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Are we a nation of big cities or of small towns? The contrast between Sen. Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago (pop. 2.8 million in 2007) and Gov. Sarah Palin’s hometown of Wasilla, Alaska (pop. 9,780), has highlighted this question. Is downtown Wasilla (above) more typical of the U.S. …

New York Yankees fans glum about the team’s standing seven games out of the playoffs and the impending demolition of the old Yankee Stadium have a reason to tune in to the team’s remaining 24 games. WCBS, the team’s local radio broadcaster, is promoting big prizes for listeners if the Yankees pull off some unusual feats. …

As the Louisiana coast prepared for Hurricane Gustav’s landfall, it was widely reported that 1.9 million people had evacuated from the area. Wondering how government officials could count the mass of fleeing humanity, I contacted the Louisiana State Police, which was the source of the number. …

are struggling to keep their audiences. To that end, WCBS has been pimping their unlikely contests. Win $1,000,000 if someone throws a perfect game. Score $10K for that third inning triple play. Carl Bialik, the Numbers Guy at The Wall Street Journal, drilled down on those contests this week. He found that Time Warner has a 99.4 percent chance of never paying out the prize and that the Yanks had a 0.3 percent chance of tossing a perfect game. But keep watching. Someone might win.

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too, seem to enjoy the challenge system—the crowds at the U.S. Open watch the replays intently and regularly cheer the results. The most fascinating thing about Hawk-Eye is that it's perceived as such a success despite being demonstrably fallible. According to a fascinating paper by Harry Collins and Robert Evans of Cardiff University, the system's manufacturer reports its average error as 3.6 millimeters. The International Tennis Federation, which tests the line-calling equipment, allows for Hawk-Eye to be

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his 7th gold medal by the slimmest possible margin. Even Mark Spitz, who admits he was not surprised by the victory, is grateful for it all... and what a wonderful exchange of words the two champions had on NBC about their accomplishments and career comparisons. For more on the greatest Olympian of all time, check out this article on Phelps' mental game. It's reminiscent of Lance Armstrong's feats, an athlete who was so focused, so fit, and so physiologically gifted, that he made the impossible seem possible.

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Now that the 2008 Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates have all been announced, let’s briefly look at an emerging phone technology in the political polling space. Recently, Carl Bialik at the Wall Street Journal wrote an article and blog post highlighting the use of automated phone polling using voice broadcast and interactive voice response technology for political campaigns. Here are the benefits of voice broadcasting that were mentioned in the article

Now that the 2008 Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates have all been announced, let’s briefly look at an emerging phone technology in the political polling space. Recently, Carl Bialik at the Wall Street Journal wrote an article and blog post highlighting the use of automated phone polling using voice broadcast and interactive voice response technology for political campaigns. Here are the benefits of voice broadcasting that were mentioned in the article

Now that the 2008 Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates have all been announced, let’s briefly look at an emerging phone technology in the political polling space. Recently, Carl Bialik at the Wall Street Journal wrote an article and blog post highlighting the use of automated phone polling using voice broadcast and interactive voice response technology for political campaigns. Here are the benefits of voice broadcasting that were mentioned in the article

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