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Housing Fed's Susan Riggs' parting thoughts on housing policy at state, local level.

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The Andreessen Horowitz founding partner might reveal another new talent in Austin to cap off an epic week

One of the questions I've been asked repeatedly since word emerged that a Malaysian Airlines 777 had disappeared, is how can a modern airliner flying at 35,000 feet suddenly lose all contact?  First, there needs to be an understanding of the type of contact that an airliner in flight typically has.

The Vietnamese government says it has spotted two large oil slicks off the southern coast of the country that are believed to be from the Malaysia Airlines 777 that disappeared from radar yesterday. The slicks are between 6 and 9 miles long, AP reports. They are consistent with the type of slick that would be caused by jet fuel, the Vietnamese government says.

Google chairman Eric Schmidt and Director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen led a discussion at today’s SXSW event in Austin, Texas, which described the ways technology is impacting privacy, security and policy on a global scale. The two Google execs said they visited at least 35 countries, a majority of them unstable autocracies such as North Korea, and examined the impact technology is having on citizens in those countries. See also: Google's Game Of Moneyball In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence As citizens are empowered with mobile phones and connectivity, Eric Schmidt said “revolutions are going to be easier to start, but harder to finish." According to a report from Pew Internet, emerging nations are catching up to the U.