good the bad of the very very tricky tylo maniacally oddly the good suffolk county new york officials last week suffolk county new york officials gave local students samantha garvey and her family a new home barbie is not just a student she's a prodigy and recently was named a semifinalist in a prestigious national science contest she was also homeless after a family lost their house as a result of the economic crisis and recession her story of excelling in academics despite living in a homeless shelter has garnered international attention and she was just invited by president obama to attend the state of the union address it's refreshing to see that in a society so polarized by political positioning and constant disagreement some of those in government can still come together and agree to do the right thing the bad republican governor tom corbett since last august governor corbett department of welfare has removed over eighty eight thousand children from the medicaid rolls in an effort to reduce waste fraud and abuse sadly the majority of these children's families can't afford legal

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. >> reporter: officials from new york suffolk county stepped in and offered samantha, her parents and twin siblings a three-bedroom home through an affordable housing program for families in shelters. last week, an appearance on the "ellen degeneres" show. >> they are going to give you a $50,000 scholarship. >> that was like someone pulling out your dream and giving it to you. this is your dream. have it. >> reporter: tuesday, samantha was invited by her congressman. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> reporter: to attend the state of the union address in washington. >> he actually signed it for you? >> yes. >> reporter: then appeared on the "today" show. >> this is the lab where you spend a lot of time. samantha didn't make it to the final round of the science competition. as she waits to hear from colleges, she is convinced now more than ever education will change her life. >> i had all these amazing opportunities. just the fact i was able to apply to this competition, had other people acknowledge my research and see what i've done is winning in itself. >> reporte

. >> reporter: samantha's story grabbed the attention of new york's suffolk county.c housing. >> this is the most amazing thing you could ask for. we're all in tears here. like we can barely compose ourselves enough to speak. >> reporter: with the tears there was disbelief from samantha's mother olga. >> i break in tears. why did this happen? yes, this is happening. >> reporter: samantha's father said his daughter has always been a fighter, weighing only two pounds when she was born. >> she's gone from one little tiny thing to a giant. a giant of a woman. >> reporter: the garveys hope to move out of the shelter into their new home within the next two weeks. samantha meantime is waiting on word about whether she'll be accepted to brown or yale. >> i wonder which one she'll go to. i accepted she'll be accepted by all those schools. this has become a really big story in new york and the new york city area, hasn't it? >> reporter: it truly is. to see a 17-year-old with such poise and determination, to really fight against those odds. her parents were saying that she has

new york release a composite sketch. kai is in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: that's right. the sketch shows a woman whose partial remains were found along a remote stretch of highway. suffolk countymore remains from the same person were also found on a different beach in 1996. investigators think a serial killer is responsible for the body, along with nine others that were found on the same stretch of highway. authorities say that woman accidentally drowned. denise? >> thank you, kai. authorities are asking anyone with information about the identity to contact police. >>> a colorado woman is badly burned after a package explodes in her car. now police say her ex-husband may have been responsible for the attack. jennifer bryce has more. >> reporter: the package exploded inside this volvo lafayette police believe was intended. it was evacuated as bomb squad technicians and robots investigated. >> it's very am strange. very, very strange. >> reporter: chris was driving, allison was a apparently. a facebook friend of the stone family have updated the couple's condition saying, chris is just fine and allison is badly injured but eventually will be okay. please pray and thank you in ad