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. >> bart's general manager will recommend to the board, aproven a new deal reached by the two sidester an agreement was reached over a disputed clause that granted employees six weeks of paid family leave. the employees can decide how to use banked pay time off to maintain the paychecks if they need to take time off. union members pecked to take the deal to their members for a vote soon. unionized transit workers will vote on a new contract later this week. the officials came to a tentative drill on friday after voting down two previous deals. the union leaders are revealing details but made changes to rank and file that was asked for. >> today is the regular season game for 49ers at candlestick park after 43 seasons. 60,000 fans are expected for the game against the falcons in the historic bittersweet moment. some say they will take home part of the stick with them. >> i am going to get the physical seat. >> exactly. the exact seats. we brought a russiany -- sharpie so all the season ticket holders around us can sign it. >> i will take the memories forever. it is paradise. >> they

we fund a mom here and she says she zone aproven of them being open oned that understand but this sheet behind. >> online shopping, you have to do what you have to do to compete. i approve. people want toship when there are no crowds, that is good. i am here. that is my last trip. i will not be here after today. >> if you still have shopping to do, here are the stores that will have extended hours this weekend: kohl's, k-mart, target, nordstrom at 8:00 a.m., man staying open all at the way through to christmas eve. shoppers we have met say they like it. they say bring it on. we retailers say they have to do it because holiday shopping makes up 40 percent of their sales each year. they have to do with necessity have before do what they have to do to get the money flowing to here. >> trading is underway on wall street and we will look at the big board with the dow still in record territory up 67 points to 16,246. >>> target is facing the first lawsuit no the security breach. the massive credit card breach shows how behind the united states is for protecting your data. many other nations

an unconventional aproven catching on for many parents who believe the world is the best classroom forid at the start it's a different way of learning. >> i have to chime in here. to me it's ridiculous, i have an 8-year-old and 11-year-old. i have independent thinking. if i told my 8-year-old to do what you want at school, he wouldn't learn anything. how does a child at that age really learn. >> according to the founders, there are no real benchmarks to the process. the concept is learn it organically. whether it's 5 or 10 or 15. you would expect the kid to learn to read, things like that. >> how do they gauge if the kid is learning or not? >> again it's an organic process. when the kid is able to read the book. they know it works. >> i'm skeptical. leave it at that. >>> still to come op "new day" -- >> a new film about nelson mandela's life hits theaters this weekend. >> find out about what they thought about see their family story on this film. >> the people are angry. >> they are all angry. ing precin and some of the best offers of the year [ ding! ] at the lexus december to remembe