The James Logan Courier

By Scott Duke Harris
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — YouTube made a splash last fall when CNN engaged the video-sharing Web site to show mainstream Americans posing questions to candidates in the presidential primaries. Now the "social news" site Digg is bidding to enter the national psyche as well.

Backed by a fresh round of $28.7 million in venture funding last month, San Francisco-based Digg is embarking on a major expansion that aims to substantially raise the profile and reach of the 4-year-old start-up that claims more than 30 million unique visitors a month. Plans call for expansion domestically and globally, adding several new languages.

By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Stanford University will construct a new stem cell research center, thanks to a $75 million gift from Atherton-based alum and philanthropist Lorry I. Lokey, founder of the Business Wire.

Lokey's gift to the school of medicine, announced Monday, will help build a 200,000-square-foot facility that will be known as the Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building. The modern, four-story building along Campus Drive will house 350 scientists working together to capture the power of these cells in treating diseases as diverse as cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

By Billy O-Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

Nearly eight years have vanished since the final Nintendo 64 wrestling game hit shelves, and the demand for a more modern representation of what made those games so much fun has only increased as hopes for such a thing have continually faded.

To its credit, "TNA Impact!" appears to be trying. Like the N64 games — and increasingly unlike THQ's competing "Smackdown" games — "Impact" prioritizes speed and accessibility with an arcade-style wrestling engine that's immediately easy to figure out. "Impact" doesn't match the N64 games button for button, but the philosophical parallels are everywhere.