Yahoo has a new service called yahoo Buzz where you can "buzz" news worthy stories. The service is currently focused on the US market so you get a lot of polical stories in the top 10 BUZZ for any given day. It worked in a similiar way to Digg. People submit a story and other can Buzz it up. The more buzzes the higher the rank of the story. You can get the Yahoo Buzz widget on your site and the Buzz this story button for you blog posts. It is still in Beta at the moment but you can use your current Yahoo account for Yahoo Buzz.

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Here is what Techcrunch has to say about Googles attempt to acquire Digg. It was written by Michael Arrington

Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside and outside of Google  read more »