Handicapped Runner Seen to Have Unfair Advantage
sportsillustrated.cnn.com — 18 months ago, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius -- famously known as the "Blade Runner"; because he was born without fibulas and runs on two crescent, carbon fiber lower legs -- made global headlines when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a ban by the IAAF and and allowed Pistorius to compete against able-bodied runners. (Submitted by thegamingguy) More...
$4.8 trillion ($4,800,000,000,000) = INTEREST on U.S. Debt
money.cnn.com — Here's a new way to think about the U.S. government's epic borrowing: More than half of the $9 trillion in debt that Uncle Sam is expected to build up over the next decade will be interest. More than half. In fact, $4.8 trillion. (Submitted by ChoosyMother) More...
$600M spent on health care debate = insurance for 4
money.cnn.com — The pricetag to influence the health care debate in the halls of Congress has surpassed $600 million and is fast becoming a legislative record breaker. The total spent on lobbyists, television ads and political donations is enough to pay the insurance tab for about 45,000 families a year. (Submitted by MikeDevlino) More...
Unsolved math problem turns 150
scitech.blogs.cnn.com — This hypothesis would be able to provide a better estimate than ever before of a special function denoted as Pi(x). Pi(x) represents the number of prime numbers that are no bigger than x, where x is a positive number. (Submitted by viv25) More...
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