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Situation. Putin is a tough guy with a thin skin. The trial of our colleagues three journalists have been adjourned again. The prosecution case holds little water. Theres nothing of substance. Al jazeera rejects the charges and continues to demand their immediate release. Researchers at louisville say four paralyzed patients have regained control over certain muscles in their legs. You forget how tall you are. Doctors said theyd never be able to walk again. We begin with the resignation of healt...

The health and Community Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning. This comes after the miserable rollout to obamacare. We condemn russia four using energy as a tool of collusion. Russia must deescalate the situation. Putin is a tough guy with a thin skin. The trial of our colleagues three journalists have been adjourned again. The prosecution case holds little water. Theres nothing of substance. Al jazeera rejects the charges and continues to demand their immediate release. Researchers...

Than 20 people with kitchen knives at his high school. And being charged at an adult. The u. S. Encoy is headed back, both sides now agreeing on an effort to extend the negotiation i dont thinked the april 28th deadline. He plans to return to the region after the passover festivities next week. Those are your headlines im del walters in new york. Consider this is next. And we will be watching the News Conference involving the replacement of Kathleen Sebelius. For updates throughout the day go to...

How did it become operation varsity blues. You dont need to work anymore. You dont need to study horde or be wellrounded. You just have to write a check. A nightmare. Coaches, entrepreneurs, and celebrities. It may have looked like a wheel hollywood premiere at times. Lori, pay for my tuition, lori i dont really want to go to school. What do you say to your fans, felicity . What prosecutors are calling the Largest College admissions scam ever. Crazed parents doing whatever it takes. Its unbeliev...

Mostly to members of americas aristocracy. white anglo-saxon protestants. at harvard, one man wanted to open the gates. >> really get going. >> the schools president, james brian conan asked himself, what would thomas jefferson do? jefferson had written that america should create an aristocracy of talent to replace the aristocracy of birth and wealth. >> now hes about to enter an environment more in keeping with his social position. >> most harvard men, and they were still all men, came from pre...

Balls. >> good manners trumped good grades. >> hes handsome and charming, he writes thank-you notes. >> conan believed among those working the fields were jeffersons diamonds in the rough, just waiting to be discovered. >> lets find those people and bring them to harvard. >> but how to find them? conan decided that we needed a test. not to measure knowledge, greek, or higher mathematics. that would favor the well-schooled. >> this really isnt the kind of a test you can study for. >> instead we n...

Prevalent then and concern grew over the number of jews at ivy league schools. >> they came knocking at the door of the ivies and the ivies were very uncomfortable with that. >> at harvard, president lowell openly called it "the jewish problem." his solution, count the jews to see how quickly their numbers were rising. >> they felt that jews will take over. >> according to this historian, administrators pored over records. but it wasnt always clear who was jewish. so a ranking system was used. j...