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November 23, 2014
The nation. heres swroe johns. >> its a shocking allegation of rape at the university of virginia. theres a story about a first year student said to be considering suicide after she went to a party in 2012 at the phi kappa si fraternity. gran its leg, and thats when jackie knew she was going to be raped. she remembers every moment of the next three hours of agony during which she says seven men took turns raping her. ann where i forest is a friend of the accuser. >> she was just doing what a nor...
November 22, 2014
Allegations. hes calling for a review. >> reporter: its a shocking allegation of rape at the university of virginia. a report in the current rolling stone magazine alleging a culture of rape and sexual assault there, including a story about a first year student said to be considering suicide after she went to party in 2012 and was gang raped. quote from the article, grabbed its leg she heard a voice say and thats when jackie knew she was going to be raped. she remembered every moment of next thr...
November 22, 2014
Universitys quote institutional indifference to sexual assault is based on a profile of the case from 2012. our joe johns has more on that article which led to todays decision. >> reporter: its a shocking allegation of rape at the university of virginia. a report in the current "rolling stone" magazine alleging a culture of rape and sexual assault there, including a story about a first year side end said to be considering suicide after she went to a party in 2012 at the phi kappa si fraternity h...
November 22, 2014
Yup. dsl is about 90 bucks a month. thats funny, for that price with comcast business, i think you get like 50 megabits. wow thats fast. personally, i prefer a slow internet. there is something about the sweet meditative glow of a loading website. dont listen to the naysayer. switch to comcast business today and get 50 megabits per second for $89.95. comcast business. built for business. last story. thats the last story. they poo-pooed the poo. a play ground in poland has banned win knee the poo...
November 19, 2014
Cardboard. that is the scariest thing of all. >> reporter: even if your idea of a fine gourmet chocolate comes from the grocery store checkout line, youre likely to notice a change. >> youre going to start to things like more nugout, nuts. you will see the single dark chocolates, the very expensive, well-loved products are going to get more expensive. >> reporter: be sure to savor the chocolate you have now because, as forrest gump warned us, the future may be questionable. >> life was like a bo...
November 18, 2014
Rather buy organic produce because of the effects it has on the humans that pick it. were the most well fed country in the world. and the people who feed us go to bed hungry. >> the consumer is pitted against the farmer. it produces poverty on the other side. >> it is two-pronged. in this country we have always used the weakest and most vulnerable to work. the list goes on and on and on. but the most inspiring thing is now we can change the exploitation they face. in the last 20 years, the super...
November 18, 2014
The second threat to our beloved cocoa bean is nature. drought and a crop-decimating disease has left supplies low. so what is a chocolate consumer to expect? higher prices and less flavor, for starters. >> as growers start to grow new, more productive variety, were going to do to chocolate what we have done to tomatoes and chicken and straw bear berries. were going to turn them into cardboard. >> reporter: youre likely to notice a change. >> youre going to see them get smaller and the single or...
November 17, 2014
A deal that is going to go through and a deal that isnt going to go through. halliburton is buying baker hughes worth $34 billion, this deal, between the oil services sector. this probably has a lot to do with the decline in oil prices. where these companies have to get together and get synergies through combining their business because theyre not making as much profits because of the lower price of oil. this morning, were talking about $75 a barrel, way down from the more than $100 a barrel we ...
November 17, 2014
Any -- after the midterm debacle as house minority leader. >> what was today that any of you said to mitch mcconnell when they lost the senate three times in a row, lost making progress and taking back the senate three times in a row. have you ever asked him that question? >> i think that was asked of mitch mcconnell. >> i dont think shes the first person and being a woman is the reason the question because asked. >> the questioned is by a woman did not mention age at all. she also went on to sa...
November 16, 2014
Joining me are stuart butler who is a brookings scholar and written extensively about mooks and are throwing brick and mortar schools for a loop. and anant agarwal. so, stuart, explain first the kind of crisis and what you called the business model for higher education. >> it certainly is a crisis that theyre facing. first of all, of course, the costs of traditional education has been going up and the indebtedness associated with it. student tuition debt in the united states exceed credit card d...