this is out of johnson county, texas that right south of ft. worth. between ft. rth and waco, some might say, a little bit of a distance. this is actually the county that my mother and family live in, in johnson county. this is what they're seeing on the ground. we've got a number of calls in, people trying to find out the weather conditions and if schools are being, taking action. nonetheless, this is a tornado warning right outside of tarrant county. that would be ft. worth. this is johnson county. a number of watches and warnings in place throughout north texas. in fact, most of north texas under a tornado watchful this is some of the ominous video coming in out of johnson county, right outside of ft. worth. some of the small towns in that area, burleson, texas. joshua county also. now we're hearing that a tornado is on the ground in south dallas. this is the report we're getting in right now. tornado watch for most of north texas. we're getting unconfirmed, i should stress, unconfirmed reports that there is a tornado on the ground in south dallas, or south of

initial examples of there johnson county. and you're saying your family actually lives in that county. >> yes. my family lives in johnson county. for give me if i'm trying to read these messages from my family members. but our 6-year-old is still at school. she would normally be getting ready to get out of school at this time so we're working to find out if that school is at this point on lockdown. christina hall is in mesquite, texas. right outside of dallas. she is right now in her home in the bathroom text messaging me. her own children attend schools in mesquite and she can't leave to go get her children. she is right now in the bathroom in her own home shelter. >> tamron, can i ask you to stay with us. your connection with the people there is kind of vital to our reporting of the story. stay with us. but let's bring in texas state senator, i understand you are two miles north of dallas. what can you tell us about the situation where you are? >> i am about two miles north of downtown dallas. the tornadoes touching down and

it is a tough day in johnson county, texas.e'll bring you more as that happens. >>> the recovery from the great recession has been slow. but is it the, quote, worst economic recovery in history? that is what former bush adviser ed lazear is calling our current economic situation. in fact, he wrote that in an op-ed in this morning's "wall street journal" saying today's recovery pales in comparison to all other recoveries including the one following the great depression. obviously that's generating a lot of comment and a lot of controversy. let us dig in. edward lazear. good to see you again. >> good to see you. >> if i go back to gdp growth from 1940 to now, you're right. the growth rates out of downturns have generally been north of 4%, 5% or 6%. if i go back to the period following 1930 there was a couple years of decency. from '30 to '40 -- the great recession more comparable to that era. why are you so critical about this recovery? >> well, you know, my view is that if you look back at the depression, we had four very bad ye

>> in johnson county, to my knowledge, the sirens were going off.lerts were going off the radio. people were taking shelter as much as we could tell. the biggest thing is when they do happen and you hear the alarms, don't take them for granted. they go off for a reason. >> if you had to characterize the response, what would you say? >> in our area and what i've seen in dfw, i think we did an excellent job. >> lieutenant tim jones, it's a miracle no one lost their lives tonight. we can always replace stuff on the ground but lives cannot be replaced. thank you. >>> we're just minutes away from the polls closing in wisconsin. mitt romney has high hopes for a victory but an election day campaign event at a sub shop may have violated election law. we have the details. >>> up next, scott walker has been absent from the campaign trial as the gop candidates toured his state. john nickels explains why he might be the won avoiding them. don't forget to listen to me, my radio show on sirius xm and on progressive talk stations around the country. stay tuned. >>

we talked to the man in johnson county a little bit ago. there's another storm beginning to rotate near may pearl. may pearl is about 30 miles farther south of here where it came from in the first place. another storm is rotating, not on the ground yet, but certainly the next storm system, the next storm could be coming up somewhere right down between those two. it's not over yet. this is a violent day. we're going to see more tornadoes today yet. >> we saw it dark, dark gray then minutes later, perfectly clear. you're telling me even though -- to sort of reiterate maria's point in dallas county, just because it's clear means you're in the clear. >> clear is actually a bad thing. clear means the sun can come back out, regenerate the heat that was on the ground earlier and that heat can cause and create another thunderstorm ind -- behind it. wichita, texas, was hit by two large and deadly tornadoes just hours apart. right down the exact same line. here's what we have. let's do a reset. about two hours ago, we had a severe thunderstorm watch.

and this is in johnson county, texas, south of ft. worth. two super cell tornadoes being reported and a new tornado being recreated in mesquite, texas. again, severe damage done to structures, tractor-trailer trucks being thrown into the air. certainly massive storms and the national weather service saying those storms are headed towards another biggy right towards oklahoma city. we'll give you more news. send it back to you guys on the "closing bell." >> you this very much. let's get back to the financial news. just wrapping up a meeting with some key votes on regulations, mary thompson is there in washington. mary, what's the latest? >> thanks so much. what that means for the companies that are expected to include for the likes of aig and ge. my first question to you is when are we going to hear the rest of the companies designated as nonbanks entities? >> i don't know when we'll be finished with this work but now that the council has approved the process, we hope we'll have some decisions by the end of the year but we'll move quickly. >>

we're talking to lieutenant tim jones with johnson county a little while ago.o bring him back in. he's on our phone line. you were talking to me last hour about dpaj. wh's happening where you are now? >> we have the police department, joshua fire department, burreson fire department and johnson county emergency management. we have not had any more damage. we have had reports with multiple touchdowns. we have received reports of one touchdown in a city south of our location. >> i'm sorry, say the city again? >> cleburne. >> when we talk about a touchdown in a city, do you have any information as far as damage there? >> we do not have any information on the city of cleburne. we're taking care of the rural part and the city of joshua and we have no more damage out here than what we previous will you spoke. >> okay, tell me, lieutenant, what kind of calls are getting right now? >> 911 is going off the wall. people calling in, sightings of tornadoes, possible sightings of tornado as of up to about 20 minutes ago. now we get people calling to make sure their relative

we talked to the man in johnson county a little bit ago.ning to rotate near may pearl. may pearl is about 30 miles farther south of here where it came from in the first place. another storm is rotating, not on the ground

as the storm came up 35-e, as it's coming out of johnson county. there in johnson county. this storm was on the ground for 10 miles. you know there were men and women working in this facility because it's still only the 1:30 hour there local time. there are people there, buildings that are damaged. and clearly, this is a parking lot, not people sitting there waiting for gas. and that's great news, but the damage that can be done, if you see that, you saw that truck, that 80-foot container, that thing was up in the air at least 100, 200 feet. . >> and look at the traffic, is this presumably i-35, do we know? >> that's going to be probably -- well, i don't know. that could be just an access road. and it could be. it certainly could be, but i can't tell from the left and right sides where that possibly is. but the damage you just saw there, those are people driving. those weren't people that were -- those were people driving a vehicle that was flipped. this is probably more the debris that came out of that parking lot. >> it's tough to tell with the d

so currently johnson county, tarrant, southern dallas county.seeing damage in the cleburne area and right now looking at this funnel cloud on your screen. so this is a worst nightmare coming true for the dallas-fort worth area. megyn: david is saying he used to live in that area. megyn: parts of that area is more spread out and less condensed. >> what it is -- it's called the mid-cities area. between fort worth and dallas is well pop late and down to cleburne is a good residential population. this is a problem they have had when i lived out there. megyn: we are being told those are sparks at the bottom of the screen, transformers. >> reporter: that's actual damage on the ground from this tornado. megyn: have you seen that before when you have been watching tornado video? >> reporter: i have not seen something like that. unfortunately when you go inside the funnel sometimes you can see the debris being lifted up and that would be an indicator that we are seeing a tornado doing damage. so maybe we can actually talk about the cleburne area. could y

and in johnson county, we can tell you warnings in effect in and around dallas-ft. worth area and now, lieutenant, how does it look now? >>guest: right now it is calm. weather is peaceful. overcast. light wind. earlier we could not say that much. >>neil: what kind of damage can you report, lieutenant in anyone injured? good forbid anything more severe. >>guest: no reports of injury. we had fire and the sheriff is looking the areas over and make sure we are not missing anything. we believe we have covered all the areas of damage and spoken to all the folks and everyone is fine. we may get more reports of injuries when people get home. >>neil: obviously a lot of businesses. the arlington area was telling the workers to go home. american airlines in arlington among them. this is standard procedure? >>guest: i'm not sure what they do in that area but we want people to take shelter where they can and not be in the middle of the storm. >> thank you, lieutenant and we appreciate the updates. american airlines has shut down all active flights in and south of dallas-ft. wort

this could be a wrapped up storm headed toward mannsfield by cedar hills and near dallas and johnson county line. the pictures we are looking at are from west arlington and a new storm has blown up and it could be a tornado, as well, moving into southwestern dallas county. >> i was ready to say we believe we have at least three tornadoes on the ground. one in southwestern denton county near justin. one in tarrant county near euless. and one in the mesquite area. last report it was near 635 and the mesquite rodeo, north of there now and what you are looking at are live pictures from west arlington, of damage, that was done in article ton there from the tornado that is currently located near the euless area. lynn, what can you tell us? >> i am near lancaster and i-20. this afternoon a dallas police officer was hiding in a meat locker with several other people at the flying j truck stop. he had seen cars ripped off the drowned he reported and we are in an area with several homes, again, they have been damaged. a 53 year old was in the bedroom, heard the sirens and started to take cover inside

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. >> around 1:30 in the afternoon, johnson county deputies take it upon themselves to watch interstate 35. which is the main road that comes into kansas city. and we're watching for the taurus and the tag we had broadcast. >> they pulled him over. >> step out of the vehicle and face away from me. >> they get roeder out of the car. put his hands behind his back, to lie down. they go down there, they cuff him and he's in custody. >> reporter: it's no mystery who pulled the trigger. but authorities work to track down any known associates of roeder's to learn if others were involved. >> we had talked to his ex-employers, we talked to friends, we talked to members of his bible studies. we talked to his family. he did this very secretive. >> reporter: three days after the shooting, scott roeder meets with his defense team. >> we told scott, please, don't talk to anyone about this. but he thought the issue was bigger than him. that people needed to know about the horrors of abortion. slowly but surely he just leaked out everything and said why he did it. >> he fired one shot into dr. tiller.

>> well, the people inially burn c-l-e-b-u-r-n-e south and into johnson county, they didn't get a lot of warning. they tornado was on the ground rather quickly, one, two, or three minutes right after the warning was issued, but that warning was issued all of the way up to i-35w into arlington. so the people had at least 30 to 45 minutes. the people to the east also had quite a bit of time because the storm went to the west. these were like two simultaneous ice skaters spinning at the same time going south to north, rolling right through two cities that sit side by side. so the one to the west issued first happened first. the one to the east got a little more warning on it because the weather must have said wow! wait, that storm is already on the ground. we're not going to wait for the east storm to get on the ground and they probably had 20 minutes warning and 20 minutes' notice and i've heard of some cities having to turn the sirens on twice because they had so much warning. people say it must be over because i don't hear the sirens anymore. you have to remember there's no such thing

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the dallas county storm came out of ellis and the tarrant county storm came out of johnson county rightnster ef-4 tornado. it fizzled out a little bit, but that right now is what i can see ef-3 damage at about 135 miles per hour or a little bit greater than that. the video was quite i would say breathtaking at time. when we saw the tractor trailers being tossed into the air and you will get this, and we will get more and more video as the days go on because there were so many people there. millions of people live in that metroplex. if this entire event happened 50 miles farther to the west, west of weatherford, it would hit a cattle farm, knock down a couple trees and a fence line and that was it. because a city literally got in the way of the tornadoes, that's when all of this damage occurred. and the video we have, the helicopter shots, this is as it's coming down the lyndon b. johnson. you see those are the tractor-trailers at a schneider trucking yard. no one in those trailers -- those were empty trailers just waiting to be filled and moved somewhere else, but watch as we get a litt

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then a little fight ensues and right now corporal larry johnson from prince george's county police picks up the story from there. let's roll it. >> the officer then deployed his taser which took no effect on the suspect, with the suspect pulling the prongs from his body. at that point the suspect reached into his waistband pulling out a revolver. >> reporter: so the officer said that suspect pulled the gun out of his waistband and that's when the officer fired on the suspect and killed him. we don't have name for that suspect yet who has been killed, but we're told he was an adult man. the other two people with him still are at large. just moments ago during that sound as we rolled it the mall examiner's van came behind us. they'll be re-- the medical examiner's van came behind us. they'll be removing that body any time. the officer will be placed on administrative leave while the investigation continues. >>> a huge development in the maryland mega millions drama. we may finally have a winner for real this time. fox 5's laura evans with the latest. >> it is not mirlande wilson, the mcdon

that county law makes it mandatory to check legal status after arrest, but it gives an officer discretion to check legal status before a person is taken in. lisa johnson who has been practicing immigration law over a decade believes the prince william county law will stand no matter what the u.s. supreme court decides. >> to make it in a post arrest situation only, not mandate that the police question someone in a prearrest situation, so i still don't believe that prince williams law will likely be impacted. >> but johnson first believes if the court rules in favor of that arizona law, more states, counties and cities will begin to adopt such laws. >>> day three of the child molestation trial of michael gardner produces some of the prosecution's strongest testimony yet. it came from an 11-year-old girl who took the stand against falls church community activist and businessman that she says molested her. >> reporter: peggy fox at arlington county courthouse covering the michael gardner trial. three little girls accuse him of molesting them. one of those girls took the stand today and a courtroom observer found her extremely believable. >> i thought she

. >> five people dead in prince george's county suspected of caon monoxide poisoning. sherrie johnson is here with what's expected today in the ongoing investigation. >> reporter: today pr ince george's county firefighte will go door to door oxon working smoke alarms and answer questiabout the deadly gas carbon monoxide. this comes after five people were found dead in a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in the 500 block of shelby drive. 56-year-old oscar chavez died along wi his wife 44 -year-old sonja. sonja's sister noria and two men who rented rooms in the house also died. marvin chavez went to the home arnd 10 yesterday moing to check onis father and ep ther who were home recovering from back surgery. once he went inside eric found the bodies. authorities say --inside, he found the bodies. authorities say the carbon monoxide s at a lethal level. >> a fami united by the church and by chst consider each other family because they are here wit their real faly. >> over an extended period of tight time it's deadly. at the front door they got 0 part and 500 parts per million it would b

johnson has denied those charges. >> the effects county police are asking for your help finding the persond three horses with a knife detectives believe these animals or stabbed several times near centerville road early yesterday morning. the horses specialized in working with children and adults with severe disabilities. anyone who may have been in that area is asked to call police. >> we one of testimony in the john edwards trial ended with the prosecution's star witness. andrew young admitted he used money to cover up edward's affair for himself. he said he used that money or a home in california. the defense team has been trying to paint young as a greedy lighter. >> one comes into d.c., another head out. the shuttle enterprise and bluetooth new york city this morning. new yorkers got to watch enterprise and take a scenic flight around the city. enterprise will sit for a few more days on that 747 and then it will be placed on a barge and moved to the intrepid sea air and space museum. >> that had to be quite a sight. >> the aircraft carrier in the east river is a wonderful museum. >> w

i'm going to bring in corporal larry johnson from prince george's county police to pick it up from this point. what happens next? >> the officer deployed his taser weapon which took no effect on the suspect with the suspect pulling the prongs. >> reporter: the guy just pulled them right out of him. >> pulled them right out of him. at that point after he pulled the prongs out he begins to go into his waistband pulling out a revolver. at that point the officer discharged his weapon fatally shooting him. >> reporter: an adult male again, the weapon from the suspect was that recovered on the scene? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: what is the protocol now? >> now the officer will be placed on administrative leave pending investigation. >> reporter: the corporal tells me he's going to take us closer for a better look. we'll have another update at 11:00. thank you, corporal. let me recap. shortly after 7:00 an officer from the county working alone notices three people acting suspicious, approaches. they take off. he tackles one of them. the taser doesn't work and then what the corporal says is the s

search turned up three bodies on board, including joseph stewart of florida and william johnson of orange countywas mott -- who has not been identified. it was family members monitoring the boat from an online system. they noticed the boat vanished off the screen? now the secretaries mark the -- off the screen. now, the deaths mark the -- you may recall in april when five died off the coast in san francisco and -- and smashed into the rocks. after that, they put a halt on racing knupp san francisco. as for this search, the search is suspended for the missing skipper on board this vessel. matt johnson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:49. investigators will examine the height of the guardrailenses -- guardrails on the heights in a deadly crash. seven people in the suv were killed, including three girls, ages 10, 7, 3. the girls' mother and the grandparents were killed as well. >> everybody was taken aback by it. everybody has a parent and a grandparent. >> family members say the two grandparents had just arrived from the dominican republic just three days ago. they were on their way to a family party w

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. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson, prosecutors in prince george's county say they have their man inurder of a 23- year-old pregnant woman but did he have help? >> first you might think a daycare with a two-year waiting list has a steep price tag to go with it. find out how that's not the case coming up in hero central. >>> we're heading to falls church for this week's hero central and this is where the mclean's children center has an average waiting list of two years. >> may sound like a place for those who can only pay full tuition, but it's actually much more than that. >> reporter: the kids have fun following the teacher on bikes. they're also practicing their motor skills. >> my daughter, she learned how to may with friends, how to help friend -- play with friends, how to help friends. so she is learning academic things, too. >> reporter: suzanne a coro says the falls church mclean children's center gives her daughter the ideal environment to get ready for school, especially when her family could not pay the full tuition, $1,400 a month. >> they're working. they cannot afford th

they stopped by baltimore county schools as part of an outreach practice. sherrie johnsonshows how it's making a big difference. >> reporter: the sounds of the drums radiated throughout the gymnasium. the club performed for an excited group of students. school administrators hope their students will gain new friendship and an appreciation for japanese culture. this is an opportunity for hands-on learning. >> we want them to see that students are from all over the world and the similarities, to learn their talent, admire their enthusiasm and hope that one day our students will go to japan and join the students there. >> reporter: it's made up of 13 boys and girls from the earthquake affected region of japan. it's part of the teaching program, connecting with american students. >> it's important because it's showing the japanese people and because -- we wanted to show people in america that the people in japan are rebuilding. >> they are so excited. the first time they came to the united states, he were so excited, and they love meeting people in the united states. >> report

county. >> investigators are taking steps to make sure everybody else is safe. sherrie johnson is here with new information. >> reporter: investigators say it's important to a get the word out and inform people. today prince george's county fire fighters will go door to door in the oxon hill neighborhood to check for working smoke alarms. investigators plan to answer neighbors questions about the deadly gas carbon monoxide. this comes after five people died of the suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in the 500 block of shelby drive in oxon hill. the homeowners 56-year-old oscar chavez died along with his wife 44-year-old sonia. sonia's sister n-ora and two men went to -- rented rooms and they died. marvin chavez went to the home around 10 yesterday morning to check on his father and stepmother who was home recovering from back surgery. when no one answered, he knew something was wrong. he went inside and found the bodies. authorities say carbon monoxide levels inside the home were at a highly dangerous and lethal level. >>i got in the house, he says, walked through and found th

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the robert wood johnson foundation puts together these county-by-county health rankings every year.t they found is of the 58 counties in california, san francisco county is number 24, san mateo, number 25, but marin county is number one alameda is number 21. now, they looked at a lot of things like smoking, obesity, exercise, and alcohol. specifically in san francisco county about 16% of people they described as in poor health. about 17% are obese and over 5,700 premature deaths are logged every single year. so clearly, some room for improvement. but the good news is, some of the healthiest californians are right there where you live. >>has foha the update. >>> 6:43. ri we'll be right back. so you wak. unisom. fall asleep faster. sleep longer. if you want a luxury car with a standard power moonroof, your options are going to be limited. ♪ if you want standard leather-trimmed seats, you're going to have even fewer. ♪ and if you want standard keyless access, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. okay, so

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. >>> healthy living, the robert wood johnson foundation has released the healthiest counties for eachtate in the country. howard county tops the list in maryland. it got top marks for like low premature death rates, healthy birth waits and quality health care. montgomery county came in second. fairfax placed first in virginia. petersburg city, virginia, ranked last in the commonwealth. baltimore city was last in maryland. >>> when we come right back on news4 at 4:00, prosecutors reveal what they've got against the nfl cheerleader accused of having sex with a student when she was a teacher. >>> food for thought, why you might want to pop a stick of gum in your mouth never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your

yesterday a police sergeant testified it is the johnsons seen on that tape. >>> a cecil county 5-year-old is hit and killed by a pickup truck in the parking lot outside her home. this morning meghan mccorkell speaks with her family in elkton. >> reporter: good morning. the driver of that truck says he simply did not see that little girl but the victim's family says they still have questions. instead of preparing easter baskets the parents of simmaa jones put together this memorial for their 5-year-old daughter. >> she was my only child and i will never get her back. i will never get her back, that is. >> it jones was in this parking lot in front of her home when witnesses say a driver in a ford truck pulled out of one of these spots, he didn't see her and backed right over her. >> he backed into my daughter you know without any regard and he is going home with his family. >> a family member rushed the child to the hospital but she didn't survive her injuries. >> he was backing up and heard screams, unfortunately, once he heard the screams he stopped the vehicle. >> you can see the police

county came in at 21. san francisco at 24. the study by the robert wood johnson foundation and university of wisconsin's population house institute compared counties within each state on a range of health sectors. to your health, jon. >> thank you very much. i sincerely appreciate that. always have my best interest involved. 5:21. coming up the move to bring more business to the san jose airports. >> we con to wait for the yahoo layoffs that may be ahead. as many as 2,000 coming up. >>> welcome back, everybody. business has been tough all around. catering to more high-end customers. the city council has narrowly voted to open up the west side of the airport to more corporate jets. the city will look at the plan to expand general aviation services on 44 acres. supporters say that it could eventually bring in more money to the cash-strapped airport which failed to see revenue rise with a completion of that new terminal. >>> it has been lurking in the minds of the yahoo employees for months now. layoffs. scott ma grew says tod-- mcgrew may be the day. >> we could kn

johnson, 9news now. >> the murder trial for ronald pinkett is set for june 18. >>> fairfax county is giving the silver line a green light. today the board of supervisors confirmed the county's participation in phase two of the project that will bring metro to dulles international airport. >>> the county board of supervisors approved its list of eight proposed names for its silver line stations. they are mcclane, tyson's corner, spring hill, reston town center, herndon, and innovation center. the transit authority will review those names for final approval and adoption. >>> you saw the story first on 9news now and tonight, we have uncovered more possible evidence of a possible quota system in the arlington county police department. we first broke the story last month after a police officer slipped an internal memo our way. >> i'm peggy fox in arlington county. 9news now has uncovered more memos giving the appearance of quotas in the arlington county police department. we obtained the memos from a freedom of information act request. four contain goals and requirements for police officers to write a cert

johnson abc2 news. >>> the springtime means spring cleaning including signs placed illegally around baltimore county.ndscape and can be distracting to drivers. county executive is speaking today about the problem and how it puts law-abiding businesses at a competitive disadvantage. >>> opening statements are expected in the case of the brothers accused of beating an african american teen while on neighborhood watch in a jewish neighborhoods in park heights a jury of their peers will not hear the case. brothers requested trial by judge. at first they want the trial moved out of the city for fear of a fair trial. now the trial is publicized comparing it to the trayvon martin case in florida and it will be heard by a judge. >>> 6:48. a motions hearing will be today at fort meade for private first class bradley manning. he is accused of leaking documents and some of the information ended up on wikileaks. supporters of manning will hold a vigil in his honor. it's going to begin at 8 this morning. it's expected that a date will be be set for manning's court martial during the hearing. if convicted, he coul

>>> fairfax county right on top when it comes to the healthiest counties in virginia according to a new report by the robert wood johnson foundation. the study finds northern virginia tends to be healthier than the southern part of the state. in addition fairfax and loudoun ranked near the top. the rate of premature death was almost double the average in -- [indiscernible] >>> eating certain vegetables could improve survival rates for breast cancer patients. a study presented to the american association for cancer research followed thousands of women in china. it found better survival rates among women who ate crew sif rouse vegetables. those include cabbage, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. they have bioactive compounds good for fighting cancer. >>> research out of norway puts routine breast cancer screenings under scrutiny again. 15% to 20% of cancer caused by mammograms wouldn't cause any -- tumors caused caught by ma'am grabs wouldn't cause any problems. six to ten women will be overdice nosed and treated for the disease. >>> researchers have found a link between weight and prostrate cancer. a study in chicago found