. >> reporter: according to charging documents adam emory got the help of two other men two set up their victim. arranging to buy more pot. then they drove him from belaire to white ford at gun point before forcing him to strip, beating him and abandoning him. deputies spotted the suspects vehicle outside this wawa store. they would find a loaded gun inside and the shot gun that even with their arrests the case was far from over. the victim said that his younger brother also had been held at gun point and was still missing. >> he indicated that his brother had been with him and he was under the age of 18, i 17-year-old and while deputies were finding the individuals they arrested we got a second call. >> reporter: that call led them to another rural road where the alleged drug dealer's teen brother had suffered a similar fatea. >> reporter: deputies have learned two more men may have followed the suspects in a second car to back them up in. one of them a 20-year-old has been arrested and released on bail for his role in the incident. abc 2news. >> thank you. a paving scheme has landed a

for example, emory university asks, what is your favorite ride at the amusement park? the university of chicago, what does play-doh have to do with play-doh. and at maryland, my favorite thing about last tuesday was? >> their favorite thing about last tuesday was getting free chic filet. >> you get a very one dimensional picture looking at high school transcripts and reviewing standardized test scores. this way we get to talk to students. >> reporter: critics are wondering what the hallowed hall will be asking next. what's your favorite ice creams? potatoes or stove top stuffing? do you have an innie or an outie? >> frankly, it becomes across as cavalier and a little disrespectful to the applicant. >> reporter: the van horn twins find themselves counting characters in illinois. >> they're making the questions less specific so that the answers can be less specific and fit into what i sort of call the twitter mentality. >> at flowers high school in maryland, counselors say students shouldn't panic over curveball questions. >> they're looking for the next bill gates. they

i was coming up to talk to emory -- ann marie from planning. let's take a few minutes as people are leaving. we are joined by president chiu. president chiu: thank you, colleagues. we're considering a piece of legislation that would help to improve and expand upon a very successful public art program that has been in place for over 25 years in the downtown area. at this point, the city currently requires all development over 25,000 square feet in the downtown district to pay a fee that is equal to 1% of costs to purchase on site are. in the middle of last year in june of 2010, we introduce this legislation that would provide the flexibility and expend the options for ways for this public art fee to be used. the planning commission voted unanimously to support this legislation with modifications that we will discuss today. under the legislative proposal if the project sponsor's wish to, they would have the option to contribute some or all of the portion of their feet to a newly created public artwork trust fund. developers would have greater fle

state's second national cancer institute designated cancer center alongside the winship cancer center at emory. as of today, georgians' annual death rate from cancer exceeds the national average. but i believe we have all of the ingredients necessary for a determination for it to be a destination for cancer research and a resource for every family battling this disease. this designation would mean greater access to research dollars and enhance our ability to recruit top cancer specialists. even more, it will place georgians battling this horrific disease first in line for newest and most promising therapies and clinical trials. to support this goal of a second georgia-based cancer center, my budget proposal includes an investment of $5 million. this is something we can do. and with your help, we will [ applause ] in order to address the need for additional health professionals in georgia, we've been investing in the expansion of undergrd watt medical education for several years. we must now take the next step in this process by increasing the number of graduate residency slots. my budget funds

look at the endowment of emory compared to some of the black universities and colleges in atlanta. entrepreneurship is a big part of it. i did not understand and nobody told me what is involved with buying your own home until i was in my second law school, where is the my counterparts, the white students i was in class with, they had had that information coming up. it was just second nature. i asked the guy across the hall from me what his folks did. but told him my mom was a nurse and my dad was a teacher, a soldier before. he said his father was the deputy prime minister of jordan. i was like, "ok." minute court partner -- my moot court partner, he said his father owned three swiss banks. i think even before entrepreneurship, it is financial literacy. we need to educate ourselves about what these resources are. it is financial literacy and really wealth literacy, understanding that there are different kinds of wealth beyond just monetary wealth, but you need to understand monetary wealth, spiritual well, the social capital we have and understand how to cultivate those things and

look at the endowment of emory compared to some of the black universities and colleges in atlanta. entrepreneurship is a big part of it. i did not understand and nobody told me what is involved with buying your own home until i was in my second law school, where is the my counterparts, the white students i was in class with, they had had that information coming up. it was just second nature. i asked the guy across the hall from me what his folks did. but told him my mom was a nurse and my dad was a teacher, a soldier before. he said his father was the deputy prime minister of jordan.

i was coming up to talk to emory -- ann marie from planning. let's take a few minutes as people are leaving. we are joined by president chiu. president chiu: thank you, colleagues.

the two bonded during his months at emory hospital, even meeting each other's families.he transplant team she was so used to working with would now operate on her. >> she said that, you know, clay, i want you to know that what we're doing here, i will have no regrets and whatever happens, you know, i really want to do this for you. >> reporter: the transplant was successful. and both are now recovering. >> i just can't believe how selfless of a person she is. >> it is not about me. it is about clay. i'm really humbled by the whole experience. >> reporter: clay's case is even more remarkable when you consider that more than 96,000 americans are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. more than 6,000 die each year, waiting for a kidney. something clay no longer has to worry about. thanks to allison, he now has a future and is planning his wedding. >> she is definitely going to be invited. i told her she will get to pick out the song and dance -- and we'll have a special dance. >> reporter: once strangers, now sharing a special connection for life. >>> that's "nbc nigh

half will get a placebo and experts at emory university university of southern california and new york presbyterian and cornell medical center of all study the effects but we also want to talk about some of the other of facts namely what the results will be on a larger level if this drug actually works it's a question i posed to blogger and truth dr jeff k. here's what he has to say. well they wish they could have a memory or reason but there really will be ministers. this drug which is called be thankless erema would be. the tuberculosis drug and is one of the get the latest in a series of different drugs that the military but also medical researchers have been looking for to try and bring in the fact of treatment proposed dramatic stress disorder which is an awful awful disorder to have and it's no surprise that the american military in the quest to you know i mean all over the world are seeing hundreds of thousands of cases interactive game in san elsewhere and if they really you know the military would like to have soldiers who couldn't. react to the horrors of war but unfortunatel

and half will get a placebo and experts at some different universities emory university of southern california and also new york presbyterian cornell medical center will study the effects but we'd like to talk about on the other effects of this prospect even as well namely what will the results be if this drug actually works is a question i posed to blogger and truthout contributor dr jeff k. here's what he had to say. well they wish they could have a memory reason but there really will be minutes that. this drug which is called the staple center renal b.c.'s. is a commercial was destroyed and is the one you get the latest in a series of different drugs that the military but also medical researchers have been looking for to try. breed ineffective treatment proposed marriage stress disorder which is awful awful disorder to have you know it's no surprise that the military in its quest to intervene all over the world is seeing hundreds of thousands of cases in a room in this field most where even if they really you know the military would like to have soldiers who couldn't. react to the horrors o

and how to get a placebo and experts at different universities emory the university of southern california and new york presbyterian weill cornell medical center will study the effects but we want to talk about some of the other facts namely what will the results be if this drug actually works and with me now for more blogger and truthout contributor dr jeff. hey there dr kay what do you see as some of the other implications that aren't really being talked about in terms of what is essentially a memory or racing pill in this effort to take the trauma out of war. well they wish they could have a memory or reason but there really will be ministers. this drug which is called be thankless arena would be as it is tuberculosis drug and is one of the get the latest in a series of different drugs that the military but also medical researchers have been looking for to try and find an effective treatment proposed dramatic stress disorder which is an awful awful disorder to have and it's no surprise that the american military in its quest to you know i mean all over the world are seeing hundreds of t

. >> nail files, usually you get the emory boards. >> people love metal nail files. >> i don't go near a nail file. if you have a cuticle problem, infection, wipe it down with rubbing alcohol. >> or toss it. >> they are kind of cheap. >> is it better to use the cardboard ones? >> i like the metal ones because you can disinfect them if you have a ragged cuticle or something gross with your fingers. >> this is so much fun. >> i know, i know! >> toothbrushes. you don't know how long to hang on to yours. >> three to four months. i'm guilty until i get a freebie from the dentist. >> even the electric ones though? >> even the electric ones. >> change the heading. >> when the bristles get yucky or broken down or after three to four months. you really want to replace them. >> or if you share it a lot. since we are being disgusting. >> store them upright so they dry properly. try to separate them from the rest of the household. >> please, people. >> you think because you're in the shower with sudsy water they would remain clean. >> think about what a loofa is doing. it collects dead skin cells

do you know that we know because of the work of a scholar here at emory, david? we can now count this jeeves. and we now know that between 1501 and 186,612.5 million africans were shipped from africa to the new world. 12.5 million. 15% died in the middle passage. some 11 million get off the boat to the new world. of that 11 million how many do you think came to the united states? 380,000 came directly. you were looking at my book. [laughter] you put the book. like footnotes. [laughter] 388,000 came directly from africa to what is now the united states and another 50,000 we estimate touched them briefly in the caribbean, you're absolutely right. you get the gold star. [laughter] but think about what that means to read all those other africans went to the caribbean and to south america. i don't know about you but when i was growing up without the slave trade was primarily about us. but the 40 million african american people sent to the 450,000 africans who came here between 1619 and mostly by 182099% of our ancestors were here. it's quite remarkable. but all of tho

on the nas connect our good friends from emory search.ow industrials down 111 points on worries about europe, the european leaders meeting as we speak. >> nice to see familiar faces. thank you. >> time for a final check on the weather. meteorologist christina loren with more good sunshine. >> you know what, let's show you how gorgeous your morning is. loo looks like a picture. looking down from san bruno mountains. clouds making for very comfortable temperatures. in the 40s and 50s and we'll seal a nice day today. temperatures at noon at 60 degrees. 62 inland. you'll make your pay home after completing a successful monday. yes, looking good all week long. that forecast for you throughout the "today" show. >> as promised we'll show folks a wider look at southbound 101 all the way past alum rock and 880 and the interchange. the other side looking at northbound 85, a little slower than we see coming up. justin, thanks for supporting the schools. 101 with a live shot down the peninsula, 101 through palo alto. northbound fine with headlights.

." >> dretzin: mark bauerlein, a professor at emory university, wrote a book called the dumbest generation. it's filled with data suggesting that kids aren't as academically capable as they used to be before all these digital distractions. >> what i would like more than anything else is for young people to prove every single harsh judgment in that book flat wrong, right? we want them to grow up and to blow us away with their... their literacies, their reading and writing skills, their knowledge about... about history and art, and their civic activity. but we just don't see it. >> dretzin: bauerlein quotes a 2007 n.e.a. study that shows that, while younger students' reading skills are improving, as kids get older and, ostensibly, more wired, their reading deteriorates. and he claims that writing skills are suffering, too. >> when the chronicle of higher education surveyed college professors about basic skills today as compared to ten years ago, only 6% of them said that college students come into their classes very well prepared in writing. by a two-to-one margin, they said basic skills are

by 2010 the minorities constitute 25% of the electorate while in 2008 professor alan bramlette of emory university predicted that in 2010 no more than 76% of the voters would be white while at least 11% of the african-american, at least 13% hispanic or members of other racial minority groups. he went a step further and predicted that because republican candidates would have to win almost 60% of the white vote to win 50 present of the overall national popular vote in 2010, and because republicans haven't done this since the republican year of 1994 and a matter of fact the only 158% of the white vote that year it would be almost impossible for republicans to take over the house in 2010. all of these predictions were wrong. the minorities didn't constitute 25% of the electorate. whites were more like 76% of the electorate and republicans won more than 60% of the white vote in 2010. in house races whites constituted 77% of the vote and these are non-hispanic whites. a larger share in the 2004 were the 2008 elections and democrats received only 37% of white votes. latinos made up 8% which is