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Jersey you are going to have to go through the legislature to be able to do it. also, wean keep in mind this young girl katelyn has been working 30 hours a week. she has transferred more than 45 credits from community college to temple university where she is attending. its not like she is slacking off. its not like she is trying to get a free ride from her divorced parents. if you think about, this everybody is making a big deal about how it seems like divorced parents are being treated unfairl...

Fact that one time in some down time real quickly tell us about the president, somebody accused him of slacking off. >> it was a press person saying mr. president youre slacking off. hard work never killed anybody. he looked at her and said i know. but why take a chance. >> funny stuff. you were there with reagan at reykjavik and thats why you wrote the book about him. ronald reagan died ten years ago today. ken adelman, thank you for joining us live. >> thank you, steve. it is just a great stor...

Patterson new jersey just invited paul ryan to town. quote, come to patterson, congressman ryan and ill take you around the streets of one of the poorest streets in new jersey and you can meet the families of people who work two times three jobs to put food on the table and clothes on their children. since you seem not to understand causes of inner city poverty, they will be happy to explain to you the forces which have caused our urban cores to spiral downward to the point of despair. now, we a...

Could it be coming to a workplace they are you? tell me, is this a growing trend? >> it sounds pretty awesome but probably too early to call it a growing trend. some companies call it the endless summer. all i have is images of surface. the idea is to put no cap on the amount of vacation, sick days, personal days that a worker has and instead leave it to the discretion of each employee. now, corporate h.r. and benefits managers say not worrying about all those vacation time and squirrelling away...

I know it is not an excuse. im not trying to make excuses here, because i know when i told -- im not -- uh, i been in this position for a long time, 25, 30 years. i dont think i can handle that. i did a very good job, then i started slacking off. trying to get fired, because i knew it was too much, this job is too stressful. and coming home to my situation. and i just couldnt juggle -- >> castro went on the ramble from a description of his sex life when he lived alone to that impulsive moment of...

I have been a position, to be a monster like they say i am, i dont think i can handle it. i drove a school bus for 21 years. i did a very good job. towards the end i started slacking off. trying to get fired because i know it was just too much. this job is too stressful and coming home to my situation and i just -- i never had a record until i left my childrens mother. my son was on here the other day saying how abusive i was.

Pray and lean on my mother and she will find a way for us. >> what kind of support did you get from the community? >> actually, the homeless liaison department in clinton county, they paid for my books for one semester, but not that many people knew about it. it was sort of just my family and i. >> chelesa, did you ever, while you were achieving in high school, im sure you had friends who were not achieving, who were probably slacking off, did you ever say, you know what, ive got straight as and...

>> this is quite an interesting story, because apparently they were tracked by gps, and that police officer said he was en route, but he was actually sipping a cup of coffee and he was not en route obviously. >> its always the lie that compounds the crime. you were slacking off. we all slack off sometimes at work. not all of us have public safety in our hands. >> but even in that kind of work, in that line of work, some people decide, i need a cup of coffee, i need to see my girlfriend. if its g...

>> this is quite an interesting story, because apparently they were tracked by gps, and that police officer said he was en route, but he was actually sipping a cup of coffee and he was not en route obviously. >> its always the lie that compounds the crime. you were slacking off. we all slack off sometimes at work. not all of us have public safety in our hands. >> but even in that kind of work, in that line of work, some people decide, i need a cup of coffee, i need to see my girlfriend. if its g...

Thats how katherine reeves transforms herself from a mild-manored government employee into a backyard hero. this is the place? >> yes. this is my strong hive. >> reporter: one of thousands of city folks on a crusade to save the honeybees. >> you can go in once a week to check to see that the queen is laying eggs. you feed them. >> everybody is working, nobody is slacking off. >> yeah, right. no, theyre always working. im not a terribly environmentally conscious person but i awe that there was a ...