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>> it would be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with a little girl. >> we're grateful for words of solidarity coming from president obama, from hillary clinton. i don't think we will recover for a long time. >> i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way. >> you're on the gold coast in san francisco. there are a lot of people just a stone's throw from this who could afford this house easily. >> i'm natasha curry.
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it's sunday, april 11th. you're watching hln "news and views." mourners lined the streets of warsaw paying tribute to the president of poland. the president and his wife were among the 96 people killed in a plane crash during a visit to russia. their daughter joins the dignitaries who greated th gree plane that returned their bodies to poland. >> i don't think we will recover for a long time because it has brought back the worst nightmares of our history. >> the plane was carrying a polish delegation for the site of a world war ii massacre when it went down. the president was to join russian officials in memorializing thousands of polish officers put to death by russian secret police 70 years ago. he was elected president in 2005. he already announced plans to seek a second term this fall.
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actress dixie carter has died. you probably remember best as julia sugarbaker on the sitcom "designing women." we don't know the cause of death yet. she was drawn to roles portraying southern women. in 2007 she was nominated for an emmy after a guest appearance on "desperate housewives." she is survived by her husband and two daughters. all right. it's the final round of the masters and of course the attention has been on tiger woods. rafer weigel is in augusta for us. we expected a circus here. what happened? >> reporter: after the banners were grounded, there were no confrontations from mistresses, in short a golf tournament broke out at the masters but it figures to be a darn good one. fans lined up as early as three hours before the gate opened. they are filing in now.
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some have paid as much as $1,500 from scalpers. they're from all over the world. i met people from france, canada, eastern europe, asia, you name it. it is figuring to be a very good tournament. tiger is right in the hunt heading into the final round with some of his best iggest ri including phil mickelson. tiger's wife and kids are not here but his mother is here. phil's wife, amy is here, which is significant because she's battling breast cancer. the fans want to make sure that tiger knows he's supported here. the fans think of this as not only a win but a moral or symbolic victory for tiger as well. either way, we're not sure when we may see him on the golf course after this. we're here in augusta all afternoon, rafer weigel, hln. on friday afternoon, an 11
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year old went for a bike ride near her florida home but she never returned. bloom's disappearance triggered a massive search. >> reporter: searchers are looking for any sign of nadia bloom. >> you want to do something but all we can do is just wait. >> reporter: the divers and searchers are determined to find nadia despite tough terrain. >> it's really thick and wet. there's water involved. we have the lake to the north as well. it's alligator season so that doesn't help either. we have good resources. really good dogs and people have come from all over the state. >> reporter: late saturday afternoon winter springs police chief admitted there's now a possible criminal investigation in addition to the search. >> even though everything points toward a search and rescue, we still have to in today's world know we have to parallel that.
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>> reporter: even as police knock on doors of nearby sex offenders to find out whether someone did something unthinkable, neighbors like steve can only think about a happy ending for bloom. >> it would be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with the little girl. >> once again, that was louis bolden reporting in florida. if you have seen nadia bloom or have information that may help locate her, call the winter springs police department. families of the men who died at an explosion in a west virginia coal mine are saying good-bye. four funerals were held on friday. more being held this weekend and more in the coming weeks. 29 people died in the blast. initially the community held out hope the four missing men were alive somewhere in that mine but those hopes ended friday night when rescuers found the men's bodies. >> what i saw up until the very end was a very heavy hearted
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community holding on to a very fragile thread of hope. when that hope snapped with one sentence from the mine officials, it was the most painful thing you could possibly see. >> the explosion was the first mine disaster in the u.s. since the 1970s. education contributor steve perry is on the mission to find unusual approaches to learning. he found that in a charter school that's an urban oasis among chicago's youth violence. >> we're in an inglewood section of chicago. this is urban prep having the first graduating class and they're going to send 70 african-american young men to college. it's the holy grail in acedemia. >> when you say you spend 100% of your kids to college. many don't believe it. for their purposes, you have to
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introduce them to the wall. this is a lot of proof here. tell me what we're looking at. >> on this wall, every time a student is admitted to college, we take their admission letter and copy it and put it up on the wall in the school. >> people see results and they'll say 100% of your seniors going to college, you must pick the kids. you can't be a public school. >> we get that a lot. people tell us all the time. you're a selective enrollment school. it's a private school. we're a public school. we're a charter school which means we're independently operate bud we're publicly funded and we don't select our students based on any criteria. >> this is urban prep. and urban prep is an oasis, an opportunity for children to believe in themselves and dream beyond their circumstances. create an opportunity where there didn't seem to be one and go on to a four-year college at a rate of 100%. we know how to run successful schools. the question now is will we?
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an earthquake did not set off a tsunami. the 6.8 magnitude quake hit about 130 miles southeast of the island's chain capital city. the city felt a powerful effects of the tremor but major damage or injuries are not being reported yet. the solomons are in the ring of fire frequently rocked by earthquake. there have been a number of devastating quakes around the world already this year. the number of earthquakes isn't increasing but they are hitting populated areas more often because the world's population is growing. now one geologist says earthquakes the size of the one that destroyed port-au-prince, haiti, happened 15 to 20 times every year in areas with little or no population.
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look at this. a landmark that's graced the dallas/ft. worth metroplex since 1971 here now just falling right into a pile of rubble and dust for that matter. texas stadium home to the dallas cowboys through the five super bowl championships is a goner, folks. the team moved to a new billion dollar stadium last season. the city of irving imploded the stadium to make way for a road construction project. death threat against lawmakers are way up and the bitter debate over health care is being blamed for it. a senate sergeant of arms says members of congress reported 42 incidents since january. nearly three times more than the same period last year. at least three people have been arrested for threatening lawmakers. the most notable case came last week when gregory giusti was taken into custody after making
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dozens of calls to the home of nancy pelosi making verbal attacks. it was no problem at all to log a 1,700 tank into place this morning. the fact that they were floating in space helped a bit. look at this. just floating around. the two astronauts have wrapped up a space walk after hooking up to the tank to the international space station's cooling system. during another space walk that happened on tuesday, the old tank they replaced will be put in the shuttle's cargo bay for a return to court. a boy is going to court against his mother over an account on facebook. she says that he wrote things about driving in his car at nearly 100 miles an hour so one day when he did not logoff, mom posted things on his account and then changed the password.
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the boy who lives with his grandmother decided to file a complaint and now his mom has been charged with harassment. she talked about it on hln's "prime news." listen. >> we had a very good relationship. we were very, very close. he told me things about himself that most parents only dream that their kids would tell them. >> when was the last time you spoke with him? >> i haven't spoken to him in probably two weeks maybe. maybe three. >> if you could speak to him right now, what would you say to your 16-year-old son that filed this complaint against you? >> i was so afraid you would ask me that i want him to know that i love him. i do care about him. i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way or, you know, make him look bad. i'm doing this because i love
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him. >> her son has since opened up a new facebook account. should his mom be charged with harassment or was she just doing what any parent would do? this is what you're saying. marie said parents have a right to intercede when it comes to the internet and children. not monitoring would be neglect on the parents' part. it's the parents' right to protect their child under every circumstance. danielle says her son can put whatever he wants on the facebook wall. mom should open her own account and send her a friend request. so we want to hear what you have to say. do parents have a right to monitor their kids online activities or did this mom go too far? e-mail us by logging onto
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cnn.com/hln. warmer clothes makes us think of lighter clothes. it is all about cutting back on sugar. >> it's the sugar that we put into our bodies that makes the belly fat so you are advocating cutting out sugar and you don't mean just spoonfuls of. >> many do over 180 grams of sugar a day. when you have high insulin, you lock in belly fat. check this out. this is regular milk and this is just regular soy milk. both of these on average have 14 grams of sugar. but it's not added ssugar. if you're a kid and want to reduce, i would almond milk. no sugar. you get calcium and protein but
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a family sent their adopted russian son back to that country alone is now talking to cnn. his adopted grandmother says the russian orphanage where they adopted him seven months ago misled them about his mental stability and other issues. on thursday the family put him on a plane back to russia saying he's violent and mentally unstable. u.s. officials are now investigating. a 17-year-old boy is dead and several other people wounded
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in what police call a shootout at a crowded shopping mall here. police say that it is not clear if the teen was involved in the shootout or was just a bystander. the mall was packed with people going to a festival. they ran when four or five shots were fired. >> people running and screaming everywhere. pulling the gates down on their stores and pulling signs in and saying that somebody had a gun and they were shooting and everyone was just trying to get out of the mall. >> police are looking for three people they want to question about the shooting. the 2012 presidential election are a ways away but republicans are talking about capturing the white house. a narrow margin separated two possible nominees. former massachusetts governor mitt romney barely edged out texas congressman ron paul. sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich each had
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18% of the vote. a contrite michael steele addressed the delegation last night. he admitted making mistakes and vowed to learn from them. >> i'm the first here to admit i made mistakes and it's incumbent on me to take responsibility and make necessary changes and move on. we've all had to do that from time to time. but the one mistake, the one mistake we cannot make this november is to lose. >> steele's comments drew a standing ovation in the room. they have been doinged by questi questionable spending.
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there have also been questions on huge spending trips and meals. all of that led top advisers to cut ties with steele and to call for his resignation. protesters in thailand are refusing to back down after deadly clashes with soldiers. more than 800 people have been injured in all this. the protestors known as red shirts want the prime minister to dissolve the legislature and call new elections. they are refusing to negotiate until that happens. they are also threatening to parade with bodies of the dead protesters. when sarah palin is in the spotlight, tina fey cannot be far behind. how the emmy winner's latest spoof digging at palin's tv deal.
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>> it would be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with a little girl. >> we're grateful for words of solidarity coming from president obama, from hillary clinton. i don't think we will recover for a long time. >> i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way. >> you're on the gold coast in san francisco. there are a lot of people just a stone's throw from this who could afford this house easily. >> i'm natasha curry. it is sunday.
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you're watching hln "news and views." mourners lined the streets of warsaw paying tribute to the fallen president of poeland. the president and his wife were among the 96 people killed in a plane crash during a visit to russia. their daughter joins the dignitaries who greeted that plane that returned their bodies to poland. the crash also killed leaders of the polish parliament and top military commanders. >> i don't think we will recover for a long time because it has brought back the worst nightmares of our history. >> the plane was carrying a polish delegation to the site of a world war ii massacre when it went down. the president was to join russian officials in memorializing thousands of polish officers put to death by russian secret police 70 years ago. he was elected president in 2005. he already announced plans to seek a second term this fall.
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actress dixie carter has died. you probably remember best as julia sugarbaker on the sitcom "designing women." she was 70 years old and we don't know the cause of her death just yet. carter was a native of tennessee and was drawn to roles portraying southern women. in 2007 she was nominated for an emmy after a guest appearance on "desperate housewives." she also had a long career on broadway. she is survived by her husband and two daughters. a fee for carry-on luggage won't happen if one lawmaker gets his way. spirit airlines announced it would be the first to charge for some carry-on bags and we're talking up to 45 bucks a bag. senator charles schumer from new york calls that a slap in the face to traveler and he wants the feds to step in to prevent airlines from charging that fee. schumer says carry-ones are a necessity.
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all right. it's the final round of the masters and of course the attention has been on tiger woods. rafer weigel is in augusta for us. rafer, we kind of expected a circus here. what happened? >> reporter: after the banners were grounded, there were no confrontations from mistresses, in short a golf tournament broke out at the masters but it figures to be a darn good one. fans lined up as early as three hours before the gate opened. as you can see behind me, they are filing in now. some have paid as much as $1,500 from scalpers. compared to yesterday when they paid about $1,200. they're from all over the world. i met people from france, canada, eastern europe, asia, you name it. it is figuring to be a very good tournament. tiger is right in the hunt heading into the final round with some of his biggest rivals including phil mickelson. they are neck and neck. tiger's wife and kids are not here but his mother is here. as for phil, his wife, amy, is here. that's significant because amy
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has been battling breast cancer. the majority of the fans have been following tiger. the gallery nine or ten people deep. very vocal. wanting to make sure he knows he's supported here and clear to me that these fans think of this as not only a win but possibly a moral or symbolic victory for tiger as well. either way, we're not sure when we may see him on the golf course after this. we're here in augusta all afternoon, rafer weigel, hln. on friday afternoon, an 11 year old went for a bike ride near her florida home but she never returned. as lewis bolden tells us, bloom's disappearance triggered a massive search. >> reporter: more than 100 searchers spent all day scouring for any sign of 11-year-old n nadia bloom. >> you want to do something but all we can do is just wait. >> reporter: the divers and searchers are determined to find nadia despite tough terrain.
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>> it's really thick and wet. there's water involved. we have the lake to the north as well. it's alligator season so that doesn't help either. we have good resources. really good dogs and people have come from all over the state. >> reporter: late saturday afternoon winter springs police chief admitted there's now a possible criminal investigation in addition to the search. >> even though everything points toward a search and rescue, we still have to in today's world know we have to parallel that. >> reporter: even as police knock on doors of nearby sex offenders to find out whether someone did something unthinkable, neighbors like steve can only think about a happy ending for bloom. >> it would be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with the little girl. >> once again, that was louis bolden reporting in florida. if you have seen nadia bloom or have information that may help locate her, call the winter springs police department. the number is 407-327-1000.
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new orleans police are looking for at least two men after seven people were shot near the city's french quarter. the attack happened last night just moments after a festival ended. six of the victims were innocent bystanders and the intended target of the attack was a 17 year old. he was shot in the chest and was one of two teens who was shot. the other was a 15-year-old girl who was shot in the leg. families of two journalists killed by u.s. troops in iraq wants those troops put on trial. reuters photographers were gunned down in 2007 in july after u.s. troops mistook their cameras for weapons. an earlier investigation concluded that the helicopter crew believed that they were engaging insurgents who had been targeting u.s. troops that afternoon. the video becomes graphic after the crew gets the green light to open fire. you may find this video disturbing. >> come on. fire.
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>> one man survived the initial attack but was later shot again. the video is shocking, military analysts say it's a mistake to isolate it from the surrounding events. >> i think it's also important to talk about the context of this operation. this fight was happening in the middle of '07. the previous 90 days the largest numbers of casualties the americans had ever taken. the middle of the surge. this fight had been going on for four hours. after this event, there was another engagement where the helicopters had to fire on some insurgents. as one takes a look at this and puts it in context, it is an unnecessary -- excuse me, a necessary but unfortunate aspect of war. >> watching the video is making the parents relive the tragedy like he died yesterday. the family says it may file a
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the earth quick quake that rattled the solomon islands did not trigager a tsunami warning. a witness said the city felt the powerful effects of the tremor but major damage or injuries are not being reported yet. the solomons are in the pacific ring's rim of fire. there have been a number of devastating quakes around the world this year. the number of earthquakes isn't actually increasing but they are
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hitting populated areas more often because the world's population is growing. now one geologist says earthquakes the size of the one that destroyed port-au-prince, haiti, happened to 15 to 20 times every year and they are mostly in areas with little or no population. look at this. a landmark that's graced the dallas/ft. worth metroplex since 1971 here now just falling right into a pile of rubble and dust for that matter. texas stadium home to the dallas cowboys through the five super bowl championships is a goner, folks. the team moved to a new billion dollar stadium last season. the city of irving imploded the stadium to make way for a road construction project. death threat against lawmakers are way up and the bitter debate over health care is being blamed for it. a senate sergeant of arms says members of congress reported 42 incidents since january. nearly three times more than the
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same period last year. at least three people have been arrested for threatening lawmakers. the most notable case came last week when gregory giusti was taken into custody after making dozens of calls to the home of house speaker nancy pelosi making verbal attacks described as extremely vulgar and crude. it was no problem at all to lug a 1,700 pound tank into place this morning. the fact that they were floating in space helped a bit. look at this. just floating around. the two astronauts have wrapped up a space walk after hooking up to the tank to the international space station's cooling system. during another space walk that happened on tuesday, the old tank they replaced will be put in the shuttle's cargo bay for a return trip to earth. a 16-year-old boy is going to court with his own mother over a fight involving facebook.
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denise says her son was posting things on his account that would make your eyes pop out. she says he wrote things about driving in his car at nearly 100 miles an hour so one day when he did not logoff, mom posted things on his account and then changed the password. the boy who lives with his grandmother decided to file a complaint and now his mom has been charged with harassment. she talked about it on hln's "prime news." listen. >> we had a very good relationship. we were very, very close. he told me things about himself that most parents only dream that their kids would tell them. >> when was the last time you spoke with him? >> i haven't spoken to him in probably two weeks maybe. maybe three. >> if you could speak to him right now, what would you say to your 16-year-old son that filed this complaint against you? >> i was so afraid you would ask
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me that. i just want him to know that i love him. i do care about him. i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way or, you know, make him look bad. i'm doing this because i love him. >> her son has since opened up a new facebook account. should his mom be charged with harassment or was she just doing what any parent would do? here is what you're saying. melissa posted this on facebook. back in the old days parents read our diaries. it was their right. they didn't pose as us they just invaded our privacy. this mother was flat out wrong. another facebooker completely disagrees. she says i'm a mother of twin 15-year-old girls. i monitor text, friends, myspace and facebook. good or bad, i want to be in the know. we want to hear what you have to say about it. do parents have a right to monitor their kids online activities like this or did this
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a family sent their adopted russian son back to that country alone is now talking to cnn. his adopted grandmother says the russian orphanage where they adopted him seven months ago misled them about his mental stability and other issues. on thursday the family put him on a plane back to russia saying he's violent and mentally unstable. the move outraged many russians and u.s. officials are now investigating. a 17-year-old boy is dead and several other people wounded
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in what police call a shootout at a crowded shopping mall here. police say that it is not clear if the teen was involved in the shootout or was just a bystander. the mall was packed with people going to a festival. they ran when four or five shots were fired. >> people running and screaming everywhere. pulling the gates down on their stores and pulling signs in and saying that somebody had a gun and they were shooting and everyone was just trying to get out of the mall. >> police are looking for three people they want to question about the shooting. the 2012 presidential teachers from across the country marched in washington yesterday unhappy with a department of education policy they say will hurt schools and hurt kids. it has top schools competing for federal money but educators are concerned about the program's impact. >> i'm here because i have a major problem with what's going
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on in public education. i need to defend public education so that it is assessable to young people of the future. the problem that we have in washington, d.c. is symbolic of what's going on all around the country. massive effort to privatize. as massive effort to get away from education. >> some teachers say the policy could help dismantle teacher's unions. the 2012 presidential election is more than two years away but republicans are talking about capturing the white house. a narrow margin separated two possible nominees. former massachusetts governor mitt romney barely edged out texas congressman ron paul. sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich each had 18% of the vote. let's just say you checked the box on your driver's license to become an organ donor because after your death you want someone to have your liver.
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but what if there's a mistake and after you die instead they took your eyes? the bbc reports that has happened at least 21 times in britain. it says that it is possible that thousands of people may have had organs removed after their deaths against their wishes. that's a problem that could affect as many as 800,000 potential organ donors. the country's national health service says some donors preferences may have been recorded wrongly due to a technical error. a may owe her life to a man seeing her day after day was too good to be true. >> he never saw her after spotting her on his property so he called animal rescuers and they found out that she'd been shot and if they had gotten to her later, she might not have made it. they hope to release the eagle back into the wild in a few months. a woman has been convicted for a deadly car accident that she caused even though she wasn't in her car at the time.
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last year donna montgomery crashed her car on interstate 10 in texas. afterward, she climbed out of the crash. another driver smashed into the back of her car and died. even though her car was parked and she wasn't in it, prosecutors say she was responsible because she didn't leave the lights on. >> it was an interesting case legally, based on the fact that she wasn't operating her car when it was struck, but she had been operating it moments before that. we felt the elements for intoxication and manslaughter was certainly there. the jury saw it that way. >> montgomery admitted she'd drank 24 beers the night she crashed her car. she'll have to spend 120 days in jail and ten years on probation. when sarah palin's in the spotlight, tina fey can't be far behind. how the emmy winner's latest spoof digs at palin's new tv deal.
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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it would be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with the little girl. where is the solidarity coming from, president obama and hillary clinton. i don't think we will recover for a long time. i know he doesn't understand right now, and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way. you're on the gold coast in san francisco. there are an awful lot of people just a stone's throw from this who could afford this house easily. i'm natasha curry. it is sunday, you're watching
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hln "news and views." [ sirens ] mourners pay solemn tribute to the fallen president of poland as the sound of sirens and church bells fill the air, the president and his wife were among the 96 people killed in a plane crash during the visit to russia. their daughter and her twin brother joined the dignitaries who greeted that plane who returned their bodies to poland. the crash killed leaders of the polish parliament and top military commanders. >> i don't think we will recover for a long time because it has brought back the worst nightmares of our history to the fore. >> the plane was carrying a polish delegation to the site of a world war ii massacre when it went down. the president was to join russian officials in memorializing thousands of polish officers fout death by russian secret police 70 years ago. kaczynski was elected in 2005
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and had announced plans to seek a second term this fall. actress dixie carter has died. you probably remember her best as julia sugarbaker on the sitcom "designing women." she was 70 years old and we don't know the cause her death. carter was a native of tennessee and was drawn to roles portraying southern women. in 2007 she was nominated for an emmy for a guest appearance on "desperate housewives." carter is survived by her husband, actor hal holbrook and two daughters. a fee for your carry-on luggage? it's not going to happen if one lawmaker gets his way. last week spirit airlines announced it would be the first to charge for carry-on bags and we're talking up to 45 bucks a bag. senator charles schumer from new york calls that a slap in the face to travelers and he wants the feds to step in to prevent any airlines for charging that kind of fee. schumer says carry-s on a necessity and he's appealing to the treasury department which can rule on the issue to do something about it.
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it is the final round of the masters and of course, the attention's been on tiger woods, of course. rafer weigel is in augusta, rafer, what kind of reception has tiger been getting? >> reporter: well, natasha, the heckling planes have been grounded and the critics and the naysayers have been largely silenced. whether he wins this tournament or not this return has been better than expected. the fans, as you can see behind me filing in here in august a some of whom got three hours before the gates opened and paid as much as $1500 for a scalped ticket. many of them here to see tiger woods. the crowds -- no, they've been mobs following tiger, cheering him like they've never cheered him in the past and he has rewarded them. he is right there in the hunt starting the fourth and final round, battling his biggest rival, phil mickelson. tiger's wife and kids are not here, but his mom is here. meanwhile, phil's wife amy is here and that's significant because she's been battling breast cancer, so the personal
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lives of these men adding a layer to the storyline as the drama unfolds on the course, as they and others battle for golf's most prestigious prize, the coveted masters' green jacket. we're at august a rafer weigel, issues ln. on friday afternoon 11-year-old nadia bloom went for a bike ride near her florida home, but has never returned. bloom's disappearance has triggered a massive search. >> more than 100 searchers spent all day scouring for any sign of 11-year-old nadia bloom. >> frustrating for everybody. we want to help. you want to do something, but right now all we can do is just wait. >> the divers and searchers are determined to find nadia, despite extremely tough terrain. >> this incident is really thick, really wet. we have water involved to the north as well and it'sal combart season as well. so that doesn't help either, but we've got really good resources and good dogs and people have
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come from all over the state. >> late saturday afternoon winter springs police chief admitted there is now a possible criminal investigation in addition to the search. >> even though everything points towards a search and rescue, we still have to, in today's world, know we have to parallel that. >> reporter: even as police knock on doors of nearby sex offenders to find out whether someone did something unthinkable, neighbors like steve glazer can only think about a happy ending for bloom. >> it would be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with the little girl. >> that was louis boldin reporting from florida. if you've seen noodia bloom or have any information that may help locate her. please call the winter springs please department. the number is 407-327-100037. new orleans police are looking for two people that were shot after in the french quarter. police say six victims were innocent bystanders and the
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intended target of the attack was a 17-year-old. he was shot in the chest and was one of two teens who was shot. the other was a 15-year-old girl who was shot in the leg. families of the men who died in an explosion at a west virginia coal mine are saying good-bye. four funerals were held on friday and more are being held this weekend and still more in the coming weeks. 29 men died in the blast at the upper big mine branch last monday. initially the committee held out hope that the four missing men were still alive somewhere in the mine, but those hopes did end friday night when rescuers found the men's bodies. >> what i saw until the absolute very end was a very heavy hearted community that was holding on to a very fragile threat of hope and when that hope snapped with one sentence from the mine officials, it was the most painful, excruciating thing that we could possibly see. >> an explosion was the worst mine disaster in the u.s. since the 1970s.
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president obama has a very urgent message for 47 countries taking part in a two-day conference. make sure your nuclear material is secure and keep it out of the hands of terrorists. he's hosting a two-day nuclear summit in washington starting tomorrow and it comes a couple of days after the u.s. warned that al qaeda is trying to get an atomic bomb. the u.s. and rushal use the summit as a backdrop to sign an agreement to get rid of weapons-grade plutonium from cold war era weapons. one mom was fed up with what her son was posting on facebook, so what did she do? she changed his password. now he's taking her to court.
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off a sub amy. that's according to the pacific tsunami center. the 6.2 magnitude quake hit 130 miles southeast of the capital city. the city felt the powerful effects of the tremor, but major damages and injuries are not reported yet. a massive volcanic formation frequently rocked by earthquakes. there have been a number of devastating quakes around the world already this year. geologists say the number of earthquakes isn't increasing but they are hitting populated areas more often because the world's population is growing. one geologist says earthquakes the size of the ones that destroyed port-au-prince, haiti, happen to 15 to 20 times every year and they're in areas with little or no population. look at this. a landmark that has graced the
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dallas metroplex since 1971 now has fallen into a pile of rubble. texas stadium, home to the dallas cowboys through their five super bowl championships is a goner, folks. the team moved to a new billion dollar stadium last city and the city of irving which owns this site imploded the stadium to make way for a road construction project. death threats against lawmakers are way up and the bitter debate over health care is being blamed for it. members of congress have reported 42 incidents since january and nearly three times more than the same period last year. at least three people have been arrested for threatening lawmakers. the most notable case came last week when gregory julie was taken into custody in san francisco. he made dozens of calls to the home of house speaker nancy pelosi making verbal attacks described as extremely vulgar and crude. well, it was no problem at all for rick mastriaco and
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clayton anderson to lug a 1700-pound tank in place this morning. the fact that they were floating in space helped a bit. they're just floating around. the two astronauts were on a space walk. during another space walk that happened on tuesday the old tank they replaced will be put in the shuttle discovery's cargo bay for a return trip to earth. a 16-year-old boy is going to court with his own mother over a fight involving facebook. denise new of arkansas said her son was posting things on your account that would make your eyes pop out. she says he wrote things about driving in his car at nearly 100 miles an hour. so one day when he did not log off mama posted some things on his account and then changed the password. the boy who lives with his grandmother decided to file a complaint. now his mom's been charged with harassment. yeah. and she talked about it on hln's prime news. listen. >> we had a very good
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relationship. we were very, very close. he tells me -- or told me things about himself that most parents would only dream that their kids would tell him. >> when was the last time you spoke with him? >> i haven't spoken to him in probably two weeks, maybe. maybe three. >> if you could speak to him right now what would you say to your 16-year-old son who has filed this complaint against you. >> i was so afraid you were going to ask me that. i just want him to know that i love him and i do care about him, and i know he doesn't understand right now, and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way or, you know, make him look bad. i'm doing this because i love him. >> new says that her son has since opened up a new facebook account. so should his mom be charged with harassment or was she just doing what about parent would do?
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here's what you're saying. susie posted this on facebook. a parent has a right, but she did cross a line and i agree with her son. she should have had a conversation with him instead of crossing over a line in what she did. that is not right. good for the son. she is the child in this incident. but vicky disagrees. she says a parent has every right to monitor their child's internet use. it's called being a good parent. we want to hear what you have to say about this. do parents have a right to monitor their kids' activities online like this or did this mom go too far by altering her son's facebook account? e-mail us by longing on to cnn.com/hln and you can see your views on the air.
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a family has sent their adopted russian son back to that country alone is now talking to cnn. in a phone call to cnn his adoptive grandmother says the russian orphanage where they adopted him seven months ago misled them about his mental stability and other issues as well. on thursday the family put him on a plane back to russia and said he's violent and meanted
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alley unstable. the move outraged many russians and u.s. officials are now investigating. a 17-year-old boy is dead and several other people wounded in what police describe as a shootout in a crowded shopping mall here. police in muss cooingy, oklahoma, say it is not clear if the teen was involved in the shootoutsy or was just a bystander. the mall was packed with people coming from a festival. they ran when shots were fired. >> people were running and screaming everywhere and, like, pulling the gates down on their stores, like pulling their signs in and saying that somebody had a gun and they were shooting and everyone was just trying to get out of the mall. >> police were looking for three people they want to question about the shooting. grading homework took a wach seat to footwork. teachers from across the country marched in washington yesterday. they're unhappy with the department of education policy they say will hurt schools and hurt kids. the top program has public
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schools competing for federal money and educators are concerned about the program's impact. >> i'm here because i've got a major problem with what's going on in public education. i need to defend public education so that it's accessible to young people of the future. the problem that we have in washington, d.c., is symbolic of what's going on all around the country. a massive effort to privatize, a massive effort to get away from education. >> some teachers also say the policy could help dismantle teacher's unions. the presidential is more than two years away, but republicans are talking about recapturing the white house. at a weekend gathering of the southern republican leadership conferen conference, a narrow margin separated two possible nominees, mitt romney barely edged out texas congressman ron paul. sarah palin and newt gingrich each had 18% of the vote.
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a cob trite michael steele addressed delegates at that conference, the chairman of the committee has been getting criticism lately. he acknowledged making some mistakes and vowed to learn from them. >> i'm the first here to admit i've made mistakes and it's been incumbent on me to take responsibility, shoulder that burden, make the necessary changes and move on. we've all had to do that from time to time. but the one mistake, the one mistake we cannot make this november is to lose. >> steele's comments drew a standing ovation in the room. the party chairman's been dogged by disclosures of questionable spending of the party's money including pain to reimburse a non-committee staffer for a $2,000 tab at a sex-themed california nightclub. donors have also questioned huge
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increases on private spending of limo, jets and private meals. north carolina state party chief to call for his resignation. anti-government protesters in thailand are refusing to step down after deadly clash wes soldiers. more than 20 people have died and most of them civilians. more than 800 people have been injure individual of this. the protestors known as red shirts want the prime minister to -- they're refusing to negotiate until that happens. they're threatening to parade with the bodies of the dead protesters. all right. let's just say you've checked the box on your driver's license to become an organ donor because after your death you want somebody to have your liver are, but what if there's a mistake and after you died instead they took your eyes? a bbc report says that happened at least 21 times in britain and
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it is possible that thousands of people may have had organs removed after their deaths against their wishes. that's a problem that could affect as many as 800,000 potential organ donors. some donors' preferences may have been recorded wrongly due to a technical error. a bald eagle may owe their life to a man who decided that seeing her day after day was too good to be true. the oklahoma man noticed that he never saw her flying after spotting her on his property several days in a row. so he called animal rescuers and they found out that she'd been shot. if they'd gotten to her any later she might not have made it. they hope to release the eagle back into the wild in a few months. when sarah palin's in the spotlight, tina fey can't be far behind. how the emmy winner's latest spoof digs at palin's new tv deal.
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we'll explore what's being done to create better cities and better lives for the people who live in them, including innovative solutions to urban transit issues and finding fresh food where fast food dominates. it's all part of our "urban planet." hello and welcome. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. life in the city is something a world health organization is taking seriously. in fact, it calls urbanization, one of the greatest health challenges of the 21st century. so the w.h.o. is amp camping to improve fact that have a direct bearing on people's health. access to open green space, fresh food and water and the ease of cities and leaves commuters exhausted, and
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stressed. subways are packed and roads are dangerous and congested, what is a commuter to do. one of the populated cities in the world and then we're off to tokyo, projected to top the list of the biggest cities in ten years. >> reporter: like a soldier about to go into battle, anderson silva is getting ready for a new day and another fight, but for him it's on the roadways. silva works as a motorcycle messenger in sao paulo, brazil. to say he risks his life doing his job every day is not an xanl raising. he zips between cars stuck in traffic through spaces just big enough for him and his motorcycle at high rates of speed. people here call motorcycle messengers, and mad dogs.
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i'm a little afraid. a little, and one of the most serious. this is one of the most dangerous jobs in sao paulo, in fact, one or two motorcycle messengers. and a sea with serious traffic problem, their services are always in high demand. around $20 million people live in sao paulo's metropolitan area and traffic jams happen well beyond rush hour. traffic is also an underground problem. every day, an estimated 6 million people crowd a subway system apparently designed for a much smaller city. >> all day it's like this, crowded, very crowded. >> sao paulo is making significant investments when it comes to public transportation. the subway system which is currently 62 kilometers long will be extended to 80
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kilometers by the end of the year. there's another solution to the traffic problem, but that solution is only available to those who can afford it. georgia neto owns a company that provides helicopter services for busy executives. he's invited us to fly over sao paulo. >> translator: today is a busier than normal day. at the moment we have seven aircraft flying. >> he started his company 11 years ago with a small, one passenger helicopter and now owns 12 aircraft and employs 40 people, including 18 pilots. >> normally neto's company offers about 50 trips every day to government officials and executives and he says business is good. his company is growing. tv executive amir dalevo doesn't just ride in helicopters, he has his own aircraft. sao paulo boasts the second largest helicopter fleet in the
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world. >> it's a necessity. being in sao paulo, if you don't have it, if you don't use helicopter then you don't do the same number of business. >> reporter: but on the ground, it's business as usual for the city's commuters. and in the basement of a downtown office building, anderson silva is returning for another day of dangerous work and preparing to hit the road again tomorrow. rafael rommo, cnn, sao paulo, brazil. it's morning time here in tokyo, japan, and i'm on my way to the office, but not by subway or car, but by bike. i do this every single morning, not for exercise, but to get to the office and you can see i have a lot of company. this is the bicycle parking garage of my building and hundred of bikes are here, many used by commuters. let's go. >> it's a common sight to see
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people in business attire on bicycles heading into the office. it's fashion in the car or the subway. about 15% of japanese people use their bicycles to commute to work. compare that to the u.s., about half of 1% in new york city use their bikes to get to work. >> getting around by bike in tokyo is also convenient because there's a lot of parking for your bike, both above ground and below. >> this is a cycle tree. this is like a giant bicycle rol decks. the machine files the bike deep underground in just ten seconds. a tag stuck on the bike allows you to retrieve it in seconds back above ground to the waiting mite bike commuter. we're make the best use of our space says the bike lot manager and in tokyo, keeping the trucks organized, bikes randomly parked all over sidewalk. >> despite the high number of people who do commute by bike, there aren't a lot of bike paths in tokyo. so you have to do a combination
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of street riding, sidewalk riding and dodging some traffic which can be a little bit hazardous. this is what tokyo subways are like every morning. it is packed. you feel like a sardine, but this is safer, say some, than hitting the road on your bike. it's dangerous, says this dedicated subway rider, but for fumito the bike is the best deal in the world's most expensive city. >> i don't own a car because the cost of parking is expensive, he says. i think bikes are more convenient. many parents feel that way and use their bikes to cart around children. >> i cut my commute time by about 30 minutes, giving me more time in this urban jungle to live. kyung lau, cnn, tokyo. it ge goes beyond navigating the maze or sprawl. it's a lack of easy access to fresh food water in a fast world
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i'm really concerned about the fat and the sugar that people are eating and it makes people have bad moods and depression and it causes a whole host of problems that could be solved, but people aren't recognizing it on their own, so it's good that the government is helping us. >> i think it's silly. i think people need to be adults and make their own decisions. doing all of this is just another tax, you know? it's unnecessary, you know? people don't -- let people be adults and make their own decisions. welcome back to "urban planet." you just heard different reactions to new york city's effort to enforce healthier food. the city recently required chain eateries to post calorie counts on their men us and there are are new proposals to tax soda and to ban salt in restaurants.
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one thing is indisputable. access to healthy food in urban areas could be a challenge. as rosemary church tells us, in densely populated cities you're more likely to encounter fast food than fresh produce. >> atlanta, georgia, is known for many things. its southern hospitality and its warm, southern climate and it's not-so-healthy southern cooking that can make staying healthy a particular challenge here. >> the southeastern part of the united states is generally among the most unhealthiest in terms of population and the highest cardiovascular disease rates, the highest stroke rates and certainly the highest obesity rates. >> elizabeth ford is the health director for the dekalb county board of health. it's part of her job to help three-quarters of a million county residents make healthier choices. >> there's a package store and convenience store and it's
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easier to make the bad choices, particularly if you are a young, working mom and you're rushing and you're on your way home and you see five fast food places on the way. if i just do this drive through it's a lot faster and that's the real challenge in an urban community, still trying to make the right choices. >> so in an area where it's easy to find this, how do you encourage people to look for this. >> look for the 100% whole in the word grain or wheat. >> counselors help the urban community how to make healthy choices for themselves and their children. in this diverse urban area, it's not just the southern culture that presents challenges. it's multiple cultures, more than 130 languages are spoken in dekalb county and there are more ethnic groups here than in any other county in the region. >> we understand that there are different foods that different ethnicities like to eat and
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we'll take a bit of that salt out or a little bit of that fat out. you tell us how this fits into your paradigm, into your community, your religion and your background. >> creating a healthier community by giving everyone the tools and knowledge to take care of themselves and their children. that can put a smile on everybody's face. rosemary church, cnn, atlanta. that's our look at "urban planet" and efforts around the globe to make our cities more livable all with the health and wellness of people who live there in mind. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for watching.
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hi there. i'm natasha curry. it's sunday and you're watching "hln news and views." [, sirens ] mourners lined the streets of warsaw paying silent tribute to the fallen president of poland as the sound of sirens and church bells filled the air. president lech kaczynski and his wife were on a plane crash on their way to visit russia. their daughter and her dwin brother joined the group. they killed members of the polish party and top military commanders. >> i don't think we will recover for a long time because -- because it has brought back the worst nightmares of our history to the fore. plane was carrying a polish delegation to the site of a world war ii massacre when it went down. the president was to join officials -- kaczynski was
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elected president in 2005. he had alreadiance announced plans to seek a second term this fall. actress dixie carter has died. you probably remember her best as julia sugarbaker on the sitcom "designing women." she was 70 years old and we don't know the cause of her death just yet. she was a native of tennessee and drawn to roles of southern women. in 2007 she was nominated for an emmy on a guest appearance on "desperate housewives." carter is survived by her husband, actor hal holbrook and two daughters. it is the final round of the masters and of course, the attention's been on tiger woods, of course. rafer weigel is in augusta. rafer, what kind of reception has tiger been getting? >> reporter: well, nat ash a the heckling planes have been grounded and the critics and naysayers have been largely silenced. whether he wins this tournament or not, this return has gone better than expected. the fans as you can see behind me filing in here in august a
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some of whom got here three hours before the gates opened and paid as much as $1500 for a scalped ticket. many of whom are here to see tiger woods. the crowds -- no, they've been mobs following tiger. nine and ten people deep cheering him like they've never cheered him in the past. he is rewarding them. he is starting the fourth and final round battling his biggest rival phil mickelson. tiger's wife is not here, but his mom is here. phil's wife aimy is here and that's significant because she has been battling breast cancer. the personal lives of these men adding a layer to the storyline while they other ands battle for the prestigious prize, the coveted masters, green jacket. we are here in augusta, rafer weigel, issues ln. new orleans police are looking for two men after seven people were shot near the city's french quarter. the attack happened moments after a festival ended. police say six of the victims were innocent bystanders and the
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intended target of the attack was a 17-year-old. he was shot in the chest and was one of two teens who was shot. the other was a 15-year-old girl who was shot in the leg. a 17-year-old boy is dead and several other people wounded in what police describe as a shootout in a crowded shopping mall here. it is not clear if the teen was involved in a shootout or was just a bystander. the mall was packed with people going to a festival. they ran when four or five shots were fired. >> people running and screaming everywhere and, pulling the gates down on their stores, like, pulling their signs in and saying that somebody had a gun and they were shooting and everyone was just trying to get out of the mall. >> police are looking for three people they want to question about the shooting. families of the men who died at an explosion in a west virginia coal mine are saying good-bye. four funerals were held on friday. more are being held this weekend and still more in the coming
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weeks. 29 men died in the blast at the upper big mine branch last monday. initially the community held out hope that the four missing men were still alive somewhere in that mine, but those hopes did end friday night when rescuers found the mens' bodies. >> what i saw up until the very end was a heavy hearted community that was holding on to a fragile thread of hope and when that hope snapped with one sentence from the mine officials it was -- it was the most painful, excruciating thing that you could possibly see.see. >> the explosion was the worst mine disaster in the u.s. since the 1970s. the 2012 presidential election is more than two years away, but republicans are already talking about recapturing the white house. at a weekend gather of the southern republican leadership conference a narrow margin separated two possible nominees. former massachusetts governor mitt romney barely edged out texas congressman ron paul.
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now, sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich each had 18% of the vote. president obama has a very urgent message for 47 countries taking part in a two-day conference. make sure your nuclear material is secure and keep it out of the hands of terrorists. he's hosting a two-day nuclear summit in washington tomorrow comes just a couple days after the u.s. warned that al qaeda is trying to get an adtomic bomb. when sarah palin is in the spotlight, tina fey can't be far behind. how the emmy winner's latest spoof digs at palin's new tv deal.
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>> it could be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with a little girl. we are grateful for words of solidarity coming from president obama, hillary clinton. i don't think we will recover for a long time. i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way. you're on the gold coast in san francisco. there are an awful lot of people just a stone's throw from this who could afford this house easily. i'm natasha curry and it is sunday, you're watching hln news
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and views. mourners lined the streets of warsaw here as the sound of sirens and church bells fill the air. president kaczynski and his wife were on the plane. the crash also killed leaders of the polish parliament and top military commanders. >> i don't think we will recover for a long time because, because it has brought back the worst nightmares of our history before. >> the plane was carrying a polish delegation to the site of a world war ii massacre when it went down. the president was to join russian officials in memorializing thousands of polish officers put to death by russian secret police 770 years ago. kaczynski was elected president
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in '95 and was seeking second term this fall. actress dixie carter has died. you remember her as julia sugerbaker on "designing women." native of tennessee and drawn to roles portraying southern woman. in 2007 she was nominated for an emmy, guest appearance for "desperate housewives." she also had a long appearance on broadway. she is survived by her husband, hal holbrook and two daughters. last week spirit airlines announced it would be the first to charge for some carry-on bags and we're talking about to 45 bucks a bag. well, senator charles schumer from new york calls that a slap in the pace to travelers and he wants the feds to step in to prevent any airlines for charging that kind of fee. schumer says carry-ons are a necessity and he's appealing to the treasury department which could rule on the issue to do something about it.
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it is the final round of the masters and, of course, the attention has been on tiger woods, of course. rafer weigel is in augusta. what kind of reception has tiger been getting? >> well, natasha, the heckling planes have been grounded and the critics and the naysayers have been largely silenced. whether he wins this tournament or not, this tournament has gone better than expected. the fans filing in at augusta some got here three hours before the gates opened and paid as much as $1,500 bucks for a scalped ticket. many here to see tiger woods. the crowds, they have been mobs following tiger. nine and ten people deep and cheering him like they have never cheered him in the past and he has rewarded them. he is right there in the hunt starting the fourth and final round battling his biggest rival, phil mickelson. tiger's wife and kids are not here, but his mom is here. meanwhile, phil's wife, amy, is here and that is significant because she has been battling breast cancer. the personal lives of these men
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layi layi laying -- the coveted masters green jacket. we're here in augusta, rafer weigel, hln. on friday afternoon 11-year-old nadia bloom went for a bike ride and never returned. as lewis bolden tells us, bloom's disappearance has triggered a massive search. >> more than 100 searchers spent all day scouring for any sign of 11-year-old nadia bloom. >> frustrating for everybody. you want to help, you want to do something but right now all we can do is just wait. >> reporter: the divers and searchers are determined to find nadia, despite extremely tough terrain. >> this is very thick, really wet and wattner volved. of course, we have lake gesp to the north, as well. we have really good resources and really good dogs and people come from all over the state.
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>> reporter: late saturday afternoon winter springs police chief admitted there is now a possible criminal investigation in addition to the search. >> even though everything points towards a search and rescue, we still have to, in today's world, know that we have to parallel that. >> reporter: but even as police knock on doors of nearby sex offenders to find out whether someone did something unthinkable, neighbors like steve can only think about a happy ending for bloom. >> it would be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with a little girl. >> once again, that was lewis bolden reporting for our affiliate in florida. if you've seen nadia bloom or have any information that may help locate her. please call the winter springs police department 407-327-1000. new orleans police are looking for at least two men after seven people were shot near the city's french quarter. the attack happened last night just moments after a festival ended. police say six of the victims were innocent bystanders and the intended target of the attack was a 17-year-old.
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he was shot in the chest and was one of two teens who was shot. the other was a 15-year-old girl who was shault ot in the leg. families of the men who died in an explosion at a west virginia coal mine are saying good-bye. four funerals being held on friday and more this weekend. 29 men died in the branch at the upper big mine branch monday. initially the community held out hope that the four missing men were still alive somewhere in that mine but those hopes did end friday night when rescuers found the men's bodies. >> what i saw up until the absolute very end a very heavy community that was holding on to a very fragile thread of hope and when that hope snapd with one sentence from the mine officials, it was the most painful, excruciating thing you could see. >> the explosion was the worst mine disaster in the u.s. since the 1970s.
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president obama has a very urgent message for 47 countries taking part in a two-day conference. make sure your nuclear material is secure and keep it out of the hands of terrorists. he's hosting a two-day nuclear summit tomorrow and comes a couple days after the u.s. warned that al qaeda is trying to get an atomic bomb. the u.s. and russia will use the summit as a backdrop to sign an agreement to get rid of plutonium from cold war nuclear weapons. one mom was fed up with what her son was posting on facebook, so what did she do? she changed his password.
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the solomons are in the pacific rims ring of fire and frequently rocked by earthquakes and a number of devastating quake around the world already this year. the number of earthquakes isn't increasing, but they are hitting populated areas more often because the world's population is growing. one geologist says earthquakes the one that destroyed port-au-prince, haiti, happened 15 to 20 times every year. they are mostly in areas with little or no population. look at this. a landmark that has graced the dallas ft. worth metro plex since 1971 here now just falling right into a pile of rubble and dust, for that matter. texas stadium, home of the dallas cowboys is a goner, folks. the team moved to a new billion dollar stadium last season. the city of irving which owns this site imploded the stadium to make way for a road construction project.
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death threats against lawmakers are way up and the bitter debate over health care is being blamed for it. the senate sergeant at arms says members of congress reported 42 incidents since january nearly three times more than the same period last year. at least three people have been arrested for threatening lawmakers. the most notable case came last week when gregory giusti was taken into custody in san francisco. police say that he made dozens of calls to the home of house speaker nancy pelosi, making verbal attacks described as extremely vulgar and crude. well, it was no problem at to lug a 1,700 pound tank into place this morning. the fact that they were floating in space helped a bit. look at this, just floating around. the two astronauts have wrapped opspacewalk after hooking up the tank to the international space station cooling station. after another spacewalk on tuesday the old tank they
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replaced will put in the shuttle "discovery's" cargo bay. a 16-year-old boy is going to court with his own mother over a fight involving facebook. denise new of arkansas said her son were posting things on his account that would make your eyes pop out. he wrote things about driving in his car at nearly 100 miles an hour. so, one day when he did not log off mama posted some things on his account and then changed the password. the boy, who lives with his grandmother decided to file a complaint and now his mom has been charged with harassment. and, she talked about it on hln's prime news. listen. >> we had a very good relationship, we were very, very close. he tells me or told me things about himself that most parents only dream that their kids would tell them. >> when was the last time you spoke with him? >> i haven't spoken to him
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probably in two weeks maybe. maybe three. >> if you could speak to him right now, what would you say to your 16-year-old son who has filed this complaint against you? >> i was so afraid you were going to ask me that. i just want him to know that i love him and i do care about him and i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way or, you know, make him look bad. i'm doing this because i love him. >> she says that her son has since opened up a new facebook account. so should his mom be charged with harassment or just doing what any parent would do? the majority of you are on the mom's side. here's some of what you're saying right now. rhonda posted this on facebook. if this same 16-year-old kid was doing something illegal online, then the same people would be saying well, a parent should be monitoring their child's use of the internet. how many times have we already been told that? michael says the kid better be
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lucky he even gets to use a computer. that little boy wouldn't think he's running the place where i pay the bills. the boy's mom does not have custody of him. we want to hear what you say about this. do parents have a right to monitor their kids' online activities like this or did this mom go too far? e-mail us by loggingen to cnn.com/hln and you can see your views on the air. shoppers were packed into this mall in oklahoma for a festival but instead they ended up dodging bullets. what police are saying happened.
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a family who sent their adauchted russian son back to that country alone is now talking to cnn. in a phone call to cnn his adopted grandmother says that the russian orphanage where they adopted him seven months ago misled them about his mental stability and other issues, as well. on thursday the family put him
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back on a plane back to russia saying he's violent and mentally unstable. the 2012 presidential election is more than two years away, but republicans are already talking about recapturing the white house. at a weekend gathering of the southern republican leadership conference, a narrow margin separated two possible nominees. former massachusetts governor mitt romney barely edged out texas congressman ron paul. now, sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich each had 18% of the vote. a woman has been convicted for a deadly car accident that prosecutors say that she caused even though she wasn't even in her car at the time. last year 47-year-old donna montgomery crashed her car on interstate 10 in texaseses. afterward she climbed out of the crash, another driver smash under to the back of her car and died. even though her car was parked and she wasn't in it, prosecutors say that she was responsible because she didn't leave the lights on. >> it was an interesting case
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legally based on the fact that she wasn't operating her car when it was struck but she had been operating it moments before that. we felt like the elements for intoxication/manslaughter were there. >> montgomery later admitted that she drunk 24 beers the night she crashed her car. she will have to spend 110 days in jail and ten years on probation. a 17-year-old boy is dead and several other people wound in what police describe as a shootout at a crowded shopping mall. police in muskoggee says it's not clear if the teen was just a bystander. the mall was packed with people going to a festival. they ran when four or five shots were fired. >> people running and screaming everywhere and like pulling the gates down on their stores like pulling their signs in and saying that somebody had a gun and they were shooting and everyone was just trying to get out of the mall. >> police are looking for three
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people they want to question about the shooting. a bald eagle may owe her life to a man who decided seeing her day after day was too good to be true. the oklahoma man noticed he never saw her flying after he spotted her on his property. they said if they had gotten to her any later, she might not have made it. they hope to release the eagle into the wild in a few months. the newspaper business has been hit really hard by the economic downturn and the growth also of the internet. large newspapers had felt the change the most but some smaller papers are fairing better. christine romans looks at one alternative weekly that has made the turn around. >> despite all the doom and gloom in the newspaper business, chad mori feels pretty good about where his newspaper stands. >> where are we? >> he runs "the long island press" launched in 2002.
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with a circulation of about 85,000, it was born as an offshoot of the family business a handful of alternative rock radio stations based on long island. >> 2.7 million people without an alternative weekly like "the l.a. weekly" or "village voice" and we wanted to create something in that tradition but with susrb been sensibilities. it seemed like a no brainer to get in there. >> reporter: as the radio business changed, the stations were sold and the paper became the company's focus. local news laced with opinion. while the economic downturn slowed the paper, which relies heavily on small business advertising to stay free, he says there were no mass layoffs and after several quart ofrz losses, the company was back in the black by the end of last year. the rise of the blogosphere with helping business on and offline. >> it is not about the newspaper or even the experience, it is about the quality of the journalism. if you stay true to that, we
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think that there's several different places that you can go with that. the web being one of them. >> reporter: when the region's only daily newspaper began charging nonsubscribers for online content last year, he saw opportunity. long islandpress.com began running more general news and entertainment and sports stories and all appealing to a larger, local crowd all free. since then traffic has jumped 600%. the it has remained true to its alternative roots. >> the best that we can offer to people is a different viewpoint. so, the more things get vanilla, the more, you know, mint chocolate chip you have to put out there because the people will want it. they will crave it. >> reporter: christine romans, cnn, new york. ddddddddd
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>> it could be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with a little girl. we are grateful for words of solidarity coming from president obama, hillary clinton. i don't think we will recover for a long time. i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way. you're on the gold coast in san francisco. there are an awful lot of people just a stone's throw from this who could afford this house easily. i'm natasha curry and it is
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sunday, you're watching hln news and views. mourners lined the streets of warsaw here as the sound of sirens and church bells fill the air. president kaczynski and his wife were among the 96 people killed on a plane crash during a visit to russia. their daughter and kacynski's twin brother greeted the plane that returned to the bodies to poland. the crash also killed leaders of the polish parliament and top military commanders. >> i don't think we will recover for a long time because, because it has brought back the worst nightmares of our history before. >> the plane was carrying a polish delegation to the site of a world war ii massacre when it went down. the president was to join russian officials in memorializing thousands of polish officers put to death by russian secret police 70 years ago. kaczynski was elected president
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in 2005 and had plans to seek a second election this fall. actress dixie carter has died. you remember her as julia sugarbaker on "designing women." she was 70 years old and we don't know the cause of her death just yet. native of tennessee and drawn to roles portraying southern woman. in 2007 she was nominated for an emmy, guest appearance for "desperate housewives." she also had a long career on broadway. she is survived by her husband, hal holbrook and two daughters. it is the final round of the masters and, of course, the attention has been on tiger woods, of course. rafer weigel is in augusta. rafer, what kind of reception has tiger been getting? >> well, natasha, the heckling planes have been grounded and the critics and the naysayers have been largely silenced whether he wins this tournament or not, this has gone better than expected. the fans filing in here at augusta, some of whom got here three hours before the gates
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opened and paid as much as 1,500 bucks for a scalped ticket. many of them, of course, to see tiger woods. the crowds, you know, they have been mobs following tiger, nine and ten people deep cheering him like they've never cheered him in the past and he has rewarded them. he is right there in the hunt starting the fourth and final round battling his biggest rival phil mickelson. tiger's wife and kids are not here, but his mom is here. meanwhile, phil's wife, amy, is here and that is significant because she has been battling breast cancer. the personal lives of these men adding a layer to the storyline as the drama unfolds on the course while they and others battle for golf's most prestigious prize. the coveted masters green jacket. we're here at augusta, rafer weigel, hln. on friday afternoon 11-year-old nadia bloom went for a bike ride near her florida home, but she never returned. as lewis bolden with our affiliate kmg tells us, bloom's disappearance has triggered a massive search. >> reporter: more than 100
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searchers spent all day scouring for any sign of 11-year-old nadia bloom. >> frustrating for everybody. we want to help, we want to do something, but right now all we can do is just wait. >> reporter: the divers and searchers are determined to find nadia, despite extreme tough terrain. >> this is really thick, really wet and water involved. of course, we have lake jessup to the north and it's alligator season, so that doesn't help, as well. we have really good resources and dogs and people come from all over the state. >> reporter: kevin burr nel admitted there is now a possible criminal investigation in addition to the search. >> even though everything points towards a search and rescue, we still have to, in today's world, know we have to parallel that. >> reporter: but even as police knock on doors of nearby sex offenders to find out whether someone did something unthinkable, neighbors like steve can only think about a happy ending for bloom. >> it would be wonderful to see them coming out of the woods with a little girl.
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>> once again, that was lewis bolden reporting for our affiliate in florida. if you've seen nadia bloom or have any information that may help locate her, please call the winter springs police department 407-327-1000. new orleans police are looking for at least two men after seven people were shot near the city's french quarter. the attack happened last night just moments after a festival ended. police say six of the victims were innocent bystanders and the intended target of the attack was a 17-year-old. he was shot in the chest and was one of two teens who was shot. the other was a 15-year-old girl who was shot in the leg. president obama has a very urgent message for 47 countries taking part in a two-day conference. make sure your nuclear material is secure and keep it out of the hands of terrorists. he's hosting a two-day nuclear summit in washington starting tomorrow and comes just a couple days after the u.s. warned that al qaeda is trying to get an
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atomic bomb. the u.s. and russia will use the summit to sign an agreement to get rid of plutonium. the families of two journalists killed by u.s. troops in iraq wants those troops put on trial. they were gunned down in 2007 in july after u.s. troops mistook their cameras for weapons. an earlier investigation concluded that helicopter crew believed they were engaging insurgents who were targeting u.s. troops that afternoon. now video of the encounter becomes extremely graphic after the crew gets the green light to oep on fire. be aware, you may find this video very disturbing. >> come on, fire. >> roger. >> he survived the initial attack but later shot again and while the video is shocking, military analysts say it's a mistake to isolate it from the surrounding events.
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>> i think it's also important to talk about the context of this operation. this fight was happening in the middle of '07, the previous 90 days had been the largest number of casualties the americans had ever taken. it was the middle of the surge and this fight had been going on for four hours and after this event there was another engagement where the helicopters had to fire on some insurgents. as one takes a look at this and puts it in context, it is an unnecessary, excuse me, a necessary but unfortunate aspect of war. >> watching the video is making them relive the tragedy just like he did yesterday. the family says it may file a lawsuit. one mom was fed up with what her son was posting on facebook. so what did she do? she changed his password. now, he's taking her to court.
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an earthquake that rattled the solomon islands did not set off a tsunami. the 6.8 magnitude quake hit 130 miles southeast of the chain capital city. the city felt a powerful effects of the tremor, but major damage or injuries are not being reported yet. the solomons are in the pacific rims ring of fire. a massive volcanic formation recently rocked by earthquakes. a number of devastating quakes around the world this year. the number of earthquakes isn't actually increasing, but they are hitting populated areas more often because the world's population is growing. now, one geologist says earthquakes the size of the one that destroyed port-au-prince, haiti, happens 15 to 20 times a year and mostly in areas with
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little or no population. look at this, a landmark that has graced the dallas ft. worth metro plex since 1971 now just falling right into a pile of rubble and dust for that matter. texas stadium, home to the dallas cowboys through their five super bowl championships is a goner, folks. the team moved to a new stadium last year. the city of irving imploded the stadium to make way for a road construction project. death threats against lawmakers are way up and the bitter debate over health care is being blamed for it. the senate sergeant at arms says members of congress reported 42 incidents since january nearly three times more than the same period last year. at least three people have been arrested for threatening lawmakers. e most notable case came last week when gregory giusti was taken into custody in san francisco. here's his picture. he made dozens of calls to the home of house speaker nancy
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pelosi making verbal attacks described as extremely vulgar and crude. well t was no problem at all for rick and clayton to lug a 1,700 pound take into place this morning. of course, the fact that they were floating in space helped a bit. look at this, just floating around. the two astronauts have wrapped opspace walk after hooking up the tank to the international space station's cooling system. during another spacewalk that happened on tuesday, the old tank they replaced will be put in the shuttle "discovery" cargo bay for a return trip to earth. a 16-year-old boy is going to court with his own mother over a fight involving facebook. denise said her things were posting some things on his account that would make your eyes pop out. driving in his car at nearly 100 miles per hour. one day when he did not log off, mama posted some things on his account and then changed the password.
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the boy who lives with his grandmother decided to file a complaint and now his mom has been charged with harassment. yeah. she talked about it on hln's prime news. listen. >> we had a very good relationship. we were very, very close. he tells me or told me things about himself that most parents would only dream that their kids would tell them. >> when was the last time you spoke with him? >> i haven't spoken to him in probably two weeks maybe, maybe three. >> if you could speak to him right now, what would you say to your 16-year-old son who's filed this complaint against you. >> i was so afraid you were going to ask me that. i just want him to know that i love him and i do care about him and i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way or make him look bad. i'm doing this because i love him.
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>> new says that her son has since opened up a new facebook account. so, should his mom be charged with harassment or was she just doing what any parent would do? here's what some of you are saying. jennifer from michigan e-mailed us, she says that mom has every right to intervene on her son's use of facebook. any court that entertains a child's complaint against a parent in matters of training and teachers is upholding a dangerous standard. a child under 18, in his parent's home, must abide by the rules until he is 18, independent and financially caring from himself. but steve from new york completely disagrees. i think i mother went way too far and altering it is ridiculous. parents should pay attention to what their kids do, but there needs to be a balance between being careful and overbearing. we want to hear what you have to have to say. do parents have a right to montar their kids online activities or did mom go too far.
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a family who sent their adopted russian son back to that country alone is now talking to cnn. in a phone call to cnn his adopted grandmother says that the russian orphanage where they adopted him seven months ago misled them about his mental stability and other issues, as well. on thursday his family put him back on a plane to russia. it outraged officials and
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they're now investigating. a 17-year-old boy is dead and several other people wounded in what police describe as a shootout at a crowded shopping mall. police in muskoggee says it's not clear if the teen was in the shootout or just a bystander. the mall was packed with people going to a festival. they ran when four or five shots were fired. >> people running and screaming everywhere and like pulling the gates down on their stores like pulling their signs in and saying that somebody had a gun and they were shooting and everyone was just trying to get out of the mall. >> police are looking for three people they want to question about the shooting. the 2012 presidential election is more than two years away, but republicans are already talking about recapturing the white house. at a weekend gathering of the southern republican leadership conference, a narrow margin separated two possible nominees. former massachusetts governor mitt romney barely edged out texas congressman ron paul.
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now, sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich each had 18% of the vote. a contrite michael steele addressed delegates last night. he acknowledged making some mistakes and vowed to learn from them. >> i'm the first here to admit that i've made mistakes and it's been incumbent on me to take responsibility, shoulder that burden and make the necessary changes and move on. we've all had to do that from time to time. but the one mistake, the one mistake we cannot make this november is to lose. >> steele's comments drew a standing ovation in the room. questionable spending of the party's money including paying to reimburse a noncommittee
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staffer for a $2,000 tab at a sex themed california nightclub. donors have also questioned huge increases on spending of private jets, limo trips and meals. all that led to top advisors to call for his resignation. perry is on a mission to find unusual approaches to learning. he found that at a charter school. englewood section of chicago, one of chicago's roughest neighborhoods. this is urban prep. having its first graduating class and they're going to send 70 african-american young men to college. it's the holy grail in academia. i want to go inside and talk to these folks. i'm excited. now, mr. king. i know when you say that you send 100% of your kids to college, a lot of people don't believe it. >> right, right. >> so sometimes, for their purposes, you've got to introduce them to the wall. >> got to see some proof. >> this is a lot of proof here.
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tell me what you're looking. >> on this wall, every time a student is admitted to college, we take their admission letter and copy it and put it up on the wall at school. >> people see your results and they're going to say, 100% of your seniors going on to college, you must pick the kids. you can't be a public school. >> we get that a lot. people tell us all the time, you're a selective enrollment school, that's some private school. but we're not, we're a public school. we're a charter school, which means we're independently operated, but we're publicly funded and don't select our students based on any criteria. >> this is urban prep and urban prep is an oasis, an opportunity for children to believe in themselves and dream beyond their circumstances. to create an opportunity where there didn't seem to be one and go on to a four-year college at a rate of 100%. we know how to run successful schools. the question now is, will we? cc
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