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Since then, though, those same three doctors have said they were wrong. one of them in an affidavit saying: my judgment that mr. hill did not meet the criteria for mild mental retardation was in error, going on to say that hill has an iq of about 70. back in 2002 the superior court ruled that it was a violation of the eighth amendment, unconstitutional, to put a mentally retarded person to death, and since then many people have come to hill's defense, including the family of his victim that he killed back in 1990, and former president jimmy carter. they say that his sentence should be commuted...

worked too hard too long rebuilding from one crisis to see their elected officials cause yet another one, and it seems like every three months around here there is some manufactured crisis. we've got more work to do than to just try to dig ourselves out of these self-inflicted wounds. while a plan to reduce our deficit has to be part of our agenda we also have to remember deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan. we learned in the 1990s when bill clinton was president, nothing shrinks the deficit faster than a growing economy that creates good jobs. we need to make america a m...

0 both are come police in it saying that these cuts are draconian and indiscriminate and irresponsible but here we are with both of them unable to come to an agreement. so the hope is that on march 1st they go online and in a few weeks after there is a chance for them -- some of them to be reversed before a budget deal on march 27th, but we don't know that for sure. jon: the president, again, laid the blame at the feet of congress, particularly republicans in congress. i want to play just a snippet of that. >> now republicans in congress face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise to ...

be for politicians this weekend. not only is president obama making his rounds on the campaign trail but governors are in across the country. i'm maureen umeh. we begin in prince georges county where police are investigating a shooting death. and it happened at an apartment complex. audrey barnes has more. >> reporter: that complex is packed with people all the of the time. the sound of gun fire sent dozens flooding into the court yard area. when police arrived, they found an adult male dead in the hallway of one of the buildings. he might have been shot inside an apartment, the hall...

From demure, to daring. new blast flipstick from covergirl. welcome back, everybody. a california mom is sharing her incredible story. she was rescued after being trapped upside down in a snow bank struggling to breathe. >> the story is insane here. kristen jacobson was stuck for almost 30 minutes. her husband helping dig her out. all of this caught on tape. abc's david wright has the story. >> reporter: when kristen and eric jacobson set off on this black diamond trail, they had no idea how harrowing their day would become. >> just as i'm literally saying the words, don't go there, kristen ...