they are the beloved band of g-rated misfits. tonight, what happens when jason segel really loves the muppets. >>> and awkward family pets. a pup in leg warmers. a poodle in brides. a pooch in foil. tonight, we examine off the wall pet owners and the animals who seem to love them. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," november 3rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. he was paid $150,000 a month to keep michael jackson healthy. but conrad murray could soon spent 48 months earning prison wages. after the death of the pop star, six weeks of testimony, 12 men and women are deciding murray's fate tonight. as today's tense closing arguments indicated, the stakes feel much greater than the maximum of four years murray could spend locked away. abc's jim avila was there and has the latest tonight. jim? >> reporter: bill, there was no holding back from either side today in closing argument. this was street fighter litigation, with the

he was the beloved coach of the vallejo high school girl's basketball team and many say he was a positive influence on many lives. >> i know that it's a sad event

a takoma park family has spent more than $10,000 in the last seven months looking for their beloved beagle. >> and they are not planning on giving up any time soon. audrey barnes has the latest on their search. >> reporter: name is sassafras. she is a four-year-old beagle who got away from a dog walker near the national zoo in april and her family has been looking for her ever since. >> we are not sure exactly what happened but we know that she got off the leash. it wasn't clipped correctly or came unclipped. >> reporter: beth and her husband have plastered the area with more than 7,000 flyers and handed out 4,000 business cards. they've set up a sassafras tip line and even called in a pet detective of sorts, a search and rescue dog. >> we had a tracker coming down to check out sightings for us

my beloved has been taken from the city. oh, you flies of the steppe, my beloved bride groom has been taken from me before i could wrap him with a proper shroud. the wild bull lives no more. his shepherd, the wild bull, lives no more. dimusi, the wild bull, lives no more. i ask the hills and valleys where is my husband. i say to him, i can no longer bring him food. i can no longer serve him drink. the jackel lies in his bed. you ask me about his reed pipe. the wind must play it for him. you ask me about his sweet songs. the wind must sing them for him. satur, the mother of dimusi, weeps for his song. once my boy wandered so freelly on the steppe, now he is captured. once dimusi wandered so freely on the steppe, now he is bound. the ewe gives up her lamb, the goat gives up her kid. my heart plays the reed pipe of mourning. in a place where he once said my mother will ask for me, now he cannot move his hands, now he cannot move his feet. i would see my child. the mother walked to the desolate place. she looked at the slain wil

he was a beloved officer here who transferred to vallejo. he is a father of three kids and he adopted two kids after their parent's were kill inside a car accident. he raced cars at one time. i want to show you a picture of him that i obtained. this is him at the raceway with one of the cars that he used to race. this say man who was well- rounded. a man who is beloved by all of those around him and all those that knew him. clearly this is a very large community that is devastated by this loss. we are live, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a grand jury today found the fairfield mother guilty of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges in the deaths of four children in april of 2010. it was an apartment fire. 25-year-old james was not convicted of the more serious charges of second-degree murder. james and her sister were accused of leaving their four young children alone in an apartment with candles burning. the prosecutors have not decided to proceed with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges against the sister. >>>

that is what happened to a couple and in a story you'll only see on nine, peggy fox reports their belovedog was dead just two hours after she disappeared. >> reporter: the last time allen holmes would see his beloved dog was when he snapped this picture. she was drinking from the basin in their yard. >> she was very old. she was 17. and the collar had been irritating her neck. so she was in the yard i didn't use the collar. >> reporter: allen said he was checking on her every 10 minutes or some the picture was taken at 12:06 on november 1st. 15 minutes later the dog was gone. they searched everywhere with these flyers. >> we didn't think that she had left the yard on her own. she moved very slowly. >> reporter: the next day they found her cremated remains at the fairfax county animal shelter. she had been euthanized at the cross point animal hospital in fairfax station a few hours after she went missing. they learned a client of cross points said she found the dog wandering and thought she was a stray so brought her in. >> so give us no opportunity to claim this dog was horrifyingly wrong

god watch over my belove ed and all the mother's sons.c] [applause] >> so, not sure how much time we have left? keep going. all right. right? all right. so the next few pieces i wanted to tell you about. one is by [inaudible] and the other is by the same composer that did [inaudible] those conductors the father of russian music. know this song is not a song that was a yiddish it was a russian song and translated to yiddish because people loved it so much when they immigrated to new york it became a favorite. this next piece the lark, is a beautiful piece about a small bird singing between the skies and it's poetic. and -- [music] ♪[applause] >> this next piece is another russian piece. it's done in many ways. we decided to turn it into something different today. [music] yesterday i was standing outside. there was a deli. a lot of people outside and i say, gosh, did [inaudible] they are in love and i'm sitting here alone trying to keep dry from the rain. they have an umbrella. what am i going to do i'm all alone xi think. may be they are n

ed lee is a slightly more beloved figure, although hess competitors have painted him negatively. the public likes him. so statistically the likelihood he would be in the first three preferences is greater than it would have been in the oakland race which means this is still his race to lose. ooh. >> we did though see a number of allegations by the op ed lee, people are saying his supporters have been filling out ballots for people. what do you think is going to come of those allegations? do they just go, we haven't heard about them much lately, but will they still be investigated? >> interview: i think that most of these kinds of claims, unless they are criminal in nature, are ethics violations claims. we had the same thing in the oakland race as well. and we find them in other cities. the problems with these things is that the resolution of these things, if there is going to be in a committee or a court of law, always takes a long time, well after the election is con, so the likelihood that undo an election result is little unless they impros vote tears ed lee is involved in som

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we are ready to go towith everyt of all the residence for our beloved san francisco. thank you, sir. thank you, mr. mayor. we're looking forward to work with you to make this wonderful city even better. [applause] >> [speaking foreign language] i am ross mirkarimi. thank you dearly for bringing me up. i have been in office since 2005, but long before i was elected, this is a commemoration, a recognition that i am very proud to be a part of for many years, because i am iranian-american, the first iranian-american elected to office in san francisco. said there is a great affinity between our communities and one that i have not lost sight of since taking office when we were the first city hall in the united states and opening our doors for the persian new years. many in our community have celebrated together. this is not an occasion i would miss. very proud to be here. [speaks for the language] >> thank you, mayor lee and supervisor mirkarimi. next i would like to introduce the ceo of art.com which has sponsored a moderate iraqi art exhibit. he will give a few words abou

a very beloved figure in washington. and, of course, woodrow wilson and edith are buried at the cathedral so there's that nice connection. the youngest daughter known as nell married one of woodrow wilson's cabinet members, a man considerably older than she was. william gibbs mackado and they had children. and they were later divorced and he married somebody even younger. i would say the middle one was the closest to her mother. she had been active in the settlement house movement. she used to argue with ellen about woman suffrage. jessie certainly felt that she -- that women should have the vote. ellen simply didn't want to come out and say something contrary to what her husband had said but in one interview she said at least working women should have the vote to protect themselves. i just got a couple minutes. you have one more question, madam? >> yes. thank you. i was intrigued by edith's role after her husband had the stroke. it sounds like she was a surrogate president. was there any debate at that time about wilson

frankic fearful minutes for a beloved baltimore couple.ight we're hearing the 911 calls from the night they died in a fire inside their home. the powerful tapes show the moment that the couple figured out they were trapped by the window

we spoke with him about his beloved friend.>> he is a care giver, he is amazing, he strives for excellence here in at the way he went about his job and above his job, to make sure that the girls were taken care of, he came out of his pocket numerous times to make sure that the girls ate before a game. he was a mentor to me, he was a great person and a good father. it is a tragedy that this happened to him. >>will: i can tell you, in just speaking to him, his eyes were red, he had not slept at all drop the night. he was very distraught. after reviewing with us, he jumped into his car and drove away. he was very birkenau. this is the worst kind of emergency, the death of a police officer. coming up at 6:00 a.m., we will have more reaction from the community. >>james: let's get the latest on a hot spot. there's a problem on highway 24 near walnut creek. >>george: as far as traffic is concerned, the incident on 24 is just a memory. the chp has completely clear the scene. jackie sissel has discovered the traffic had been released wh

on one family's morning after the beloved dog was killed.ppened after their three dogs and heard a noise in the woods. the all darted into the woods but only two came back, the third found dead with a gunshot wound. he mistook the german shepherd for a coyote and killed it. [inaudible] he could have been a hero to everyone who shared and believed in our story, but he pulled his trigger. twice. he killed our dog. >> the hunter has since been charged. >> justin bieber stopped by the today show and spoke publicly about claims that he fathered a child with a 20-year-old woman. matt lauer asked him if what the young woman claims is true. >> to set the record straight, none of it is true. >> do you know her? have you ever met her? >> never met her. >> she claims she had sex with him backstage when he was just 16. >> we are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. >> really? that is what consumers are saying when they staging a nationwide protest tomorrow. >> a major new poll out today about herman cain. you may be surprised. that story coming

not everyone the beloved helen keller.he overcome severe handicap and became a good will ambassador. she was very interested in all different types of philosophies. >> it was that interest that raised eyebrows in washington. her support of better russian u.s. solution. though there was an perfect file on helen keller there was never a full investigation and that was probably because of her handicapped. a recent biology per said that even if he was a communist was to threat to national security. >>> also the logistical problem. how to wiretap a person who rarely used the phone and who communicated in the sign language students. remember the time. >> kelly was one of thousands of americans. including she was on the left of american politics. >>> and in that sense, e he'll keller is fair game. >> her politics made some unease sáe. but to others especially people with i can hospital doesn't mean a thing. >> the legacy will -- some of the people included were frank sinatra and our waitress. in 1994 mark texeriafbi file on a for

one day she called, and of -- beloved physician we had identified a project for lisa and actor -- ask her to consider joining the board of directors. with leases unique legal and medical backgrounds, benefits from having both in a single board member we save some times. thank you. and her commitment and leadership have helped guide through more than a decade of growth and the challenges that come with it. her quick, usually irreverent and sometimes wacky, actually always wacky sense of humor enlivens the board meetings, and may leave her in the future to the stage at one of my agencies comedy jam event. lisa looks forward to reading and continuing efforts to improve the health of the indians come to advocate for health care for the underserved, and to innovate in the prevention and chronic illness. and lease that is part miami -- lisa is part miami on her mother's side. and part choctaw on her father's side. she earned a b.a. from cal state in 1986. in 1989 she graduated from uc- berkeley school of law and practice law before starting medical school in 2000. she graduated from stanfor

i told him that i and many others would love to do what we can to keep our beloved 49ers here in san francisco. they are having a conversation with santa clara. we think they need to be part of a city that is in their name. there is so much history intertwined between our 49 years and san francisco. i am very committed to doing what i can to keep them here. >> governor brown has proposed to eliminate funding for redevelopment agencies. what is your opinion of the plan? >> we knew that by electing a governor brown he would have to make incredibly difficult choices. i do think this through development proposal goes a bit too far -- redevelopment proposal goes too far. it would be catastrophic to many developments and proposed developments. i hope the ongoing conversations to change his proposal will modify it into something that will continue to help localities and counties like san francisco. i think we can get there. >> water some of the biggest land use issues in your district? >> in addition to the america's cup planning, there is a discussion around the development of cpmc. it wou

virginias in northern are mourning the of a beloved life. theirday, they went on first date. young woman you reconsidered the happiest person he had never met. -- a young woman who he considered the happiest person he had ever met. >> i never thought i would not again. >> tuesday night, jane hwang was street on campus against the citadel. -- signal. her friends admit they're having a hard time coping. they told us that her former was onnd told them he at the timeth her of the accident. blasting her ex-boyfriend heard was a scream and a screech. -- the last thing her ex- scream anda discreet. >> she was a member of the university dance team. of a recent show. she is the performer on the left. >> she was on her way back. she did not come back. as far asties tell us investigation, the bus was in the right of way and will likely not face charges. >> that is a heartbreaking story. >>> let's go to storm watch. rain is moving through the region. rain is not a surprise, about this? we may see some snow flurries in our region. bob ryan joins us to explain. where you left. seeing the l

he remains concerned about his beloved football program. >> at the stuff that is going , i think he cares very deeply about it. >> his son says his father's treatable.s the n.c.a.a. has launched an investigation into how penn monitored its sports programs. cain faces a new controversy tonight. he suggested the taliban are of libya's new government. made this comment of a question earlier this week. was tooibya question broad. that i was a bit fatigued. the question was too broad. i paused and what they did not that passed the reporter to be more specific. >> he also suggested al qaeda it going to be part of libya as the government. >>> an inside look at an unbuilt could have been. we are all familiar with the look of a nation's capital. our city could have looked a lot different. >> there is an elegant in seems almostat built in. there's another take on our city. and on built washington that never was. a place for the iconic washington monument could have turned out like this. >> it would have been pretty hideous. very ornate proposals. monumentalthe original design. >> the show was very

live"onight, "one life to actress tweeted -- facebook -- last minute are under way for beloved macy's day christmas -- thanksgiving parade. there are concerns that high could groundsrea of the huge balloons. a finals will make decision one hour before the parade starts. do it,pe they can though. >> there could be 25 mile per hour winds. around washington to 40 miles per hour. it is going to be a little bit tight. earlier, there was a beautiful rainbow. there it was. our temperature right now outside your in washington, 36 degrees. which a change from earlier this morning. over an inch of rain in some areas. frederick, the winds gusting to 70 miles an hour. look at manassas. at the buffalo trails elementary school. that was earlier today. 48 miles per hour. of the countryh cloud free. be the story. there is the son of why in the south pacific. southere is the sun way in pacific. last 24 hours, there goes our area of rain. some nice dry air coming in right over us. only for tonight, but tried and true saturday. it will be late sunday before we see any real moisture coming our way. morni

for many the way their beloved coach was fired. joe pa notified who he was supposed to notify and he got randomly fired. >> reporter: not everyone feels that way. they believe there should be no apology. >> it's terrible. it's a terrible situation. >> reporter: baltimore child abuse center adam rosenburg said the attention should be on the victims and nothing else. it's devastating for a child and as they get older it doesn't get better. they need all the support they clan get and a community that stands behind them. >> there are people riding penn state. these are the same people who 10 years earlier could have been the same child's age. at the end of the day, it's not about coach paterno or a storied football program but about the kids who were abused and no one did anything about it. >> reporter: he said victims need to see that action is being taken. although many of the victims are young adults right now, they need to know there is help out there. >> when they see a public case like this that empowers people to open up -- i wa

. >> joe paterno, the 84-year-old beloved head football coach has devoted more than four decades of his life and donated millions to penn state. sources say that paterno was told the news over the phone. >> the phone call put me out of it but we will go from here. >> also fired was a grant spaniard. but turnover express remorse and said he hadwished he had done more. he intended to finishes 46 season and then retire. the u.s. education department is launching an investigation. under university rules, you must report offenses. >> we would love for you to weigh in. you can find the poll on our facebook page. give us your comments. >>> in venezuela and the growing furor the face -- and the growing fear over the missing catcher. wilson ramos was taken from his home in santa ines, venezuela. >> he finished his rookie season here in washington and was back at home when we learned that gunmen stormed his home. this is the first time in major league baseball player has been abducted. there is growing concern for his safety. wilson ramos was of pettitte from his home in venezuela by armed men --

. >> a man dressed as a beloved winter character have are running with police. in jail. kris van cleave caught up with a man to get his side of the story. >> ["frosty the snowman" playing] >> the corn cob pipe. >> the tester down christmas parade criminal? >> that dog was a police canine. when officers caught up with frosted, officers say things heated. some are calling it a frosty mel delaware. >> he took his hat off and hit the officer in the face. >> this frosty is not a real snowman. it is kevin walsh, seen here after being arrested. we found him today, same guy the difference snowman phase and slightly different story. >> i never touched the dog. >> did you ticket? >> no. -- did you kick it? >> no. >> he was in a costume. >> did you hit the police with frosty's head? >> he walked into me. i did not walk into him. >> not a very nice snow man. [laughter] >> a frosty meltdown. it is a shame because the kids had disappeared >> it is not very frost-like. >> maintaining his innocence. >> are like to be the snowman again, because i have done such a good job all th

they say faith and the memory beloved like guided them through this trial. >> my sister was fighting for what is right. that helped us. to make sure that what was right was done. >> i asked david when his family plans and heading south, they outside of houston. they said, none of them have about it. none of them expected a 7:00 verdict. people whoaring from live and work near that store.on norwood a factor in the store. that is where john gonzalez is 5 continue the coverage. >> residents took this crime personally. was a well-known killed, but the was deceived. many kept a close eye on this trial. spoke with one resident to need to be there. >> i think justice was served. >> he was in the courtroom .oday >> they did a wonderful job convincing the journey. a captivated this community, of an employee that questions than answers. these people that did this. so terrible. a couple of days later, it turns around. it is different. this store will forever be to this crime, and a stained-glass window over the word love with the to jayna murray. >> such a horrific crime. it is unfortunate that

. >> [inaudible] >> so, i cannot decide whether to be sad or happy about my next item our beloved kevin carroll, the executive director for the fisherman's wharf community benefit district, has been recruited away. happily, not too far. so, it took us about one month to stop grieving. now we are ready to celebrate his accomplishments at the port. kevin, it seems like you have been there forever. i do not know exactly how many years it has been. over 2 1/2 years he has accomplished an amazing amount of work. there are those provisions, whether we knew it or not, that had been taken to the next level, building up from disaster response and prepared this, to attracting locals, fishermen, and reminding the city community and fabric that fishermans wharf is not just a key part of the tourism economy. it is a key part of the neighborhood structure. for kevin, there has never really been a a demarcation of where it ended. it blended for him. he has just been an amazing cheerleader and cali. a great friend. he has been the energizer bunny of ideas floating around. he has tremendously large shoe

. ♪ along with his beloved palomino horse trigger, roy rogers endaerd audiences with his charm. >> youknow. ♪ let me wide through the open wide country i love ♪ >> reporter: and his singing. ♪ don't against me in >> reporter: the son of a shoemaker went from humble beginnings to become a box office smash in hollywood, making over 100 films from the 1930s through the 1950s. and staring in his own television show. >> staring roy rogers, king of the cowboys. >> reporter: the roy rogers show inspired audiences to be like roy, a forthright cowboy who valued honesty, decency and humility. >> they must be taking pat to the middletown jail. >> reporter: with his wife, singer/actress dale evans, his horse trigger and beloved dog bullet. roy rogers showed america what it was to be a hero, to favor good over evil, to honor the family and to love children. and roy rogers jr., otherwise known as dusty is here along with his son, dustin rogers, gentlemen good to see you. >> good to see you. >> dusty we got to see you last year during the state auction. >> right. >> in his 100th, year, what would hav

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details of how far one local family is going to find their beloved beagle. they say he is worth every penny. we'll have more on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. my mom makes a green bean crunchy. it's like totally crunch-erific! what they mean is, it's french's french fried onions in my green bean casserole. french's french fried onions. now in the french's stay-fresh can. >>> temperatures in the 40s out there taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge. we'll check in with yuley coming up in just a moment. how much would you spend to find your missing dog. a takoma park family has spent more than $10,000 in the last seven months looking for their beloved beagle. >> and they are not planning on giving up any time soon. audrey barnes has the latest on their search. >> reporter: name is sassafras. she is a four-year-old beagle who got away from a dog walker near the national zoo in april and her family has been looking for her ever since. >> we are not sure exactly what happened but we know that she got off the leash. it wasn't clipped correctly or came u

instead of the fact that this defeat meant that the british occupied our beloved new york for the next seven years. >> jon: i'm sure they were, you know, pleasant enough occupiers, famous for their hospitality. they had puddings, pies. >> they incarcerated thousands of american pows in these heinous rotting prison ships anchored this the east river. more american soldiers died in these new york prisons than in all battles of the revolutionary war combined. combined. >> jon: well, it sound like a lovely holiday. uhm-- so instead of thanksgiving you want americans to celebrate the 18th century abu ghraib. >> no! i want us to celebrate victory washington's triumphant return to the city he lost. americans are always so excited about the beginning of a war. what if we celebrated how we used to be good at ending them ( cheers and applause ). >> jon: all right, i'll bite. i'll bite. so how-- how do we-- how do we celebrate evacuation day? >> well, they used to reenact the evacuation's most dramatic moment-- when a brison ship survivor, john van arsdale, climbed a flag pole, ripped down the de

of missouri, i always looked west, down the santa fe trail, the native trails, the route 66, the beloved road, so this is the part of the country i do like the best, and when i declared my major, if you will, as a writer, it was about the american west, not just cowboys and indians, not just the west that many people think about or conjure up when they hear that word, but the contemporary west as well, the pop culture west, the contemporary west. so tonight, i'm delighted to be here as always. i've always had a great experience at tattered cover, this location or the other, and i was just saying to someone before the event started, on this particular tour, we've had 40 some odd book signings and events, and only one of them has been in a chain bookstore, and i'm very happy about that, very happy. [applause] chains are important to me, but independent bookstores are more important to me. the up dependent bookstores are like my route 66. the chain bookstores are like those monotonous turnpikes and interstate highways. i have to take them, but i prefer to be on the old road. the jen knew wi