This morning we pushed our latest code update was pushed to the site.  Based on the feedback from our users, we made several changes to the top story section of our home page.

1. The tabs now automatically rotate among the five sections.  We’re still tweaking to find the right time amount, but for now…it’s set at 12 seconds.
2. Our sub-headlines now click directly to the story page.  This was probably the most confusing part of our redesign, we hope this new functionality will be more user friendly.
3. The most recent stories will display a xx min ago time stamp.
4. A “More Stories” link has been added to the bottom of the headlines, so you quickly access more content.

We’ve also made changes to our story pages, the biggest change is our maps now show up already zoomed-in.  You’ll also see some cosmetic improvements in the story body text, so the random ? will now appear as curved quotes.

Several other features were also implemented today, that will enable us to bring you a much more robust site.