jericka duncan looks at a new study separating the good from the bad. >> reporter: john james used tocologist at nasa, but his mission changed in 2002 after he lost his son alex. james says the teenager died of cardiac arrest after doctors misdiagnosed him. >> he was six days short of his 20th birthday. >> reporter: james went on to start patient safety america. a recent study from his group found medical errors are linked to 440,000 deaths every year. >> i want to emphasize it's an estimate. my goal is to educate folks about health care across the board. >> reporter: a new analysis finds those risks can depend on which hospital you choose. they scored more than 2 shlgds 500 hospitals nationwide on a safety scale on a safety scale from 1 to 100 and there was a wide variation. for example, the medical center in mississippi only received 11 while miles memorial in maine received a higher score of 78. >> higher rated hospitals have lower death rates, lower admission rates so all the th g things you don't want to happen to you happen in those hospitals. >> we all make mistakes, doctors in

jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >>> in sports now dallas stars forward rich peverley will miss theon after his heart stopped during monday's game. on wednesday peverley thanked the doctors who saved his life. the 31-year-old will undergo a procedure that will keep him off the ice for months. peverley put off the procedure in the fall when he learned he had an irregular heart beat. within hours of being cut by tampa bay cornerback darrelle revis signed a deal with the new england patriots. the buccaneers couldn't find a team to trade him to and releasing him was a cost-cutting move. >>> and a michigan high school basketball playoff game ends with a high ending buzzer beater. with less than a second to play and trailing by one a player for mt. pleasant's sacred heart throws an inbound pass off the backboard. his teammate grabs it and hits the game-winning shot. the coach said that was not the way the play was drawn up, but it worked. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," the latest developments for the missing >>> coming up we'll talk with a person offering a million dollar for a perf

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in new york, i'm jericka duncan. >>> time now is 4:50. no more walking from gate to gate to make connecting flights at sfo. the new door-to-door service for passengers who want to travel in style. >> and when it comes to buying that plane ticket, timing is everything. we are going to tell you about the best time to save money on flights when we come back. >>> a few more clouds around the bay area this morning, temperatures are going to cool off a few degrees, although by the afternoon it should become mostly sunny still about 72 in redwood city. 72 in mountain view. the south bay some of the warmest temperatures in the bay area, up to 74 in morgan hill and 75 in gilroy. east bay temperatures should be comfortable late in the day. those clouds will give way to sunny skies. 71 in san ramon, 71 also in danville, and about 72 degrees in walnut creek. in the north bay, we'll find plenty of sunshine this afternoon, temperatures generally up into the 70s as high as 71 in petaluma, 72 in san rafael, in san francisco downtown 69 degrees. >>> and m

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jericka duncan reports. >> reporter: it could be days before some residents of this ewing township, new jersey, neighborhood will be allowed back into their homes. that is those who have them. as many as 12 homes were destroyed. dozens more damaged in a massive gas explosion. >> there was just this very loud explosion and right after that my front door, glass door got shattered. >> it blew all of our windows in as well as our screen door and storm windows. >> reporter: police say utility crew was working on a power problem and was digging in the neighborhood. >> at that point they struck what they believed to be a gas line and from there it just escalated until it explode. >> reporter: police is scored residents from homes. one woman was killed. >> there was a car parked around she was found on the hood of the car. >> reporter: officials say they will continue to work on finding what ignited the gas. >>> well, coming up on the "morning news," a teenager's lawsuit. a student sues her parents for financial support after she claims they threw her out of their home. >>> later a surprise twi