in this country in wisconsin, protesters have used the capitol rotunda in madison for weeks as a staging ground. hundreds have slept in hallways and public areas overnight. but that s changing today. the state agency that handles security for the building is asking protesters to leave or face forceable eviction. the building is being closed for cleaning and maintenance. and dallas is taking a move to avoid a budget battle by offering teachers buy-outs. the school district could face a $253 million budget cut. they re offering teachers up to $10,000 each to resign. at the end of the school year. i think it will probably help, but i also think they re losing a lot of their good general teachers. it s time to go. it s time to let some young people come in. i ve done my job well, so i leave with a big smile. some happy, some not so much.
improving, weakened demand for low risk investments with treasuries pushing the yields higher. the dollar rose against other currencies. not all stocks were winners. family dollar stores dropped almost 9% after reporting lower than expected first quarter earnings. and b.j. s wholesale club fell 2% after announcing it would cut jobs and close five stores. elsewhere, qualcomm is making a play to get into the tablet computer market. buying the technology company atheros. and finally, it s a national icon but it s also a symbol of the american housing market. according to the real estate website zillo, the white house has lost almost a quarter of its value. down to $253 million. well rondo is giving a thrill in bean town and who has the call into baseball s hallowed hall? plus, did this buzzer beater
quarter of its value during the housing crisis. can you believe that? the real estate website zillo says it is depreciated to $253 million even though the obamas added a vegetable garden and fancy swing set to the 132-room house. and they kept the bowling alley. i can t believe it. that s got to be worth something. this is an interesting indicator of prices. but it s not for sale any time soon. what were the most annoying words for 2010? any guesses? i can think of a few. well, lake superior university does this every year. number one viral. they say get rid of viral. runners-up included epic and fail. they re often used together on the internet to describe a fail of epic proportions that goes viral. that story s going to go viral. sure is. and as great as they are, roger federer and rafael nadal cannot walk on water, or can they? look at this. oh, my goodness.
value you have really good company. according to the website zillow.com where you can look up homes estimated value, the white house lost almost a quarter of its value the last three years. it would get almost $332 million on the open market. these days $253 million. just ahead, what would have been his 100th birthday pardon me they ve won another one for the gipper. a float commemorating former president ronald reagan took home honors at this weekend s tournament of roses parade. given the trophy for the best depiction of life in the united states past, present or future. the 55-foot-long float featured 55,000 red roses. what s cool about that take a swig of water first. those black and white pictures of different moments in mr.
you can put something together and don t end up with a filibuster: i think a lot of people are still opposed to the stimulus because i don t think they understand only a third of that package consisted of tax cuts. 300 billion dollars of the 878 billion dollar package were tax cuts. so it want all spending. only that was before for various programs. greta: 600 billion spending, 300 billion tax cuts give or take? roughly.rh greta: has it worked? you have to have go back and look at county by county in nebraska. we ve done an analysis of that. i think it has worked. greta: you have a low unemployment rate 4.7%. your state is doing great. in part because the governor was able to use 253 million dollars of the