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A look back at the top stories of the week in the Athens Banner-Herald and OnlineAthens.com. On Monday ... • Students march on Capitol - Hundreds of college students — some student government leaders, others more rowdy protesters — marched at the Capitol in Atlanta to protest proposed budget cuts that could scrap whole programs or lead to tuition and fee increases. State leaders are working to plug a giant funding gap in next year's budget, but haven't yet decided how much they'll raise revenue, cut s  

Melissa Merz, a principal at the public affairs firm Podesta Group, arrived with her husband, Robert Mackey, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and historian hired by the government to declassify documents. The group then grew to include Lynne Weil, the communications director for the House Foreign Affairs Committee; her husband, Nils Bruzelius, an executive editor at the Environmental Working Group; and Christine Mangi, a spokeswoman for Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) at the Senate Republican Conference.  

Weekday anchors Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum will be in for "America's Newsroom at 9amET, and Megyn Kelly will anchor "America Live" at 1pmET. Shepard Smith will be live from New York at 3pmET, and Neil Cavuto will anchor "Your World" from DC's the Newseum at 4pmET. Then a special edition of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren at 5pm, Special Report with Bret Baier at 6pm, FOX Report with Shep at 7pm and then live Sunday night coverage of the weekday programs, O'Reilly at 8pm, Hannity at 9pm and G  

In a competition with actress Aisha Tyler and comedian Cheech Marin , Cooper tied for second (or, depending on how you look at it, last) place with Tyler, after Marin beat them both. With a final score that totaled $0, Cooper missed questions about world leaders, geography, and literature (among other topics). By the time "Final Jeopardy" came around, he was so stumped by a question about the author of "The Wizard of Oz" that his screen displayed simply the word "Who." But Cooper didn't take his loss  

Sen. Scott Brown, R-Massachusetts, told CNN he is willing to work with President Obama on several issues. But negotiating the current health care bill is not one of them. Brown outlined possible areas of agreement, between him and the Obama administration, in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.  

Politicians and journalists descended upon the Washington Convention Center last night for the 2010 Radio and TV Correspondent's Association dinner. We spoke to CNN's Candy Crowley who was looking forward to sharing the table with Kathy Griffin , but thought the crowd noise might be a problem. She told us, "I'm worried I won't be able to hear her... Oh wait, what am I saying?"  

Sen. Scott Brown landed in CNN's Situation Room this afternoon for an interview with Wolf Blitzer . And boy was Brown glad to be there. "I always wanted to see how big it was," the fresh-faced new Massachusetts GOP senator said of the Situation Room, looking around as though he had to pinch himself for being there.  

The University at Buffalo Alumni Association will honor a prominent local philanthropist and an internationally recognized journalist at the UB Alumni Association Achievement Awards ceremony to be held at 6:30 p.m. April 9 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the North Campus. Attorney Gordon R. Gross, JD '55, will receive the UB Alumni Association's highest honor, the Samuel P. Capen Award, and CNN host Wolf Blitzer, BA '70, will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award.  

Wolf Blitzer and Jack Cafferty have it right here except where Wolf characterizes the shift in public opinion as "anti-Israel." It is not; it is against settlements and for peace and security for Israelis and Palestines. Even more, it is about supporting our own government when a foreign country publicly disses America.