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Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. We`re glad to see you this Tuesday. I`m Carl Azuz at the
CNN Center.
Malaysia`s government made a tragic announcement yesterday: all lives are lost. It ended many
people`s hopes that there could have been any survivors aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight
370, which vanished more than two weeks ago. Grieving families expressed everything from
anguish to doubt to anger. One woman left the news briefing asking where`s the proof.
Malaysia says information from a British satellite company and (INAUDIBLE) investigators indicates
that plane crashed somewhere in the Southern Indian Ocean. As of last night, no parts of
it had been recovered, though international planes and ships were combing the region.
One main search area is about 1500 miles west Perth, Australia. So, victims` families will
be given the opportunity to travel there if and when the wreckage is recovered.
Our next story today concerns Ebola. It`s a very deadly virus that was first identified
in 1976. It causes hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms are external and internal bleeding and organ
failure. Most outbreaks including the most recent in Guinea have been in Africa. But
because it spreads easily through contact with bodily fluids, officials are taking no
chances.
Ebola seen here under the microscope. It is one of the most highly contagious and deadly
viruses known to man. The name alone elicits fear and brings (INAUDIBLE) images of doctors
in hazmat suits. Now, people in Guinea are battling the West African countries first
ever outbreak of the disease.
We immediately sent samples to two laboratories specializing in tropical disease. The health
ministry waited for the laboratory to determine the nature of the virus involved, and then
we got confirmation. It was Ebola.
The virus has killed dozens of people in the southern region of the country. And there
are fears Ebola may now spread to the capital of Conacry.
Listening to the news and to see the effects of what is happening in the forest. It`s true
that a mysterious fever is striking people. It`s scaring us.
I`m scared. I`m scared because it affects me.
Government officials say samples from several suspected cases in the capital have tested
negative for the virus. But Doctors without Borders is proactively flying in tons of medical
aid and equipment to fight the epidemic.
In Conakry, there`s an alarming situation and a little panic. In other places, they
are a bit more used to it where it`s endemic. That`s not easy either, because people are
afraid of this epidemic because it`s very deadly. But at least they are a bit used to
it.
There have been sporadic incidents of Ebola in other African countries in recent years,
but with the fatality rate of up to 90 percent, and no known cure, there`s concern that in
Guinea, a poor country with a weak medical infrastructure, a widespread Ebola outbreak
could be devastating.
Time for the "Shoutout." What`s the term for a company`s first sale of stock to the public?
If you think you know it, shout it out!
Is it IPO, open interest, S&P or SEC?
A company`s first sale of stock to the public is an IPO. It stands for initial public offering.
That`s your answer and that`s your shoutout.
So, if you buy shares of a public company on the stock market, you can profit if the
stock goes up and lose money if it tanks. The maker of Candy Crush saga is going public
offering an IPO. The immensely popular game is a freemium, free and premium. It`s free
to download, but it can cost you to keep playing. What do you think its chances are of sweet
stock market success?
Candy Crush has become a global craze and the games` masterminds are cashing in.
Delicious.
Here on Wall Street investors are getting their opportunity to taste Candy Crush and
parent company King Digital. But to understand just how popular Candy Crush is, you have
to go underground to the New York City Subways.
In the tunnels of Gotham City, Candy Crush where users line up colored candies to win
points appears to be the go to game.
Is this, you know, trying to occupy my time, you know, on my commute.
How often do you play it?
Pretty much every day when I`m on the train.
King says almost half of the people who play Candy Crush in the U.S. do it on subways,
trains and buses. And the minutes definitely add up.
Do you play Candy Crush?
Yeah, all the time. I had to delete the app because it`s taking over my life.
Megan Rose Dickie follows online gaming for Website business insider. Even she has issues.
I`ve spent like hundreds of dollars playing the game like .
Hundreds of dollars? Literally?
Literally.
Players like Megan spend big bucks on tools that get them to higher levels. That`s how
to propel King to a profit of over $560 million last year. Most games juggle to turn any profit.
King could become one of the hottest Internet IPOs this year. Still investors might want
to think twice.
Gamers are fickle. Zinger`s Farmville was once the hot Internet game, but Zinger`s shares
have fallen dramatically since its IPO. Even angry birds have struggled to maintain the
buzz.
With so many IPOs on tap this year, investors have felt like kids in a candy shop. Life
maybe sweet for Candy Crush now, but in the fierce world of social gaming, investors might
want to settle for a less intent sugar rush. Samuel Burke, CNN, New York.
Mark Bergel spends most nights sleeping on the coach. He could get a bed if he wanted
one. He just wants everyone else in America to have one first. Bergel founded the charity
that gives furniture and life skills coaching to impoverish people in Washington D.C. where
more than 18 percent of residents are poor. Bergel`s efforts to help thousands are why
he is a CNN hero.
I`m very emotional right now. I`m excited. I`m so glad things are starting to turn around.
For like five years me and my kids have had no way to go.
We just had to go from place to place. We slept in (INAUDIBLE). We moved in here with
nothing.
When I see my children on the floor going to bed, it hurts me.
Hi!
There is no stability and there`s no dignity when you live in apartments that have nothing
in them.
So, how this works? OK. Anything this that you want in here - you put your sticker on,
and that`s why you guys will take home.
OK.
Once we get the homes furnished, they have a chance to just take a breath and start to
create a different life.
We pick up the furniture and other home goods from people who have more than they need and
we distribute them free of charge to people who have nothing.
I like this table. This family who could sit down and who can just eat.
That`s something to sit on, something to lay on. Now, we come back on track.
Now, my kids can pursue their dreams.
This is a good start? Right?
Yes. Yes. It is.
It`s a good start.
I help people to find the hope that was missing from their lives.
Love you. Good night.
And the opportunity they didn`t know was before them.
Forecast for todays` "Roll Call" is storming. We are starting with the storm of Sauk Rapids-Rice
High School, they are watching from Sauk Rapids - Minnesota, and they are first on today`s
roll.
Glad to see the Patriots, too. In Galub (ph) New Mexico. Hello to our viewers at Miyamura
High School.
And on the Gulf Coast watch out for the buccaneers. They are sailing from Harvey, Louisiana at
West Jefferson High School.
If someone tells me a hamburger costs two fifty, I will make sure the decimal is after
the two. In this burger, there is no decimal. Just $250 worth of beef and toppings. And
just ordinary beef and toppings. It`s cobe (ph) beef, topknot stuff from Japan, and heirloom
tomato because it costs as much as an heirloom, foie gras because why add salt when you can
have liver? Beluga caviar, pangetta and the white truffle? It`s truffle of flavor, truffle
of expense. You can only get it rare to medium rare like its perspective buyers. Most would
call the price beef fuddling. Even a hamburger that couldn`t call it a steal, but for those
who think it`s worth it, this burger is king. I`m Carl Azuz. And we`ll move on tomorrow.