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Google CEO Eric Schmidt backs his words with his wallet. In September, Schmidt announced that Google would buy one small company per month. In a bit less than seven months since, Google has bought - um - seven small companies...
...rookie season, freshman guard Victoria Lippert has performed with admirable consistency. Posting her third double double against Yale last weekend, Lippert is second on the team in scoring with 13.0 points per game...
Junior forward Emma Markley has also been instrumental in Harvard’s strong play this season. She currently leads the team with 14.2 points, 2.7 blocks, and 7.2 rebounds per game...
...about the need for medical-malpractice reform. "O.K., Senator, you win," Reid responded. "Look, we Democrats don't see malpractice the same way you do. Our traditional supporters among the trial lawyers hate it, of course. And the Congressional Budget Office says it would save only about $5 billion per year. That's peanuts when you're talking about a $2 trillion health care system. But providing health security to all Americans - making sure they have coverage, making sure the insurance companies can't take it away - is just too important. So we'll include your malpractice provision...
...entire blame for the country's high rate of road deaths. The South American nation is infamous for its hazardous roadways: for more than a decade it boasted the world's most dangerous road, a curvy unpaved one-laner bordered by a 500 foot drop that saw more deaths per traveler per year than any other on the planet. Even Bolivia's "highways" are narrow, hole-ridden and landslide-prone. No wonder some drivers are driven to drink. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...