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the heads of aol, netflix and the chieve operating officer of facebook are expected to be on hand. now we want to know how the economic downturn has forced you, affected you to change the way you live. we invite you to record a testimonial on your cell phone or digital camera and upload it to ureport.abc7news.com so we can tell your story here on abc7 news. >>> in the east bay, mystery that antioch police are trying to unravel over the apparent kidnapping of a 16-year-old boy. then a report that he is now safe. amy hollyfield joins us now from antioch. amy, police just gave you an update. >> i just got briefed, cheryl. they say the 16-year-old is refusing to meet with them. that he is avoiding police. officers say they do believe he is safe. his family members told them that he is okay. that the 16-year-old hasan ford is all right. but police are now looking into weather he was a victim, or if he knew the armed man he left with. hasan's boss would like to know. he was the one who was robbed and then saw hasan kidnapped at gunpoint. he said he would really like to talk to them. he i

aol stock lost a quarter of its value, as investors showed impatience about the company's transformation. >>> and the notorious hacker has apparently set its sights on facebook. any youtube video, anonymous has threatened to destroy facebook, on november 5th. >>> a walkoff winner for texas. and a winning streak marches on. >>> plus, a big slip-up by the twins at the worst possible moment. and it leads to a painful loss. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm lynn berry. and players love doing well against their former clubs. and last night in new york, former yankee, bobby abreu had a great time. here's nbc's fred roggin. >> less than two months left in baseball's regular season. and the pennant races are heating up. to the bronx we go. mets and angels. mario rivera gave up a two-run shot. the former yankee gave up a pair of homers. bottom nine, two down. jordan walton faked to third and caught curtis granderson at second. he took the bat away from teixeira. that was the ball game. yanks trail 6-4. the red sox beat the twins. check it out. tied at 3-3, in the second. david ortiz, a little

on the down side, aol's stock lost more than a quarter of its value as investors appeared to lose patience with the company's ongoing transformation. after the bell disney reported quarterly earnings that beat estimates. >>> finally, the notorious hacker known as anonymous that recently attacked the likes of sony, visa and amazon, has set its sights on facebook. in a youtube video anonymous has threatened to destroy the social networking site on november 5th. >>> a bonehead move on the base pads. a walk-off winner for texas. a hitting streak marches on. plus, a big slip-up by the twins at the worst possible moment leads to a painful loss. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> thunderstorms are spreading through areas that desperately need the rain in arkansas and also in oklahoma. your forecast is coming up. [ man ] it's big. responds in a moment's notice. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. aladdin became the biggest in bail by treating people right. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional than aladdin. that's why more people turn to aladdin

. >> i read aol stocks 20%. it's not good. i signed up the guy was like, welcome, can i crash at your place for a while? you've got a few ton, right? it's fine. during a call with investors rupert murdoch said news corp. made $2.7 billion. murdoch said if investors had any questions, they should contact him by leaving a message on their own voice mails. i'll check them later, i'll check them later. this isn't good. after all the rioting in london officials are wondering it could mean security problems for the olympics next year. the guy running with the torch will just blend right in. >> tonight jimmy welcomes julia styles, musical case they mon poll la. that's weeknights at 12:35, 11:35 central on your local nbc station. it is time for your first look at entertainment. a classic battle of the champion versus eager newcomers is shaping up at the box office this weekend. the defending champ is "rise of the planet of the apes" which out performed expectations. experts think in defense of the first spot it should take in at least

the heads of aol, netflix and the chieve operating officer of facebook are expected to be on hand. now we want to know how the economic downturn has forced you, affected you to change the way you live. we invite you to record a testimonial on your cell phone or digital camera and upload it to ureport.abc7news.com so we can tell your story here on abc7 news. >>> in the east bay, mystery that antioch police are trying to unravel over the apparent kidnapping of a 16-year-old boy. then a report that he is now safe. amy hollyfield joins us now from antioch. amy, police just gave you an update. >> i just got briefed, cheryl. they say the 16-year-old is refusing to meet with them. that he is avoiding police. officers say they do believe he is safe. his family members told them that he is okay. that the 16-year-old hasan ford is all right. but police are now looking into weather he was a victim, or if he knew the armed man he left with. hasan's boss would like to know. he was the one who was robbed and then saw hasan kidnapped at gunpoint. he said he would really like to talk to them. he i

response is republicans and democrats, it's from silicon valley, consumer brands, tim armstrong from aol, mickey drexler from j. crew, kevin johnson from juniper. these are all people who are not looking at partisanship but citizenship in addition to that, with 9% unemployment, 42 statements in america who have budget deficits, there's a crisis of confidence in america, and it's serious. we need a sense of urgency and we need leadership. it's about job creation and the economy. we can't get to that until the leaders in washington remove the uncertainty in america. >> so, when you say withhold political contributions, to everyone or -- >> i want -- >> what -- >> what i want to do is, we set up a website in the last 24 hours, which is upwardspiral2011.org. you can get information there. we're saying two things. please suspend your donations and your contributions to the incumbents in the administration and in congress until we have a long-term debt ceiling deal. we send a signal that the status quo is not working. there's a crisis in america. congress should not be in recess. and we've got

in some way and with ail -- aol in another way. you need the types of connections with more established or at least larger players in order to survive. the other reason is that the proliferation of sites has caused a change in the way people get their news. no longer do they just go to what we call destination sites, which was essentially a newspaper online. they are getting their news on facebook and google and bing and search engines. to be out there in that news sphere, you have to have different ways of attacking a and having connections and distribution arrangements. >> i would like to add that proliferation of new sites creates more demand for content, which creates more opportunity for professional writers. before you think about going into news as a business as an independent publisher, you have to think about what the need is, if there is a need in that particular space for another site, and then how you distinguish yourself and the content you provide. i wanted to go back to the question about the funding investments in j