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As many in the air as you had hoped. springfield, illinois, the winner. or the loser, depending on your point of view at 18.5. there was a stripe all the way across parts of missouri, right through illinois and indiana, with over a foot of snow in springfield. you're right in the middle of that. st. louis picked up 12.4. even baltimore got into the act. and it is heavy, wet snow, spring snow. so don't break your back or your heart shoveling this stuff. >> it makes you appreciate spring when it is finally come. that's my glass half full assessment here as i sit from my perch in georgia. chad my...

It's time for today's list of number ones. the real estate tracking website zillow says the biggest increases occurred in phoenix. homes there on average are 23% more than a year ago. in san francisco, about 18.5% more and las vegas, up about 18%. now for the best jobs for 2013, a dentist has the best job. a median salary of about $140,000 and in high demand are just two of the reasons. registered nurses ranking second followed by pharmacist. all in health care. being a professional golfer would be nice and for tiger woods it's getting better. woods could return to the number one ranking if ...

Wonder about, we talking about def circuits why don't we hear more about how to grow, solutions for -- >> i totally agree. >> we think about history, it is not so much the size of the debt but how fast we are growing. in the clinton era, we grew out of debt. what can we do to get out of the 2% economy? >> don't increase taxes on small to medium-sized business people. everying we do in washington i agree totally should be targeted toward economic growth. here are just a couple of numbers. even with the meager economic growth we have had from 2009 to 2012, revenue to the federal government has i...

Chair of the fed. pretty smart guy. >> and the council of economic advisers. >> the government can cover no more than a small fraction of the projected deficits by raising taxes. sorry, democrats, but republicans are right on this one. americans are used to federal taxes running at 18.5% of gdp. they won't allow it to go to 32%. he says, and this is what's so maddening, the health care costs over the next generation are going to bankrupt us. that's what the professor says. >> there's no question about that. when i talk to president obama about it last year, he said the spending on these progra...

♪ okay, so this is a law that i can appreciate in israel. they like a little meat on their models. there's a controversial new law that was passed in march. the models there, they have to prove that they've maintained a bmi, a body mass index of at least 18.5 for three months prior to a fashion shoot and also a woman who is 5'8" can weigh no less than 119 pounds. it also requires advertisers who thin out a model's body with retouching software to disclose that. >> that's a debate here in this country, about be up front if you've been photo-shopped or air-brushed, own it. i like that. so th...