Q: Cole Bettles had been rejected by a number of universities when he received an e-mail from the University of California, San Diego, last month, congratulating him on his admission and inviting him to tour the campus. His mother booked a hotel in San Diego, and the 18-year-old Ojai high school senior arranged for his grandfather, uncle and other family members to meet them at the campus for lunch during the Saturday tour.

"They were like 'Oh my God, that's so awesome ', " Bettles said. Right before he got in bed, he checked his e-mail one last time and found another message saying the school had made a mistake and his application had been denied.

In fact, all 28, 000 students turned away from UC San Diego, in one of the toughest college entrance seasons on record, had received the same incorrect message. The students' hopes had been raised and then dashed in a cruel twist that shows the danger of instant communications in the Internet age.

UCSD admissions director Mae Brown called it an "administrative error" but refused to say who had made the mistake, or if those responsible would be disciplined .

The e-mail, which began, "We're thrilled that you've been admitted to UC San Diego, and we're showcasing our beautiful campus on Admit Day, " was sent to the full 46, 000 students who had applied, instead of just the 18, 000 who got in, Brown said.

The error was discovered almost immediately by her staff, who sent an apology within hours.

"It was really thrilling for a few hours; now he's crushed , " said Cole's mother, Tracy Bettles. "It's really tough on them."

The admissions director said she was in the office on Monday until midnight answering e-mails and phone calls from disappointed students and their parents. She said she took full responsibility for the error. "We accessed the wrong database. We recognize the incredible pain receiving this false encouragement caused. It was not our intent."

1. University of California, San Diego
2. No
3. His mother, grandfather, uncle and other family members
4. unknown
5. Cole Bettles
6. 18
7. Yes
8. senior
9. Ojai high school
10. Tracy Bettles.

Numbered questions:
1. what school did the boy visit?
2. did he go alone?
3. who went with him?
4. did they eat?
5. what is his name?
6. how old is he?
7. is he still in school?
8. what grade is he in?
9. where?
10. what is his mom's name?

Q: The West Indies or Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

The region is known as the area running from Florida westward along the Gulf Coast, and then south along the Mexican coast through Central America and then eastward across the northern coast of South America.

Bermuda is also included within the region even though it is in the west-central Atlantic, due to its common cultural history created by European colonization of the region, and in most of the region by the presence of a significant group of African descent.

Indigenous peoples were the first inhabitants of the West Indies. In 1492, Christopher Columbus became the first European to arrive at the islands, where he is believed by historians to have first stepped foot in the Bahamas. After the first of the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas, Europeans began to use the term "West Indies" to distinguish the region from the East Indies of South Asia and Southeast Asia.

In the late sixteenth century, French, English and Dutch merchants and privateers began their operations in the Caribbean Sea, attacking Spanish and Portuguese shipping and coastal areas. They often took refuge and refitted their ships in the areas the Spanish could not conquer, including the islands of the Lesser Antilles, the northern coast of South America including the mouth of the Orinoco, and the Atlantic Coast of Central America. In the Lesser Antilles they managed to establish a foothold following the colonization of St Kitts in 1624 and Barbados in 1626, and when the Sugar Revolution took off in the mid-seventeenth century, they brought in thousands of Africans to work the fields and mills as slave laborers. These Africans wrought a demographic revolution, replacing or joining with either the indigenous Caribs or the European settlers who were there as indentured servants.

1. The West Indies
2. North Atlantic Ocean
3. three
4. the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.
5. Yes
6. Not really
7. due to its common cultural history created by European colonization of the region
8. a significant group of African descent.
9. Indigenous peoples
10. Christopher Columbus
11. 1492
12. Bahamas
13. to distinguish the region from the East Indies of South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Numbered questions:
1. What region is this about?
2. Which body of water is it in?
3. How many island chains are part of it?
4. What are they?
5. Is Bermuda included in it?
6. Is it physically located in the region?
7. Then why is it included?
8. Who else lives in this region?
9. Who lived there first?
10. Who was the first European there?
11. When?
12. Which place did he visit first?
13. Why is the region called the West Indies?

Q: (CNN) -- All eyes will be on the figure skating rink (and the judges panel), it's Round 2 for Canada and the United States in this women's hockey tournament and women's halfpipe ski makes its debut without one of its pioneers.

Figure skating

With expectations nearly as high as the men's hockey team, two Russian figure skaters are in position to medal Thursday.

But instead of Julia Lipnitskaya being the Russian in the top 3 after the short program, it was Adelina Sotnikova who was just behind Yuna Kim, the current queen of the ice.

A few U.S. journalists thought Sotnikova was the recipient of some generous scores from the judges, but she said she deserved the 74.64 total.

"I'm very happy the first (technical element score of 39.09) mark was so high," she said. "I skated really well, and I got good levels on everything so I think they reflected my skate."

Lipnitskaya fell on a triple flip but still sits in fifth position between Americans Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner.

"I don't know what happened. My preparation was all fine. I wasn't nervous. I didn't feel too much pressure," she said despite the immense hopes of her countrymen. "The marks weren't as low as I expected. I can still fight for a medal tomorrow."

Yuna Kim still looks the part of champion despite her absence from many recent competitions. She'll be the final skater of the free skate, which she said will bring "extra pressure."

Sotnikova, meanwhile, is the third skater of the final group. Third-place Carolina Kostner of Italy is just before the Russian.

1. Three
2. hockey
3. halfpipe ski
4. Figure skating
5. Yuna Kim
6. the current queen of the ice.
7. Yes
8. the U.S.
9. they thought Sotnikova was the recipient of some generous scores
10. the judges
11. 74.64
12. Yes
13. Yes
14. Lipnitskaya
15. a triple flip
16. Russian

Numbered questions:
1. how many sports are mentioned?
2. which is mentioned first?
3. second?
4. and the last one?
5. who is called by a nickname?
6. what is her nickname?
7. are reporters mentioned?
8. from which country?
9. what did they believe?
10. who gave the grades?
11. what was her final grade?
12. did she agree with the rating?
13. did someone topple over?
14. who?
15. what was she doing when this happened?
16. what is her nationality?