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new details about amanda knox.he thinks about the country where she was imprisoned for nearly four years before her murder conviction was overturned in october of last year. her lawyer says that knox could be returning to italy much sooner than you might think. abc's andrea canning joins us with that. in the first moments after that conviction was overturned, she said she never blamed the italian people for what happened to her. >> here's the bad part. this isn't over for her family. it's hard to believe everyone thought it was over when the verdict was read. they still have major hurdles to go through. amanda's parents could face years behind bars. they have been charged with slander. there was a pretrial hearing yesterday. the trial could begin as early as march. the only expected defense witness in their case, their own daughter, amanda. you would think after hearing these words just four months ago -- >> both defendants have been acquitted. >> reporter: an italian jury overturning her murder conviction that ama

. >> people cared about what happened to amanda knox.here aren't that many stories where you see people from all over the world so curious. >> still the trial of the year goes to casey anthony. >> that woman made me angry. >> after weeks of testimony about her little girl caylee and soap opera testimony, the verdict clearly was not what people expected. >> verdict as to count one, we the jury find the defendant not guilty, verdict as to count two, we find the defendant not guilty. verdict as to count three, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> i think everybody knows she's guilty, everybody thinks they know she's guilty but to the letter of the law was there a shadow of a doubt? yeah. >> so many people wanted justice for that little girl obviously a lot of people were surprised by that verdict. >> i did learn to say new word like tot mom from nancy grace. do not pee on my leg and tell me is t is raining. >> what some are calling the worst sport scandal ever, the penn state debacle. jerry sandusky skam out denying he's a sexual p

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amanda knox says she would like to go back to italy where she spent four years in prison before her murder conviction was eventually overturned. she may return to testify as a defense witness for her parents. knox's parents said knowsx was hit. are your habits costing you a fortune? it look at just how much american workers are spending. a health scare for demi moore. later on >> actress demi moore is undergoing treatment for exhaustion after a scare this week. she was rushed to hospital following a 911 call. in november, there were rumors of infidelity. 7 is on your side with this story, a new report on americans' spending habits. many are shelling out big bucks on their coffee routines b 2/3 said that they spent $2,000 a year on lunch and $1,000 a year on coffee. nonprofessionals, 18 to 34 years old, intended to spend twice as much on coffee than those 35 and up. new changes for online privacy. google is changing the way it treats user data. info gathered from email and social networking services can be used by another service. the company says it removes curdles from several privacy pol

mailonline reports amanda knox may head back to italy this fall to testify as a witness in her parents' trial. they are charged with slandering the italian police. last year an italian appeals court overturned knox's conviction. knox and her ex-boyfriend were killed in the killing of her british roommate. knox spent four years in prison before her release in october of she is living in her hometown of seattle. >>> the lone marine charged in the killing of his iraqi civilians has not been charge. it was considered a low point for u.s. troops in the war. frank woodrich pleaded guilty to a single count of negligent -- likz of duty. the deal drops nine counts of manslaughter. back in 2005 eight marines were charged in the attack that killed 24 iraqi civilians. woodrich admitted that he ordered the squad to shoot first and ask questions later but said he never intended for civilians to be killed. >>> this morning a man stuck in a cave for nearly four hours in washington county, maryland, is free. emergency crews rescued the man last night. the man was hiking with a group in the clear spring

. >> best american student freed from an italian prison after being jailed for four years, amanda knoxn't that many stories when you see people from all over the world so curious. >> still, the trial of the year goes to casey anthony. >> that woman made me angry. the whole case made me angry. >> after endless testimony about the disappearance of her little girl caylee and a string of soap operalike witness testimony, the verdict was clearly not what many expected. >> as to the charge of first-degree murder, verdict as to count one, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. verdict as to count two, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. verdict as to count three, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. >> i think that everybody knows she's guilty. i think everybody thinks they know she's guilty, but to the letter of the law was there a shadow of a doubt? >> yeah. >> so many people wanted justice for that little girl. obviously a lot of people were surprised by the result. >> i did learn to say new words like tot mom from nancy grace. do not pee on my leg and tell me it is

the italian jury clears amanda knox of murder nearly four years after she was arrested for allegedlykilling her roommate in italy. israel releases over 1,000 palestinian prisoners in exchange for one kidnapped israeli soldier. >> the powerful earthquake rock eastern turkey, killing with about 600 people. we asked people in italy about the concerns, europe's dealt chris ons is the big ones, despite all of the bailout mean. the economy in 2012 promises to be a major headline n. rome, greg burke, fox news. >>> and here at home, we're more than an hour away from new year n. many places across the world, it's already 2012. we look at the parties around the globe ringing in the new year and that is next on fox 5 news at 10.  it's my coffee when i want it. you press a button, you have great dunkin' coffee. i got my coffee for the morning, i got my dunkin' k-cup packs for the rest of the day. only available at dunkin' donuts restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >> on the other side of the world, the new year's started last night. this is how they rang in 2012 in a

amanda knox is going back to italy.l remember she spent four years there on a murder conviction that was then overturned. now she says she loves italy and she might go back. >> go to little italy in new york. >> continuing our news of the strange, alec baldwin explains his airplane tantrum that got him booted off an american airlines flight. he'll tell us all about that straight ahead on "starting point." the diner. that's where we are this morning. they've been helping us out, stuffing us this morning, and yesterday as well. we appreciate that. let's talk about nancy pelosi this morning. is she keeping a secret? did you hear this interview she did on "john king u.s.a." sounding really, really, really, really, really sure that newt gingrich will not be getting the gop nomination. here's what she said. >> let me just say this, that will never happen. >> why? >> he's not going to be president of the united states. that's not going to happen. let me just make my prediction and stand by it. it isn't going to happen. >> why

with the possibility he may go to some sort of fast track case like we saw in the amanda knox case and rudy guidde where he gets a reductions on the sentence in return for the cooperation and a quick trial. so we don't know frankly at the moment how that's going to play out. >> we'll continue to watch that, dan rivers live for us tonight on the scene of this horrible tragedy. dan, thank you. in just a few minutes we're going to play more of those null released incriminating phone conversations. you'll hear the italian coast guard pleading with the captain to return to his ship. [ speaking different language ] . >> just a short time ago the chairman of the ceo of carnival corporation, the cruise line's parent company, issued a statement saying he is deeply saddened and offering "heart-felt condolences to the families and the victims. the statement goes on to say while this is a terribly sad time for everyone involved we want to recognize the tremendous efforts of concordia's crew who along with the italian coast guard and authorities helped to evacuate more than 4,000 passengers and cre

. >> the difference in a sensational situation like an amanda knox who people maybe think was a victim and they want to help bring her back, she left the public consciousness. she has no redeeming value. a lot of people think she got away with the most horrific murder. she is irrelevant. that's irrelevant. >> i really think she is a sociopath. she has disassociated herself from that other world. i kept looking at the back of the wall behind her and the pictures. there is not one picture of her child. there is a group photo of maybe a family photo. this is a woman who as sociopath and i have to agree with donny, gone out of the public eye. >> good advice. go climb under the rock from which you came. >> it was an incredibly self-centered video. not only did she not mention her daughter. she just talked about herself. to be honest it is actually pretty boring. what do you think is motivating her? do you think she wants -- somebody posted this on youtube. >> she misses the attention. casey anthony had all of our attention for all of that time, and now she doesn't have her family around her

they to want go with somebody like amanda knox or a book with amanda knox who is morally, less disturbinganthony. it's interesting. i think probably they're test marketing. maybe wants to see what kind of response she gets. i know that her attorney was saying that this was hacked and that they didn't post this. that this was not her posting it it. that somebody hacked into it. >> i don't know. my personal opinion would be i don't necessarily believe that. >> but if they are putting it out there, do they really think it will help rehabilitate her image? this woman talked about "i" 48 times. there was nothing of caylee. nothing. >> well, maybe she wants to sell books. maybe she wants to publish and see if this is marketing strategy because nobody will touch her. if she has a nar systic personality, which i believe everybody believes that she has, she wants to get back out into the public eye. social media is huge right now. so you can self-publish, put yourself out there, and get all of the attention you want. and, look, we're talking about it. >> you're right. you're absolutely right. kare

after nearly four years of i am prisonment, american amanda knox won her freedom and vindication in italy you to everyone. my family is the most important thing to me right now. i just want to go be with them. >> reporter: this was the moment that altered the course of japanese history. >> the monster quake thought to be the largest in japan's history triggered a ferocious series of tsunamis. a fire at this large oil refinery was out of control. >> a 6.0 aftershock as clean-up continues in the quake zone. the dai-ichi nuclear plant was knocked out once again. reactor three is spewing smoke. >> reporter: those who managed to survive are terrified by the prospect of a radiation disaster. >> in this part of japan, there are not enough living to take care of the dead. ♪ i'm looking at everything ♪ i'm coming from a better place ♪ ♪ i think absolutely different ♪ >> reporter: american hikers who were held by iran are back home now. >> i take you as my weded wife to have and to hold from this day forward. >> we will be with you every step of the way. until joplin is restored. we're not going an

i think we're somewhat familiar with the italian judicial system, right, because of the amanda knox case a vigorous system. he is looking at manslaughter, abandoning ship. that in of itself opens him up to about 12 years in prison. and so as you mentioned, we have 11 known dead at this point and many people are pointing the finger at him. they're saying this is the result of human error, this nautical fly-by that he did to apparently salute the inhabitants of the island. so my sense is that while he's on house arrest, he is in no way, shape or form going to be absolved of this tragedy. >> do we have any idea of the time table that he could be brought back and charged? >> certainly they have a year to keep him, to hold him while they're investigating this. the judge gave every indication that she's just sort of waiting for the rescue efforts to be done until she decides whether or not he should be remanded to jail. so i think we're going to see something pretty quickly because there are reports now that all of the above water cabins have been checked and there are no signs of-. and so my

an italian jury clears american student amanda knox of murder nearly four years after she was arresteder roommate in italy. israel releases over 1,000 palestinian prisoners in exchange for one kidnapped israeli soldier. and a powerful earthquake rocks eastern turkey, killing about 600 people. if you ask people in italy about their concerns, europe's debt crisis is one of the big ones despite the bailout money given to some countries, the economy in 2012 promises to be a major headline. in rome, greg burke, fox news. >>> this year means more than a change of the calendar. also tens of thousands of new state and federal laws are taking affect. covering everything from social security to golf carts. why so many? do we really need them, and what are they? that's next. >>> tis a new year, as you know, and that means new state laws. there are about 40,000 across the country ranging from how you can drive your golf cart to the way folks learn about sexuality. i assume they are talking about kids of the julie banderas will tell us, and she is live in our newsroom. >> tens of thousands, 40,000

we've seen that with amanda knox. and here this case is very analogous, i think, to the dr. conrad murray case because you're looking at what the standard of care was in that job. by breaking it they're going to be able to say that he's reckless. manslaughter is one. >> i'm shocked at this. i'm willing to grand good will, cloak it in competence. you jumped off the ship because you wanted to do something to help. i'm going to assume these things. i did assume these things. his answer, was no, i didn't do anything to go help. this ship is turning sideways. it's going under, i'm getting off. what are you talking about? that was his response. >> today he's facing manslaughter charges, charges of shipwreck, and facing charges of abandoning the ship which is at least 15 years total apparently. >> that's right. >> the other issue here is that most of the staff on the ship were not trained adequately to help the passengers get to safety. how libel are they? >> i will tell you. prosecutors to that goes also to that standard of care. as captain, you are part of your job, part of your

i know you know from all the work you did on the amanda knox case in italy that they move like molasses they are on this like crazy. is there anything that can mitigate the case against this man, against this captain, the fact that he steered it into shallow waters. is there anything that this guy can hope for at this point? >> obviously italy is suffering international humiliation as a result of this incident. i think prosecutors are going to be extraordinarily harsh here. can he mount a defense? he may very well be able to mount a defense. he says the rock that the ship hit was an unchartered rock and that he was following in a path that should have been a safe path for the ship. of course, on the other side of it, ashleigh, there are claims that there was a head waiter on the boat who lived on a nearby island and the captain was trying to veer in close to the island to sound the ship's horn. >> to show boat. >> yes, show boat in honor, endangering 4,000 passengers. so right now it's not looking too good for the captain. >> we'll watch and see if there were some mechanics that went wr