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61 in atlanta and 41 in boston. kansas city, 42. 36 in the twin cities. 72 in phoenix. 46 in salt lake. well, this one has to go under the heading, theres got to be an easier way to set a world record. >> thats right. take a look at this. this nonstop mexican water skier from setting a new world record for the fastest speed ever reached while barefoot water skiing. which is not easy. from a helicopter. this was the helicopter towing him along. he didnt want a boat. he went straight to the airc...

They also continue to claim the government doesnt target civilians. pictures show otherwise. this is people leaving a mosque unarmed heading to join other protesters and being fired upon. [ gunfire ] another video, protesters in a funeral march, being fired upon. [ gunfire ] and here is an air strike yesterday in the desert outside of brega, about 250 people, libyans heading to brega to defend it from attack. our own ben wedeman was with them. >> reporter: we are outside the town of brega where ...

Government doesnt target civilians. pictures show otherwise. this is people leaving a mosque unarmed heading to join other protesters and being fired upon. [ gunfire ] another video, protesters in a funeral march, being fired upon. [ gunfire ] and here is an air strike yesterday in the desert outside of brega, about 250 people, libyans heading to brega to defend it from attack. our own ben wedeman was with them. >> reporter: we are outside the town of brega where this ongoing battle is happening...

This is video from last friday, people leaving a mosque unarmed heading to join other protesters and being fired upon. [ gunfire ] another video, protesters in a funeral march, being fired upon. and here is an air strike yesterday in the desert outside of brega. the only target within miles, about 250 people. libyans heading to brega to defend it from attack. our own ben wedeman was with them. >> reporter: we are outside the town of brega where this ongoing battle is happening. we watched this l...

Military funerals. the father of a fallen marine has a lot to say about that. also, sex gets a college basketball star kicked off his team. it a problem that is playing out across the country -- cities and states with tight budgets and huge obligations. leaders in pittsburgh say that the city faces financial armageddon, but cnns jim acosta reports that firefighters are battling to keep their pensions. >> reporter: the fiscal house is on fire in pittsburgh unless the city can get a handle o...

Hell be able to get that done heading into the 2012 elections. finally, libya is bound to come up because these two leaders after private talks are going to come out for a joint news conference at 1:00 p.m. eastern time and the white house press corps is going to want to ask about libya. he has not gotten questions about it and spoken limited on the crisis on libya, and you can bet reporters are going to be pressing him on that subject. >> you are right about that. it is half past the hour. th...

It showed that hard thinking, which is what the researchers put in to develop this kind of software that can make these kinds of word games and information retrieval and so forth can be fun. so thats serious in the sense that theyre developing ideas that are applicable in all sorts of things. >> okay. watson, this machine thats beat a lot of serious contestants in jeopardy. what use could you put the machine to in terms of application, other applications? >> you know, thats the point of research...

Overnights, no tv, real heartless, like the aspiration cultures from asia and other countries. tiger mom. is that too much for kids in america? >> thats one of the reasons i like this jeopardy game. it showed that hard thinking, which is what the researchers put in to develop this kind of software that can make these kinds of word games and information retrieval and so forth can be fun. so thats serious in the sense that theyre developing ideas that are applicable in all sorts of things. >> okay...

Money, too? >> were already spending a fortune just protecting our oil lines but, you know, exxon mobile last year and the year before was the most profitable corporation in the history of the planet going back to the roman empire and pays no taxes in the united states. so my listeners are saying, you know, were being screwed by the big oil companies and theyll use this as excuse to screw us even worse. >> uh-oh. tough talk there. what are your listeners saying, martha? >> and theyre concerned t...

"jeopardy," what use in terms of other applications? >> thats the point of research. when you start, you dont always know where its heading. im sure theyve learned some things about decision-making that will be applicable in medicine where you have a difficult diagnosis, where somebody presents with something other than the textbook symptoms. but its not entirely, you know, different. or in traffic management where youve got to keep track of lots of different inputs but think with a certain amou...