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Voting's closed...they'll announce the winner in half an hour...

Unless either of the other stories has a hidden cult following them, in all honesty Amandou's story should win.

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Amandou won! Amandou won!

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Congrats, FIRST community- we did it, we got FIRST and Amadou's story on CBS!
I can't wait to see the story next Friday on CBS- And I know I'll see quite a few familiar faces (and bots!)

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O well, I was too late to find out about this thread to vote... :(

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It's ok we won anyway. Just make sure you watch the show.

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There was just a story about this on PBS with Jim Lehrer. It was filmed in Atlanta and while they didn't describe FIRST they did show a bit of the competition and an interview in the pits. They also interviewed Amadou's teammates with the large FIRST banner hung outside in the background.

They may post it later on PBS's website. I didn't see anything when I just looked. The story was aired at 7:45 pm tonight. The timing was amazing, I'm just flipping channels when I run across them talking about Amadou and showing an Aim High match going in the background. :)

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i was right next to the lady as she was filming the story, it was originally on the today show. she was filming from the room on the 2nd floor overlooking the pit area

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**FIRST EMAIL**/FIRST Wins in a Landslide
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Greetings Teams:

The votes are in................and the winner is FIRST!

FIRST received the most votes for this Friday's CBS Assignment America, so please be sure to tune in this Friday to CBS News at 6:30 pm. More details can be found at the following link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...in1276706.shtm

Thanks to the entire FIRST Community for turning out the vote.

Go Teams!

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do u remember which issue it was in? i looked through several and couldnt find it :confused:

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The New York Times-
April 26, 2006
"Student's Prize Is a Trip Into Immigration Limbo"
by Nina Bernstein
:)

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You know 1523 M.A.R.S will be there!!!

See you guys there

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6:30 eastern time? I wouldn’t like to miss it because of a time zone misinterpretation.

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It's there now: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/j...tion_5-2.html#

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I just saw the segment on CBS. It was definitly well done and shows the struggles that Amandou had to over come to do what he loves most, FIRST. Definitly inspiring.