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ambulance, they couldn t make it to her. her father died. emergency crews couldn t make it to them. she spent 16 hours in the house with the body of her dead father. they will try to identify what they could have done better so the next time they ll hopefully do that. craig? mara schiavocampo with more. thank you. if you have skills in science, technology, and even cooking, and if you can beat out the competition. the government has a prize for you. it s all thanks to the reauthorization of the america competes act. any federal agency can now run competitions. you can see the contests on challenge.gov right now. eric is a historian at the smithsonian institution center for the study of invention and innovation. he s joining us from washington
allcomers are welcome. all are welcome at challenge.gov. you mentioned the light bulb prize being the biggest. what are the other projects? nasa has been ha leader in trying to spur innovation through these kinds of prizes. they had a contest trying to develop a space elevator. a propelled rocket to use a space elevator. so there s a lot of interesting projects out there. across the spectrum. it doesn t have to be science and technology oriented. things like the dmv or improved school lunches. the government is looking for all kinds of innovation, innovative solutions across a
people. i would anticipate you ll see a lot of people trying to submit suggestions for new improvement improvements. challenge.gov. perhaps you should get a cut. no? the idea is to put the money where it belongs. appreciate that. happy new year, buddy. an update in the man who calls himself the crossbow cannibal. and precious cargo lost during a layover. an army officer dog gone missing. [ male announcer ] humaa and walmart are teaming up to bring you a low-price medicare prescription drug plan called the humana walmart-preferred prescription plan. it s a new plan that covers both brand and generic prescriptions and has the lowest-priced national premium in the country of only $14.80 per month
year. it s been a long time coming and obviously still a problem for the 15 million people out of work. a 9.8% unemployment rate. roger altman now an investment banker, richard bleven is the president of yale university. gene sperling, another former clinton economic team member and adviser to sumner right now and jason furman. that announcement expected. have a great tuesday, mike. you too. the govnment has a prize for you. if you can beat your competition. it s thanks to the reauthorization of the american compete act. they can now run competitions and there are a bunch up on challenge.gov right now. slate.com took a look at some of the competitions.