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are the venues ready? how will the city handle the crowds? we're throwing an olympic-sized party on the plaza with many of the athletes who are hoping to shine today, wednesday, april 18th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie. in for ann once again. that newborn was found alive late last night during a raid on the suspect's apartment. >> it's a terrible story. 30-year-old verna maclaine was questioned by police and charged with capital murder ...

olympic fever catching on in london, with the opening ceremony now just over three months away. are the venues ready? how will the city handle the crowds? we're throwing an olympic-sized party on the plaza with many of the athletes who are hoping to shine "today," wednesday, april the athletes who are hoping to shine "today," wednesday, april 18th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie. the olympics today. but we'll start with the news, that new...

>> good morning. >> we've got a lot to get to this morning. it was a tough week obviously with the death of whitney houston and really at the end of the week an opportunity to remember her and her legacy. she was laid to rest yesterday in westfield, new jersey. the private moment followed a service in newark, new jersey, on saturday. family, friends, and stars paying tribute. it was a beautiful service. it was whitney houston's own voice that ended the ceremony. ♪ so good-bye ♪ please don't cry ♪ we both know i'm not what you you need ♪ >> the service lasted four hours and it...

>> well, it's like you open up your mail one day and you have an unexpected bill for quite a bit of money. i mean, it's a shock. >> reporter: a $30,000 shock. that's lafayette's share of the tax refund given to chevron. contra costa county is forced to return the money after it overassessed the company. >> as far as i know the city of lafayette did not share in the revenue that went mostly to richmond. so, asking us to pay that back on the face doesn't seem fair. >> reporter: 13 cities are suinging arguing they did not receive any of the tax money the county got and therefore should ...