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One of the encouraging things in the report today was construction. >> reporter: construction added 15,000 jobs in february as overall hiring rebound after two dismal months. more and more part-time workers are also finding full-time jobs. since last summer, the number of people forced to work part time because of the economy has been dropping dramatically from nearly 8.2 million to less than 7.2 million. >> i thought about it for a second and i said well, something is better than nothing so let...

Now, along with the dollar and euro, there is a new currency called the bitcoins. you cant put it in your pocket. it trades only on the internet, and today one of the biggest bitcoin exchanges based in tokyo went bust after it was revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoins were missing. we asked anthony mason to explain all this. >> reporter: in a manhattan park last fall, a small crowd gathered to buy and sell a new unregulated currency. on their smart phones, they traded a...

47-year-old michael dunn a software engineer found guilty on four counsels including attempted murder. the jury could not agree on the most serious count of first-degree they found a mistrial on that one. dunn faces 60 years in prison. >> i plan on filing mowings on his behalf and going on. >> a change of ven vushgs. >> i think we would have to and i may not be the council at that point. >> and we are hearing just there from the defense attorneys as they spoke after the verdict. dunn shot jordan...

>> reporter: doctors say todays results hold promise for age- related macular degeneration the retinal disease that affects 1.8 million americans. dr. steven schwartz of u.c.l.a. is also working on treatment for progressive blindness. iy because this is something thats been hypothesized and worked on for almost two decades. the eye is the perfect organ into which gene therapy can begin to be successful. >> reporter: one way this therapy could be useful in patients with macular degeneration is to...

Didnt have a winning scenario. not with the individual that wanted to do me damage. >> holbrook, a former software engineer, is married with twin sons. he spent two years at santa rita waiting for his trial to get under way. >> two years is a long time to wait to see if youre really guilty of a crime. you know what i mean? so it kind of grates on you after awhile. an individual like myself stands out pretty plainly. i dont have a swagger like an inmate or a convict. i think im well spoken. im pr...

With two extraordinary people whose random meeting on a new york street several months ago changed their lives. heres their story. leo grand lives on the new york city streets. patrick walks to work. one day, the software engineer stopped. >> i just asked him a question. >> would you like an offer $100? >> young guy, starting out. >> $100 on a laptop and learn how to code? >> ill spend an hour a day for two months. >> came to an immediate decision. the $100 will last you for a short time. learni...

About health care and scandal and gamecock football. >> thank you. its a war on capitol hill. >> one of these groups stood up and said, we never really thought it would work. are you kidding me? >> the speakers being absurd. the speaker is trying to turn this into a boring fight between outside groups and himself. >> speaker boehner bashes tea party and conservative groups, theyre fighting back now. the battle for the heart of the gop. also -- a very generous gift. a software engineer teache...

Tonight. john, thank you. today the white house said the presidents health insurance web site is working much better. this week 29,000 americans enrolled on the obamacare site in the first 24 hours after it was repaired. that is more than signed up in the entire month of october when healthcare.gov flopped in its debut. major garrett is following this. >> reporter: dawn erin of austin, texas, is one of the americans who signed up for health care this week. its the first health insurance the self...

We might do it in partnership with the private sector but its a challenge for both the private and public sector in addressing the security breaches that loom on any site. >> lets get down to the bottom line. if amazon were running this thing, would it be working? >> amazon can handle 1 million transactions per second. government handled six applications their first day. this has nothing to do with cyber fraud and banking. that is trying to chase rabbits to get away from the issue. the issue is ...

Insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. >> glor: finally tonight, with the holidays approaching and families arriving it is not always easy to find a little piece and quiet. it is also increasingly difficult to find the kind of place that often provided that quiet, a good old-fashioned library, it is not the libraries are going away, they are just changing dramatically. >> reporter: walk into the bear county digital library in san