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It takes great britain's medal total to six, with two days remaining. andy swiss reports. success has rarely tasted sweeter. ollie hill savouring the moment after sealing his place in paralympic history. the 32—year—old used to race motorbikes but after having his right leg amputated following a car accident, he switched to snowboarding, and on his first run in the slalom his speed was plain to see. commentator: 0.47, second place! although he eventually slipped back to third, by the time he began his final run he could already start celebrating. commentator: ollie hill, all smiles. he kno...

Andy swiss reports. success has rarely tasted sweeter. ollie hill savouring the moment after sealing his place in paralympic history. the 32—year—old used to race motorbikes but after having his right leg amputated following a car accident, he switched to snowboarding, and on his first run in the slalom his speed was plain to see. commentator: 0.47, second place! although he eventually slipped back to third, by the time he began his final run he could already start celebrating. commentator: ollie hill, all smiles. he knows he's got a medal. the only question was could he improve on bronze?...

Taker's information for $0.47 a pop, and they can do that without the test taker's consent? >> they do get the test taker's consent. there's a question on the survey, which is part of the information they sell asking the students whether or not they want their information disseminated. whether or not, a 14 or 15-year-old kid who is about to take a high stakes test is in the game on the question is an open question but about 80% of kids check that box, so they have an opportunity to turn it back! >> how does this benefit the colleges that are buying it? >> the schools are in the business of get...

Are going to have to talk about. if you look at the cost that we are subsidizing, giving a subsidy to amazon and we are talking about billions of dollars a year, the real cost, report just came out, they said dollars $0.47 for every time they deliver a package, the united states government, meaning the post office to lose as 47. so amazon is going to pay as much money. thank you. i hope he's going to be great. >> kennedy: press conference with baltic leaders, we will hear more from the president about half an hour. he touched on quite a few issues including russia, even germany

America is essentially one pothole. they see this as an opportunity to raise gas taxes. as a consequence, the highway trust has broke. we are not building new roads or fixing money that we have, but rather than wait for the feds, some states are jumping in. five states raise their taxes this year, california up to about $0.47 a gallon, montana, tennessee come up about a nickel, indiana and south carolina, a dime. almost half the states raise their taxes the last five years, average $0.31. the highest pennsylvania 59, alaska the lowest at 12. >> we have more vehicles on the road, we have vehicl...