home's lucky call about jobs, so random, one available at sps technology, a hearty breakfast at bob evansarms. i was thinking there's got to be a more methodical way, right? it hit me. look around at work. at the time i was covering mergers and acquisition lawyers, following deals they were on, it seemed every other deal was in the oil patch, one after another after another subpoena smaller to midsized oil companies being acquired. >> buy, buy, buy. >> all i was doing was standing around writing about it. so i went back to the library, took out edition of value line, a stock research magazine, and checked out pages devoted to oil companies. i cross-referenced with other research to find out which could be acquired without problems either because they were public without a family owning them or they seemed to fit the size of parameters of so many other deals i was writing about. i settled on natomas, an oil company, a gusher in indonesia. i almost doubled my money. another lesson learned. play takeovers, buy companies that would do well on their own as it was, but still undermanaged which

after a hard night on the town see researching a story in kentucky i fell in love with breakfast at bob evansm. finding out it was publicly traded back home i visited the midtown manhattan public library with the big lions and devoured everything i could about bob evans farm. magazines with articles, 4-month-old financials and publications with write-ups that allowed me to care b-o-b with other industries. i bought 20 shares. the stock went up immediately on a good quarter and the stock split and i figured out the first component of investing know what you own. like it even. what did i know about growing oranges? who knew about women's fashion? a good plate of scramble and sausages served in an attractive setting the way nice waitress? a company that i found long tradition of good service, nice enough growth plate expand in the midwest? that was for me. next up, standard press steel. sps technologies but the old standard press steel. my hometown made fasteners, screws for airplanes something alcoa now dominates. a buddy of mine from high school told me they were hiring like mad. wanted to kno

bob filner. he faces charges of sexual misconduct, and, as carter evans reports, he is digging in for what could long fight. >> reporter: as the public outcry against mayor bob filner grows louder... >> we have the moral high ground! >> i think he's making san diego a laughing stock. >> reporter: ...voters like sherry lundine are growing frustrated. >> there are too many people that want him gone. and he may end up hanging on by his fingernails, but i just really don't think that he's doing the city any good. >> i'm clearly doing something wrong. >> reporter: filner has released a video response to allegations of sexual harassment, but more than a week after those allegations were first made public, he insists he will not resign. in his apology to the city, the mayor asked for forgiveness. >> i am embarrassed to admit that i have failed to fully respect the women who work for me and with me, and that at times i have intimidated them. >> bob filner is tragically unsafe for any woman to approach. >> reporter: former city council member donna fry was a longtime filner ally. now she, along with democ

evans is standing by with the news edge at 6:00. >> reporter: off-the-cuff tonight, new developments in the embezzlement case dependence the virginia governor bobf, today an an attorney asked the judge toto throw the case out. the chef is the central figure in a bigger case dogging the governor, over gifts they they received from a wealthy donor. . tom. >> reporter: well, laura, the attorneys for todd snyder todayo argued that since the commonwealth attorney general's office served under both governor bob mcdonnell and attorney general kent cuccinelli that a conflict of interest tere consists in the estate, and that these charges must be dismissed and lawyers for the commonwealth disagree, ask they as and they case must go on. on todd snyder was the executive ec chef for possibl governor bob mcdonnell. now the scandal is threatening virginia's top two republicans,b charges his lawyers are tryingtg to get thrown out. out. >> if he denies the motion to dismiss we go to trial in october. you understand we look forward to going to trial. >> reporter: snyder isr: snyd charged with stealing