D.C. Madam Has Hanged Herself; Pre-K Competition
LONG: Some new information to share with you related to a story we have been following this afternoon. Earlier, we reported that police in Tarpon Springs, Florida, believe they found the body of the so-called D.C. Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey. Well, now her mother is reportedly confirming the body is, in fact, her daughter. She was reportedly staying at this location right here. We're looking at some tape from just a moment ago. She was staying at the mobile home park where her mom lives. And the body was found in a small storage shed on the west side of that mobile home. We are waiting for a news conference and waiting to get more details from police outside of Tampa. That's scheduled to start about 10 minutes from now. So, when it starts, we will bring it to you live. And, just again, the mother of the Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so- called D.C. Madam -- at the heart of her case, of course, was a prosecution against her alleged prostitution ring. She was convicted in April, on the 15th, of running that ring, catering to Washington's political elite. And her mother confirming she did, in fact, find her body. We will find out more from police about 10 minutes from now.</s>LEMON: Well, this week, some folks here in Atlanta may have flashed back to camping out for concert tickets. They bundled up in sleeping bags in a round-the-clock vigil. But why did they do it?</s>LEMON (voice-over): This morning, days of waiting in line finally paid off for some Atlanta parents.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I feel pretty relieved.</s>LEMON: The state-run free kindergarten program in Atlanta Public Schools is free and holds enrollment on a first-come, first-serve basis. Many in this group had been waiting in line since Monday morning for the 20 coveted spots.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's been rough. It's been cold. It's been cold. We were fortunate we have a pop-up camper.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you're going to go camping, it's better to do it in the mountains than on the roadside. But it was all right.</s>LEMON: This is not the first year the tents, campers and barbecue grills have gone up around this school, which has a reputation for strong test scores. But parents say it was the first time that the district tried to stop it. In a letter, the superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools called the practice of camping out unfair and asked the police to help prevent it.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just don't understand how you can, like, change your rules three days after people are camping.</s>LEMON: Around the country, extreme measures to get into preschools and kindergarten classes have become more common. Some selective schools require essays from the parents with applications. Others stick to the first-come, first-served plan. Recently, some San Mateo, California, parents planned to camp out, but once they arrived, were actually given numbers to hold their place in line. And in some exclusive private pre-kindergartens in New York, parents have reportedly made hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations in hopes of helping their little ones get in, not the case for the parents here in Atlanta. Those who didn't get the spots they wanted for their kids will have to move to plan</s>B. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have heard there are two spots open at my next opportunity, my next choice. So, we will see how we do. And, if not, we will move on to the third and so on.</s>LEMON: As you can see, this is a really big deal. And, as it turns out, even some of the first in line didn't get their kids into the program. As often happens, the line was scrambled at the last minute. And parents weren't admitted in the order in which they had arrived. Case in point, the third dad on the campout line ended up on the waiting list. And he calls it -- and this is a quote -- "a total freaking disaster."</s>LEMON: All right, our developing news on here CNN this afternoon, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the D.C. Madam, her mother confirming that it is indeed her body that police found there today -- a press conference in just a few minutes.</s>VERONICA DE LA CRUZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In the 2002 movie "Minority Report," Tom Cruise's character used hand motions to control images on the screen. Today, a device called ZCam promises to bring that future closer to reality.</s>ZVIKA KLIER, 3DV SYSTEMS: We think this will really create a totally new experience to interact with machines.</s>DE LA CRUZ: ZCam looks like a regular Webcam, but it's a three- dimensional Webcam that uses infrared lasers to measure depth and movement. So, with gaming applications and without a remote control, you can use your hand and body gestures to play a boxing game like a heavyweight champ or fly an airplane like a fighter pilot.</s>KLIER: We can understand the way a person is moving. So, we can -- we're actually creating a new type of man-machine interface for multiple different arenas, video gaming being one of them.</s>DE LA CRUZ: Other applications include browsing your P.C. with specific finger motions. But Klier says ZCam could also help save lives.</s>KLIER: There are applications related to automotive safety, where we can understand -- supply the means or the sensors to understand the size of a person, the head location, et cetera, just seconds before an accident, and then operate air bags more safely.</s>DE LA CRUZ: ZCam will be released later this year, but developers are already experimenting with the technology for applications like controlling Second Life avatars, making it even easier for players to get in the game. Veronica De La Cruz, CNN.