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But the town's proximity to a very active volcano means residents live watchfully and remindful of the threat of destruction. in january, 1983, kilauea erupts, blasting lava high into the air. nick and his crew begin to film the explosive events. >> the high fountain back in the '80s once a month, every three weeks it would high fountain 800 to 1,500 feet in the air, and it was absolutely amazing. >> this high fountaining is a spectacle, but looks could be deceiving. kilauea is efusive, not explosive like mount st. helens. so less likely to dump ash on surrounding towns. 20 miles away, kalapal...

Destruction. in january, 1983, kilauea erupts, blasting lava high into the air. nick and his crew begin to film the explosive events. >> the high fountain back in the '80s once a month, every three weeks it would high fountain 1,500 feet in the air and it was absolutely amazing. >> this high fountaining is a spectacle, but looks could be deceiving. it's not explosive like mount st. helens. dump ash on surrounding towns. 20 miles away, it's not in imminent danger, that is until something changes. >> late 1986. it stopped high fountaining and

Gathered in atlanta, georgia, in solidarity with wisconsin workers. protesters in wisconsin are angry at their state government for pushing legislation to cut benefits and reduce bargaining power for the state's unions. in philadelphia, protesters gathered at love park carrying signs supporting unions in wisconsin and in their own state. the crowd was also on hand -- hundreds, that is, on the steps of boston's state house. after spending almost a week trapped in a snowbound car, a couple from washington state is recovering safely at home today, thanks to the remarkable stroke of luck they ...

International ant research. >> love that one. >> that's a good one. >> we're getting to the good ones. $308 million for a joint clean energy venture with british petroleum. does that kind of burn you? number one, this is my favorite. $554,000 for the forest service to replace windows in a closed visitors center in mount st. helen. ladies and gentlemen, that's the top five. those are my favorite. how geitner or anyone in the government can defend that is totally beyond me. >> well, you know, jonas max-ferris. >> jonas might be able to -- you tell me. is this ok? >> i will defend it. i'll tell y...

Of some of the projects that they are pointing out? >> reporter: there are quite a variety of them from putting electrodes on dancers to studying ants. one is on mount st. helen's. the visitor center got a half million dollars to replace those big windows. the problem is that center has been closed down since 2007 and there are no plans to reopen it right now. another project an abandoned train station in new jersey, it's going to cost $1.2 million to turn that old building into a museum. and the stimulus package allocated 6.9 million to renovate an old fort at dry tortuga's national park. it'...