you never give up till they throw dirt on you. >> reporter: few know that better than denny fitch.s news, st. charles, illinois. >> rodriguez: and with denny's inspirational story we wrap up this edition of the "cbs evening news." for katie couric, i'm maggie rodriguez. see you monday on the "early show." until then, have a great weekend and for the latest news and much more, go to cbsnews.com. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs so who is "making stuff up"? the news media say it's bob ehrlich... with attacks that have been called "false" and "misleading." made up attacks bob ehrlich knows aren't true. but here's what's not made up. bob ehrlich's $3 billion in taxes and fees. the $2.5 million he got paid working at a lobbying firm. or the fact ehrlich worked for the casinos to put slots at arundel mills mall. now, bob...that's all true. >> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. jamie lee curtis and will there be a battle for her father's fortune. >> how many millions was he worth? >> once in a while i get pissed off. >> once the

you never give up 'til they throw dirt on you. >> reporter: few know that better than denny fitch.s news, st. charles, illinois. >> rodriguez: and with denny's inspirational story, we wrap up this edition of the "cbs evening news." for katie couric, i'm maggie rodriguez. see you monday on the "early show." until then, have a great weekend and for the latest news and much more, go to cbsnews.com. good night. captioning sponsored by cb breathe a little easier. drastic >>> we're just waiting now to get the knock on the door to leave. >> now they can breathe a little easier. drastic action for hundreds of thousands of people in danger of losing their homes. and the ripple effect it could have on the entire market. >>> salty language out of the jerry brown camp. now it's his turn to do damage control. what rival meg whitman says it revealed about her opponent. >>> i feel like i've been targeted. >> a bay area student says he was bugged by the fbi. the secret device found under the car and why he thinks the feds are tracking him. >>> good evening. one word has put jerry brown on the defe

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one is on route 32 and old frederick road and bel air and fitch avenue. we have a sinkhole, it's a 3 x 5 section of bel air, that's closed there and is second sinkhole at bird river and middle road. and you'll want to watch for another sinkhole in millersville. and take burn's crossing road instead. and there's a downed tree at cockeysville and all lanes blocked there and a traffic light out on lock raven at east joppa. there's a look at the speeds around the beltway. still, no major delays. you'll have to tap your brakes at 795 and there's old fort road. that's the same for 95, south of the beltway and the topside of the beltway. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. toyota, buy right the first time and you'll save more in the long run. >>> and topping the news, the cleaning up from yesterday's high water and rain. serious amounts of it left maryland under water at one point or another. check out the scene here. the bay was spilling over the base. and the schools will be opening two hours late today. you can find the other school advisories on th

the big winners-- teen retailers like abercrombie and fitch; department stores, including macy's; and luxury chains like saks. on the flip side, discounters like target, bj's and t.j.x. missed estimates. >> tom: while people were spending, they weren't using plastic. new data show consumer borrowing fell in august as credit card use slid for the 24th consecutive month. looking at the numbers, you'd think america is adopting a new thrifty mentality. but dig a little deeper, and it's not clear there's a new mindset. erika miller explains. >> reporter: there are a growing number of web sites dedicated to saving consumers money. the trend would seem to suggest americans are becoming more frugal. not necessarily. cardhub.com looked at consumer credit data and came to a grim conclusion. yes, credit card balances fell by $134 billion in the 18 months between january 2009 and june of this year. but nearly all of that drop was due to write-downs by lenders. that's money they can't collect from borrowers in default. cardhub's odysseus papadimitriou expects that trend to continue. >> unfortunate

he was on an amber crom by and fitch shoot and was told to leave the set when he was eating. >> they are under strict monitoring of what they eat and when and how much they eat. and his agent is siding with the crew saying he broke the rules. and it is proof that it's not just female models who have such tough restrictions. can i ask a question. what has this become the in look, to see -- >> the drawers. >> the drawers and all of that lower area there. >> because that's amber crom by and fitch. >> and the six-pack abs. they love 's what the kids -- >> it's like an anatomy class. >> is one croissant going to make a difference. >> i enjoyed half of a donut today. >> only half? >> no. i tried to show some restraint. i took the bigger half. >> if they went by what we eat here in the morning, we would -- none of us would be here. >> the man wanted a croissant. >> sorry to hear that. >>> and we have clouds out there and cool temperatures. and we have to wait until tomorrow for the 70s to come back. but it will be a perfect fall weekend with temperatures each day back in the 70s. right now

abercromie & fitch jumped more than 8% as there were healthy retail sales. alcoa reported a lower third quarter profit that, nevertheless, beat estimates. shares rose more than %. pepsi reported mixed results earlier with earnings matching expect ages,ut its future outlook disappointed. pepsi fell 3%. >>> rates on 30-year mortgages fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 12 weeks with the average rate for 30-year fixed loans dropping 4.27%. >>> finally, in case you hadn't noticed, the future is here. latest example, pay pal's iphone app which allows you to deposit a check by sendin in a photo of both sides. the feature cleared $100,000 worth of checks in the first 36 hours it was available. >>> another twin killing in minnesota. a texas two-step in tampa and tucks in pennsylvania. lus, tim lincecum, known as "the freak" was down right scary last night against the braves. your early morning sports headlines aretraight ahead. >>> and on this friday, i'm struggling to find any bad weather. your weekend forecast is coming up. you're watching "e

abercrombie & fitch jumped almost 9% and american eagle 8% retailers led healthy september retail sales. alcoa kicked off the earnings season after the closing bell report aglower third quarter profit. that, nevertheless, beat estimates. shares rose more than 3%. >>> pepsi reported mixed results with its future outlook disappointed. pepsi fell 3%. >>> and rates on 30-year mortgages fell to the lowest level in decades. for the ninth time in 12 weeks, dropping to 4.27%. >>> finally, in case you hadn't noticed, the future is here. latest example, paypal's iphone app allowing to you deposit a check by sending in a photo of both sides. the feature cleared 100,000 dollars worth of checks in the first 36 hours it was available. hmm. >>> and another twin feeling in minnesota. and pucks in pennsylvania. >>> plus, san francisco giants' pitcher tim lincecum, known as the freak, downright scary last night against the braves. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and on this friday, i'm struggling to find bad weather. your weekend forecast is coming up. you're watching "early t

and retailer abercrombie and fitch found buyers on a return of market rumors regarding a possible buyout, but nothing was substantiated. on the consumer staple side, driving that sector lower was paper products giant kimberly clark. it was a disappointing quarter, with profits falling from last year and coming in below estimates. even though sales were up, kimberly-clark was hurt by higher commodity prices and aggressive price discounts. here are the last 180 sessions of kimberly clark. the stock had been trending higher, but dropped off a cliff today, falling 6% on heavy volume. in addition to the earnings miss, the company lowered its outlook. another one to watch in this sector tomorrow is procter and gamble. p&g is due with earnings tomorrow. the stock got caught up in the selling pressure today, sliding 1%. global growth and promotion spending are two areas analysts say to watch. steel stocks saw sellers today as earnings cooled from strength earlier this year. this trio all reported results today. arcelor mittal slid more than 5%. it said high iron ore and coal costs will hurt its

. >>> an abercrombie & fitch model chose the wrong time to snack on a croissant.k times says he was kicked off the job after being spotted with the pastry at an inopportune moment. the agency kept an eye on what they ate, drank, and whether they exercised. the aboutsy for the model said it wasn't the croissant it was a question of respect on an important job. the might have been hungry. >> might have been fired for a jelly donut and a coke. >>> check this out, san francisco city hall honoring our san francisco giants, the national west division champions. and it looks like they just flooded city hall in orange. and by way, the next game the first game of the championship series will be thursday under partly cloudy skies. tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 50s and partly cloudy conditions. official sun up is at 7:07. and check this out. we have this inside slider trying to work its way into our backdoor producing thunderstorms in the high sierra. and snow level down to 7500 feet. pinpoint forecast i'm not optimistic. you see rain drops in the hamilton area at 7:

abercrombie & fitch jumped more than 9%, and american eagle climbed 8% as teen apparel retailers ledealthy retail sales. alcoa kicked off earnings seasons after the closing bell reported a lower third quarter profit that, nevertheless, beat estimates. shares rose more than 3%. pepsi reported mixed results earlier with earnings matching expect ages, but its future outlook disappointed. pepsi fell 3%. >>> rates on 30-year mortgages fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 12 weeks with the average rate for 30-year fixed loans dropping to 4.27%. >>> finally, in case you hadn't noticed, the future is here. latest example, pay pal's iphone app which allows you to deposit a check by sending in a photo of both sides. the feature cleared $100,000 worth of checks in the first 36 hours it was available. wow. >>> well, in health news this morning, health experts said thursday a surprising jump in the number of americans hobbled by arthritis may be due to obesity. the president of the arthritis foundation said the increase is primarily due to baby boomers who are at a age when t

of the ratings scale provided by each of the major credit agencies, moody's, standard & poor's and fitch. the best rating is a.a.a. they have gradeations of a.a., a., and b a.a. which is a low investment grade. basically the rating agencies will -- the higher the rating, the more likelihood that you will pay your bonds on time in the proper amount. so the measure -- they measure risk. they measure risk to the investor that they're going to receive the benefit of the bargain that you told them they would. through your bond documents. the better the rating, the lower your costs. so one of your objectives is to get the best rating possible. so how are you going to do this? you have to develop a rating strategy. and a rating strategy will pull together all of the elements of your credit. that includes what are your revenue sources what is the level of management involvement in your transactions. management is a very important credit cry tearian these days -- cry tearians these days. and you also want to promote the fact that you've got good coverage. your revenues will be more than what your

of the ratings scale provided by each of the major credit agencies, moody's, standard & poor's and fitch. the best rating is a.a.a. they have gradeations of a.a., a., and b a.a.

fitch just downgraded ireland and set the outlook to negative. trade war to go def-con four as u.s. pushes for imf involvement for dispute with china. sobering look at the structure of the u.s. treasury debt. all of these stories, this is one day. this is this morning behind my desk i'm reading the business insider. you just look at that chart and the business insider, you understand that chart and you will understand what we're up against. we need a solution. what is the solution? to devalue our currency. if you thought that $5 a gallon gasoline would have been bad a couple of summers ago, here is another headline. "main street will figure out policy of inflation when gas hits $5 a gallon." why? why would it hit $5 a gallon again? progressives are doing what they always do. they try to equal everything out. they're running up debt. the best way to pay off the debt is their latest idea. to simply value all the world's currencies equally. one world currency. but by a different name, so nobody freaks out. bernanke said he would never monotize the debt. we showed his testimony to congr

bel air and fish -- fitch avenue. and the sink hole from necker avenue to 43. looks like they are in the process of clearing that up. westbound northern parkway falls road a downed tree and falls road at smith avenue flooding. warren road and bosley road a downed tree and closures in effect for the downed tree at old bosley and delaney valley. north point in at king street flooding an issue and pretty nice ride on the beltway. a little slowdown in the northwest corner 29 miles an hour in the outer loop near 795 and dealing with closures in severn due to the other sinkhole gunmambrills and antrim. rest of the major roads in good shape. key bridge east side running smoothly at this time in both loops. live view of traffic on the harrisburg expressway out of parkton good here at york road. that is the latest. now the latest on buses and trai trains. >> we have a few delays and diversions on buses due to weather. three is 30 minutes late and 20 and 30 are 2010 minutes late. 35 bus using franklin and 14 and 16 and 51 buses at posseatapsco tphals. light rail on time.

abercrombie & fitch up. the gap struggled reporting a decline of 2%. and apple is making a version of its popular iphone for verizon wireless network. the "wall street journal" said it will antibiotic available early xt year. this end apple's exclusive relationship with at & t. apple is developing a fifth generation iphone th will differ significantly from existing models. we have a lot of mac hea excited and people interested in the iphone but not interested in the at & t network. so now they've choice. >> sounds like aood thing. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. >>> wednesday's child is a young man that is hoping a little haggic might make his wish come true. he spent most of his life in foster care movingrom one home to other. he'soping to find a permanent home. >>> hi. >> hi. >> how are you. >> good. excited. >> so, you were excited. i'm happy to hear that. i'm excited to meet you and be with you at six flags. >> six flags is all decked out in cobwebs for it's be october fright fest. we found a host of spooky characters ready to greet us. cow wow.

the ceremonial fitch pitches were thrown out by a couple legendary giants. all played for the giants, none ever won a world series with san francisco. hey, check this out. 2-2 game, not for long. sanchez left center. three doubles in his first three at-bats. 3-2 giants. and then aubrey huff up the middle. one of his three hits. wow! cliff lee supposed to shut off the giants. that didn't happen. leads 5-2 and then in comes mr. odai, darren o'day. it wasn't his night. the giants take the lead for good, for good, for good. they pile it on and the giants go ahead to win 11-7. sanchez was talking after the game. >> back and forth battle. you know, we didn't quit when they got up and they didn't quit when we got up. gonna be a tough battle this series and hopefully fun and exciting. >> and the question is will there be fireworks again tonight? matt cain against c. j. wilson. giants looking to go up two games to none. maybe finish it off. they could finish it off halloween night in texas. we have to wait and see. here you can see spectacular orange and black ballpa

perry hall a sinkhole and accident bel air and fitch. charles and bellona a defective traffic light and downed trees and flooding alo falls road and smith avenue. warren road and bosley and old bosley delaney valley and flooding still an issue blocking north point at kane street. camp grills and an triumph in -- gunm gambrills and an tkreupl drive. old mill and 170 another issue with flooding. many areas with storm-related damage and it will be a while before all of them reopen. we will keep you posted on the closures. let's look at volume to see if we are developing any delays. pretty nice ride at the key bridge. no problems at any other area bridges. tunnel traffic smooth at this time. we will switch to the harrisburg expressway out of parkton away from us southbound traffic still running at a pretty good pace. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." back to you. >> our big story, the weather. what is left of it. as everyone heads out they are bound to run into some flooding. >> to keep you informed we have team coverage with kim dac

. >> reporter: so how many fitch are in -- fish are this in the sea?cientist would hesitate to guess but now they have completed the census of the marine life they estimate there are more than million species in the world's ocean and they have seen about a quarter of them. the census was a massive project that took 2700 researchers from 80 countries spending 9,000 days at sea on 540 separate expeditions. a result a giant data base scientists can use to measure change. so that in the future, if the climate warms or there are major oil spills, they will have the starting point from which to measure. >> not only do we understand more about individual species but we understand how they relate to one another and that's important as far as conservation. >> reporter: this summer's oil disaster in the gulf of mexico is a example of how the data will help they say. no one can agree on just what effect the spill had. but the census will be a big help. researchers looked from the arctic to the southern ocean at everything from whales to plankton and said the ocea

he was on a shoot for an abercrombie & fitch, the clothing line.pparently they had these models on a really strict diet. they were looking at what they ate, what they drank, how much they worked out. and this poor 20-year-old named van bale reached over and ate a croissant and he got fired for it. >> are you kidding me? >> that is the story coming out of the "daily mail." they say the models are on shoots, they have really specific instructions. in defense, if there is a defense, of the company, it sounds like they might have been told exactly when they should and should not be eating. so maybe he kind of was going against the timeline of events. but the bottom line is that he was fired for eating a croissant. so they're also noticing that these models were working like long hours and weren't making the normal pay. but the headline in and of itself i think is not good. >> but would a croissant really ruin, you know, whatever -- your stomach or whatever? >> i know from personal experience if you have like 20 of them it does start to ruin -- one i do

he was on a shoot for an abercrombie & fitch -- the clothing line.e looking at what they ate, what they drank, how much they worked out. and this poor 20-year-old named van bale reached over and ate a croissant, and he got fired for it. >> are you kidding me? really? >> that is the story coming out of the "daily mail." they say the models are on shoots, they have really specific instructions. now, in defense, if there is a defense of the company, it sounds like they mi told exac henuld and should ing. against the timeline ofeven but the bottom line is that he as eat cropso'ealicin these models were worki ke pen't but the headline in and of itself i think is n goo >> but would a ss ry ruin, you know, whatever -- your tomaatve >> i know from per eencyou 20 e -- one i doubt. right. >> that's a rough world. oh, man. >>> well, they take their sports very seriously overseas. and this is just another example. apparently, this was just kind of a fun match to inaugurate a new field over in bolivia. so they had the president of the country, whose name is evo m

rainshowers as well as the10-15 western parttof maryland as the temperatures climb too54 degreee 10-fitch-mileeannhhuridespread. 70 degrees on thursday with partly cloudy skies..3 ú%ok t all of the sunshine %-saturday and for ravens sunda, beccuse all the sunshine i feel bad for the broncos. it's not going to be pretty. we need to check on the roadways with lauren cooke. she is here with the track edde. i have a feeling you do agree. >> reporter: i a do agree. hopefully thh ravens will take another win on sunday. we are dealing with delays duu ú% an earlier crash aaong the southbound lanes on the beltway. right nowwspeeds are clocking at -o expect a slow ride traveliig in that vicinity. the co congestion contiiuus. it reeains slow as you make he push ttward dulaney valley road. as for the west side of the valley, a look at 32-minute ride from 795 to 95. we do have an accident on the inner loop of the beltway on tte southwest side at the ramp to -awkiis ramp road that ii leading to delaas innthat area. trouble on 95, we re dealing with a car fire and another car3 fire along the southbound lanee aa cato

or whenecame govern rob loya of fitch was impeached. alagojovich. >> good evening and welcome to tonight's debate. this debate is produced in cooperation with the league of women voters of illinois and the illinois broadcasters' association. joining me in questioning the candidates are abc7's charles thomas, rebecca sanchez, and andy shaw. each candidate will have an opening statement of one minute. we begin with mr. brady. >> my wife nancy and i built a small business. i am running for governor because of i am concerned about my children and yours. for the last eight years of deficit spending, corruption, and back-room deals -- our government is broke. governor quinn has lost over 200,000 jobs. n has lost over 200,000 jobs -- governor quinn has lost over 200,000 jobs. i want to cut spending and taxes and create private-sector jobs. my opponent's plan is to raise your taxes and create bigger government. governor, you used to "jfk saying cutting taxes help hard- working families. what happened? illinois and these a leader. pat quinn has