the women's business development center is trying to change that, helping andrea brown transition from the army to owning one of the busiest midas automotive shops in chicago. "the army has given me so many skills. why not take those skills and utilize them for my own business, rather than clocking in for someone else?" it's a program that began earlier this year. so far, it's reached out to 150 women veterans, and includes classes in developing a business model, tweaking it to accomodate changes in the marketplace, micro-lending, mentoring, and child care. new statistics show college graduates are "mapping out" their careers. houston, austin and san francisco are cities that are rapidly growing with a substantial influx of young people between the ages of 20 and 30. according to usa today, in the texas towns, it's mostly due to oil companies hiring young engineers and chemists at great pay. san fran's silcon valley is attracting grads with a background in computer science. new york and d.c. are also seeing double-digit growth of college grads because of the availability of jobs. ameri

the women's business development center is trying to change that, helping andrea brown transition from the army to owning one of the busiest midas automotive shops in chicago. "the army has given me skills. why not use them for my own business, rather than clock in for someone else?" it is a program that began earlier this year. so far, it's reached out to 150 women veterans, and includes classes in developing a business model, tweaking it to accomodate changes in the marketplace, micro-lending, mentoring and childcare. defense department employees get a furlough reprieve. originally facing 14 furlough days, workers will now be out for only 11. the defense department is the largest federal agency and must cut $41 billion by the end of the summer to align with sequestration budget cuts. meat inspectors and air traffic controllers have also been granted furlough exemptions. texas is "on the map" when it comes to the housing recovery. four texas cities are included in the list of top markets for new home sales. houston topped the list, along with dallas, san antonio and austin. those mark

andrea brown from a market let me borrow these. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, our girl sarachris warren. looking at today, happy friday, to you. it's going to be a snowy friday. in early may, throughout parts of kansas city, up into minnesota. parts of minnesota still and into north wisconsin. and in that snowfall, you can see the blue area right there. that's where all the cold air is. and these are the daytime highs. 37 that's it. it's going to be another hot day in southern california for the firefighting efforts that are going on there. and we're looking at a pretty zeengts day. and for tomorrow a little bit of snow left over but it's going to be wet from the midwest throughout parts of the soeth east. this area of low pressure that's causing this rain is going to hang around and continue to bring cloudy skies and rainy weather. and you're going to see that right in this general area here. the kentucky derby is going to be a little itchy. by monday you're still seeing that chance for some rain. right in there, ever so slowly, we'll start to see some improvement by tuesda

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andrea robello. she was accidently shot by a police officer during a home invasion last week. as terrell browns, the community is remembering this young woman. >> reporter: students wore white ribbons at hofstra university graduation ceremony in memory of 21-year-old andrea robello. >> our hearts and our thoughts and our prayers go out to her family, her friends, and her classmates. >> reporter: just before 2:30 friday morning police were called to the home she shared with her twin sister and other students because of an alleged armed robbery. >> there's a gun pointed at them and there are hostages. they have guns pointed at their he heads. >> reporter: victoria lives four doors down. >> i heard screams and there were police officers outside. it was the most horrifying scream i ever heard in my entire life. >> reporter: really. >> it was awful, awful. >> reporter: police say the gunman identified as dalton smith demanded money and jewelry from the students. when police arrived, he put robello in a headlock then aimed his 9 millimeter pistol at one of the officers. >> at that point the police o

andrea robello was shot and killed early friday morning by a nasa county police officer responding to a report of a home invasion. her home. tara brownhe latest. >> reporter: students wore white ribbons at hofstra university's graduation ceremony in memory of 21-year- old andrea. here's the university's president. >> our hearts and thoughts and prayers go out to her family, her friends, and her classmates. >> reporter: just before 2:30 friday morning police were called to the home she shared with her twin sister and another student because of an alleged armed robbery. >> there are hostages. there are guns pointed at their heads. >> reporter: police say the gunman, identified as 30-year- old dalton smith, demanded money and jewelry from the students. when police arrived, smith put robello in a headlock, then aimed his 9-millimeter gun at the police officer. >> at that point the police officer fires several rounds. the officer eventually fired eight rounds in total. seven of those rounds struck our subject. one of those rounds struck the victim. >> reporter: smith was killed. robello later died at the hospital. today mourners left flow

brown is there. students wore white ribbons at the university's graduation ceremony. in memory of junior andrea robella. university president stuart rabinowitz: >> our hearts and our thoughts and our prayer goes out to her family, her friends and her classmates. >> reporter: just before 2:30 friday morning police were called to the home she shared with her twin sister and other students because of an alleged armed robbery. >> reporter: victoria lives four doors down. >> i heard the screams and i looked outside and there were police officers everywhere and it was the girl screaming, the most horrifying scream i ever heard in my life, awful, awful. >> reporter: police say the gunman identified as dalton smith demanded money and jewelry from the students. when police arrived smith put robello in a head lock. then aimed his 9 millimeter pistol at one of the officers. nassau county police detective john azzata. >> at that point the police officer fires several rounds. the officer eventually fired eight rounds in total. seven of those rounds struck our subject, one of those rounds struck the victim.