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Debt, many may be tempted to look for a quick financial fix. shocking new report finds that some debt relief firms are tricking borrowers into paying up to $1,600 for access to programs that are supposed to be free. >> steve: that's the key part right there, the free part. personal finance expert dave ramsey joins us from nashville with more to avoid these debt consolidation dangerous. it sounds great. it's going to cost us something, but it shouldn't because it's a free program. >> well, absolutely. we call them debt consolidation loans because it's a con. it really is. student loan program i...

Beyond the pale. they want to hold back 10% of the i.r.s. enforcement budget. wouldn't that be novel? think about this. the i.r.s. is not coming clean about why they were targeting tea party organizations. they are clearly giving out bonuses we weren't aware of. they are having conferences at a time we're tightening our belts, they can't get $3 billion less to do a little less line dancing? >>gretchen: there is breaking news in this. the i.r.s. chief danny werfel is working to kill those bonuses. he's pushing to maybe try to get rid of them. >>brian: what's he going to do with the money earmar...

About the asiana flight that crashed in san francisco over the weekend. we learned none of the four pilots were drug tested after the crash. the reason? foreign airlines don't have to follow american regulations which require pilots be checked for drugs or alcohol after crashes. and also apparently two of the flight attendants were sitting in the back of the plane, were ejected outside of the airplane and survived. amazing other stories coming to light. >>brian: one took out passengers on her back. turned out she had a fractured tailbone, did it any way. and you can see some of this blurry vid...

Yesterday for the defense? we're talking about the george zimmerman trial. there he is -- >>brian: george zimmerman. >>steve: yes. things got really tense after the jury was excused yesterday. the cocounsel don west was complaining about the long hours and also about apparently the lack of time the defense had to go after some evidence they say was kept from them from the prosecution. that's when the judge, who had had it up to here, did this. >> we're not physically able to keep up this pace much longer. it's 10:00 at night. we started this morning. we've had full days every day. weekends, de...

>>gretchen: working dogs in training. a nonprofit center in philadelphia earned the nickname super puppies. >>steve: the center is trying to breed the best detection dogs in the united states rather than importing them from other countries. anna kooiman is here to check on them. >> the dogs have grown since my first visit in september and trainers say they are exceeding expectations. >> this working dog center is thriving after opening last year on 9/11. it's a nonprofit breeding program and genetic research facility complete with a d.n.a. data base aimed at financing american working dogs. th...