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Accused of hacking into the voice males of people they were covering. and he alluded to that in his resignation letter. in a news release, b sky b indicated mr. murdock wrote, quote: as attention continues to be paid to past events at news international, i am determined that the interest of b sky b should not be undermined by matters outside the scope of this company. news corps chairman and ceo rupert murdoch said his son would continue to make substantial contributions. joint statement from rupert murdoch and chase carrie reads in part: we are grateful for james murdock's successful leadersh...

And the reason is simple. tuition is going up and up and up. up 6% for state schools last year alone, shep? >> shepard: and this is bad news for the economic recovery? >> well, eight out of 10 of these loans are funded by the federal government. every time somebody defaults on one of these loans t impacts our deficit. straight increase to our national deficit. had t. hits taxpayers. when people are in school they don't spend like they would if they were starting a family, having kids, buying a home. that hits us as well. shep? >> shepard: gerri willis live in new york. gerri, thank you. news c...

The administrator, martha johnson, said in resigning that this was a significant misstep and that taxpayer dollars were squandered. thomas? >> quite a boondoggle. nbc's lisa myers. thank you. here's some of the other stories topping the news. starting with the kentucky wildcats have clawed their way to the top of the ncaa championship, edging out kansas 67-59 to clinch uk's eighth title. the celebrations in lexington, kentucky, turned violent with two shootings and 65 small fires set early this morning because of people celebrating. media mogul jam murdoch stepping down amid pressure in hi...

Executives including rebekah brooks former editor of the news of the world and former ceo of news corporation's british arm and james murdock who runs news corps' international operations. >> must take responsibility for the decisions he made. for the decisions he made in relation to andy coulson. for the decisions he made around the contacts he had, for example, with james murdock and rebekah brooks at a very sensitive time in relation to the commercial bid for theist b sky b. >> prime minister cammeron has cut short a visit to africa and called for emergency session of parliament on wednesda...

Corps' international operations. >> must take responsibility for the decisions he made. for the decisions he made in relation to andy coulson. for the decisions he made around the contacts he had, for example, with james murdock and rebekah brooks at a very sensitive time in relation to the commercial bid for theist b sky b. >> prime minister cammeron has cut short a visit to africa and called for emergency session of parliament on wednesday so he can, quote, make a further statement. london's top cops have also been engulfed by the firestorm. the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan pol...