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>> greta: here is the best of the rest. if we could do it all over again, -- a woman in canada just earned her masters in the beatles, seriously. liverpool university in the u.k. began offering the masters. >> this next story is the pits. ohio congressman kucinich is suing a cafeteria over an olive pit in his sandwich. it is the one used exclusively by the house of representatives. he said in 2008 he bit into his lunch and surprise, an olive pit. it left him with serious

Olive pit, or pits. i'm not sure, he's not really sure. guess how much he's suing for? he's suing for $150,000. that's right, $150,000. you can buy 72,000 cans of olives for that money, we checked. kucinich is suing four different companies involved with the cafeteria. now, at first, i didn't actually believe this story and i was dropping things. so we checked the actual lawsuit and it says on or about april 17th, 2008, he bought a sandwich wrap and -- >> don't you love lawyer talk? first of all, where do you go when you get hit by a sandwich, the mayo clinic? would have been funnier if i said...

No one likes going to the dentist, but let's have a little perspective here. an olive pit in your sandwich? that's a little bit of bad luck. that's maybe a bad day. when did it become okay for a u.s. congressman to sue for three times what the average american makes in a year? because he had a bad day? not surprisingly, this isn't the first congressman's first lawsuit. he's sued for not being on a ballot, sued for not being in a debate. he's sued his own book publisher for not doing enough to sell his autobiography. but this sandwich lawsuit is the most ridiculous. he declined our request for ...

And dennis kucinich, just how bad was your lunch? he is now suing a congressional cafeteria. this is over a sandwich he bought, apparently, three years ago. he bit into it and he bit into an olive pit and it caused all kinds of damage in his mouth, to his teeth. he's now suing four different companies. vendors, for $150,000. listen to this quote from the lawsuit. it says, "he sustained serious and permanent dental and oral injuries requiring multiple and surgical and dental procedure and has sustained other damages as well, including significant pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment." >> that'...

Guns. a coalition of 400 rabbis published an open letter in this morning's "wall street journal" calling on fox news to sanction host glenn beck for repeated use of nazi and holocaust imagery and for airing attacks on world war ii survivor george soros. and dennis kucinich of ohio is suing a cafeteria after dental injuries he said he suffered after biting into an olive pit he bought there. he's seeking $ 50,000 in damages. here's a first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,985 after adding eight points yesterday. the s&p rose five points. the nasdaq gained ...