and those foreman didn't make up the way that they behaved in that mine. they were working at the direction of a mine superintendent superintendent, of the vice president and vice president of the massey energy subsidiary that ran that mine and we flow documents that have been released in the investigation so far and in a deposition by former c.e.o. don blankenship in another case that this mine was micromanaged and that blankenship and other senior officials at massie energy knew what was going on there. they monitored the coal production by the foot and by the minute and so even though it's clear that these... that the superintendent who was charged yesterday and the mine foremen who were mentioned in the state report today were not acting on their own it appears it's very difficult in state law in west virginia to reach beyond the foreman to site anyone else and get anyone else held responsible. >> brown: so tell us a little bit more about the federal side of this and that foreman. gary may is the highest official charged to this point. what does that t

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the george foreman grill sort of peaked.ight now that was in the usa and right now we're close to 20 million units in the usa. >> it's a method. it's a machine. it's not the actual product. green mountain is the product. >> i'm just saying you always want to ask -- >> here's what i'm worried about -- >> you always want to ask when are you all in. >> fair enough. but the sales beat was so big but kept their full year 2012 guidance for sales. >> yeah. that is a huge red flag. >> all right. >> they're telling us we have to go. but it's a great question. >> up next on "street signs," is iran stealing iraq's oil? what that headline might mean for crude prices right here, mandy. >> okay, brian. plus it's phil's big day, but will it be ground hog day for wall street? that's a big question for the big fuzzy kriter. "street signs" back in two minute's time. stay tuned to cnbc. should we bey with our t-a-b-l-e-t? [ mom ] i think it's fine. it's the new element from at&t so it's w-a-t-e-r proof. cool. what else does it d-o? it's fast.

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he used to work for foreman governor ehrlich. -- former governor ehrlich. >>> we're still awaiting new details about a fetus found in a dumpster in harford county near the 900 block of sable road in bel air. officials were called there tuesday night and said that the mother gave birth to a still back and forth and the baby was found in a dumpster. >>> police in baltimore city are looking for a suspect that disappeared in the city yesterday. the police were following a car and he jumped out. but he was nowhere to be found. the schools there were on lockdown for part of the day and friendship academy had already been dismissed for the day at that time. >>> ex crimes on penn state -- the sex crimes that allegedly happened on penn state campus may change the laws in maryland. >> reporter: this morning there are new details emerging in the penn state sex abuse scandal. penn state prosecutors are asking that jerry sanduskyp kept indoors as part of his -- be kept indoors as part of his bail condition. some said he is watching school children in a schoolyard from his back porch. and his lawyer

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tom foreman has details. >> reporter: measuring the wealth of whitney is difficult at best. is her 1992 hit movie "the bodyguard." in over 20 years, it has made almost $411 million. the soundtrack has sold 17 million copies in the u.s. alone. according to the recording industry association of america, that's the most ever, more than purple rain and saturday night fever and, of course, the film also gave us that song. ♪ and i i will always love y you ♪ >> reporter: i will always love you sold 4 million copies in its first year alone. that's seven records every minute. it was great news for houston and maybe even better news for dolly parton, who wrote it. under recording law, parton, not houston or her estate is the one that gets paid every time you hear that song on the radio. she talked about the tune recently on anderson's daytime talk show. >> then, when whitney did it and made all that money, i got all the money for the writing and i bought a lot of cheap wigs. >> reporter: still, houston's music was the cornerstone of her empire and her records broke records time and ag

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> there's a lot more news we're following tonight.. >> anderson, president obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget request spore spending and infrastructure and to pay for it proposes tax increases on rich and defense cuts and medicare and medicaid are hardly touched. >> too in athens, greece, anger in the streets. tens of thousands of protesters clashing with police over the weekend and again this morning. today's riot came after the greek parliament approved new measures in exchange for a new debt bailout from the eurozone. >>> inspections are under way at apple supply factories in china, according to the independent labor rights organization, the tech firm joined last month. they will interview thousands of workers at the plant where there are accusations of harsh working conditions. >>> and the singer adele proved her voice was back after undergoing surgery in the fall. listen. ♪ ♪ a great performance. adele took home six grammys, including album of the year. and nice interview on "60 minutes." >> she sang "rolling in the deep" acap

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for an up close, tom foreman. >> reporter: snapped outside a hollywood restaurant last week, these aret photos taken last week of her husband bobby brown and only child, kristy, na brown. she appears to be overwhelmed by her mother's death and appeared with her mom in this video. she posted this video on youtube. ♪ >> reporter: but if bobbi kristina has shown hints of her family pedigree, she has shown some nack of controversy. >> i can figure for you to take me out. >> reporter: she was born in early 1993, while her mother was still riding a wave of media excitement over her role in "the bodyguard" and her marriage earlier. over seven years, her parents were battling addiction problems and frequently battling each other. audiences were watching bobbi kristina's struggles on the reality show "being bobby brown" that first aired in 2005. the program ended after one season, however, the problems went on. the couple divorced in 2007, whitney took custody of their child and once again lit up the tabloids. since then, bobbi kristina has made headlines of her own. she's been cited by police

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