christopher benson reviewed the -- christopher hitchens reviewed that best of the best. assume it was before he got sick. christopher benson reviewed the "best of the best -- becoming an elite at an american boarding school." is the decision on what book to put in here yours? >> is. -- it is. >> do you ticket review the will -- pick a reviewer that will have a conservative point of view? >> no, not at all. i would say that we have a conservative temperament at the magazine. we do not consider ourselves as standard errors of conservatism -- standard errors of conservatism. s oftandard bearer' conservatism. -- i do not think we are particularly dogmatic. we are unpredictable in some ways. i gave the "history of the 1940's" a favorable review. -- history of the united states in the 1940's" a very favorable review. the decision about which books to review and who to review them is entirely mine. our editor will occasionally suggests something which i am more than happy to accept. but my working hypothesis is that the readers of the magazine have had their fill of certain thi

benson reed currently specializes inurgical oncology and head and neck surry in new york.ok me on. iÑi lived in his house. so i had multipletpybenefits, n just the benefitç of working i the labs and, you know, him mentoring me as a student in the lab. wdir got that personal benefit of him being a father figure. >> dr. michael sands also excelled in the program under the guidance ofç dr. guiden an now helps manage the lab as a senior postdoctoral fellow. >> i think dr. guiden, what he has done probably without knowing it is that he ha&o established a model of excellence. >> the rcmi program is offered in several other notable colleges and universities, including moorehouse, howard, and jackson state universtp. for more information on the rcmi program and the national center for research resources, visit4÷ www.ncrr.nih.gov. >> we'll be back r [ female announcer new real fruit smoothies from mccafé are real fruit, as in strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and bananas, which makes them really delicious. ♪ that's what we're made of. ♪ as in strawberries, new blackberries

[applause] >> commissioners and members of the public, brad benson, special projects. there are just a handful of people who have had such an input -- impact on us. it is really amazing. i have had the luxury to be able to work with you closely on many of the project -- i've not had the luxury of being able to work closely with you on many of the products you've undertaken, but i have been watching closely. for the public, the development projects -- they are obviously works of art. it is also enormously complicated, all the entitlements, and they are released herculean efforts that stretched over years, and the way you are able to grab all of that information can be on top of all of it and marshallese projects to final completion is just stunning. so great works of art already accomplished. we look forward to seeing the next work of art, and we really hope we can continue to pick your brain over time, so thank you so much. [applause] >> grace park, a deputy city attorney. i had the pleasure and honor of working with jennifer for about five years now on exploratory and

we built this skin that's on the building in benson's yard in portland. and, you know, we were dish think it was a very different building, it was a very exceptional building, it would have been very unique and finally after a year and a half dean came back and said, look, you know, because of the way the downtown plan is written, we need something that is much more compliant with the downtown plan. ok? so we stopped, we redesigned the building, we came to the department with a building where there were seven different masses. we had a whole series, rather than three masses we had seven. and that had -- so, with each one the skin ran the opposite direction. it was a much more rich, articulate form from my perspective. but again, after months of working with john, john comes to my office one day, kind of his head in his hands, he says, we can't do this. we can't support this. it has to be more compliant with the code. we have, within reason, designed this building as compliant with the code as we can possibly do and do a 350-foot-high building. we conforme

and very normal benson sunday over there for the game afterward been involved for a while yet. meanwhile united drive all's my interest to say they kept adding to their already impressive scored for new signings were unveiled with the pressure on manager roberto mancini to improve on last season's fifth place finish yout to rejoice his brother kolo at the club off to claim a hoops and a move to see their rivals united also joining from la liga is david silva who was part of spain's world cup winning school in south africa alexander car lot of looks set to visit is first choice left back after joining from a lot so and the final member of the quartet is jerome board saying we're joined from hamburg to add the most decorated player of all has won everything there is to win a barcelona and now hopes to help city to big things this season. we took my experience from from in from boston and from when i go into it and i think of the commute for for mc could you describe. and. describe your science for the one thing we're. going to going to tell you sure these here in my city reveal.

in part because they seem to recruit anyone, like benson rollins who lives in a homeless shelter in clevelandwhere last year, he met two recruiters from the university of phoenix who pitched him and two other homeless men on an educate that would have put them in debt about $15,000. but he refused. >> it seemed like it was too much all about money instead of helping someone get an education. >> never was acceptability. those schools who did it were wrong. >> harold miller said even though these schools provide at important role by provided higher education to students who wouldn't normally get a degree, he admits the recruiting process at many for-profit schools should be changed. >> we should not have a situation where that many bad occurrences are being visible. >> you got caught. >> no, there are always problems. there are problems in traditiontradition al schools as will. >> 15 for 15. you get the government money. why don't you give some back to the people who have been stuck after your improbable solicitations. >> it's something we're going look at. >> look at what? you don't have anyth

. >> reporter: bill benson was out for a walk and came across the crime scene. his new neighbor ricardo sales was found dead inside the home he shared with his son. there were signs of trauma. was he beaten or shot or stabbed? >> we know there was some level of physical altercation before the actual murder. >> reporter: investigators say someone went to the police department and filed missing persons for both sales. neither showed up for work that day. >> we would definitely like to locate him. it was of concern he was obviously reported missing with his father. would definitely like to locate him. >> reporter: police say frederick sales is not a person of interest in his father's homicide and instead say they are focusing on others. but until the person responsible is caught, robert fox says those in his neighborhood will remain uneasy. >> the people living here are pretty easy going, stand up people. so this a concerning. >> reporter: here is another look at frederick sales. if you see him, you're asked to call police. i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news.

christopher benson reviewed the best of the best.s the decision on what book to put in here yours? >> is. >> do you ticket review the will have a conservative point of view? >> no, not at all. i would say that we have a conservative temperament at the magazine. we do not consider ourselves a -- i do not think we are particularly dogmatic. we are unpredictable in some ways. i gave the "history of the 1940's" a favorable review. the decision about which books to review and two to review them is entirely mine -- and who to review them is entirely mine. but my working hypothesis is that the readers of the magazine have had their fill of certain things by the time they get to my section. i like to change the subject a little bit. books on foreign policy, terrorism, iraq, things like that, they have a slightly higher threshold to cross to get into my section. i think of it as having an educational and entertaining function. from all the evidence, readers seem to like that. the kind of like the unexpected mixture of subjects. i get a lot of

congratulations to the owner, tom benson, who has led this team. >> all right. the saints, by the way, are there not only to celebrate the fact that they won the super bowl, but taking part in first lady michelle obama's program on childhood obesity. it's called let's move 60. they are helping the president and first lady and encouraging kids to be healthy and athletic. >> seems like a pretty good example there. all right. >>> this morning, crude oil prices are climbing again. oil is selling for nearly $82 a barrel in european trade. that is after prices fell from the u.s. jobs report. some analysts say prices seem influenced by technical. >>> air traffic fell by 1.8% last year. the decline was biggest in europe, where traffic was down more than 5%. but the number of travelers was up more than 7.5% in the middle east. airports on the asian pacific rim, and the caribbean also saw it increase. >>> photos first believed to be shot by ansel adams. but a bay area woman says she has the real story that puts everything into focus. >>> and electric car owners in the bay

seeing some fog benson to the livermore, standards a and along the peninsula to the stand for no gap. they're divided reason san francisco about 60 degrees in hayward temperatures are a little warmer than this time yesterday. as we head into the afternoon can see the same story sharing of a few degrees coming in around five degrees temperatures in the warmer spot only getting into low eighties for places like antioch mid-80s to antioch san jose down in sand. even harassing 70 degrees 66. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. cold temperatures car or a slight warming is we haven't tomorrow and a cool weekend is expected ahead. check and your career with america. >> thank you, not a whole lot going on our roads for decry that there is a journey of a court rejects the very future is headed restaurant towards the city reduce overnight construction in effect on westbound 80 tree inclined and treasure island closing down of your right hand lanes until 5:00 a.m. traffic is really like, it won't affect your drive time. eight minutes in the maze into fremont. san mateo, 1190 livermore c

next we have benson vernuccio. we talked about how the exploding cost of our public workforce is putting more pressure than ever before and taxpayers. he is going to talk about the exploding cost of state pension funds. >> thank you maddie and thank you for having me. this is the fun topic. this is probably the most significant problem facing the state today. you have states like new york, new jersey, california, illinois that are in crisis mode over their state personnel public pension costs. estimates of pension fund underfunding on the state level can reach up to $3 trillion today. in california alone, the public pension funds are

>> meredith benson. >> this is the weather royalty thing here. tell me the deal. weather forecaster down in texas for the cbs of a t >>> up high, my friend. i hope you're having a great day wherever you are. >>> a new report from the american cancer society finds cancer costs more in lost lives and productivity than aids and other deadly diseases. one group trying to do something about that is stand up to cancer. and among those raising funds and awareness include ethan zohn, the winner of "survivor: africa." he recently battled hodgkin's lymphoma. also with us this morning marge lees who says stand up to cancer saved her life. and this is the first time we've seen you with hair in a while p. >> feels good to be back in action. >> for people who may not know your story, tell us how you got to this point. >> this past year, i've been battling a rare form of hodgkin's lymphoma and when i was here, i was going through radiation and on my way to get a stem cell transplant. >> and that was ultimately incredibly rewarding obviously because you're sitting here today. but

next we have benson vernuccio. we talked about how the exploding cost of our public workforce is putting more pressure than ever before and taxpayers. he is going to talk about the exploding cost of state pension funds. >> thank you maddie and thank you for having me. this is the fun topic. this is probably the most significant problem facing the state today. you have states like new york, new jersey, california, illinois that are in crisis mode over their state personnel public pension costs. estimates of pension fund underfunding on the state level can reach up to $3 trillion today. in california alone, the public pension funds are underfunded by 535 billion dollars. that is billion with a b. to put things in perspective that is greater than the gross domestic product of poland or saudi arabia. that is $35,000 for every household in the state. teachers funds are estimated at, teachers pension funds are estimated at being underfunded i almost a trillion dollars. $933 billion. the city of cleveland, cleveland alone