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Admitted towhat was said in the deposition doesnt mean cosby drugged other women without their knowledge or consent or engaged in any nonconsensual sex. they say excerpts of cosbys 2005 deposition has been inaccurately labeled as a confession. some corruption convictions being overturned that sent illinois governor rod blagojevich to prison. the three-judge paneled tossed out 5 of the 18 corruption counts for trying to sell or trade president obamas old senate seat. the bad news for blagojevic...

Prompting the evacuation of a nearby town. out of the countrys 90 active volcanos its considered one of the three most potentially dangerous. thankfully, so far no injuries reported. jon: new information on microsoft taking a big step for workers rightings. the tech giant is declaring that paid time off matters, requiring its contractors and vendors to give their employees sick time and vacation time. microsoft says its mandate follows complaints from contractors who said they did not have the s...

We are seeing more of this. i mean, 53 million workers right now are working as freelancers, contract workers. that is 50 -- 34% of the work force. its a huge percentage. >> it seems to be the wave of the future. talking about the future, you say out is aging in place while in living in -- >> living in place. >> im aging. wherever i am im still aging. >> the boomers want to call the shots. they want to stay in their own homes, and theyre making them more attractive as they age in place or grow i...

And when they were told what was going on, all of a sudden they have amnesia and werent told. burr is absolutely right. continuing ongoing oversight is exactly the charge that the constitution puts on the congress. its not revisionist. its happening as its happening. and by the way, this senate report released by democrats is not corroborated. they did no internal interviews with the actor who is were actually involved. so these are mere allegations, theyre not substantiated, theyre not corrobor...

Made it so clear that they dont want to do anything together not even the things that they would want to do alone, that does appear, i think, to have sunk in despite what the president said there. i think it appears to have energized the president and the white house like nothing else on the domestic front on this second term thus far. something is going on right now and i think the immediate political calculation is clear. i think the white house and the administration is proud of all of the th...

Answering questions that havent even been thought of yet. >> anytime i can bring a case to a positive conclusion and provide a service to one of my fellow citizens that ive done my job, i feel good. a serial killer was loose and investigators had no leads until an alert investigator saw something no one else had seen, a possible fingerprint on the victims skin. the problem was how to collect it. texas city, texas, is one of the largest oil refinery sites in america. the oil business is labor i...

Hands by signing an executive order boosting the pay for new federal contract workers. but now thats sparking a new crisis for some of our veterans. theyre going to get kicked out of a nursing home, at least one right now in louisiana, because the owner cant afford to raise the wages of federal workers. so hes not going to renew the v.a. contract. joining me now, president of the louisiana nursing home association or l.n.h.a. thank you for being here today, joe. >> thank you for having me. >> ex...

Employed by federal contract workers. >> america should be a level playing field, a fair place for anybody, a place where anybody who is willing to work hard has a chance to get ahead. some commentators are out there saying the pay gap doesnt exist. they say its a myth. its not a myth. its math. you can look at the paychecks. you can look at the stubs. >> but even cbs admits the white house is getting roughed up by their own equal pay rhetoric. >> an analysis shows the medium income of female st...

Employed by federal contract workers. >> america should be a level playing field, a fair place for anybody, a place where anybody who is willing to work hard has a chance to get ahead. some commentators are out there saying the pay gap doesnt exist. they say its a myth. its not a myth. its math. you can look at the paychecks. you can look at the stubs. >> but even cbs admits the white house is getting roughed up by their own equal pay rhetoric. >> an analysis shows the medium income of female st...

>> anytime i can bring a case to a positive conclusion and provide a service to one of my fellow citizens that ive done my job, i feel good. a serial killer was loose and investigator had no leads until an alert investigator saw something no one else had seen, a possible fingerprint on the victims skin. the problem was how to collect it. texas city, texas, is one of the largest oil refinery sites in america. the oil business is labor-intensive, which poses its own unique set of problems. >> we...