2007 05 29 News Budget

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>>POTENTIAL TOP EFFORT<<

1. DC stories/crowdsourcing

AP Requests of the Day:

1. murders in Texas (don't spend too much time on this) -- BK ON IT
http://www.nowpublic.com/horror_in_hudson_oaks_four_bodies_hanging_8_month_old_found

2. Nothing else really. We need to come up with some innovative, non-newsy things (more weather or something) to push to them

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Site Run  Top / Quality  Stories  / Interesting

1. More Protests in Venezuela by John E Carey BK CROWDSOURCED
http://www.nowpublic.com/protests_rioting_mark_chavez_move_to_close_second_tv_station

2. Kuwait Shifts its Weekend by Kuwait

http://www.nowpublic.com/kuwait_shifts_its_weekend

3. Practical Science Part II Babes
and Beer by Cash

http://www.nowpublic.com/practical_science_part_ii_babes_and_beer

4. Bumper Sticker Profiling by
bill_washington_dc

http://www.nowpublic.com/men_in_black_bumper_sticker_profiling

5. New Lizard Discovered by
Nouseforadave

http://www.nowpublic.com/leaping_limbless_lizards

6. Large Hadron Collider BK CROWDSOURCED
http://www.nowpublic.com/the_most_complex_scientific_instrument_ever_built_to_be_switched_on_in_june_2007

7. Indonesia Earthquake by Radical-Images
http://www.nowpublic.com/strong_eartquake_6_1_strikes_eastern_indonesia

Potential Chicago
Stories

Potential Seattle
Stories

Potential Los Angeles/
Las Vegas Stories

Top 5 NowPublic Popular Pages 

 Interesting Advancers

Today's Top 10 stories not yet on the
site  |  Crowdsourced

1. Miss
Universe BK DONE

http://www.nowpublic.com/miss_japan_wins_miss_usa_slips_is_heckled

2. World
Dog Show BK DONE

http://www.nowpublic.com/japanese_poodle_wins_world_dog_show

3. Cindy Sheehan Steps Down BK DONE

http://www.nowpublic.com/cindy_sheehan_steps_down

4.  Dutch TV Kidney Competition ALREADY ON SITE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm

5. Gay Japanese Shopping-Center Mascot - VR
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200705290084.html

6. KAITLIN GETTING G8 PHOTOS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbrockhoefer/

7. KAITLIN GETTING AFRICA BUS CRASH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/borderfilms/519738973/

8. Teen Pole Vaulter Becomes Unwitting Internet Celebrity - RN
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052801370.html?hpid=topnews

9. Erika/Hebron & Israeli primaries - RN

10. Lebanon story from funkiozzi - RN

11. Celeb news - VR 

Contributors of Note Who Should Be Invited to Be Wranglers/Need Love /
Encouragement:  

 1. Paredon Digital - ANG looking into

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