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Simple as that. >> betty longshore had to jump through bureaucratic hoops to prove the social security administration that she was still living! she was declared dead after someone pressed the wrong button on their computer. difficult to understand. eventually, betty quiconvinced feds and they dropped her claim. >> one key stroke? thats crazy. many states are seeing an unusually early winter thaw. thats not the case for arizona. this is arizona, look at all the snow. five feet of the white stuff...

But on february 29th betty got this note from her bank. >> date of death, 7-20-11. >> reporter: it might seem funny, but the feds called betty dead and demanded repayment of $16,953 in retirement money. and following the law, bettys bank sent it to them. >> first they had to go to my checking account. and there wasnt enough money in that. so they found that i had a money market account. and they took what they needed out of that. >> reporter: it was all a mistake. no one reported betty dead. som...

More taxes. but they lobbied congress to do the open certain. they successfully got legislation that benefits a small number of private jet companies. netjets that deprives the government of $25 million over the next flee years is clarification of the tax code and not a tax break. regardless, huffington writes, companies likes netjets will pay lower taxes over the next four years than they do today. >> congresswoman loiskapps made it seem she supported religious percent cues. she pushed the wron...

Getting the internship, the part time job and the school work. >>alisyn: your mom said get to the career center. people do not know what a valuable resource is. >>guest: it is underutilized. it is free. go into the career center. they will look at your resume and cover letter, a great resource, and not enough students go. >>clayton: you tell a story in the book about me. flattered. >>guest: students are make fun of making coffee, well, i didnt know how to make coffee so i was sent to the break r...

-- the web. we begin in south carolina this evening with a fast-change republican presidential race. fast as in overnight. our new cnn time orc poll tonight shows mitt romney leading here by 10 points. 33% for the former massachusetts governor to 23% for the former house speaker newt gingrich. but, and this is important, the final 24 hours of our polling suggest a gingrich surge. my sources in several republican campaigns tell me tonight their numbers, too, are detecting a significan...

cruise liner is suspended. rescue diver face new difficulties while the captain may face years of prison. im wolf blitzern charleston, south carolina. youre in "the situation room." just releasing right now, a latest poll showing a tightening race. newt gingrich is charging ahead, trying to keep the fight for the republican nomination going, and the new cnn/time/orc poll shows him closing the gap here in south carolina. mitt romney remains the front-runner with 33%. gingrich up now, ...

Button being pushed. but that, british airways is saying, no, no, it was corrected immediately over the middle of the atlantic ocean. harrowing, i might add. megyn: i think id be dead of a heart attack, so it wouldnt matter whether we were really going on. i think id be gone thanks to my nerves. trace, thank you. >> reporter: okay, megyn. megyn: can you imagine the flight attendant? oh, its the wrong button! oh, man. coming up, top military experts are warning the possibility of armed conflict w...

These small counties, 91%. rick santorum could certainly get more here. youre talking about a relatively smaller amount of votes, because youre in a rural area. come out here, 100% of the vote. over here, 88% of the vote in. maybe a few more votes for santorum. this is going to go down to the wire. this is impressive for rick santorum. four years ago, this was romney county. thats way back. im sorry, four years ago, lets go to the republican race. sometimes you hit the wrong button. this was rom...

michele bachmann, the congresswoman from minnesota, only 5%. jon huntsman, the former utah governor, 1%. let me show you our official projections as of right now. well put it up on the board over here. we cant project who wins or comes in second, because it is so close between rick santorum and mitt romney, but we can project that ron paul, the congressman from texas, will come in third. newt gingrich, the former speaker of the house, will come in fourth. rick perry, the governor of te...

inching towards a civil lawsuit against penn state. what can you tell us about that? >> a pennsylvania attorney has been making the rounds on the morning talk shows saying an alleged victim of former coach jerry sandusky has hired him to explore a civil lawsuit and that would reportedly include a potential lawsuit, not only against the former coach, but anyone who may not have reported any attacks or aware of them. that is still developing. a lot of anticipation that there would be civ...