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WASHINGTON, May 7, 2008 – A troop-support organization’s Web site earned top honors in the annual Webby Awards competition as the top lifestyle site of 2008. The CinCHouse.com Web site -- which derives its name from military shorthand for “commander in chief of the house” -- beat out such corporate giants as Epicurious and Reebok to take top honors in the 12th annual awards. CinCHouse.com is Operation Homefront’s online community for military wives and women in uniform. “We are completely thrilled,” said Regina Galvin, the site’s editor in chief. “This really validates all the hard work we put in...

<p>Winning a Webby Award, the self-proclaimed Oscars of the Internet, will be a little lonely this year.</p> <p>The seventh annual ceremony, a flamboyant production that came to symbolize the online industry's excess, has been canceled. Many nominees from outside the Bay Area simply couldn't attend the event -- scheduled for June 5 in San Francisco -- because of the bad economy and fears about traveling, Webby organizers said Friday.</p>

Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, The Webby Awards is the leading international honor for the worlds best web sites. The Academy is proud to present The 7th Annual Webby Awards Nominees.