Some of the Google Alerts are coming in from Paris, Australia, Italy, London, etc.
Yes, that surprised me too. I received my first Gale Google Alerts in German last night, that has never happened before. I only wish the reasons weren't so sad. :|

The supergood amigo bud is totally Scott in my head.
Same here :D
I mean, he's his 'brunch buddy' after all, I bet he was rushing to the hospital as soon as he heard of the accident.