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Top of the morning to you. I'm Koi Wire.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day. The annual

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March 17th holiday honoring the patron

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saint of Ireland by commemorating his

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death around 461 AD and his bringing of

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Christianity to Ireland in the fifth

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century. What was once a religious day

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of feasting has become a global

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celebration of Irish culture, including

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by wearing or turning things green. I'm

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feeling very lucky today to bring you a

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shamrocken episode of CNN 10. And we are

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going to start with a Did you know the

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city of Chicago dyes the Chicago River

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green on St. Patrick's Day? The

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tradition began in 1962. The city's

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plumbers union was using a special leak

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detection die to identify where illegal

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pollution was entering the water system.

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Well, one day a union member noticed

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that a worker's white overalls were

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turned bright green after a spill of the

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dye. That sparked an idea. What if they

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used the dye to color the river for St.

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Patrick's Day to honor Irish heritage?

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Dying the river has become one of the

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most famous parts of Chicago St. Patty's

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Day celebrations alongside the city's

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parade. The tradition usually happens

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the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day,

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drawing thousands of spectators along

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the Riverwalk and bridges. Despite the

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bright color, the dye actually looks

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orange when it's first poured into the

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water. It only turns green after mixing

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in with the river. Over time, the city

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refined the process. Today, only about

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40 lbs of a fishafe vegetable-based dye

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is used, but the ingredients for the

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formula, well, they remained a

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trademarked top secret institution by

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Chicago's Plumbers Union.

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Now, to an update on the ongoing partial

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federal government shutdown and the

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impact it's having on air travel. The

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partial shutdown began in midFebruary

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when funding for the Department of

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Homeland Security lapsed due to a

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standoff in Congress over federal

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immigration reform. Now, one month

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later, the heads of major US airlines

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like American, Delta, United, and

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Southwest are speaking out. They sent an

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open letter to Congress calling on them

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to find a bipartisan solution and

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highlighting the real impacts this

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shutdown is having on aviation workers

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and travelers. Part of that letter

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reads, quote, "Once again, air travel is

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the political football amid another

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government shutdown. This problem is

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solvable and there are solutions on the

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table. Now it's up to you, Congress."

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The Department of Homeland Security says

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more than 300 agents at the

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Transportation Security Administration

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or TSA have already quit after missing

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their first full paycheck. Security

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lines at major airports like Atlanta's

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Hartsfield Jackson are reaching a

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breaking point. Airlines say they expect

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about 171 million passengers this

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spring, raising concerns over how much

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worse these impacts could get. One TSA

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worker told CNN they still haven't

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recovered from the last shutdown in

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November. with that shutdown that

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happened back in November or October

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going into November, uh officers had

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resources that they could tap into and

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things like that with the proximity so

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close to this uh shutdown. Those

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resources are not there anymore.

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>> Uh so they don't have the ability to go

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and say, "Can I get more?" They were

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working on paying back what they've

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already taken out. So it's absolutely

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worse than it was the first time. to the

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Middle East now where an online

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community is helping ease the burden for

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those desperate to relocate as the Iran

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war unfolds. Because of quarantine laws

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and finances, some people were unable to

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bring their pets when they evacuated

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places like the United Arab Emirates.

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One organization is helping them find

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temporary homes. Our Ryan Young has

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more. Animal rescuers and shelters in

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the UAE say they're overwhelmed with the

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numbers of abandoned pets. In the days

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following the first strikes, No Pet Left

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Behind was created as an online

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community to help abandoned pets in the

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United Arab Emirates find foster homes

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and adopters after their owners fled the

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region. The community uses a Telegram

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chat form for advice and discussions

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among members. They've also used social

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media as a way to spread the word. They

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now have over 8,000 followers on

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Instagram. you can actually get a lot of

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resources from the community in terms of

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people who've already relocated with

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their pets, advice on that. Um, and then

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of course we can also put you in touch

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with people who have applied to be

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foster homes or adoptive homes.

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>> No Pet Left Behind partner with three

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animal rescuers in the UAE. Along with

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connecting people with local

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organizations, the community also

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provides resources for how to relocate

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out of the region with your pet. We have

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some amazing volunteers who've stepped

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forward to help us who are just amazing

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and they do this on a daily basis and

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it's really incredible to see people

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band together over their love of

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animals.

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>> When UAE resident Anna saw No Pet Left

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Behind's photo of Milo and Bruno, she

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reached out to adopt them.

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>> The fact that you're incapable of doing

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anything in the situation makes you kind

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of lost. So by being able to support

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just in the smallest way by bringing in

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a pet in your house and taking care of

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that animal is I feel like it just gives

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some sort of purpose in this whole

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situation that we have absolutely no

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control over.

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>> Pop quiz hot shot. What year was the

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sport of basketball invented? 1891,

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1902, 1923 or 1937?

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If you said 1891, you are on the ball.

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Invented by Dr. James Naymith, the first

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game of basketball was played on

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December 21st, 1891 using a soccer ball

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and two peach baskets.

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March Madness is officially here. The

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NCAA women's basketball tournament tips

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off tomorrow and the men's tournament

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today. Over the next three weeks, March

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Madness will be in full swing as 68

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squads from across the country battle it

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out to become national champions.

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Millions of fans around the world fill

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out brackets in a bid to correctly pick

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each game's winner and the eventual

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champion. Did you know that no one has

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ever picked a perfect bracket? The odds

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of correctly guessing the winners of all

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63 games are 1 in 9.2 quintilion. For

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some perspective, researchers at the

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University of Hawaii estimate that there

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are only 7.5 quintillion grains of sand

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on Earth. But if you want to boost your

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chances of being the first to pick a

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perfect bracket, our resident

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brackettologist Andy Scholes has some

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analytics that might help boost your

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chances. What's up, Andy? All right,

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Coy. March Madness is here and it's time

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to start diving into this bracket and

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filling it out. And we know it's always

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fun to pick an upset in the first or

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second round. have that Cinderella and

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brag that you had it in your bracket.

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But if you want to beat your friends and

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do well in a bracket competition, the

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final four is the most important. And if

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you really want to beat everybody, you

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got to try to pick that national

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champion correctly. And there are

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certain trends that can help you do so.

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One of them is called Ken Palm. It

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measures a team's offensive and

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defensive efficiency. And every single

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champion since 2002 has been top 40 in

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offense and top 22 in defense. So, who

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qualifies for that right now? We can

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look at these teams. Duke, Arizona,

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Houston, Florida, Tennessee, Michigan,

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Michigan State, Iowa State, Virginia,

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Gonzaga, and Yukon. All of these teams

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you can expect to do well in the

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bracket. One seeds win the overwhelming

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majority of the time. 28 times a one

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seed wins your bracket. That's who

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you're going to want winning the

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national championship when you're

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filling it out. Now, take a look at this

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map. See this red line right down the

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middle of the country? Since 1997,

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every single champion has come from east

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of this line. Where are we finding our

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teams that we have left? The three

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teams. Michigan's over here. Duke's over

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here. Arizona is the team in the west

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over here. But in 97, who did win? It

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was those Arizona Wildcats. I think that

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the drought after 29 years, Koi, is

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finally going to end. And the Arizona

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Wildcats from the West are going to win

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the national championship. But hey, if

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it doesn't happen, Koi kids, don't blame

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me, blame the numbers.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A

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group of veterans traveling far beyond

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the walls of their assisted living

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apartments without ever leaving the

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building. One Air Force veteran went

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skydiving.

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>> It takes me instantly to a different

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world. An army veteran came face to face

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with sharks underwater.

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>> It was so realistic.

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>> The program created by Mind Immersive is

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specially designed for older adults,

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offering trips and experiences they say

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can help with mental health.

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>> We're able to bring it right to their

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room and again bring that veteran out of

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that darkness, whatever they're

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experiencing, and bring them to their

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happy place.

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>> Doctors can now even prescribe the

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virtual reality as part of their

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therapy. The technology is already being

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used in more than 100 state veterans

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homes and VA medical centers, turning a

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virtual reality headset into a ticket

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just about anywhere. All right. Hey,

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hey, happy St. Patty's Day. I have some

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shout outs today. And the first one is

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going to Mrs. Ireland. So fitting for

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St. Patty's at McKon Elementary in

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Newton, New Jersey. They sent us this

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awesome scarf and a book that Mrs.

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Ireland wrote about idioms. Uh, you

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know, things like a piece of cake and

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down to earth or let's see another good

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one here. Night owl. Yeah, this is

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incredible stuff and kind of what it

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means. So smart idioms, all their

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meetings. Awesome stuff. Next shout out

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goes to Nestu at Pittston Township,

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Pennsylvania, my home state. They sent

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us these very cool 3D glasses, a printed

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shamrock, perfectly fitting for St.

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Patty's Day and a limmerick or an Irish

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poem. Uh it says, "There once was a guy

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named Wire. His broadcasting skills were

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fire. A shout out. We need the knowledge

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you feed every day with news you

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inspire. Rise up. I see you. And I will

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see you again tomorrow, too." I'm Koi

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Wire and we are CNN 10.