aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >>> the flu is making a comeback. the cdc said five states had widespread reports of flu last week, up from zero two weeks earlier. the states of new york, and four other states across the south, alabama, mississippi, georgia and virginia, all included. >>> 2010 has been the deadliest year for american coal miners in nearly two decades. 48 miners were killed over the past 12 months. 29 in the massey mine explosion in west virginia back in april. investigators have yet to issue a final report on that disaster. but thenid result in a call for tougher inspections. >>> it was a shaky and literally ending for 2010, for residents of indiana and four other western states. that region was hit by a 3.8 magnitude earthquake, that struck about 50 miles north of indianapolis. onger thad longer than one minute. thankfully, th no serious damages or injuries to report. >>> one of indiana's favorite sons is singer john mellencamp. and sad news this morning, he and his wife of 20 years are calling it quits. >> elaine mellencamp is a m

here's aaron katersky. >> reporter: though marc madoff has killed himself, it does not end the legal trouble for his family. including his two young children. his 4-year-old and 2-year-old are named in a lawsuit by the trustee trying to recover some of the billions of dollars lost by victims of bernie madoff's ponzi scheme. >> where is all this money coming from that the brothers still seem to have? children in private schools. we can't afford anymore to help our grandkids with private school. >> reporter: madoff timed his suicide, apparently, to coincide with the second anniversary of his father's arrest. marc madoff lost friends after the scandal, and those who knew him tell us he had lost hope and may have been considering suicide for some time. criminal charges were possible, though lawyers say none were imminent. in an e-mail to his attorney, he said, "no one wants to hear the truth." he added, "take care of my family." the suicide inside his living room came as madoff had been trying to pull his life together. he thought nobody else would hire him, so he considered starting his

aaron katersky has the latest. >> reporter: though mark madoff has killed himself, it does not end therouble for his family, including his two, young children. his 4-year-old and the 2-year-old, are named in a lawsuit by the trustee trying to recover billions of dollars lost by victims of bernie madoff's ponzi scheme. >> where is the money? that the brothers still seem to have. children in private schools. we can't help our grandkids with private school. >> reporter: madoff timed his suicide to coincide with the second anniversary of his father's arrest. mark madoff lost friends after the scandal. and those that knew him, tell us he had last hope and may have been considering suicide for some time. criminal charges were possible. lawyers say none were imminent. in an e-mail to his attorney, he said, no one wants to hear the truth. he added, take care of my family. the suicide inside his living room came as mark madoff tried to pull his life together. he thought that nobody else would hire him. so, he considered starting his own business in public relations. his wife, stephanie, told fr