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>> reporter: these wildfire near lancaster california scorched more than 30,000 acres and destroyed 24 homes. weeks before the blaze, this area had been identified for ghgh fire risk by a nasa satellite tracking moisture content across california. >> we can help fight fires before they even begin and also y an a lot of money and definitely save lights. >> reporter: he is a scientist at chatman university, he is working with a team at nasas jet propulsion laboratory that is using two weather and ...

Do i want to be a doctor, which i unquestionably need a degree for? or do i want to be a computer scientist or rather a web developer where i might not need a four-year degree that will charge me $40,000 a year. >> all good points. thanks matt. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. speaking of crises, im not sure anybody at this table is aware, bus krystal and i are the only sports fans. but this week the "new york metropolitan" for the first time in history. >> what? why are we doing this. >> swe...

Young girls to inspire them to pursue the interests. why are they not doing it now? what is it about the field that seems to be a turnoff? >> one reason is i can still walk into a forever 21 and buy a t-shirt that says math sucks. >> i didnt know they sold those. >> i have one of them. they definitely do. and the second is girls want to change the world. when they think about a computer scientist they think of a guy typing at his computer. part of what we do at girls who code is showgirls the po...

Employees build commercial truck engines and axles. on this spot three years ago volvo employed 228 workers before shutting down. 228 jobs to zero to 160-- the recovery in miniature, with manufacturing jobs one indicator of economic health. >> i believe we attract new jobs to america by investing in new sources of energy and new infrastructure and the next generation of high-wage, high- tech american manufacturing. i believe in manufacturing. ( applause ) i think it makes our country stronger. >...

The managing editor of political geek.com and hes author of "the political bible." every four years you have people, now you got twitter and more folks are on facebook these days. really ranting about wanting to change the system and how these things can turn into a disaster. i cant tell you how many people are fearing the worst case scenario come election day and well be in a never ending story. >> absolutely. and just like 2000 its happened three other times in our history and theres a plan, i...

Asked not to reveal it and they have not, scott. they are still not talking. >> pelley: margaret, thank you. did yosemite national park play down the danger of the deadly hantavirus? in a record drought, its his job to decide where the water flows. and what a bargain! a painting worth a small fortune is purchased for $7. when the "cbs evening news" continues. i woke up with this horrible rash on my right side. an intense burning sensation like somebody had set it on fire. and the doctor said, ci...

Program to 2,500 distressed homeowners in four states. in recent weeks, citigroup introduced a similar program for 500 homeowners in six states. bloomquist says the banks benefit the most. >> the foreclosure process can drag on for years. so by resorting to a program like this, they are kind of short circuiting that foreclosure process. >> reporter: the rental agreement is for three years. after that, no guarantees. >> even though im renting, its... its still my home. >> reporter: knox hopes one...

Claiming he was a computer scientist and an accounting major. the only problem there was no computer science major at his university till three or four years until after he left the university so he was caught out. he originally said that was inadvertent, he didnt do it, didnt know about it. in the process of an investigation that went on at yahoo! as part of a big proxy contest because theyre trying to overthrow the board there are investors not just angry about him but the direction of the com...

trucks, to pluck people from their homes and their cars. a bus filled with middle school students got stuck in four feet of water. more than 20 inches of rain came down in some areas. >> its more than we bargained for. we even had some local citizens that volunteered with their boats and came help do some rescues. >> theres still a flood warning for lafayette parish today. and the republican presidential candidates fighting for southern support. voting underway in the alabama and mis...

His name is scott fallman, and hes a computer scientist at carnegie mellon. and on this day in 1982 he made a modest suggestion that if you dont want to be taken so seriously when you write something he said perhaps add a colon and a hyphen and a closing parentheses and when people read it sideways it will look like a smiley face. >> so cute. i was once anti-emoticons and then i just gave in and now i put little smiley faces and people think im annoying. im just trying to be happy. >> its how yo...