brontus3927's Journal: How to get stories accepted?

Could somebody please tell me how to get a story accepted? I've submited 8 in the last month and a half. "Hackers aren't just picking on Microsoft: study" was rejected in under 10 minutes. My "Norwegian plans rivals to Nobel science prizes" was rejected and a similar story reached the front page 2 hours later. And "Birdlike dinosaur may be missing link" was rejected in favor of a similar story 2 days later!