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Ask your doctor about nonprescription ibgard. today cnn kicks off a week-long special series called "champions for change." a dozen cnn and hln anchors, including me, headed out to spend time working alongside the people whose causes are close to our hearts. these are truly special individuals. we want you to meet them. our "champions for change" learn about the challenges they face every day, and see firsthand the real difference theyre making in the lives of others. i feel very fortunate whi...

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Penalties for marijuana use. whats the biggest reason for why these schools are doing so? >> i think what were seeing is that, you know, over the last ten years or so, theres been a dramatic and significant increase in marijuana use among college students, 18 to 22. i mean, my best guest is that these schools dont want to lose a lot of their talent. and so theyre easing up on the penalties, which i think is unfortunate. i think they could be doing other things rather than sweeping this issue und...

>> its almost 2/3 of your student athletes are on scholarship. >> correct. >> a lot of them come from tough backgrounds. what is it from ole misss perspective of shu play players? >> the scholarship is rigid that were allowed to give. >> how are they expected to participate bills? >> it should at least include cost of attendance. >> you guys have a $70 million budget. give me the simplest breakdown you can of where you guys spend that money on a yearly basis. >> we have a card that has the budge...

Are not heard, and mainly heard through the media and not heard in the official or the legal setting, and this is something that would be welcomed. >> and it is heard from mostly the unions or the people who want to see the athletes be able to be called employees here, but listen, we are watching the final four last night, and we have been watching this entire journey of the march madness, and we see the bodies on the court, and we see the bodies in those seats, and we know that there is a lot o...

You look at people that are in athletic administration, they have to be able to generate revenue to finance all the other olympic sports, a nice way of saying sports that dont make money. so when you have all that money coming in, espn has injected $10 billion over the last five years and theyre paying over $7 billion the next 12 years for the new college playoff system starting in 2014. i dont get that upset about conference realignment. i dont get upset about schools getting this money because...

To who i think will win, but im hoping for competitive games, all four teams have earned their way here, done it in different ways and different styles. as always, im hopeful the games are play out in real life as good as they look on paper. the michigan/syracuse matchup is an intriguing one and the wichita state/louisville one, as well. >> id like louisville to win, then my brackets wont be a complete waste of time. youre involved in something called a capital one cup. tell us about that. >> we...

Because of the videotape recorded in his room with an encounter with another male student there. so the second you heard the homophobic slur you as a leader at a state university had to let go of mike rice. all three of those things, it makes this unthinkable and this wept all the way up to the president of rutgers who saw the tape, signed off on a three-game suspension and a fine. >> so the human rights campaign has weighed in on this saying mike rices despicable behavior is completely unaccept...

killing three soldiers in the countrys southern helmand province. >> cnns chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? >> well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to k...

student. were about to hear his voice for the first time. we did not hear him in court. this is holmes speaking at a science camp in san diego from 2006. hes 18 years old in this video obtained by abc news. and here he talks about a shared interest with a mentor. >> he also studied subjective experience, which is what take place inside the mind as opposed to the external world. im carrying on his work in dealing with subjective experience. >> and in jail a just-released inmate told "th...