SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="story_1" class="story">
    Blah blah blah
    <input type="button" class="report-button" data-id="1" value="Report">
</div>

<div id="story_2" class="story">
    Blah blah blah
    <input type="button" class="report-button" data-id="2" value="Report">
</div>

<!-- more stories -->

<div id="story_9" class="story">
    Blah blah blah
    <input type="button" class="report-button" data-id="9" value="Report">
</div>

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $('.report-button').button()
                       .click(function() {                
                           alert($(this).attr('data-id'));
                       });
});