the story tonight from purdue university in indiana and nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: at purdue university, this is what orientation week looks like for 7,000 freshmen. >> this is elliot hall of music. >> reporter: tuition, as much as $37,000 a year. with so much at stake, purdue is committed to helping students manage their rigorous courses and their time. the result -- 86% of freshmen make it to their second year. but purdue wants more. >> we wouldn't be true to our mission if we were not concerned with making sure that we serve the students well, making sure they finished. >> reporter: retaining students, especially beyond the first year, is a national concern. a recent study shows that 34% of all college freshmen did not return to the same institution for their sophomore year. it's the highest percentage of students who opted out for failed to make the grade in 20 years. this fall purdue has something new to help incoming freshmen and sophomores at a cost to the university of $47 per student. it's called signals, a first of its kind computerized course management system that not only c

and john purdue from valley view farms here to answer the plant and gardening questions, which you can e-mail to >> diapers are back in the hudson river looking for the last person killed -- divers are back in the hudson river looking for the last person killed in the crash over the weekend. when people were killed saturday when a helicopter and small plane -- nine people were killed saturday when a helicopter and small plane collided. >> it was so quick. he was being overtaken by the other aircraft. >> i do not know who made the mistake. that is for the ntsb to decide. what i do know is that nine people are dead. >> investigators say that because the wreckage is so spread out, it could be awhile before we learn what went wrong. >>> i he to the moment for secretary of state hillary clinton in the congo yesterday. a student asked what her husband, former president bill clinton, thought about an international financial matters, and the nation's top diplomat had this response. >> my husband is not a secretary of state. i am. so you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i will not be

and john purdue from valley view farms is here to answer the plant and gardening questions. e-mail them to at plantquestions@wbaltv.com. >> federal officials have changed a key point of their investigation into a deadly medical collision over the hudson river. previously, the ntsb said that an air traffic controllers failed to warn the plane of aircraft in its path. now they say that while the controller failed to pass the one, the helicopter was not one of the aircraft on the radar. officials continue to investigate. nine people were killed in that accident. >>> aig could be paying its new ceo more than $10 million a year. in a filing with the sec, american international group said that its new chief executive will receive an annual salary of 7 million -- and a salary of more than $10 million. he is said to be eligible for a performance bonus that could be worth $3.5 million. >>> i'll answer is to to explain why baltimore is ready to hold -- al unser jr. is two to s y -- to exploit my baltimore is ready to hold a grand prix street race. >> we will talk about what to expect

especially on purdue's campus, how many people will compliments before we can compliment them.ding on. >> how do avoid crossing that line of a forced compliment? because, you know, we all know, a compliment doesn't mean anything unless you feel it is genuine? >> we are always sincere about our compliments that is our main thing we wouldn't be out there every wednesday for two, two and a half hours in the rain or the snow or whatever, you know, whatever it may be unless we were sincere about it we want to cheer people up and put smiles on people's faces. >> anybody ever hit you? i know you walked the new york city's streets, anyone look at you wrong, cross-identify? >> no anybody who walks by who doesn't say anything that is the reason we are out there. we want to give them a compliment. we want them to smile. and kodak has given us an amazing opportunity to travel to these ten cities we never thought imaginable. we used to joke about coming to times square and giving compliments. >> can't it be a little creepy, an encounter with a woman, a couple of gays complimenting about a w

. >> this is a technique that was recently discovered at graham cook at purdue university. >> reportere purposes of testing money off the street, i'm going to go into my own wallet, pull off a couple of the required 10s and 20s, and give them to you, doctor, and tell me what do you find on this money. >> we can do that. >> reporter: while they get to work, we take to the streets, trying to understand how the amount of cocaine on d.c.'s money has grown by 20% over the past two years. >> the high rollers are using, okay. >> reporter: former mayor marion barry has a theory. >> what i can get of the study, washington is no different from other large cities. but it means a shift in drug use. >> reporter: tough times might be driving a rise in cocaine use. but it might also be getting on money as contaminated bills mix with others inside atms. back in the lab, my bills are literally under the gun. >> we apply high voltage. this high voltage drives the liquid to the paper. they give off ions. and these ions are characteristics of the chemicals that are on the paper. >> reporter: and the resul

following a night of drinking two purdue students tried to pull a prank on a friend, pulling guns onalkedn. one of the guns went off and killed him. >> it's not an accidental shooting, not on -- it started out as a joke and unfortunately a weapon was loaded. >> police say the pair admits to drinking before the accident. one faces of charges of reckless homicide and the other of pointing a loaded firearm. the other faces a charge of pointing an unloaded weapon. >>> united states colleges may not have to cancel class fz there is an outbreak of the swine flu. instead health officials urge students and staff to isolate themselves at home or if their dorm room if they develop flu like symptoms in order to avoid spreading the flu. >>> also in health watch research shows that all fish caught in the united states contain mercury. the study found mercury in all fish that were pulled from nearly 300 streams across the country. more than a quarter of them contained mercury levels that were not safe to eat. a seafood industry expert said the news applies to fish caught during recreation and not

. >> this was a technique that was recently discovered by purdue university. >> reporter: so for the purposes of testing money off the street, i'm going to go into my own wallet, pull out a couple of the retired tens and 20s and give them to you, doctor. >> okay. >> reporter: and tell me what do you find on this money? >> we can do that. >> reporter: while he and his assistant get to work, we take to the streets trying to understand how the amount of cocaine on dc's money has grown by 20% over the past two years. >> the high rollers are using it. okay. >> reporter: former mayor has a theory. >> from what i can gather from the study, washington is no different than any of the other cities, but it's a shift in drug use. >> reporter: tough times might be driving a rise in cocaine use. but it l might also be getting on -- it might also be getting on money with contaminated bills mixed with others inside the atm. back in the lab my bills are literally under the gun. >> this high voltage drievz the liquid through the -- drives the liquid through the tip of the paper. it gives off ions. and

. >>> purdue is shutting down two local pole -- poultries. they will use the saved money to expand hatcheries in south carolina. 36 jobs will be cut when the plan goes into effect in 2010. >>> here's a review of what to expect on wall street this week. >> reporter: wall street will be watching for the unemployment report aming out later this week. more americans are expected to lose their jobs. whirlpool is getting ready to hand out pink slips and announced it's closing down a plant in he have advance -- evanville, indiana and some of the jobs will be shipped to him co. the dow closed down 36 points and the nasdaq up by one point. u.s. automakers are planning to make somewhere smaller cars. gm, ford and chrysler announced a 56% boost of small car production by 2015. government incentives are hoping to drive the demand for fuel-efficient cars. you can track the money market at anytime on abcnews.com. >>> a man at the center of one of the most controversial order in history. it sparked a national right to die debate. shined letter died from hea

he graduated from purdue university with a degree in criminal law. he was awarded the bronze star.d and vicky, sister jennifer, and widow bethany, who's also serving in the army. kevin landeck, an american hero. thank you to all of our guests, for you at home being with us. i'll see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp eastern. until then, good night, until then, good night, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello. i'm a.j. hammer in new york. this is a "showbiz tonight" news break. here's some of what we're covering for you on "showbiz tonight" which fires up at the top of the hour. it was a huge day in the michael jackson case. a showdown in court. a judge making a decision about the custody of michael's kids and his money. plus a brand-new bombshell from michael's dermatologist. "showbiz tonight" right there at the courthouse. we have all the twists and turns. >>> and this is just wild. ryan o'neal's funeral shocker. ryan says he hit on his own daughter at farrah fawcett's funeral. and his daughter, tatum, says she wasn't all that surprised about it. you have to hea

he graduated from purdue university with a degree in criminal law. he was awarded the bronze star.he leaves behind his parents, richard and vicky, sister jennifer, and widow bethany, who's also serving in the army. kevin landeck, an american hero. thank you for all of our guests, for you at home being sharp eas. until then, good night, everybody. >>> coming up next on "issues," the very latest twist and turns in the manslaughter investigation into michael jackson's death. tmz now reporting that dr. conrad murray, the doctor who was with michael jackson when he died, has yet another storage facility. this one in las vegas. the question, was it raided? and, if not, why? is there a smoking gun? and has that smoking gun disappeared? meantime, huge custody development. katherine jackson, score one for her. she now has permanent custody of michael jackson's three kids. and what's amazing about this, is that two of the kids, the two oldest, prince, age 12, and paris, age 11, actually signed off on the deal, indicating they're happy with that arrangement. but will katherine take care of th

he transferred to purdue.to think with the new offensive coordinator they will be more i did ferse on offense have a couple of good running backs. new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator for ranon shannon. a brutal start to the schedule. 4 teams at the front end. a lot of pressure on shannon to win. >> let's keep it in the state. south florida has a chance to make waves with games against florida state and miami. how important are those games to the bulls in terms of recruiting? >> 13 years ago, jim leavitt started the south florida baseball program in a traylor. they did not even have mailboxes. 2 years ago they rise to number 2 in the nation. since then it's been a mess. a losing roar in the big east. the perseption is south florida has the losing left overs and this is their grand opportunity. they were not picked to win the big east. in today's coaches poll, there were not one big east team in the conference. anybody can win the big east conference including south florida. they probably have th

two purdue university students are behind bars. after a night of drinking at their home, two men decided to play a prank at a friend. they both pointed a gun at the friend. one gun went off. and the friend was seriously wounded. >> i don't think it was a serious shooting. it was accidental. started out as a joke. and at least one of the guns was actually loaded. >>> investigators are trying to find the origins of a bunch of skeletal remains found on sunday. the remains were found at a mobile home park. authorities say the bones may be those of multiple infants. they ever working to find out the origins of the remains. also helping to find out if any crime was committed. >>> the passing of an icon. this weekend, the nfl's first black official passed away. burt toller worked for the nfl for 25 years. he became an official after his own playing days were over. he was also a teacher and school administrator. friends, colleagues and fans mourned the loss of toller who was 81 years old. >>> check in for eyewitness news at 6:00. vic is he

the university of purdue professor put out a study saying that this $3 billion that could go to casho ache take $300 million a month out of the the pockets of retailer because people will have new car payments every month and that is money they won't be able to spend in the retail channel. so it just goes to show you hot economy is really interconnected. take money from one place, you know, you can put it somewhere else but you got to take it from somewhere. >> your stock of of the day, wendy's arby's group. we could start seeing them together. >> that is exactly right. they announced over the fall that last year, windy's and arby's merged. with will see it under one roof. the margins are in mind. the stock was up 7% yesterday. so let's all celebrate by going out and vague beef and cheddar or a double with cheese. >> wait until they're five for five bucks and you can treat everybody. love the tie, chris. have a great weekend. we'll see you on moay morning. >>> a local firefighter arrested. stacy cohan is following that story. >>> a montgomery county fifighter is accused of soliciting

noted ag economist from purdue university says if you have not signed up for the program, you might get it -- give it a second look. he says if corn dropped to $3 a bushel, a grower could see a payment under acre about 50 cents a bushel. under the direct counter cyclical program, it would onlyprotect farm fierce it dropped under $2.35 a. >>> scouts on the wheat quality council spring wheat tour found above average yields yields in week. it covered much of north dakota and neighboring states. the group says the spring bheeld wheat yield average this year is about 46.2 bushels an acre up 8 1/2 bushels from last year. the big concern is getting a late maturing crop to finish line. national biodiesel board is trying to make it easeiier for the nation's over the road truckers to fill up with renewable fuel often made with soybeans. this week, they got a 50 cent a gallon discount at the truck stop near romeo, illinois. that location is the latest location to join a network of truck stops on the biotrucker program. >> it's a web site that the national biodiesel board has created to outreach an

. >> but at the time of his death in 2007, no one knew that the 76-year-old former marine and purdue university grad was a multimillionaire. he was homeless by choice until he left behind more than $4 million to about a dozen nonprofit organizations. it shocked everybody, including a s close friend, a worker at a scottsdale senior center. >> he was just always there, with his little cap on and his backpack. he would have coffee there and be oned compute -- be on the computers. he was a very gentle, humble kind person. >> that woman was one of only five people at his funeral since he didn't have any family. walter's inspirational story resurfaced after recently being mentioned on national public radio. >>> meeting face to face for the first time since life saving surgery. an amazing meeting right here in d.c. seven transplant recipients meet their donors. it's coming up next. we're back in a moment. it hard to breathe. but now that i'm breathing better with advair... i can enjoy the zoo with my grandkids. (announcer) for people with copd including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or bot

project in which they identified something in the community they wanted to change and then would work purdues doing the research, investigating it, things from simply why isn't there more updated equipment in our school, which led to an investigation of the campaign for fiscal he can bit and a conversation about school financing, which is think is an incredibly sophisticated topic. and how do we create stronger relationships win the schools. and to the manhattan institute school this was radicalizing, promoting -- the title of the chapter, the radial alleged -- you have to buy it. and of course, this fellow at the manhattan institute criticized the fact that there was a lot of conversation about nuclear disarmament in physics class. he didn't mention that unlike in any public school i heard every, every student at the school for democracy and leadership, mainly low income, african-american immigrant unit, is required to tackifiesics, and didn't mention in the same building that graduated fewer than 45 percent of its students is now graduating over 95% of their students. and to me that link --

you have purdue university, noted dame, indiana university, and ivy tech, çand they are all receivingat will be building batteries. we have allison transmission, magna, located in muncie, all have helped develop components for passenger vehicles. right here, navistar, who has taken over here, will receive a $39 millionç grant to receipt - to build 400 advanced batteries with a range of 100 miles. [applause] just a few months ago, folks thought that these factories might be closed for good. but now they are coming back to life. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. thank the american people. this will help to save or create hundreds of jobs in the area. over all, companies believe these investment in battery technology will save or create thousands of hoosier jobs. these jobs would not be possible if it was not for the leaders in congress who supported the recovery act. leaders like evan bayh and joe donnelly, brad ellsworth. these grants will create tens of thousands of jobs across america. in fact, today, vice-president biden is announcing grant winners in michigan. members of my cabine

tspc, the drug developer, it's going to be cutting 40% of its workforce after signing a deal with purdueential. mark, back to you. >>> fidelity, the nation's number one 401(k) provider. so they know a thing or two about who is saving and who is not. sign of investor confidence is back. they report that for the first time in three quarter, employees increased their savings levels in their 401(k)s. is that a trend or a blip or what? joining us is scott davies, president of workplace investment and life-long buckeye. thanks pour being with us. >> good to be here, mark. >> what do you think, have you people gotten over t there was a lot of speculation, i'm sure you'll recall a year ago that we had burned out or turned off an entire generation of investors? >> well, i hope that's not the case. in fact, all the data that fidelity analyzes, we've seen some very positive indicators, the first is that the average account balance in 401(k)s in the second quarter actually recovered and appreciated 13.5%. second, is that as you mentioned in your intro, for the first time we're seen more employees ra

you've got purdue university, notre dame, indiana university and ivy tech and they're all going to be receiving grant funding to develop degree and training programs. that's number one. we've got a small business in indiana that will develop batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. you have allison transmission in indianapolis, delphi, and magna, all who will help develop electric drive components for commercial and passenger vehicles. and right here in elkhart county, nav i vchnavistar will $39 million grant to build 400 advanced battery electric trucks with a range of 100 miles. right there. just a few months ago, folks thought that these factories might be closed for good, but now they're coming back to life. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. thank the american people. the company estimates that this investment will help create or save hundreds of jobs in the area. and already folks like herrmann are being rehired. so these investments will save or create thousands of hoosier jobs. and i want to point out, these thousands of jobs wouldn't be possible if it weren't for the leaders

schools adopted the factory model that was popular purdue -- to produce the graduates of the work forcef that time. a few went to college, but the overwhelming majority did not teachers and students were thought of as interchangeable with it. teachers were awarded on credentials and experience, not a classroom performance. and the structure was not tailored to the individual needs of students, but education for the masses and new immigrants. it is easy for -- to forget today that for our parents' generation, schools seemed like a moral institutions of brick and mortar. there were no charter schools, to around schools, virtual schools, and magnet schools and early college schools were extremely rare. occasionally, a high-school the close due to an aroma. but it was rare that it would be transformed by being broken rod -- due to on enrollment. but it was rare that it would be transforming broken up. the standards and accountability movement did not yet exist. schools were judged more by inputs and outcomes. now, to be sure, a lot of innovations and options for students did not preclude sc

she met him one summer in the early '90s while both were on summer break from purdue university. >> wewe went flying. a little scary at first. >> reporter: it soon became comfortable. they married in 1995. >> i adored him. >> reporter: he was a young man in a hurry. he launched a career as april investment adviser. the business seemed to grow steadily. it had several names, including heritage wealth management. >> i would describe him as a financial adviser who, you know, did portfolio management for affluence individuals. he managed the business, and i managed the home. >> reporter: and that may be, but go back a few years and take a look at the heritage wealth management website. there is marcus. with what now seems an oddly foreboding sales pitch. >> your investments are your parachute. >> reporter: and then there's michelle. >> i'm michelle schenker, chief financial officer. >> that was done, gosh, a few years ago and at the time, he did a little spot. the dialog was written by marcus. marcus wanted to create an image. >> reporter: a big company. >> to make it seem bigger than mayb

you've got purdue university, notre dame, indiana university, and ivy tech, and they're all going toreceiving grant funding to develop degree and training programs for electric vehicles. that's -- that's number one. we've got enterdel, a small business in indianapolis, that will develop batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. you've got allison transmission in indianapolis, delphi in kokomo, remi in pendleton and magna located in muncie, all who will help develop electric-drive components for commercial and passenger vehicles. and right here in elkhart county, navistar, which was taken over to monaco coach manufacturing facilities will receive a $39 million grant to build 400 advanced battery-electric trucks with a range of 100 miles. right there. you know, just -- just a few months ago folks thought that these factories might be closed for good. but now they're coming back to life. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. thank the american people. the company estimates that this investment will help create or save hundreds of jobs in the area, and already folks like herman are being re

you have purdue university, noted game, -- notre dame and ivy tech and they will all develop technology for cleaner vehicles. [applause] we have a small business in indianapolis that will develop batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. you have a transmission co. in indianapolis and magna will help develop electric drive components for commercial vehicles. right here in this county, they have -- they will receive a $39 million grant to build 400 advanced battery electric trucks with a range of 100 miles. [applause] they are right there. [applause] just a few months ago folks thought these factories may be closed for good. now they are coming back to life. thank the american people. the company estimates that this investment will help create or save hundreds of jobs in the area. there are folks that are being rehired, so overall the companies believe these investments in battery technology will save or create thousands of hoosier jobs. i want to point out these thousands of jobs would not be possible if it were not for the leaders in congress who supported the recovery act, leaders l

you have purdue and other name, all receiving a grant funding for these projects. that is number one. we've got a small business in indianapolis that will develop batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. you have allison transmission in indianapolis, and other companies, all who will help develop electric components for commercial and passenger vehicles. and right here in elkhart county, navastar and other facilities will receive eight $39 million grant to build 400 advanced battery trucks with a range of 100 miles. [applause] right there. just a few months ago, the spot that these factors might be closed for good. now they're coming back to life. you're welcome. thank the american people. the company estimates that this investment will help create or save hundreds of jobs in the area, and already boxlike herman are being required -- folks like herman are being retired. this will save or create thousands of future jobs -- of hoosier jobs. this would not be possible if not earlier this in congress who supported this, leaders like evan bayh and brad ellsworth, and

from purdue university.ome. >> non-farm payroll employment decreased by two hundred 47,000 in july and the unemployment rate was little changed to 9.4%. job losses have averaged 331,000, compared to an average of four and 45,000. employment has fallen by 600-6 million. construction employment fell by 76,000 over the month with losses inside the industry. job losses have averaged 73,000 compared with 117,000 over the past six months. employment construction has fallen by 1.4 million since december 2007. d to decline with the loss of 52,000 in july. tractor employment fallen by 2 million since the start of the recession. the seasonally adjusted employment estimate for motor vehicles and parts rose over the month by 28,000. because layoffs in auto manufacturing already had been so large, fewer workers than usual were laid off for seasonal shutdowns in july, thus the seasonally adjusted gain does not necessarily indicate improvement in the industry. employment and motor vehicles and parts manufacturing has been

remote handling of the appliances and the speed and at night she can take a course for indiana and purdue or i.t. tech without having to have child care and without the cost of transportation. we did an analysis. low-income family and at a community, the household energy cost and the transportation energy costs are two of the fastest growing costs over the last three decades. if you can reduce that cost, the person can invest in education, down payment on a home, health care and other facilities. crime. mayors spend a lot of time on crime, and local and public safety hometown security. why? because we are the closest to the problem. you call 911 and or folks respond to get the lowest crime rate in 28 years strategically one of the things we did is say how can you use broadband to deploy your public safety personnel? you got expense of people and equipment and how can you get them to do patroling and local police work rather than paper work? and so early on, we called a summit and pulled together all of the public safety partners from the state and federal level and we began to figure out

in at the lot -- in economics from purdue university. welcome. >> thank you, madam chair and members of the committee. the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.4%. payroll job losses over the past three months have averaged three have 31,000 compared to an average of 645,000 over the past six months. employment has fallen by six but 7 million since the start of the recession in december 2007. -- by 6.7 million since the start of the recession in december 2007. over the past three months, job losses [unintelligible] factory employment has fallen by two million since the start of the recession. because layoffs in on manufacturing has already been large, fewer workers were laid off for seasonal shutdowns in july. the seasonally adjusted gain does not necessarily indicate improvement in the industry. employment in motor vehicles and parts manufacturing has been in a long time decline. it is half of what it was an early 2000. in july, the losses continued in trade, transportation, and warehouse activities. job losses have lessened substa

you've got purdue university, noting, indiana university and i.t.ch and they are all going to be receding grant funding to develop degree and training program and free electric vehicles. [applause] fax number one. we've got a small business in indianapolis that will develop batteries for hybrid electric vehicles. we've got allison transmission in indianapolis, delphi in kokomo, remi and pendleton and magnum located in muncie all who will help develop electric drive components for commercial and passenger vehicles. and right here in elkhart county, navistar which is taken over to the monaco coach manufacturing facilities will receive a 39 million-dollar grant to build 400 advanced battery electric trucks -- [cheers and applause] with a range of 100 miles. greider. [applause] just a few months ago folks thought these factories might be closed for good. but now they are coming back to life. >> [inaudible] >> you're welcome. thank the american people. [applause] the company estimates this will create or save hundreds of jobs in the area and already folk