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bad. but it turns out there are two cases of high-tech companies in massachusetts with connections to then-governor romney getting money from the commonwealth and then going bust. one called accusphere and spherics incorporated got millions before going under. according to the boston herald, both were run by romney campaign donors. the loans were approved by a seven-person board including three romney campaign contributors. the romney campaign says it wasn't romney's idea. quote, this specific funding was part of a stimulus package that governor romney opposed on the grounds that gov...

administration's sense of waste and failure. you can determine whether the government investment in emerging technologies is good or bad. but it turns out there are two cases of high-tech companies in massachusetts with connections to then-governor romney getting money from the commonwealth and then going bust. one called accusphere and spherics incorporated got millions before going under. according to the boston herald, both were run by romney campaign donors. the herald reports that the loans were approved by a seven-person board including two romney appointees and three romney ca...

that happens to the track with the electoral college projection, the state by state race. a multi-million dollars campaign attacking mitt romney's record on the issue we all know will define the election. >> when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom. instead of hiring workers from his own state, romney outsourced call center jobs to india. he cut taxes for millionaires like himself while raising them on the middle class and left the state 2.6 billion deeper in...

judge in the trayvon martin murder case. martin savidge is there. martin, how did it take place today? >> reporter: well, it was simple and it was uneventful, fredricka. that is just the way the authorities wanted it to be. there was always concern about george zimmerman's team. it certainly was the worry of law enforcement because of the amount of notoriety this case has received over time, and of course, because there's a lot of different opinions on this story. let's tell you how the meeting took place. it was rather clandestine how george zimmerman got into the hands of authoriti...

zimmerman's wife, shelly, lied at the bond hearing in april about their ability to make bail. here she is that day testifying by phone, first being sworn in, then not telling the truth. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth so help you god? >> yes, i do. >> are you of any financial means where you could assist in those costs? >> not -- not that i'm aware of. >> because the judge believed the zimmermans to be strapped for cash, zimmerman was granted a low bail, $150,000 of which he only had to pay $15,000 out of pocket. what mrs. zimmerman did not s...