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To attend this years prom. and she was one perhaps hundreds of thousands of girls and boys whose prom plans were blown away from the tornado, until somebody took notice at a nearby school district. >> we got a phone call from one of the principals that had gotten an e-mail that kids needed a prom dress and lost everything, and they still wanted to go on with the prom. >> reporter: several schools got involved and suddenly, a movement was born. operation prom dress was inspired to make people lik...

Theres a loft community initiative helping urban kids with the hockey is for everyone program thats helping not so fortunate kids play and theyre making good strides. >> richelle carey joins us know about the diversity on ice. a great piece. are they doing more to promote hockey among minority kids? >> they are and its making a real difference. i called him big buff, i learned about nicknames, the kids are start i starting to connect with him. he got a letter from a kid who says his father is st...

>> and those twices spin quickly to enrich uranium. what the virus did, accord to go the new york times report, made the centrifuges spin so fast, they self-destructed and the clever design by the israel and the united states, they were spinning and self-destructing and telling the computer system operate,in iran that everything was fine. israel has long done nothing about the nuclear facilities in t desert. it made for a test center to see if it could do the damage need today make a difference ...

Guardsmen previously in 2006 and 2007, it did make a difference, you saw about a 28 percent reduction in illegal activity across the border during operation jump start. the key is then to sustain that afterwards by backfilling those guardsmen when they come back out with additional border patrol agents and customs and border protection officers, ice agents, et cetera. >> thad, on that, as were getting into the election season, theres an image thats being painted as a complete wild place, like th...

Event. if there was actually something built, if we had a huge memorial build and our buildings up, would that make a difference, because, we would have something there, right now, we have nothing. >> well, i think it would help the families, i mean, it should have been done a long time ago. and, you know, it is... it would not make a difference, in this situation. whether that was -- the memorial was complete or not complete. we are focused on this. we dont want it to happen, we believe it will...

A preliminary biopsy saw no signs of cancer. are you on your blackberry even while at work. a sergeant is suing for overtime pay for the time he checks his phone while off duty. he says hes technically off the clock. would that make a difference here at fox news. >> should social networking sites play a role when it comes to the relationship between teachers and students or is it crossing the line? the peter is a science teacher at lake zurich high school in illinois and says he befriended a lot...

Big winner in connecticut in the governors race that they backed. so those forces all make a difference but i would caution against too much exuberance on this on the part of the democrats. its worth noting, wolf, that if you look at the number of votes, the number two person on the republican primary got, jane norton got in losing, she actually got more votes than michael bennet did so with mr. buck, yes, he has a lot of support from the tea party but he may well be a stronger candidate against...

What a story you have to tell. when you were four, your brother died. he was 20. at 13 your mom was dgdz with leukemia. at 16 robbed at gun point. how do you continue to overcome all of these obstacles? >> i really cant say. i feel like ive been very blessed right now with the motivation and determination and seen pushing forward. >> youve had so many opportunities, to go down the wrong path. to head in the wrong direction and maybe even some of your friends went in the wrong direction. why did ...

>> well, the majority of americans are looking at this -- the video became youtubes number one all day on friday. its not because it was seen as particularly governmental or effective, but because it was a quick political hit. the congressman, while screaming at his colleagues for being political is doing that for a variety of reasons. both sides are using tremendous deflexion maneuvers. it doesnt reflect well on congress is the general consensus. it doesnt look like -- the idea that these guys ...

Studen students. >> i want to remind people the potential of this language that we have and what you can do with it. >> reporter: for nine years he taught english, math and history. >> a poet whose purpose is to inspire people to become teachers. >> after about the tenth or 11th person said because of you and the way you talk about the teaching profession, ive decided to become a teacher and decided to keep track and then i give myself a goal. i was going to inspire 1,000 people to become teache...