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Well, many people in chile were suspicious when two americans, many years ago, both former ceos of wealthy outdoor apparel brands, began buying huge tracts of land there. but they are suspicious no more. that has turned into the largest private land donation ever made to a country, and now, chile has a new national park that's roughly the size of switzerland. all dedicated to conservation. from snow-capped peaks, to sweeping grasslands, these dramatic swaths of chile's wild terrain are now one of conservation's biggest success stories. >> right now, i'm looking at the northern ice cap of chile...

Gone. now that this family has turned over their land to chile, creating a park the size of switzerland. from snow-capped peaks, to sweeping grasslands, these dramatic swaths of chile's wild terrain are now one of conservation's biggest success stories. >> right now, i'm looking at the northern ice cap of chile. that falls down into the river, which is the largest river in chile. and then i'm looking out toward the 764,000 acres of this new national park. it's a great feeling. >> reporter: in late january, kristine tompkins signed over more than 400,000 hectares to the chilean government in wh...

$764,000 to figure out how students use mobile devices as a social networking device. >> they use them all the time. >> there's a function for government, right? we need more government in that area. $550,000 to create a documentary to show how rock music contributed to the decline of the soviet union. >> i'm interested in that, actually, but i could have done it for $50,000. >> back in the ussr. >> you know it? >> sing it for us. ok. here's another example of how local politicians bring home the bacon at our expense. $48,000 to promote the chocolate industry in hawaii. can't you just see a lo...

With the race starting so late, mitt romney's head start on fund-raising is making him the candidate now to beat. but recent history shows the state of the race now doesn't have much bearing on its outcome. and at this point in the primary, for 2008, former new york mayor rudy giuliani was surging in the polls and pulling in more money than any other republican in the second quarter of '07. but his gamble on skipping the early contest, well, they back fired. he was out of the race by the end of january. mike huckabee on the other hand was almost completely off the radar at this point in the ra...