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Capitulation to the energy industry. the obama administration has announced new guidelines for reporting chemical use in fracking which also uses water and sand to extract greater amounts of natural gas. industry advocates say the federal rules are unnecessary since state rules are already in place. while the focus here at home has been on the obama scandals, there are ominous signals coming out of the middle east. c.i.a. chief john brennan made a quick trip to israel today to try to help keep a...

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He was a young kid when he moved in or when he bought the home. this kid who has known him for 22 years must be 30 something, he said he didnt think he lived there. he would come in and he would visit the place and care for. he sort of suspected he was waiting houses come bumping back up and make some money. he never saw the two brothers living there. do you ever have conversation with them. he said yes, he said look, he was a nice guy. he was a normal guy. there was nothing i felt was out of th...

He was a young kid when he moved in or when he bought the home. this kid who has known him for 22 years must be 30 something, he said he didnt think he lived there. he would come in and he would visit the place and care for. he sort of suspected he was waiting houses come bumping back up and make some money. he never saw the two brothers living there. do you ever have conversation with them. he said yes, he said look, he was a nice guy. he was a normal guy. there was nothing i felt was out of th...

What happened here? theyre trying to inflate the refund, perhaps, take a percentage of that refund or part of that refund. ill get you the bigger refund, but i want a piece of it. >> arthel: which is also wrong. >> dead wrong. never, walk away. again, walk away. somebody should get paid hourly or flat rate. never have your refund go to anybodys account but your own. your own checking account. so never split that with the preparer. but either trying to acquire new client, perhaps get a name in an...

Whats interesting about that is that even though the democrat won, he did not get 50% of the vote. under vermonts state rules, that means technically the legislature picks who wins the race. two months after that, the vermont legislature did what vermonters had already done. they picked peter shumlin to be governor. which means 28 people in the legislature voted to elect somebody who the people of vermont did not vote for. a gentle reminder that states run the elections. they are governed by wei...

Governor in eight years. whats interesting about that is that even though peter shumlin the democrat won, he did not get 50% of the vote. under vermonts state rules, that means technically the legislature picks who wins the race. thats how he got elected in the first place. two months after that, the vermont legislature did what vermonters had already done. they picked peter shumlin to be governor. the final vote in the legislature was 145-28. which means 28 people in the vermont legislature vot...

So even though hes leading, he has four opponents. so if those four opponents get a combined 50% of the vote, the governor will not be reelected no matter how big the margin he wins by. in that case with nobody getting 50%, its the state legislature that picks the governor. thats happened recently. some of the most interesting still undecided races from yesterdays elections after the governors seat. this afternoon nbc news declaring peter shumlin the winner. whats interesting about that is that ...

First more people are dead across america in that meningitis outbreak that officials linked to injections for back pain. the infections have spread to an 11th state. federal health officials report two more deaths bringing the total now to 14. 170 people reported sickened. one of them, the first confirmed case in the state of idaho. the feds say all of the victims received the tainted injections tainted with some sort of fungus and that the rare meningitis strain is not contagious. it doesnt pas...

We spoke with georgia tech officials who say they need to comply with state rules and their campus is remaining vigilant. >> heather: thank you very much. elizabeth prann live from atlanta for us. >> gregg: right now the president of iran is flying to the united states as tensions soar between his country and israel. what to expect when the leaders of both countries arrive for this weeks united nations general assembly meeting. >> heather: and ann romneys flight makes a dramatic emergency landin...