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Intel Science Talent Search winners take home big bucks
Intel Corporation and the Society for Science & the Public (SSP) have announced this year's winner's for the Intel Science Talent Search, the most elite high school research competition.
17-year-old Evan O'Dorney from Danville, CA won the competition, earning him $100,000 in scholarship money. For his award-winning project, O'Dorney compared two ways to estimate the square root of an integer and determined when the faster way would work.
Second Place winner Michelle Hackman of Great Neck, N.Y. will take home $75,000 in scholarship money for her study on the effect of separating teenagers from their cell phones.
O'Dorney, Hackman and Wendy Ramage Hawkins, Executive Director of the Intel Foundation, talk to Christine Romans about this year's competition.
Mom sues preschool, says 4-year-old not prepared for elite schools
Nicole Imprescia spent $19,000 per year to send her daughter to a preschool she thought would prepare her for a top private school in Manhattan.
But when Imprescia determined the preschool wasn't adequately preparing her 4-year-old daughter for the standardized test she needed to take to get in to an elite Kindergarten, she removed her from the preschool. The Manhattan mom is now suing the preschool for a refund of her $19,000.
Legal Analyst and Former Federal Prosecutor Sunny Hostin discusses the case with American Morning's Kiran Chetry.
Gas prices: How high will they climb?
Peter Beutel is an Oil Industry Analyst who correctly predicted the recent spike in gas prices.
Will international events affect gas prices at home in the U.S.? Beutel tells Christine Romans what he predicts for oil in the coming months.
Is California due for a massive earthquake?
Simon Winchester is the author of Newsweek's most recent cover story, "The Scariest Earthquake is Yet to Come". In it, Winchester says the West Coast of the U.S. is next in line for a massive quake.
Winchester, a journalist and geologist, talks to Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans about the disaster in Japan and his Newsweek story.
Japan radiation: Who could be at risk?
Damage to nuclear reactors in Japan has caused radiation leaks. How harmful could the radioactive material be to the surrounding areas? And, might the U.S. be threatened by the radioactive material?
David Brenner is the Director of the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University. He talks to Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans about any potential risks facing Americans.
American survives quake, walks 20 hours to find girlfriend
Zack Branham is a 24 year-old American who was in Japan teaching English when the quake struck.
Branham made it through the quake but had no idea if his girlfriend, who was at a coastal town four miles away, also survived. Determined to locate her, Branham traveled by foot for 20 hours through impassable roads until he finally found his girlfriend.
Branham talks to Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans about his experience.
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