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Harvard affiliates who set their @college.harvard.edu accounts to forward to Gmail (as any sane and organized person would), ran into unexpected trouble over the weekend. Students noticed that some of their e-mails were not being forwarded properly to their Gmail accounts. And in a surprising twist, Google—not FAS IT—was to blame...
...Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. "It's whether they will do it in an active way. An insurance exchange could just be a website that posts products, and you could do that with two people and an IT person. But if the purpose of an exchange is to negotiate, assure capacity of insurance plans and collect information - that's a big new function that most states would not be set up to do." Baucus' bill would not have exchanges negotiate with insurers, but an amendment added to the bill...
...Ariel was truly a person committed to improving our world; whether from an environmental, aesthetic, or political perspective, she worked to bring sustained beauty into our lives," Harris wrote. "Her infectious smile and wry wit enlivened any conversation, and this, added to her fierce loyalty to her friends, teammates, and the broader Cabot community, made her a true delight to be with. We will miss her in incalculable ways...
...friends were killed after their car was hit by a van that ran a red light. The team paid tribute to Adenhart when they clinched their division championship last week. But the team was also aware of another, quieter triumph, perhaps a miracle. Indeed, Jon Wilhite, the fourth person in Adenhart's car, shouldn't be alive. The violent collision ripped his skull from his spine, resulting in what doctors call internal decapitation. It is almost always fatal. When Wilhite arrived at the hospital after the savage accident, X-rays and a CAT scan showed that his head was held...
...Senator has already raised forensic accuracy as an issue. "I am for the death penalty," Hutchison told the Dallas Morning News in response to Perry's actions, "but always with the absolute assurance that you have the ability to be sure, with the technology that we have, that a person is guilty." It is a stance Bassett agrees with. He supports the death penalty in some cases but adds, "We just have to make damn sure we are relying on the best quality evidence possible." (Read a story about Hutchison's candidacy...