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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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The worst colleges in America »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
Radar magazine ranks the Worst Colleges in the country as judged by criteria such as “incompetent professors, rock-bottom admissions standards, and unbridled alcohol and drug ...
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Convicted and incarcerated, yet he doesn't remember a thing »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
A chilling story for anyone who drives in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times looks at the case of George Damaa, a 55-year-old local resident ...
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Overlooked: The Death of Army Spc. Joseph Patrick - Newsquake »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
Not long ago, Propeller user Aidenag submitted a story about the recent death of Army Spc. Joseph Patrick Dwyer, a former medic who'd served ...
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Black Wednesday For Print »
Posted by: 1 year, 5 months ago in News
A round-up of the recent media layoffs.
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iPhone Goes on Sale Friday »
Posted by: 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology
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 ...
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Overlooked: Sonar and Navy »
Posted by: 1 year, 5 months ago in 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 ...
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Overlooked: Paparazzi Vs. Surfers »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in 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 ...
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Overlooked: Obama's Anti-Smear Site »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in News
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 ...
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MySpace Suicide Mother Pleads Not Guilty »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in 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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Overlooked: Fighting Gay Marriage »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in 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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Overlooked: NewsHour's Money Problems »
Posted by: 1 year, 7 months ago in 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 ...
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Understanding AOL and Bebo »
Posted by: 1 year, 7 months ago in 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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Overlooked: Ghosts Towns of Minnesota »
Posted by: 1 year, 8 months ago in 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 ...
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Wall Street Journal Editor Expected to Resign »
Posted by: 1 year, 8 months ago in 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 ...
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Overlooked: "Let Them Return" »
Posted by: 1 year, 8 months ago in 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 ...
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