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  • July 2008

    • Would You Take Free Gas for Life, or $250K?

      New York Times  |  Jul 8, 08 8:14 AM CDT

      Would You Take Free Gas for Life, or $250K?

      (Newser) - Florida lottery players have the chance to win "free gas for life," and if that sounds too good to be a second-place prize, it is. The weekly runners-up will get free, but not unlimited, fill-ups worth $2,600 per year—which is unlikely to add up to more than the first prize, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Florida  • gas prices  • lottery  • prize

  • June 2008

    • McCain Offers $300M Prize in Assault on Car Batteries

      The Hill  |  Jun 23, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      McCain Offers $300M Prize in Assault on Car Batteries

      (Newser) - John McCain today offered a $300 million reward to the American who builds “a battery package that has the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.” He said government had wasted energy money on special interests and failed to punish manufacturers who ignore or abuse fuel efficiency standards, the Hill reports. More »

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      John McCain  • fuel efficiency  • electric cars  • automaker  • vehicle emissions  • prize

    • Prize Philanthropy: A Winning Concept

      Portfolio  |  Jun 12, 08 12:53 PM CDT

      Prize Philanthropy: A Winning Concept

      (Newser) - When the X-Prize foundation offered $10 million to anyone who could develop a viable commercial spacecraft, it didn’t just send innovators scurrying, and it didn’t just grab headlines. It also began the next big trend in philanthropy. Donors are in love with prize philanthropy, Portfolio reports, and causes are ditching grants in favor of open contests, hoping to spur innovation. More »

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      philanthropy  • innovation  • space flight  • contest  • invention  • prize

  • September 2007

    • Google Offers $30M for Private Moon Missions

      BBC  |  Sep 13, 07 3:03 PM CDT

      Google Offers $30M for Private Moon Missions

      (Newser) - Google announced its own search today: It will award $30 million to private firms whose robotic spacecrafts successfully reach the moon and perform specific lunar tasks. The BBC reports that the search giant hopes to encourage low-cost space exploration. The first-place winner will receive $20 million, second place gets $5 million, and there's another $5 million in incentives. More »

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      Google  • moon  • space flight  • spacecraft  • prize  • Apollo

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