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World's tallest man saves dolphin

The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6178659.stm
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12/27/2006 | Technologist focuses on media and democracy

http://www.mercurynews.com/ Family, friends 'desperate' for information about Morgan Hill teen missing since March 16. 49ers quarterback Alex Smith and teammates helped with the search Saturday.
Digg continues to crack down on users who plant phony stories on behalf of marketers, recently deleting a user who posted a story about a company that offered to compensate him. The news aggregate site, which allows users to play editor and decide the value of a news story, deleted the user account belonging to Karim Yergaliyev, one of Digg's top-rated users. Digg spokesman David Fonkalsrud, who confirmed that Yergaliyev was booted from the site for violating the company's terms of service, said Yergaliyev was reinstated days after he acknowledged the infraction, apologized and promised never to do it again.

Digg continues to battle phony stories | CNET News.com

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http://www.wisdump.com/design/top-7-freshest-designs-of-2006/ 2006 was the year of Web 2.0 design and pretty much that type of design got old real quick. Below I have listed the Top 7 Freshest Designs in my mind that I have come across this year and although these kind of lists can easily be argued, I try to provide you with enough reasoning behind my decisions. Why choose a site that wasn’t even designed in 2006 as a fresh design for 2006?

Top 7 Freshest Designs of 2006 » Wisdump

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Wikipedia founder remakes Web publishing economics - Yahoo! News

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NewsTrust and Michigan State University conducted an online survey in December 2005. The purpose of this survey was to learn how people rate news stories, and to develop reliable online review tools for NewsTrust's news rating service. http://www.newstrust.net/survey/report.htm

Survey Report Summary

A New Twist: Voting for News You Trust | NewAssignment.Net

http://www.newassignment.net/blog/david_cohn/nov2006/28/news_trust Social news sites like Reddit , Digg and Netscape tend to judge submitted news articles by popularity. Often the snarkiest headline wins. As sites develop niche communities, stories that are promoted often cater more to the wants and whims of the group.
How can you be sure that the news you see and hear is true?

MediaCulture: Don't Trust the News?

Adieu to Google Answers

Posted by Andrew Fikes and Lexi Baugher, Software Engineers Google is a company fueled by innovation, which to us means trying lots of new things all the time -- and sometimes it means reconsidering our goals for a product.

The 5 Most Successful People-Powered News Sites - and 30 Failure

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Angry Birds publisher Rovio Entertainment has acquired its fellow Finnish game development house, Futuremark Games Studio, in order to get some new talent.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that she will push for full implementation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea as punishment for its recent nuclear test when she makes a critical visit to Asia and Russia this week. The sanctions prohibit trade with North Korea in illicit materials, weapons and luxury items.

Air Samples Confirm N. Korea Nuke Test - w