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does work. meet the president of a country where austety led to growth. finally, fidel castro on yoga. really. first here is my take. its hard to find any good economic news these days. europe is teetering on the brink, emerging markets like china, brazil and india are slowing down and the united states is in a slump. let me try to cheer you up. the cost of sequencing a human genome is down to $1,000 and it takes two hours. that is an acceleration of capacity that is faster, much f...

>> he was with spectra watt in deep financial trouble and he got a nice big bonus. william cap of beacon power. beacon power, flat out bankrupt. gone. out of business. beacon power. they got $43 million worth of taxpayer money to back them up. theyre gone. theyre bankrupt. mr. capp got a healthy six figure bonus. >> did that check bounce? >> i dont think it did actually. he got that before they went bankrupt. >> not only that, three executives got an average of $259,000 and the company no longer...

Any time you ask the wealthy to contribute a nickel toward deficit reduction, thats unacceptable to them. any time you say that the oil industry, which is making huge amounts of profits in recent years, charging us $4 for a gallon of gas at the pump, any time you say, maybe these guys dont need a huge tax break, thats off the table. the only thing that they want to do is make savage cuts in medicare, medicaid, education, environmental protection, and all of the programs that impact the middle cl...

Take this canadian couple who switched hotels at the last minute. >> if he had not given us $4 each off, we would have been in one that came down in the earthquake. >> reporter: at 12:37 minutes before the quake struck, this man from new jersey took what may be the last picture of the christchurch cathedral in all its glory. >> i just had picture with the tower up and came out and it was down. incredible. >> that was nbcs sarah james reporting. well continue to follow that story for you. coming ...