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i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win.er) the contour meter, only from bayer. >>> welcome home. >> the space shuttle discovery is back on earth. it touched down in florida this morning. rain delayed an early attempt to land earlier this morning and yesterday. the journey was the next-to-last flight. only three shuttle missions remain before the fleet is retired this coming fall. >>> 7 is on your side with a possible government crackdown on seoul. a group is urging the food and drug administration to regulate the amount of salt in processed food. americans eat about 1.5 teaspoons of salt daily, more than double what they need for good health. >>> it website says it has pictures of the next generation of iphone due to be released this summer. it has a new body. it is dinner. it has a camera on the front. you can take pictures at night. some think an apple employee left it behind. >> it was lost at a bar in redwood city. i think he was out with his friends and probably at a few too many to drink and left it at the bar. but th

i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win. (announcer) the contour meter, only from bayer. >>> twitter has announced they will take steps to cash in their worldwide popularity. >> after much resistance to traditional advertising models, they revealed a new campaign connecting tweed's to advertisers and businesses. >> there is no doubt that twitter is an internet hit with more than 75 million users including celebrities and other public figures. police department's send out weeds to warn motorists of traffic accidents twitter believes it is time to cash in on all of those users and of course this is the first time they're launching something that will be an ongoing revenue stream for the company where they are inserting adds. >> sponsored ads will appear when a user conducts a search. if somebody searches for starbucks, a promotional ad could appear at the top of the page. advertisers signed up already include starbucks, best buy, and a virgin america. >> as long as there are not pop ups and in my face, it probably would not bo

i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win. (announcer) the contour meter, only from bayer. >>> flames engulfed the g roof of the audubon the shop. firefighters worked for hours to control it at about 6:00 a.m. no injuries ever been reported. >>> the army officer accused of killing 13 officers at fort hood last november is being moved from a hostile to a jail cell. his attorney says doctors in an army hospital in san antonio gave him a discharge physical last night. the lawyer says he does not know whether the man has been moved. he was paralyzed after police shot him. he is charged with 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. >>> trial is underway for five local men accused of carrying out terrorist attacks in pakistan for a day it disappeared from up the battle area and were arrested weeks later in pakistan. all five denied they were planning terror attacks and they claim they have been tortured in prison. they say life in prison if convicted. >>> a top ruling for the father of a maryland man killed in action.

i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win.announcer) the contour meter, only from bayer. >>> it was caught on tape. a dramatic rescue in california. witnesses say a car crashed in to a canal but heavy rains forced the car in the water and downstream about 300 feet. it took rescue teams two attempts to save an unconscious woman from the canal. emergency crews took her to the hospital. she is listed in serious condition. officials say another person in that accident died and they are still looking for a third victim. the cause of the wreck is being investigated. >>> a prince georges county police officer has been suspended and more suspensions could follow after last month's rally basketball celebration in college park. a teenager was apparently attacked by officers, and it was all caught on tape. gary noneberg reports. >> reporter: watch the dancing men on the upper right, hands in the air as he approaches a police line on march 3rd after students took to the streets. he is the grandson of a montgomery county judge. he doesn't

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i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win. (announcer) the contour meter, only from bayer. it's delicious. delicious. i know. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i assure you it does. i was expecting... expecting sawdust and cardboard? i know. i can only taste... only taste the crunchy clusters, honey, and brown sugar. no madam, i don't have esp. ok. i'll take a box, but you probably already knew that. (announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> we couldn't ask for a better afternoon. the weather is wonderful and our photo journalist, kevin king caught sites and sounds of spring. enjoy. [ birds chirping ] >>> beautiful. isn't that nice? >> so surean, i loved it. >> we have not -- we had the red on today, we didn't plan this today. >> we'll talk about it after the show. lanette is here with a fabulous forecast. >> you are going to appreciate the temperatures in the 80s. let's get down to business. today i'm forecasting close to 80 degrees. we'll be at 82 degrees as we go into tomorrow

i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win. (announcer) the contour meter, only from bayer. >>> today a couple of miracles. a 4-year-old child and a 68-year-old woman were rescued. they were trapped when their mud brick house collapsed during the quake last week. the little girl and the older woman were pinned under a bed. relatives kept them alive by using bamboo poles to push food and water through gaps? the debris for all that time. >> wow. parts of northern india are experiencing an intense and deadly heat wave. temperatures have topped the 115-degree mark. officials decided to close schools in the area afterparents complained about their children fainting due to the extreme temperatures. makes our weather seem pretty tame by comparison. we've got sunshine, the potten is a little better. veronica, are things going to continue to look up around here? >> they will. if you would like conditions to be more like spring, this week will be the first week with highs in the mid to upper 60s. as we take a look at conditions across th

i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win. (announcer) the contour meter, only from bayer. >>> earth day today. if you have been thinking about going green with your car, there are more choicing than ever now. which is better? hybrid or electric? we break down all of the options on the market. >> reporter: it could be tomb for the hybrid, so par the king of ecoconscious cars to get dethroned. >> prius is going to be knocked off its perch later this year and early next year when the chevy volt and leaf come out. >> reporter: expected at dealerships by december, nissan leaf can go 100 miles per charge and partly made of recycled appliances and plastic bottles. the chevy volt can get 40 miles per charge but comes with a gasoline engine that kicks in when the battery runs out. the roadster is the only pure electric highway approved car that you can buy right now. but at $109,000 base price, very few people own one. in about a year, though, they are coming out with another electric car for half the price. these cars cost about $80

i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win. (announcer) the contour meter, only from bayer. >>> today the afghan army destroyed more than two tons of fertilizer in a controlled explosion. fertilizer contains ammonium nitrate and surgeons use it to make roadside bombs. back in february, afghan president karzai banned ammonium nitrate. he signed an order giving afghans 30 days to turn in the fertilizer or face prosecution. explosion today was an effort to destroy some of the fertilizer the government collected. >>> the leaders in north korea today talking tough again. they said that they will exercise their right to build as many nuclear weapons as they need. they also said they would build no more than what they need. and they said they would take part in nonproliferation efforts along with other nuclear states. statement today comes before a meeting of the united nations next month. members there are scheduled to review the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. in another development, media in south korea today reported the north is

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i'm alana burns and staying in the game is my simple win.yer. >>> back now at 8:45 with a woman who needs no introduction. our very own kathie lee gifford, co-host of the four hour of "today," has written a new children's book -- >> i make you nervous, don't i? >> entitled "party animals." someone told me a long time ago to write a good children's book you have to have a little bit of child in you. >> it was a breeze. but a lovely compliment. nine years ago my writing partner and i, david friedman, wrote a little cd for preschoolers. i had written tons of very silly songs for my own children when they were growing up. it was just one of those things i decided to do. my daddy was very sick at the time and i didn't market it in any way. it was just one of those things that i put on the shelf. and then later, some publishers saw the lyrics and heard the song and said it would be a great series of children's books. so this is the first hopefully in a line of children's books. >> the star of the book is a good named lucy. tell me a little bit abo