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Wrestler who wouldn't fight a girl speaks about it for first time
Joel Northrup is a 15 year-old high school wrestler from Marion, Iowa and was a favorite to win his weight class in the state tournament. But when Northrup learned he was slotted to wrestle a girl in the first-round, he forfeited, citing his religion.
Joel Northrup and his father Jamie talk to T.J. Holmes about his decision to forgo fighting a girl.
Friend remembers couple killed at sea, says they knew the danger
Negotiations between Somali pirates and the U.S. Navy ended brutally Tuesday in the shooting deaths of four Americans.
The Americans–Jean and Scott Adam, Phyllis Macay and Robert A. Riggle– were taken hostage by Somali pirates Friday as they sailed in notoriously dangerous waters off the coast of Oman. The Adams were fulfilling their dream of embarking on a missionary sailing trip around the world and were accompanied by crew-members Macay and Riggle.
Naval forces were trailing the pirates' ship, when pirates fired a rocket propelled grenade at the U.S. cruiser. Then, seeing gunfire where the hostages were being held, the Navy entered the cabin on the pirates' ship where they found the Americans shot dead.
Clayton Schmit was a close friend of the Adams and talks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry.
Wis. Dems not coming home, Walker’s worker cuts ‘nothing but a threat’
Democratic State Senators from Wisconsin remain out of town today, as they continue to put-off voting on controversial bill proposed by Gov. Scott Walker.
If passed, the bill would take away union workers' collective-bargaining rights and would require that they contribute more to their pensions and benefits packages. Republican State Senators are returning to work today and the Gov. Scott is urging Democrats to do the same. State Senators Glenn Grothman (R) and Jon Erpenbach (D) talk to T.J. Holmes about what's next for the Wisconsin state legislature.
New bill in Texas House seeks to allow guns on campus
Members of the Texas State House are hoping to pass a new law that would require colleges and universities to allow students over the age of 21 to carry concealed handguns on campus.
Proponents of the bill including Jeff Wentworth (R) argue concealed weapons are the best way to combat a Virgina Tech copy-cat shooting in Texas. Meanwhile, opponents like Eddie Rodriguez (D) say colleges and universities should be able to choose on an individual basis whether or not to embrace such a policy. Reps. Wentworth and Rodriguez talk to American Morning's Kiran Chetry.
Unions: The beginning of the end?
American Morning's Carol Costello reports on the latest chapter in the old battle between labor unions and management.
Mayor Nutter trying to keep City of Brotherly Love on its feet
Philadelphia has an unemployment rate of 10.7% but Mayor Michael Nutter is trying to keep his city on its feet.
Nutter will be speaking Thursday about the steps he and his administration have taken to spur economic growth and job creation in the City of Brotherly Love, including investment in small businesses and expansion of large corporations. Nutter speaks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about his state's challenges and his efforts.
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