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Moral obligation, to send out notification to the unions foretelling that beginning the first week of april, 1,500 state employees will have will be laid off for the equivalent of $30 million worth of saving. >> john yang following developments. 1,500 state workers, does that include teachers, cops? who is going to get a pink slip? >> reporter: thats across the board. so many state workers are public workers, state and local works are in the state are teachers, a lot of them will be public schoo...

"your money" with ali velshi. a horrifying story out of michigan. a skein-year-old high school basketball player had just made the winning shot of the game thursday night when he suddenly collapsed on the court. wes leonard had stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating. after attempts to revive him failed, a hospital pronounced him dead. doctors hope an autopsy will determine the cause of death. he had led the blackhawks to a perfect 20-game winning season. now to some of our other top...

Bye! >> jill is part of my family and also part of my life. >> its a bite-sized opportunity to change a world. there is no commute! >> just amazing. if you know a hero, nominate them at cnn/heroes. have a wonderful weekend. see you on monday. >> carol costello takes it over with "cnn newsroom." >> have a great weekend, too. its 9:00 a.m. on the east coast and 6:00 a.m. in the west. libyan rebels have benghazi and on the move to tripoli with an eye for moammar gadhafis hometown. wisconsin gov...

Exponential. the ranchers say they just want to be able to protect whats theirs. jon: alicia acuna reporting live, thanks. jenna: a fox business alert, the unemployment rate is now at 8.9% while the private sector added more than 200,000 jobs last month. state and local government shed about 30,000 jobs. and that could be just the beginning. remember, many states are in deep financial trouble, and the feds are unlikely to bail them out, at least for now. so could state and local layoffs stop the...

Marginally attached, 2.7 million of them. bill: it is all very important information to get, stuart, and we wait for this every month to find out whether or not were on the right track. >> yes. bill: this is just another slice of informs were going to dissect throughout the day. >> and what you say is a modest improvement. thats how you characterize it, a modest improvement. bill: see you on fbn. patti ann: wisconsin democratic senators are put on notice, at least one of them must return to the ...

Bridge the divide into the hispanic community which is another area where republicans are -- have done miserably. you know, hes a compelling figure, well-spoken, well respected. despite some of the issues people may have with the last name, hes got a lot of the things that seem to be missing when people are sort of lamenting about what they wish they had in a candidate. >> i think karen is so right. this is his moment. he says he wants to wait until 2016 but now may be the time for him to jump i...

Bargaining rights for state workers. newt gingrich enough of finished a news conference here in georgia where we learned he is going into an exploratory phase for his presidential run just as the president obama and calderone why speaking. gingrich certainly not a washington outsider. gained political momentum with his 1994 contract with america. that helped put the gop in control of the house for the first time in 40 years and got him elected speaker. he announced he would not seek a third te...

They called on them to rescind the pink slips that were handed out last week. union leaders say he demoralized and disrespected educators by doing that. the actual number of teacher layoffs will not be known until the mayor and city council try to balance the budget. meantime, in portland, maine, state workers are making their voices heard, kicking up three days of demonstrations against the governors proposed budget cuts. they include changes to the state pension system. state workers claim t...

Im optimistic as a fan and lawyer theres going to be a delay. i believe the mediator will at least set tonights deadline off for a week. during that time, i do not believe a lockout. >> sports attorney richard roth. kiran. thanks. were checking in on the top stories now, new air strikes in libya this morning. bombs being dropped on two eastern libyan towns by gadhafi forces and the opposition was able to hold at least after a fierce battle yesterday. president obama is going to be facing repor...

State workers in ohio wont be able to strike or negotiate their health benefits if a bill there becomes law. its squeaked through the state senate by one vote. the house takes it up one week from today, and, of course, as you know, the governor supports. democrats and other opponents say the bill is a union buster, same arguments were hearing out of wisconsin. today, in new jerseys capitol, up to 10,000 firefighters, police officers, and emergency workers could show up to protest job cuts and ...