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Encourage conspiracy theories massive voter fraud for other voter suppression tactics. >> when we think about voter i.d. which this trump commission is likely to promote what we are talking about is really a political point shaving process. >> thats the next wave of making it more difficult for eligible citizens to register and to vote. brian: great point. just making sure you are who you are is point shaving. for years democrats have warned about the negative impact of voter i.d. laws. we have ...

Susan page knows how to play the game. i have questions with the other two strength of schedule. >> the strength of schedule is an was on fire. the competition you can question. >> sally cohn was kind of playing the game like she didnt understand the rules. >> there was investigation over whether there was some point shaving going on there. nothing ever turned up. >> all right. we have one more set of three players here. the final three to make this tournament. were going to have them now. theyl...

Also, i dont think the players making $20 million a year will be swayed by a wise guy that has a couple thousand on a game. the suspicion, you go back to the referee in the n.b.a. who was taking some action. or to the saints and the bounty and the players were affecting how they played based on $1,000 purses for hard hits. so, yes, some can be swayed. we have seen point shaving in college basketball. everyone wants to avoid this. they dont want suspicions to a close call, a late touchdown, an in...

Point shaving is when a player tries not to score up to his or her potential in order to effect the outcome of the game. point shaving is a very big deal because it can seriously damage the intelling -- integrity of a sport. auburn officials were made aware of a rumor regarding an allegation two weeks ago and immediately reported it to the fbi, the ncaa, and the sec. but a day before wards suspects went public he made what appears to be a somewhat prophetic statement tweeting cant win for losing...

Are still the highest they have ever been for this time of year. experts are warning the relief wont last. we are in d.c. coming up. new details about the college basketball player suspected of point shaving. tonight, the feds are on the case and the university is is responding. part of our coverage as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. spring fishing classic with amazing daily specials. and bring the kids for bass pros next generation weekend with free crafts, outdoor s...

>> shepard: with march madness starting next week a college basketball player facing serious allegations of point shaving. the fbi said to be investigating the auburn university point guard varhas ward on allegations he shaved points in at least two games. according to the reporting of yahoo sports today those games were losses to arkansas on january 25th and to archrival alabama on february the 7th. according to the details in this report coach suspended a player and another guard shortly after...

More airlines are merging, guess what thats going to do to the price of your airline ticket? tonight, the prediction about when we might get some relief. no breath-holding aloud. plus the feds now reportedly investigating this suspended point guard from auburn university over very serious accusations of point shaving. the federal bureau of investigation is now involved and he is on the bench. a live update and the rest of the news from the fox report coming right up. [ male announcer ] for the s...

With millions and millions and millions, if, in fact, it is true. >>shepard: if you own a player, a pivotal player, and alabama, for instance, is favored by five, and they win by 18 because you own a player, thats big time trouble. >>randy: but it doesnt make sense. >>shepard: to you. >>randy: with point shaving you want to score less points if you are a favorite you want to score less points so you do not cover, fewer points so you do not cover the spread. alabama was five point favorite and so...

jobs last month. so it was private sector hiring. companies hiring that drove the jobs number. this is the last year, carol. 2011 i want to show you. last spring things are pretty strong. we were having 200,000 jobs gained every month. in the summer it got real slow. we were worried about a double dip recession. picked up again in the fall. now we have revisions. the bigger picture is a little bit better. you have better than expected january, february, now its 8.3% the unemployment ra...