do you own liberty media or barnes & noble? >> i don't, and i won't own it now. >> joining me is director of research at the yankee >> suzanne: today's deal comes as e-readers and tablet p.c.'s like the ipad are shifting the media landscape. joining me now for a look at growing business of e-books is carl howe, director of research at the yankee group. carl, welcome to the program. >> it's a pressure to be with you. >> you were probably listening to the interview before us, talking about how big a business the business of e-books is. what are we talking about? how big is it? >> the business of books is actually a much bigger business than people think. just this year, we're look at about $1.4 billion worth of sales in e-books. and we see that growing to about $3billion in the next two years. so if barnes & noble were to get a small piece of that, about a third, they could actually make back in revenue what's being spent on it today. >> of course $600 million question here is do we think that e-books are going to ultimately repl

linda. >> reporter: for four months, no one knew what happened to phylicia barnes. and two weeks ago, her body was finally found. police say phylicia was murdered. they are not telling us how because they don't want to compromise the investigation. phylicia barnes disappeared while visiting her sister at her northwest baltimore apartment. her body was discovered near the conowingo dam in the susquehanna. a and's body was found -- a man's body but police don't think the two are connected. police have yet to make an arrest. no suspects have been named during the four-month investigation. the 16 was -- -year-old was getting ready to go to towson university. her brother says he believed all along someone killed his sister. now on. >> i really pray the police can use whatever evidence they found to figure out what exactly happened and who took part in it. >> reporter: we have the latest information on the website at abc2news.com. if you go to the main page here, the second story in the slide show, the latest on the investigation surrounding phylicia barnes' death and scr

phylicia barnes disappeared last december while visiting her sister. her body was discovered two weeks ago near the conowingo dam. a man's body was found but police don't think the two are connected. police have yet to make an arrest in the death. no suspects have been named during the four month investigation. phylicia was a star athlete and honor student and she was getting ready to come here to towson university. her brother says he he believed all along that someone killed his sister. >> aid little closure. i just -- it's a little bit of closure and i hope the police can find whatever they found to figure out what happened and who took part in it. we have the latest information on our website at abc2news.com. scrolling downright here on the slide show it's the 4th story down. clicking on that, you will find new video all the latest information in the investigation surrounding her death. also, if you scroll down to the bottom here, we have the latest on her funeral arrangements. a private service is set for this saturday in georgia. you can watch it

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-- phylicia barnes's body was pulled from the susquehanna river, there were no signs of trauma, and the medical examiner's office has ruled her death a homicide. authorities say they know how she died, but are withholding information. >> there's certain information that is sometimes only known by the person or persons responsible, and that is an important tool for investigators to use. >> a richly from north carolina, phylicia barnes was visiting relatives over christmas break in baltimore. she was last seen in northwest baltimore, the same spot where her family gathered for a candlelight vigil last week. her case has long been pursued as fall play. >> i do not think it comes as a surprise to anyone, but certainly not a investigators. the baltimore police department has cover this as if it were a homicide from the beginning. that is why they have been very thorough. >> jennifer franciotti, wbal tv 11 news. >> a private service will be held this saturday at the springfield baptist church in conyers, ga., and will be strained live on-line credit a public memorial will take place at th

stay with wjz and wjz.com for complete coverage of the investigation into barnes' death.e'll let you know as soon as police make an arrest in the case. >>> some bad parents will be spending mother's day weekend in jail. baltimore sheriff's deputies arrested 22 people in a child support warrant sweep. in all, this group of people owes more than $300,000 in back payments and five of the people arrested are women. the sweep is held every year in the days before mother's day. >>> relief from the pumped up gas prices could be down the road. experts predict prices will start to fall by early june, just in time for a lot of summer vacations. experts say you could expect prices to drop by 50 cents. it's not a huge break. latest numbers, prices in baltimore averaging $3.98 a gallon. that is 30 cents higher than last month, and prices were under $3 a gallon this time last year. >>> we have other good news for your wallet. bge says electricity rates are falling this summer. you can start to see a slight break starting next month. and they suggest turning the thermostat up a notch fo

. >> reporter: good morning, once again, felicia barnes body was found two weeks ago. investigators now know how she was murdered, but they are not saying a thing. 16-year-old felicia barns disappeared from her sister's northwest baltimore apartment right after christmas. workers at the dam discovered her body floating two weeks ago with no physical signs of trauma. >> my mind skips from saying my sister is dead to what's the next step? what are we going to do as a family? >> reporter: the chief medical examiner has determined how she died, but won't reveal details to protect their investigation. >> there is new information that came as a result of finding her body. investigators are looking at that. >> the man found dead miles from felicia on the same day she was found was the 53-year- old man who briefly lived in cockiesville. he had been threatening suicide, but investigators say the deaths are not related. >> our prayers were answered in a way that we really didn't want them to be answered, but it's still some sort of ending to this part. >> reporter: police say se

suzanne collins takes us to the funeral for phylicia barnes. >> she planned to come to baltimore, but she disappeared. and only recently was her body found in the susquehanna river. >> reporter: at a church in conniers, georgia, the family and friends say goodbye to phylicia barnes, the murdered 16-year-old. >> this saturday time where everybody needs everybody. >> reporter: the teen's family greets supporters. a video of phylicia, a gifted and talented student is placed before those who filled the church. >> reporter: a counselor and schoolteacher speak about felicia's good spirit, and her love for theater. >> she was the type of student who would light up the room with her smile and bubbling personality. >> phylicia was one of those students who was highly motivated. she had clear goals and sought out every opportunity in her high school. >> reporter: a family member reads a poem written by phylicia's mother. one as if the teenager herself is speaking from heaven above. >> if all of you knew how much fun i'm having, living with my father god, for you, all of you would be glad. so pl

this little barn is in somebody's backyard, 25th street. >> there is a barn and farm house on the corner of noi and 25th and off the top of the beam out rigger and hall the hey into the roof for the horses and we are working on a house in pacific heights and in the back is a carriage house and had a hay loft. >> let's see. james lick purchased this and left two green houses and subsequently purchased by mr. crocker and donated to dol golden gate bride and erected in 1879 and by the hammer works in dublin ireland. >> there is an exception to the rule. >> you're right and the stones from the abbey and now dispersed and line the path. >> right. there is an older building there but never got put back together. >> this building had 33 tons of glass in it. it was recently rebuilt and one of the reasons it had to be rebuilt these moderns are much more knowledgeable than the people in the 1800's and we knee w knew wo seal up the windows and all the building we did made it rot and it needed ventilation and had to undo the work that was done and back to the original design and expensive project an

phylicia barnes disappeared while visiting her sister at the northwest baltimore apartment. her body was discovered two weeks ago near the conowingo dam. a man's body was found nearby but police don't think the two are connected. police have yet to make an arrest in phylicia's death. no suspect has been named during the investigation. the 16-year-old was the star athlete and honor student getting ready to go to towson university. phylicia's brother says he is believed all along that someone killed his sister. >> every body to me is a suspect. everybody who ever came in contact with her and everybody who lives in the area, everybody who travels in that area. it could be anybody. >> reporter: we have the latest information on our website at abc2news.com. if you go to the main page in the slide show you will see it's the third story. we have the latest information there. new video and you can see right there also if you scroll down, we have the details on her funeral arrangements. a private service is set for this saturday starting at one ingeorgia. watch it online at the sprin

to come back to the barn now.e doesn't want to go out. he wants to come back. hawk was at the beach one day. there was a man there that the officers were taking on. they tied a horse up to a post. hawk pulls the post out of the ground to get back to his barn. dragging the post behind him. >> officers say san francisco's mounted unit has been around since 1874 and is the second old nest north america. and, rob, i have to tell you, i had a chance to ride one of those mounted horses. they have to be so tall to be over the crowd. we rode up some stairs. i thought i was going to die. i was terrified. the horse handled it beautifully. >> those 24 happy horses. >> hanging in sonoma. >> nicely covered area because we have the showers going on in the bay area. we had sun about two minutes ago around the golden gate bridge. >> we did. >> now it's gone again. showers going through. and tomorrow morning, i think you'll see lingering showers around san jose and the south bay. the afternoon looks dry and breezy. monday, okay. w

barnes and noble will have a new nook coming out. the daily telegraph reports the company may have their own in time forreader the summer. the bluebird maryland index went will work on losses for fti consulting. >> the time is now 6:20. 45 degrees on t.v. hill. >> the orioles go for another win against kansas city. we will find out which byrd in the matchup against kansas city. >> here is a look at the winning lottery numbers from last night. good luck. >> now traffic polls 11 and in weather plus together. >> traffic alternating on the northbound side. you can get by, but it will cause delays, especially as volume builds. if you're going to travel on the north side, still at 56 miles per hour. 50 on southbound 95 coming out of the northeast. 59 and the westbound outer loop break past liberty. here is a live look outside. the sudden definitely shining. -- the sun definitely shining. >> good morning, everyone. beautiful sunrise in progress. temperatures are in the 40's. 45 in westminster. 48 in annapolis. the breeze is starting to kick

no one has been charged in connection with barns' death at this hour. now you'll recall her body was found near the dam in the discuss question hanna river two weeks ago. she was visiting from north carolina and went missing. this news comes the same day we're learning funeral arrangements a private service is set for saturday in conyers, georgia. it can be viewed online springfield baptist church web site at www.sb clive.org. a memorial service for barns is may 14th at mount pleasant church in baltimore. again, what we have learned just a few minutes ago, the medical examiner's office has determined felicia barns died by homicide. no one has been charged at this hour. of course, we will be following the story throughout the evening. we expect to get an update from state police in just about an hour. we're live in the interactive news center cheryl connora be c 2 news. >>> thanks a lot cheryl. president obama has decided not to release the photos of osama bin laden's body. on an international debate whether that would lower or raise the security threat

>> from the beginning, family members of phylicia barnes, late wednesday, someone confirmed, the death was ruled a homicide. last week, an emotional vigil to remember her. >> i can't express how special she is. i'm not going to use the word "was," because she's still special. >> it could have been worse. we give honor and praise to god. >> reporter: after months, barnes' body was found in the susquehanna. the student was visiting family when she vanished. in a statement just released to wjz, they say police investigators are not releasing that information because it's an important part of the ongoing investigation. even before the official ruling, loved ones are focused on finding who took barnes away from them. >> now that we know where she is, it kind of helps. but now we've got to take it a step further and figure out why and who. and to get that person behind bars as quick as possible. >> reporter: justice, that's our main thing. because we can ask about the healing process, really until we find out what happened with phylicia. >> police say they will release the barnes' cause of d

peter barnes, fox business. >>> a check.he gas prices shows the price for a gallon of regular is $3.98. >>> once again, fight for autonomy and voting rights in the district lands city leader in in handcuffs. ward three council woman mary cheh and seven other people were arrested after blocking into traffic and blocking constitution avenue. capital police acted pretty quickly cuffing the protesters. cheh rallied the crowd before hand asking people to join her. she even said she brought $100 for her bail. cheh says d.c. needs to keep up the fight. >> this is the essence of democracy. >> you missed last time. you feel like you need to do this this time. >> you have to keep up the impression that we care. >> you may remember last month, d.c. mayor convincement gray and council members were arrested in front. the hart senate office building. some of them who decided not to pay the fine will appear in court today. >>> major layoffs at a northern virginia company. defense contractor general die magics is letting nearly 1/3 of its w

we are learning more about how barnes died. the autopsy results determined there was no accident. >> she was murdered. someone killed her, someone caused her death and killed her. >> reporter: who killed her and how she died are still unanswered. the north carolina teen visiting her sister in northwest baltimore disappeared in december. her body was found two weeks ago in the river about 50 miles from the city. a man's body was found four miles away but police believe there is no connection between them. her brother is not surprised his sister was murdered. >> i'm pretty sure someone did something to her. everybody is a suspect, everybody who ever came in contact with her, everybody in the area, everybody who travels in the area. it could be anybody. >> reporter: during the investigation no suspects have been named. investigators aren't saying how close they are to an arrest but with a body and autopsy report they are one step closer to finding who killed the 16-year- old honor student who wanted to attend townsend university.

public war you will be held for phylicia barnes in baltimore on may 14. reporting live, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police released surveillance video of a robbery at hertford county laundromat. two people rushing in there on april 18 as a woman opens the door. the 38-year-old victim was knocked to the ground and pushed around. she's fine. if you recognize the suspect, call metro crime stoppers. >> president obama will be at ground zero in new york city today. his visit comes days after he announced the death of the world's most wanted terrorist. kate amara is in washington with how he plans to honor the 9/11 victims. >> good morning. the president travels to new york city today after deciding not to release photographs of bin laden's body. president obama visit ground zero today. buell a wreath at the site of the world trade center and meet with family members of 9/11 victims and first responders. the trip comes days after all, the leader osama bin laden was killed the in a rate in pakistan. >> america will not forget and will ensure that justice is done. >> the

barnes' body was found in the susquehanna river two weeks ago. earlier, police ruled the death a homicide and say they do know how she died but they haven't released that information for fear it might compromise the investigation. tomorrow's funeral service where phylicia barnes starts at one. the church will stream the service live and we will have a link at our website abc2news.com. >>> all right. it was a gorgeous day. hope you got out and enjoyed it because maryland's most powerful radar is showing something different. we are starting to see showers and thunderstorms trying to roll into the picture. here's the big view here. we can see most of the action back towards the west trying to enter into carroll county as it moves into frederick county. zooming in on the storm cells we can see to the south of taneytown, embedded thunderstorms in some of the rain. so if you going to be out and about, have the rain gear. but these have lightning so you want to stay in while it passes. thunderstorms there as we slide a little further to the south here a

let's check in with tucker barnes once again this morning. i felt the humidity already in the air just a little bit. is it going to continue? >> yeah, you got it. going to be sticky with temperatures in the 80s. you will notice the humidity and what happens when you have humidity and summer time temperatures. >> thunderstorms. >> i like that, very dramatic. maybe some thunderstorms late today. i think the evening showers will be the best chance for the thunderstorm activity. most of the day should be dry. here is your hd radar. you can see the shower and thunderstorm activity off to the north and west. for much of the day here, we should see some sunshine, at least partial sunshine and with winds out of the south here and a southerly flow in the atmosphere, we are going to be on the warm side. our temperatures are going to quickly jump. we are in the mid-60s right now and we'll be well into the 80s this afternoon. temperature at reagan national, 65 degrees. let's switch maps and we'll take a look at that. our humidity is up at 81%. there are

barnes went missing in december after visiting her family in baltimore. so far no one has been arrested in the case. the body of the 16-year-old will be laid to rest saturday in georgia. a memorial service for barnes is also set for may 14th in baltimore. >>> the army corps of engineers is now debating whether or not to blast more holes in the levees along the mississippi river. that in order to spare some communities, others from severe flooding. dents in several states have been racing to fill sand bags as the water levels continue to rise in the river. memphis, tennessee could actually see a near record crest of 48 feet this week. >> the last known combat veteran of world war one has died. he started training in 1915 with the british royal navy, one month after turning 14 years old. that was the beginning of a 41 year military career. he was 110 years old. >>> workers in japan have entered the reactor building that was damaged in the fukushima nuclear power plant. tokyo electric power says the workers have installing ventilation machines to absorb radi

we want to check weather with tucker barnes. a lot of people were down there overnight, was it a chilly overnight them? and are they going to wake up to sunshine hopefully? a lot of clouds start the day. we have cooler temperatures, th, yesterday was the low 60s, today back to the 70s. a little sunshine working in. i think clouds for the morning commute. let's get started with our numbers, and we'll let you know currently we are in the 50s, 55 at reagan national with 52, 55 in leonardtown, 48, a chilly spot in frederick and 56 in fredericksburg. all right. showing you satellite and radar, yesterday didn't work too well if you wanted sunshine as the cloud cover increased from the west and the south during the course of the day. and the clouds with us for the afternoon and some of the rain showers moving in associated with a warm front. and that warm front should bring us warmer air later today. you can see lingering shower activity off to the north and west. it's possible to see a few more spotty showers during the morning here.

breaking news, a major development in the death of phylicia barnes. vic is in the newsroom to explain it to us. vic? >> the medical examiner found the 16-year-old's death a homicide. she was visiting from north carolina. two weeks ago, her body was found in the susquehanna river. the cause of death was determined. but detectives are not releasing that information. a funeral service will take place for felicia and canniers georgia. felicia's mother now lives in atlanta. to learn more information about how you can watch the service, go to wjz.com. >>> there will also be a memorial for phylicia at the mount pleasant church here in baltimore. >>> sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene on york road. >> reporter: 900 block of york road in towson. a water main break occurred shortly after 3:00 this afternoon. it is affecting 15 businesses. and the carver center for the arts here in towson. now, there's no word on how long it's going to take to repair this 10-inch water main which broke, as you can see some of the debris is being washed away by it. and also, th

barnes was 16 when she went missing in baltimore just days after christmas. a funeral service was held in georgia and a memorial service is set for may 14 at mount pleasant church in baltimore. >>> thousands came under motorcycles to pay tribute to fallen police officers in the nation's capital today. it is the 16th annual law ride and it kicks off national police week. one man wrote 1300 miles and through two rainstorms to be able to lay a wreath at the memorial. >> when one of her fellow officers baltimore line of duty, a shows you how moral you are. the families are grieving payday have to face reality. >> many credit today's event with helping to keep memories alive and provide a support system. >>> day after day, call after call, volunteer firefighters are there for us. our fire department provides service. baltimore waited chris carr presented a check to the fire company. >> it feels great to be out in the community and looking at the faces of people out there saving lives. they are really doing a lot of things for the community. >> the volunteer fire c

phylicia barnes' body gave them a lot of clues to solve the case and how she died but that is something they are keeping a secret right now. she was murdered, that's what the medical examiner has ruled and police say they know what caused the honor student's death but they will not reveal it. >> certainly, the investigation is at a sensitive point, critical point, that's why the investigators are withholding the cause of death t is important to the integrity to withhold that now. >> reporter: she was perhaps the highest profile missing person in baltimore history after disappearing from her sister's apartment in the northwest part of the city around christmas. she was visiting from north carolina. police led several searchs for the body where think recovered last month in the susquehanna river. >> i cannot express how special she is, i'm not going to use the word was. she is still special. >> reporter: police are conducting new interviews and reviewing others as they work to uncover her death. >> they are going where they need to go, they have talked to relatives and friends out of stat

and because companies like amazon and barnes barnes & nobld others have made a big point of self-publishing mat forms, i just any it's going up. >> well, i think the only impact i can see so far is from a pricing standpoint. like i said, a lot of books are -- a lot of e-books are very inexpensive. and like i said, we've only had a if years of data we're able to look at. if they have 900 -- if they have one hundred 90-crept books on their device, it's hard to think about. >> you mentioned very few readers are monogamous. do you have any data about readers going back to the worst fife? i mean, an anecdoteally are goig to say, yeah, but i hate it. i tried it fur a while, and i hate it. signal actually, the actual number of people who are using these devices are two small for us to really get into it that way because we would love to ask, you know, what are your initial impressions about the dice or what did you think about this. there was interesting, too, because i walking a end l last -- i bought a kindle last year from ebay. and the description of the device was kindle i with damaged screen

. >>> and tucker barnes is in the weather center with a look at what will be a nice day today. good morning. >> going to be a gorgeous day. nice and dry out there this afternoon and temperatures 10 degrees warmer than normal and high today around 70 degrees. 50 at reagan national. 50 in baltimore. fredericksberg is 51 at this hour. in the mountains where it was in the low to mid-40s earlier, 51 in winchester. want to mention winds. there will be blowing at times today out of the north and west, gusting to about 25-30 miles per hour. so it won't be a perfectly still day. we'll have breezes to deal with. but otherwise a nice-looking afternoon as we should have plenty of sunshine and quiet weather patterns setting up for the next day and a half. satellite radar showing you the clear skiesch a few clouds moving through overnight but you can see a lot of clear skies into ohio and indiana and that's moving overhead for the next day and a half. so nice looking forecast for the remainder of today. and then tomorrow we'll see clouds move in and the possibility of a few showers by late i

. >> phylicia barnes officially laid to rest. >> osama bin laden seen like never before. just released from the pentagon. >> and the horse and jockey turned out to be the right combination at the kentucky derby. "11 news sunday morning" starts right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> welcome to "11 news sunday morning." i'm lisa robinson. happy mother's day. >> happy mother's day to you. i'm sarah caldwell. our top stories in just a moment. first a look outside with tony pann. >> happy mother's day to both of you. the weather is going to be good. not fantastic, but good. we will see a lot of sunshine. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. right now partly cloudy. temperatures on the chilly side. 49 at the airport right now. the forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds with a 20% chance for a rain shower or sprinkle. most of you will have a dry mother's day. the upper 60's and low 70's. we come up and look at the 747 -- seven-day forecast. >> a new strategy promising to beef up security at a local light-rail station known to be plagued by

barnes helped america build the first stealth aircraft.e couldn't tell his wife how he spent his days. jim's family thought he was a tv repairman. >> the wife says, where are you going? for a whole week? i can't tell you. it took special people not to break up. >> reporter: but it was impossible to keep every test flight away from prying eyes and with every civilian sighting came a new type of conspiracy theory. >> it's not conventional aircraft, then, what did they see? >> planes at 90,000 feet, twice or better than any conventional plane and at that speed, it was a ufo sighting. >> reporter: many believe this place still holds the key to the biggest ufo mystery of them all. >> the flying disc has been found and is now in the possession of the army. >> reporter: legend has it after a flying saucer crashed in roswell, new mexico, in 19747, the wreckage and aliens inside were taken to area 51 for studies. annie jacob ken details a number of top secret weapons tests. but she concludes they were not the reason for the secrecy. instead, it was

felicia barns death has been ruled a homicide. the medical examiner also determined the cause of death but police are not releasing that information because they say it's a very important part of the investigation. the teen from north carolina's body was found about 2 weeks ago in the discuss question hanna river. she disappeared while she was visiting family in baltimore. this news comes the same day we are learning about her funeral arrangements. a private service is set for saturday in georgia. it can be viewed online at the springfield baptist church's web site. a memorial service for barns will be held may 14th at mount pleasant church here in baltimore. >>> tonight anne arundel county crossing guard is suffering some life-threatening injuries after she was struck by a school bus near point pleasant elementary school. now according to county fire department 40-year-old woman is in serious condition at a baltimore hospital. a spokesman says the bus driver and four students were on the bus but they were not hurt. counselors met

. >>> barnes & noble and the gap this morning.ason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com has more. >> reporter: good morning. things heating up for barnes & noble on the selling block for almost a year and now it may finally have a deal that its board of directors like. liberty media which owns a number of different organizations including encore, st arz, it's offering a million dollars to take over barnes & noble. things may not be so bleak. it's biggest brick and mortar competitor borders has been closing stores left and right. and also barnes & noble has the nook ereader which has done fairly well and that's an absolute key in trying to capture that ebook market amazon just reported this week that for the first time it sold more ebooks than printed books. things are awfully tough for san francisco-based gap and its three major changes including old navy and banana republic. it's had problems with sales and now it says that its costs are continuing to rise, it's costing about 20% more to make its goods than a year ago. and it's

that brings the total number of letters to 39 now and fox 5s audrey barnes has more. >> reporter: the 10 new letters that arrived today are similar in style and content to the 29 that were retrieved yesterday and while forensic experts are trying to find the person responsible. the letters that arrived here at ban croft elementary other and schools were quickly isolated, away from students and staff until the fbi could retrieve them. all 39 of the letters received have printed labels and have references to al qaeda with a white powder. they're on the way to the fbi's lab in quantico, virginia, for analysis and in the meantime, school officials and postal workers were warned to look out for key clues that others were related. >> we tried to make sure it's coming from anything that looks suspicious. >> nervous at all? >> no. like i said, i have done it before and been through it when we had the anthrax thing, no, i'm fine. >> so far, no one has been hurt. the toxic substance supposedly in the letters turns out to be something more similar to torn starch and no suspect has been identifie

barnes and noble says nothing has been approved yet and still evaluating the offer from liberty media corporation. barnes and noble has more than 1300 stores across the country. >>> the tour of california continues its trek south today. today's stage 6 is in a picture effect town that offers a taste of denmark in the valley. this stage is a 15 mile individual time trial and is expected to be a decisive day in the race. the trial starts in just a few minutes at 12:30. [ cheers ] >> yesterday's stage 5 was the longest leg of the race, riders took off from seaside and headed almost 140 miles to finish in paso rob less. chris horner still has the lead. >>> jerry west is joining the warriors, they announced he will serve as their advisor and be a member of their executive board. he was a 14 time all star with the lakers and served 18 years as the lakers general manager. the warriors are also looking for a new coach. >>> our next newscast is at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc.

barnes & noble has more than 1300 stores across the country. all bookstores have been hurt as customers change how they buy books and getting comfortable with e bongs. now amazon reports sales for the kindle have outstripped sales of all hard cover and paper back books combined. amazon started selling the kindle four years ago but had never released actual numbers, just trends. >>> honda is recalling nearly 1200 of its newest cars. about 1200 of the civics could leak fuel because of a manufacturing defect. the models went on sale earlier this spring. honda said most of them are still on dealership lots. no injuries or fires have been report. >>> this could be a good year for u.s. car makers. as many as 300,000 u.s. car buyers who would have done for japanese cars may switch to american made cars. most of that is due to the shortage but it's happening as ford, general motors and chrysler introduce some of their most fuel efficient cars in years. >> americans noon get lay way for the memorial day weekend. 90% plan to drive somewhere. 8% said they

today, mobile homes and barns in ruins. more than a dozen people were hurt. many lost electricity with the trees down on the power lines. one church, a brand-new building lost a chunk of the roof. but they are making repairs. >>> new information about the san francisco police department's ongoing misconduct scandal. the public defender says more cases are going to be dropped. we have a news release saying he expects prosecutors to drop 36 cases. 80 cases were dropped by prosecutors or dismissed by judging. the police department says that it is investigating the misconduct allegations. >>> oakland police tell ktvu news a teenager killed while riding his bike home from school yesterday, may have been targeted. the police tell us 17-year-old defranklin does not have a record but the officers stopped him last week a block from where he was killed when he was seen rapidly leaving the area after a report of gunshots. his grandfather said that the family kept a close eye on him. he has this message for the killer. >> you are so hot right now if you are listening, yo

barnes death has been ruled a homicide. however, p c13 released the cause of death.a memorial service has been set for next saturday at the mountain pleasant church in baltimore. the risky and exhcusarating way one 85-year-old man celebrated his birthday coming up. and a special celebration. plus no charges. the unfortuas ate looph c13 wcusl keep a drunk school bus driver from appearing in court. and atuder apolo fzing to the world, sony is trying to rearsure customers whose persoas al ibraormation may hnd been stolen. >> a sense of security for millions of sony customers. sony has offered uray. play l tation and customers up to $ million in identity theft insurapine. this f c13 abnounsment of a massive security breach. l ony has more thanhaviit mcu accounts and that they may have been compromised ipinluding Ãdriredit datr f so far there have been no reports of the data being mi thased. an ohio school bus driver who adnoticed driving dce nk with kids on board wcusl not be charged with a crime. last friday, a p c13 stopped the bus driver as he was filling up his tank.

good for barnes & noble. and we want to see barnes & noble survive. we want to see borders survive, too, and we're working hard with them to try and keep them alive. then there's the sony reader, the motorola zoom. but the real wildcard, in my opinion, is google. unlike all of the others, google does not have a dedicated device. google is selling content through the cloud to anyone's device. it could be an ipad, it could be -- anything but kindle because kindle won't sell google products. but you can purchase google content on a blackberry, on your pc, whatever. and the big advantage that google has is because they've been digitizing books much longer than anyone else, they have a much larger stable of contents. and i think that they could be a very, very significant player. they just lawned their new e -- launched their new e-book business in december, but i would watch them very carefully. there are, altogether as far as we know, 50 customers buying e-books right now. many of them are aggregators buying boo

stephen barnes is a dentist by day, but outside the office he's an award winning body builder with aret weapon. >> this was part of my skress. >> he drinks could lost rum -- colostrum but it's not. >> it's a super food that mothers produce for their babies for their first feeding. it is packed with antibodies and growth factors. >> it's extremely powerful food, and it's a food, not a drug. >> mark owns organic pastures, and any given day, a calf is born. the newborn needs the colostrum to produce antibodies. >> we sell it by the pint. every week we have loads of this stuff going out. >> and at $8 a bottle, it's not cheap. the dry varietiy is also pricey, but the cost might be worth it. researchers found that it may benefit athletes. in this case, long distance runners, but not everyone swallows it. dr. john schwartzburg says the studies are too little and too small to prove anything. >> i'm skeptical it will have a profound effect on their exercise performance. >> as for dr. barnes. >> i just say try it and see how it goes for you. >> cbs 5 health watch. >> well for the first time, p

barnes's body was found in a river two weeks ago. earlier this week police ruled her death a homicide and say they do know how she died but they aren't releasing that for fear it could compromise the investigation. tomorrow's funeral service starts at 1:00 in the afternoon. the service -- the church will stream it live and we will have a link on our website. >>> new, the baltimore city sheriff's department has ruined the holiday weekend for 22 deadbeat parents. deputies conducted a two day warrant sweep for child support offenders. they took in 22, all told their bills total more than 32 5,000 dollars. the sweep was appropriately code named operation mother's day. >>> it turned out to be a nice friday. we saw a lot of sun and then in to the evening a couple showers and thunderstorms pop up across the area. the radar looks dry. this is just ground clutter you are seeing around the washington area and across the eastern shore. the bulk off into delaware up into new jersey at this time. things are drying out so we like to see that. as w

. >> audrey barnes has more. >> reporter: good morning. u.s. officials said they first learned of osama bin laden's trusted courier after the september 11th attack from cia detainees. as you mentioned, it took years to identify him and locate him but once they did, he took a call on a monitored phone and that led them right to osama bin laden's doorstep where that 40-minute kill or capture mission actually took place. now, as president obama and his security team looked in, they say that, from the start, it was clear that no one inside that compound intended to be captured alive. so navy seals located osama bin laden on the third floor and shot and killed him when he resisted. >> the world is safer. it is a better place because of the death of osama bin laden. >> to those who seek to destroy freedom by praying on innocent human life, we will not rest until we bring you to justice. >> reporter: there is additional security it white house and the naval observe industry. you will see officers carrying long guns and you will see k-9 team there as w

we'll show you coming up. >>> i'm audrey barnes.are learning more about the 40-minute kill or capture mission that netted u.s. security forces america's most wanted terrorist, osama bin laden. i'll have more in a live report coming up. [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love now in a 4-pack. try it today. i anti >>> we tax a live look over the nation's capital this morning and you will wake up to what would be a nice morning. kind of sticky out there but just wait until you hear what is coming up later on. let's check in with tony perkins. >> it will be another little preview of summer for the day. we had that yesterday. today, we'll see our highs in the 80s. let's take a look at how we're start

phylicia barnes went missing in december while visiting family in baltimore and her body was just found two weeks ago in a maryland river. we still do not know how she died or the circumstances surrounding her death. a memorial service for barnes is also set for may 14th in baltimore. >>> a local woman who filed a whistle blower lawsuit against fedex says the company profited from the tragedies on 9/11. and while fedex denies the claim they still settled with the government for $8 million. britany morehouse talks with the whistle blower about why she felt the need to speak up. >> in my job -- >> reporter: this is a longover due press conference if you ask mary. >> when you think back at 9/11, i mean, i know what i was doing that day. >> reporter: september 11 when her former employer fedex began explaining late packages with one simple phrase. security delay. >> they used it as it was meant to be when 9/11 first happened. as time went on they started abusing it so it became normal practice for them. >> reporter: normal practice to use a scanning number like this for dozens of packages i

she traded her power suit and big city office for health in a barn. it's a hands on program to teach children and families about organic farming and nutrition. >> if you don't have vitamins and minerals in your soil, your plants aren't going to grow healthy and you won't grow healthy. >> what the kids are learning here are how to plant the seeds of sustainable growth, how to grow a healthy body. it means finding money and finding mentors. mentors to help women like stacy take their businesses to a million in sales. >> 7% of small business owners are that small. >> the challenge -- >> to take a well thought-out business that is not making a lot of money and get it to a million dollars in revenue. and stacy had that kind of business. >> for a lot of women, i learned, as being part of count me in, they started sbr cool businesses out of their kitchen. then they're like, oh, my god, now what do i do? >> you want to grow your revenue, so how are you going to do it? >> winning that competition gave me a lot of confidence and it actually gave me out in the t

sour. >> the horse wants to come back to the barn now. he doesn't want to go out. he wants to come back. so hawk was down at the beach one day and

. >> reporter: doctor stephen barnes is a dentist by day., outside the office, he is an award-winning body builder with a secret weapon. >> this was part of my success, without a doubt. >> reporter: he dries could rostrum. >> it's like a really ripped whole milk. >> reporter: but it's not. even though it's made -- >> mao. >> reporter: by cows. >> it's made for the first peeding of the babies. >> reporter: he says it is packed with antibodies and growth factors. >> it's extremely powerful food, it's a food, not a drug. >> reporter: mark mcafee owns organic in can you say terse. here on the grass any given day a new calf is born. >> did you get your colostrum. >> reporter: it needs the colostrum to jump start the immune system. the mother makes two to three humans what he needs. he sells it. >> we sell it by the pint. >> reporter: at 8 bucks a bottle it is not cheap. the dry variety made by other companies is also pricey but now a new british study says the costs may be worth it. colostrum may actually benefit athletes, in this case long dista

phylicia barnes. >> a private funeral is set for this saturday in conniers, georgia but can be viewed online. her body had been found two weeks ago. she had been missing since christmas while visiting family for the holiday. police say a man's body found in the water nearby was not related to the teen's disappearance. a memorial service will take place in baltimore on may 14th at the mount pleasant church. >> right now, police have no suspects in felicia's disappearance or death. >>> an heroic rescue. suzanne collins joins us live. the couple rented a house two days ago. suzanne? >> that's something, isn't it? the destruction of this house is total. yet the quick actions of that neighbor ensured that two people's lives were saved. >> it was just, boom. my whole house shifted. >> next thing you know, we have like a good 20, 30 fire trucks in our neighborhood. >> reporter: steven garribed ran out to see what woke him up early in the morning. >> you couldn't even see the house. >> his friends captured this picture. >> glass everywhere. went through the back. i saw my neighbor screaming f