senator edwin william brooks from massachusetts served with the 366th comment infantry in world war ii. he was 95 years old. the sxsw festival starts thursday in austin, texas, and d.c. mayor muriel bowser is planning to attend conferences and film videos during the event. chris papst learned while crunching the numbers, despite a $ 250 million deficit, the city is spending $350,000 on that, that is cut down from $475,000 that was originally budgeted. the mayor plans to recruit people for jobs in the city. and registration for this year's marine corps marathon lottery opens friday at noon. thousands are expected to register for the 40th year of the race. that will be october 25 in arlington and washington, d.c. the american basset or to south korea is hoping to be released from the hospital tomorrow. -- the american ambassador to south korea. his stitches were removed today half of them. he has been hospitalized since a slashing attack thursday. >> we need an ambulance, fast. scott: the police say the suspect was testing joint military drills between the u.s. and south korea. investiga