows.

View Story Discuss (0) (sportaphile.com) 77 days ago by zaibatsu

Submitted and Voted for on April 22, 2008 12:23pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / No sinks

Iraq and U.S. to pressure Iran with diplomacy, force

Politics – Iraq is prepared to pressure Iran diplomatically to stop supporting violence, while the United States helps the military effort to halt aid to "surrogate" forces, the White House national security adviser said on Sunday.

View Story Discuss (1) (rawstory.com) 86 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

U.S. women win hockey title in upset
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U.S. women win hockey title in upset

Sports – Natalie Darwitz and Jenny Potter both scored twice, powering the United States' 4-3 upset of Canada for the 2008 Women's World Hockey Championship.

View Story Discuss (8) (upi.com) 86 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / No sinks

35 Firms OK'd to Bid on Iraq Oil Deals

News – Thirty-five international oil companies have qualified to bid for future oil and gas contracts to develop one of the world's largest oil fields, an Iraqi oil ministry statement said Sunday.

View Story Discuss (0) (huffingtonpost.com) 86 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

Some fans left confused when Fox shifts from baseball to NASCAR
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Some fans left confused when Fox shifts from baseball to NASCAR

Sports – With the Boston Red Sox one strike from victory over their hated rival, some unsuspecting TV viewers were in for a jolt: The broadcast switched to auto racing.

View Story Discuss (3) (sports.yahoo.com) 86 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

Retailers break vows on analog TV sales, get FCC wrist slap
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Retailers break vows on analog TV sales, get FCC wrist slap

Television – Seven big TV retailers are still selling soon-to-be-obsolete analog sets to the public without warning labels. Will a $4 million in fines and some bad press be enough to get them to mend their ways?

View Story Discuss (0) (arstechnica.com) 86 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 29 votes / No sinks

Amazingly Well-Researched Star Trek Trivia

Television – Now, I'm as much of a Trek fan as the next guy (TNG rules, thank you very much), but this site represents some seriously impressive fan research.

View Story Discuss (0) (mentalfloss.com) 85 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 56 votes / No sinks

New Zealand's Maori rediscover themselves in tattoos

Art & Design – With a little ink, some stinging pain and a helping hand from the ancestors, Mark Kopua can heal a wounded soul.

View Story Discuss (0) (latimes.com) 84 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 45 votes / No sinks

Candidates Reluctant to Talk About Trade on its Own Merits

Politics – DISCUSS a trade deal, and you might think that the main issues would be whether it is good for the American economy. But few debates on public policy ever reach this level of purposefulness. And in America, talking trade in an election year is no exception. Recent manoeuvres show how politicians are reluctant to talk about trade on its own merits.

View Story Discuss (1) (economist.com) 84 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 45 votes / No sinks

Big pharma aims to show the drugs still sell

Health & Fitness – "The drug industry is under attack on multiple fronts, but the single biggest overhang affecting the longer-term prospects of the group is the patent 'cliff' that begins in earnest in 2011," Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Tim Anderson said in a recent report.

View Story Discuss (1) (reuters.com) 84 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

Big media reconsiders role on the Internet
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Big media reconsiders role on the Internet

News – "Google's growing faster than you are and it's responsible for the majority of profitability for each of these. You're dependent on your biggest competitor and that's a terrible position to be in."

View Story Discuss (16) (reuters.com) 84 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

Dateline Investigates Shady Annuity Salesmen Targeting Seniors
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Dateline Investigates Shady Annuity Salesmen Targeting Seniors

Do No Evil – Dateline did a hidden camera investigation into the world of shady annuity salesmen targeting seniors and playing on their emotions to lock their life savings away in funds they may never live to receive the benefit from, or pay stiff penalties, not disclosed in the sales pitch, for early withdrawal.

View Story Discuss (8) (msnbc.msn.com) 84 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 44 votes / No sinks

CEO perks: stock optionsââ;¬"and specially targeted malware

Gadgets & Tech – Most malware attack vectors are designed to target a wide cross-section of potential victims, but every now and then something different pops up. In this case, there's a new bug spreading aimed specifically at corporate CEOs with a fear of the criminal justice system.

View Story Discuss (1) (arstechnica.com) 83 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 47 votes / No sinks

A genome for everyone takes a step closer to reality

Health & Fitness – The idea of having your personal genetic code unravelled was once a dream reserved for individuals who were fans of science or big on ego -- and deep in pocket.

View Story Discuss (1) (physorg.com) 83 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:56am