Yes, more news. This is the first of a couple new features.  For site members who are logged in, you'll see a new option in the listing of stories and on the page that shows the story.  This is a link to "Track this Story".  This does not replace your favorites.  To get updates about stories and authors, you still need to mark them as favorites.  

The story tracker module will mark when you last read a story, and mark the story as "New!" if it's been updated since you read it last.  When logged in you'll also be able to go to Your Tracked Stories and browse the stories you're tracking.   

Try it out and let me know what you think!