Top News 2012-02-25T06:22:25Z http://services.digg.com/2.0/story.getTopNews?type=rss Digg The Wall Street stock index ended the day higher after reports provided new evidence of economic recovery in the United States and Greece pressed ahead with its bailout measures. 2012-02-24T21:56:21Z 37 Business 1 http://digg.com/news/business/s_p_500_index_closes_at_highest_level_since_2008 Watchdog says Iran is rapidly adding to its stockpile a kind of enriched uranium that can be more easily converted to weapons fuel. 2012-02-24T20:27:51Z 42 * 2 http://digg.com/news/story/u_n_sees_spike_in_iran_s_uranium_production Eight equines that paved the way for the massive modern horse 2012-02-23T22:22:14Z 34 * 0 http://digg.com/news/story/a_visual_history_of_ancient_miniature_horses_slide_show_scientific_american There's been a lot of talk recently about how science is defined and who does it best. I don't much care to follow that, because it makes me stomp around my room shouting at the walls, and that's a waste of time... 2012-02-24T19:29:58Z 56 Science 1 http://digg.com/news/science/10_science_policies_we_wish_the_government_would_enforce "Privilege Of Being An American"? For thee but not for me.......How about just being responsible for paying your taxes? 2012-02-24T19:39:51Z 73 Politics 11 http://digg.com/news/politics/geithner_rich_need_to_pay_more_taxes_for_privilege_of_being_an_american If we don't speak out, we're part of the problem - Progressive blogging for the middle class, not corporate welfare. 2012-02-24T21:02:12Z 85 Politics 3 http://digg.com/news/politics/stephen_colbert_proxy_circumcises_all_dead_mormons_turns_them_into_jews_freakoutnation Turns out there's much more than just A, B, AB, and O... 2012-02-24T17:04:40Z 72 Science 3 http://digg.com/news/science/there_are_way_more_blood_types_than_you_think Every day our inboxes get crammed to their virtual seams with emails. And for every important, relevant-to-our-job email, there are at least four or five productivity-sucking others. (Apparently there are a lot of adorable kittens doing a lot of adorable things.) 2012-02-24T19:24:04Z 79 Business 3 http://digg.com/news/business/should_you_send_that_email_let_this_handy_flowchart_be_your_guide January was a good month for Digg with an increase in page views by 35% (our highest level since October of 2010) and Facebook referral traffic up by 67 percent. It also marked the first month for Digg Social Reader, our Facebook Timeline App. 2012-02-24T21:21:44Z 88 Technology 3 http://digg.com/news/technology/people_like_chicken_nuggets_other_things_we_learned_from_facebook Prosecutors in the Office of Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay have informed some attorneys defending "war on terror" detainees that their clients could be removed from the indefinite detention list and eventually released from the prison facility if they agree to cooperate and testify against certain prisoners selected for prosecution before the tribunals. 2012-02-24T19:14:39Z 79 World News 2 http://digg.com/news/worldnews/guantanamo_detainees_who_cooperate_with_government_could_be_removed_from_indefinite_detention_list Make the Oscars watchable by playing the Oscar Party Drinking Game! 2012-02-24T16:00:58Z 73 Offbeat 4 http://digg.com/news/offbeat/the_oscar_party_drinking_game_video Will Rogers, Bob Hope, Johnny Carson and more... 2012-02-24T15:27:20Z 119 Entertainment 3 http://digg.com/news/entertainment/7_memorable_moments_from_oscar_hosts_past_and_present A newly-released trove of emails from Sarah Palin’s last months as Alaska’s governor show that she was fed up with the job months before she left office in July 2009, according to a report. “I can’t take it anymore,” she wrote to top aides in April 2009, reports the Associated Press. The 34,820 pages of emails and documents,... 2012-02-24T15:47:22Z 73 Politics 17 http://digg.com/news/politics/sarah_palin_emails_i_can_t_take_it_anymore_tim_mak A portion of President Obama's 2008 energy plan called for an Alaskan natural gas pipeline on the premise it would create thousands of jobs and end our dependence on foreign oil. The topic is one little mentioned by the Obama administration, caught up in the storm surrounding the rejection of the Keystone oil pipeline. The project has met serious hurdles, having to work with 20 federal agencies, the state of Alaska, and Canadian government, and is not slated to begin construction until 2015. 2012-02-24T18:10:20Z 105 Politics 18 http://digg.com/news/politics/obama_2008_ad_calls_for_alaska_energy_pipeline The Chinese firm Proview is suing Apple in California to the tune of $2 billion, alleging that the Cupertino giant committed fraud when it used a shell company set up by one of its law firms to buy the iPad trademark in China for just $55,000, reports the Wall Street Journal. 2012-02-24T16:36:58Z 103 Business 8 http://digg.com/news/business/backyard_brawl_after_losing_in_china_proview_files_lawsuit_against_apple_in_the_u_s Apple shareholders win a greater say in selecting the firm's board of directors after the company concedes to pressure over governance. 2012-02-24T15:42:56Z 66 Technology 8 http://digg.com/news/technology/apple_investors_get_bigger_role Investigators believe ground resonance is to blame 2012-02-24T17:08:45Z 73 Offbeat 11 http://digg.com/news/offbeat/chopper_breaks_apart_upon_landing_video One of Britain’s oldest abortion clinics is facing a police investigation after staff were caught falsifying paperwork and a doctor admitted that an abortion he was offering was tantamount to “female infanticide”. 2012-02-24T05:56:49Z 77 Science 14 http://digg.com/news/science/abortion_investigation_doctor_admits_procedure_tantamount_to_female_infanticide Though we’re sure he’s no slouch himself, Adam Wilson sure knows a thing or two about the intricacies of slackerdom. His debut novel Flatscreen, which hit shelves this week, is the hilarious story of professional slacker Eli Schwartz — perpetually stoned, uncomfortably doughy, cheerfully lewd — who is forced to face up to certain facts of life (and required to put on pants) when his (parents’) home is purchased by an aging, sex-addicted ex-TV star in a wheelchair. 2012-02-23T20:40:31Z 77 Entertainment 2 http://digg.com/news/entertainment/the_10_best_slacker_novels A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. 2012-02-24T05:05:22Z 70 Science 3 http://digg.com/news/science/apod_2012_february_24_aurigae_nebulae