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Months ago, he was working at home in a converted closet in the heart of silicon valley. the former hedge fund analyst had recently quit his job to do something that at the time sounded a bit strange. >> right now i'm cash flow negative. >> reporter: he gave up a paycheck with a hefty ambition. to help educate the world online. >> a lot of people thought i was kind of crazy. obviously, you know, when every waking hour you have you would sneak into a room and make math videos and put them on youtube, people kind of questioned, you know, what's up? >> reporter: what originally started as some ma...

taking on islamic militants who have overrun a coastal town. it's a case eerily similar to the one against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn. an egyptian businessman could be arraigned in new york today, charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. 74-year-old mahmoud abdel salam omar is accused of groping a maid at the pierre luxury hotel. she says she went to the room at omar's request to drop off tissues. call it a bin laden bounce. strong performances on national security and international relations are driving president obama's overall poll numbers even higher...