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On The Call: Google CEO Eric Schmidt

Oct. 15, 2009
Google Inc.'s success has left the Internet search leader sitting on a pile of cash _ $22 billion at the end of September. Executives say they are ready to spend more money to take advantage of what they believe will be even better days ahead. That will...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler