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scientists come forward to challenge her claims about the controversial hpv vaccine. jim acosta is covering the race to unseat perry. shall we say it is a race indeed. >> it absolutely is, wolf, and the only thing missing from the campaign trail this week, michael buffer. the professional wrestler master of ceremonies, whos known for his battle cry, lets get ready to rumble. its the main event for the gop comes down to rick perry versus mitt romney, stand back. >> just yesterday, that ...

Come to the conclusion much of that is bogus. the u.s. denial rates have climbed from a low of 1.6% in 2005 to now denying about 44%, in 2009, the last full year we have records for. at this point, trust between the two countries is nearly nonexistent. pakistan has done little to crush terror networks along the afghan border, and a lot of say its time to pull the plug on pakistani aid. now two weeks since the raid on osama bin ladens compound, a majority of americans think it is likely that paki...

minutes. a prison official reportedly ordered the suicide watch as a precaution. powerful reaction from his angry defenders and fans and from the alleged victim. first a look at the other stories were drilling down on tonight. the nba is a tough game. >> look at that. >> but the tough es guy in the league may never have scored a point. the guy in charge of the phoenix suns comes out of the closet and into the arena. and want to take on the bad guys? ask a new york attorney general. no,...

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If you cant live -- >> then youre done. >> exactly. so, she was lucky, right? she got mike and his whole team there. if youre a small business owner and you dont have this rescue team come in, how can you take a step back and look to see what you can improve? >> well, i think one of the things at the end of the day, mike was an adviser and brought in an advisory board. i think it seemed to me, looking at what jane was doing, she lacked having experienced, folks give her advice along the way. im ...

If youre not going to get a venture capitalist? >> well, there are certainly third-party folks that do this for a living. theres search firms. theres a new york company called partner com that recruits for small and large companies and theyre going to take fees. they may have a different fee structure for smaller companies. my own advice is go to your alumni database. i mean, high school, college, business school, other -- because i think if you have that connection with someone, its a great pla...

This? >> i tell you that nobody wanted failure. when they screwed up and snow job failed and you couldnt ask -- this is something right out of a screen writers dream that company failing would be called snow job but they could pick themselves up off the floor. most venture capitalist and entrepreneurs and take another crack at things. realizing failure as something high risk in trying to build a new technology and new company that you can move on and wont ruin your life and start another company...

Graphics, saw a long string of them. >> describe for me the characteristics, the environment, that you think is necessary to have that level of fertility. >> well, it all begins with innovation and a new idea. i think you -- a breakthrough, something thats a transition, whether its a new algorithm for searching the web in the case of google or a new idea. its synergistic because what happens is the university is there helping generate talent for the valley. that goes on to successful things. its...

Philanthropy is personal. it doesnt matter what you give, whether its to the culture or climate or humanity, its what they are driven by. we want to make sure theyre thinking about giving. theres a lot of energy around that. >> reporter: now 40 families and individuals have signed up, including the man behind "star wars," venture capitalist and cnn founder ted turner. many on the list have already given away a lot of their wealth, including turn whole recently discussed his $1 billion gift at un...

Pros and cons of running a business with friends? lets turn to this weeks board of directors to ask them. we have a former venture capitalist and a serial entrepreneur who has founded five, six -- different every time i say it. five companies. >> looking older than i am. >> great to be with both of you. i asked if you had started a company with a friend. you both said yes. did it work out? >> not so well. first off these guys show tremendous passion so i love the business, theyre having fun, hav...