for example, jane austen's the original manuscript. we have more on who owns the 68 pages of work. >> emma watson had an air of healthy vigor. >> an excerpt from an unpublished novel by jane austen. jane austen's father actually died which many believe to be the reason that she abandoned the story. today, the fragment was sold at auction. the bidding was fierce but interest was from around the world. [applause] >> the manuscript has just sold for a little bit under a million pounds. this was three times its estimated value. this is a lot of money for something you can buy in book form. why pay that amount of money for the object? >> it is a very rare opportunity to buy something like this on the open market. to see jane austen's handwriting is quite different from reading a printed book. >> there is a good chance that the manuscript would go abroad but i can reveal that was bought by a british institution. they were aided by a substantial grant from the national heritage memorial fund. >> this is worth every single penny. this was the

paying a hefty price for some of jane austen's pages. an early manuscript is in the hands of the highest bidder. let me start by telling you to mark your calendars. next tuesday the embattled media titan rupert murdoch and his heir apparent jane will appear before british lawmakers. sending shock waves far and wide. the fbi has opened an investigation into allegations that murdoch's news corp. saw to hack into the phones of september 11 victims. we start tonight's coverage with this report from our deputy political editor. >> parliament has costumed the news of the -- to answer the questions of the mp's of why so many were hacked. >> my message to rebekah brooks is do the decent thing. it cannot hide away from this level of public english. >> they were reluctant witnesses. they told the committee he could not attend the future session. james murdock said he could not come. rebekah brooks said chiappone -- welcome the opportunity to do so but would not discuss anything that relates to the ongoing police investigation. the talk was of a fo

of course, seeing jane austen's handwriting, this object that she actually touched, is quite different from reading a printed book. >> there is a good chance the manuscript will go abroad, but i can reveal that it was bought by a british institution. the library in oxford, aided by a national grant from the national heritage memorial fund. >> it is worth every single penny. it is the last manuscript in private ownership. we felt very strongly that we need to step in and bring it into public ownership. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet, los angeles.

19th century with stories and parodies based on "alice in wonderland," "sherlock holmes," even jane austenfan fiction exploded with the internet. one web site has two million stories posted, more than 500,000 of them based on "harry potter." >> it's huge. >> reporter: emerson spartz launched the fan web site mugglenet when he was just 12 years old. >> "harry potter" was the gateway drug for books for a generation. with the power of the internet combined with the intricate and detailed world j.k. rowling created, it's helped to catalyze a generation of writers. >> reporter: author j.k. rowling doesn't seem to mind. this fall she'll launch her own web site, pottermore, which may offer even more fan fiction fodder well after the last credit rolls on the big screen. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org for many commuters. the protest, shutting down a san francisco bart station. "...it's scary it mak

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