Digg Raises $8.5 Million

Digg, a San Francisco-based news website that lets users rank stories, has raised $8.5 million in new VC funding from return backers Greylock Partners and Omidyar Network. The news was first reported last week by VentureWire. www.digg.com< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />