>>gabe: kansas city was the winner, the smaller kansas city, kansas with a population of about a hundredoogle built the internet network that will give them speeds of 100 times faster than what most homes experience with expensive broadband connections. or talking about 100 times faster than your comcast cable internet. google is building this fiber optic network not to get into the providing business, but to try and prove that existing internet providers could offer much faster networks if they try. if they're showing that comcast it did little time and money into building up their internet networks, all of us would have faster speeds windsurfing on line. over the last year a dozen cities applied to be the test market for goes high speed internet, the most notable was topeka kansas. if they officially renamed themselves google kansas. what did that get them? nothing. they lost. if topeka kansas is right next door to the winners in kansas city. less than an hour's drive away. it out to. why did they pick kansas city? they offered this explanation. our goal was to find a location where we

president, last week kansas city lost a treasure, a very, very special person to the kansas city community passed away last week. this is a man, mike murphy, who was loved by just about everybody in the area. and while his family and friends are gathered now in kansas city for his memorial service, i'm sure there are hundreds that are there, i would like to place these words in the "congressional record" in his memory. and obviously my prayers go out to his family. mike murphy has been part of the fabric of kansas city for almost 50 years. over 40 years he was the most dominant local radio personality in all of the midwest. he was popular --. in fact, he became radio lower. at -- he became radio lore. over his career, over 50% of the people listening to the radio in kansas city were listening to his program. he began his career in radio in 1968. he went on to rise to a class by himself, in local and regional radio and in fact was the winner of the more persist stey just marconi award in 1998. thousands of truckers and salesman throughout the midwest heard him on the mighty kcmo and became

in kansas city, kansas. more than 1,000 cities made bids to become the first side of the program set to launch at the beginning of next year. google says the internet in kansas city will be 100 times faster than your broadband connection at home. if it succeeds no word when the faster network will come to the bay area. >>> fbi experts are baffled tonight and need your help cracki a coded message found in the pocket of a murder victim more than a decade ago. take a look at this found in e pocket of victim ricky mccormick back in 1999. investigators think he wrote the 30 lines of code himself and it may contain a clue about his killer. his family says the 41-year-old grew up writing encrypted notes. no reward thus far is being offered. >>> the killer whale that attacked and then drowned a trainer at seaworld orlando is performing for the public once again. this morning tilikum performed jumps, splashes and other acrobatics, the first time the killer whale has been seen publicly since it dragged trainer dawn bra

. >> reporter: all leading to a face-to-face meeting in this two-room hotel suite in kansas city last. >> come in here. >> reporter: wired with hidden cameras. just four days before she was supposed to give birth to twins. >> just tell me the truth. you really want to give your twins up for adoption? >> oh, yeah. i can't afford them. >> reporter: we wanted to get her to tell her whole story which she had a hard time keeping straight. first telling us she was having two girls before the gender suddenly change. >> a boy and girl. >> a boy and a girl? you've got the sonograms or something we can look at? >> i don't get them. my doctor has them on the file. i don't have them. >> but they're healthy? >> very much so. >> reporter: the talk then turned to money and a list of expenses she had sent the day before. >> my gas bill hasn't been paid. >> well, your gas bill? what is the gas bill? >> $80 a month. >> can i come out now? >> yes, please. >> reporter: about 20 minutes into the meeting we'd learned enough. cindy i'm armen keteyian from cbs news, how are you? >> fine. are you guys married

the nasdaq is up -- >>> google plans to bring their network to kansas city. they announced kansas city will be the first community to get the program called fiber for communities. internet can be made 100 times faster than what most americans have. >>> we want to clarify a story we mentioned a few minutes ago. a special meeting will be held tomorrow night, not tonight. six homes have been jell-o tagged since thursday's -- yellow tag since thursday's landslide and the hills are still very saturated. >>> coming up at 5:00, higher than ever levels of radiation have been found in japanese sea water but what about the water in the united states. uc berkeley researchers -- researchers have been testing bay area water and milk for radiation. we'll have that and more on the news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

. >>> kansas city is a test site for the new high-speed internet service. more than 1000 cities tried out a global said that kansas city, kansas offered the opportunity to build more efficiently. company leaders say the new service called "fiber for communties" will be 100 times faster than broadband access. >>> the adp employment report said 200,000 private sector jobs were created this month. analysts pointed to strong gains in small business in manufacturing as more evidence of an economic turnaround. that news helped wall street as every section in the snp 500 finish higher. the dow gained 71 points, the nasdaq rose 17. >>> david stevenson reports on some cutbacks in the san francisco's iconic castro theatre. >> reporter: people come from thousands of miles away to enjoy the castro theater before the month of april the 89-year- old theater is cutting back. the silver screen went dark three days this month and next month it will close every monday and tuesday. >> in terms of the program, ticket sales are definitely declining because people can rent movies

and the carolinas, rain slick on i-70 around kansas city. ice and snow from rapid city to spokane.also icy on i-15. 70 and 80 in the rockies. wet on i-5 from seattle to portland. >> and if you're flying, let's take a look at airport-related weather delay. they are in salt lake city and miami. >>> in other news now. the supreme court is now one day away from weighing in on what could be the largest class action suit ever. retail giant walmart is accused of discriminating against female employee. those workers, both past and present, may stand to gain billions of dollar. more from linsey davis. >> reporter: chris, an assistant manager at sam's club and single mother of two says she's about to make history. >> it's crazy. i would never have thought that me personally would ever have made it to the supreme court. >> reporter: she's been employed by walmart for almost 25 years, and is one of six named plaintiffs who filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against forward against the nation's largest employer. >> we're not going after them because they're big. we're going after them because t

a year after that trial, he left northern california to do autopsies in kansas city, missouri.nsas city, dr. gill made news again. an independent second autopsy revealed that a man dr. gill said committed suicide actually died from an injury sustained in a car accident. >> deputy medical examiner gill told kctv 5 in march, "mistakes happen." >> at times, even though wdo our best, new information arises which necessitates an amendment being made. >> bergman: eventually, dr. gill left kansas city, and that's when he made the most surprising move of his career. ( phone ringing ) >> good morning, dr. gill. how are you today? >> bergman: we found dr. gill back in northern california, performing autopsies for the same company he was working for before-- the forensic medical group, or f.m. >> he may have had problems in the past-- i know he had a problem with drinking-- but it... he doesn't have that problem anymore. >> bergman: dr. arnold josselson is one of the owners of f.m.g. you think dr. gill is a competent forensic pathologist? >> i do, yes. >> bergman: and you believe he perfo

. >>> kansas city, their comes. google's ultra fast broadband network is coming. >> the mountain view search giant has chosen kansas city, kansas, as the first location for its new fiber network. google says it will be more than 100 times faster than the average connection in the u.s. today. the company hopes to offer it in more cities in the future. >>> in other google news, the company has introduced a new program for its users. plus one allows users to recommend individual search results to their friends and contacts. it's similar to the like button that's popular among facebook users. google says eventually those recommendations will be used to help calculate search rankings. >>> he is back. >> is that the best you can do? >> wait. how does he do it? >> he's baaack. arnold schwarzenegger is back in show business with a new animated television series the "governator." >> takes my entire career basically bodybuilding, action movies, the governorship, takes all those things and combines it into one and makes it int

google has chosen kansas city, kansas, as the first location for its new fiber network.more than 100 times faster than the average connection in the united states today. >> moving at google speed is not usually possible for the average city, but then everybody in this room knows that kansas city, kansas, not the average city. [ applause ] >> that is smoking fast. several cities competed for the honor. google hopes to offer google fiber to more cities in the future. >>> turns out facebook friends may not be all that friendly after all. a new survey finds 85% of the women claim their friends use the social networking sites to brag or overshare. 65% are tired of friends who update their status a little too often. more than half are annoyed with the drama queens out there. and 40% can't stand friends who brag about their seemingly perfect life. >> you know, we need to talk about this with our facebook expert, elizabeth. do you find that's true? >> i'm not an expert. >> no. >> i'm more of a facebook stalker. >> do you think people brag too much or complain too much? >> i don'

for kansas city, though, a simple application was all it took. up next, can foods like popsicles or jello make a child's hyperactivity worse? ,,,, >> hill: finalety, impulsive, lacking attention-- all symptoms of one of the most common behavioral disorder disorders in more than 5.5 million kids have been diagnosed with the disorder, and today an f.d.a. panel began looking into whether artificial food dyes make it worse. here's dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: back in kindergarten ben loved brightly colored candy and ate a lot of it-- then he was diagnosed with severe a.d.d. >> i was, like daydreaming. i couldn't really, like, focus. >> reporter: in addition to giving him medication, his mom tried cutting out foods containing artificial dyes. >> and by monday, he was back at school off of his medication and eating a diet free of food coloring and his teachers were amazed. >> reporter: most things you'll find in a lunch box contain artificial food dyes-- drinks, snack foods. this has yellow number 6, red number 40. they're even in foods we think of as

. >> and looking at 46 in kansas city. and 30s from fargo to detroit. 40s in boston and in new york. 84 in miami. phoenix gets up to 75. seattle, 52. and billings, 41. >>> after spending most of her life, of course, in the public eye, elizabeth taylor has been laid to rest with the utmost privacy. >> in fact, only about 40 relatives gathered at forest lawn cemetery near los angeles. that's where michael jackson is also buried. taylor's casket was reportedly draped in gar dinas, violets and lilies of the valley. she wanted to be fashionably late to her ownral. so, she arrived 15 minutes after the start time. >> even in the funeral. i want to be 15 minutes late. >> whatever she likes is fine with us. >>> coming up next, toyota gets ready to crank up production post-catastrophe. that's straight ahead in your business news. >>> and new technology to help our seriously wounded soldiers. it's bionic and they say it's showing a lot of promise. >>> and time for a check of market activities, starting overseas now. tokyo's nikkei av

heavy rain in kansas city and st. louis. and up to six inches of snow from omaha to minneapolis. snow in the northern rockies and cascades. and rain in the pacific northwest. >> meanwhile, it is 50 in seattle. 34 in billings. 54 in albuquerque. 22 in fargo. and 40 in detroit. mostly 40s in the northeast. miami, still a hot spot, 81. new orleans, 72. and dallas, 77. >> you can't talk about it enough. >> i'm smiling. the big day. >>> today is fat tuesday. that means mardi gras is in full celebration swing, in your adopted home of new orleans. >> i have 11 mardi gras under my belt. there's the crowd on bourbon street. deep in the french quarter, as mardi gras concludes today. they'll be doing it all over again for several hours. it the partying does ends at midnight, which marks the beginning of lent. >> a lot of the folks have gone home. take a look at that. >> yes. >> this is a live look at st. charles' avenue. right in front of fat harry's bar, which, apparently you are familiar with. >> i was one of the best customers. i know it well. >> it will be packed later on for parades. i

google announcing that it will build its first ultrahigh speed internet network in kansas city, kansas. the internet will be 100 faster than most cities in the country. google leaders said they were looking for a place where they could build efficiently, make an impact on the community, and build relationships with that community and its organations. more than 1,100 cities applied, but it's kansas city, kansas, that wince out. >>> still ahead at 6:00, sliding back home. this is big news. the new hope for cal baseball after some big money donations. >>> i'm damian trujillo live in mountain view. and look at what the storms did. sudden waterfront property. we'll have that next. >>> plus, an inside look at one of california's major power planr his chionrceir ornve his concesrn of a plant that's still working here. ast cancer. i had no choice. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. we can rid the world of this terrible disease... so that no mother... granddaughter... sister... daughter... mother... go through what m

here's the kansas city team he is linging up with.he quakes opened a new stheens coming saturday in santa clara. they're hosting real salt lake. and we chatted about at this time other day. >> a really good season. we had success up to the final four accident so we're hoping to help the game, every season making the playoffs. we'll believe in ourselves to do that. >> maybe one day, ochocco could join the kansas city team as they come to visit the quakes. >> we can see them in another life. >> i hope he has the number 85 available. that would screw everything up. >>> still ahead, how would you like the cutch this? some of the more original design proposals. ♪ [ male announcer ] unrestrained. unexpected. and unlike any hybrid you have ever known. ♪ introducing the most fuel-efficient luxury car available. ♪ the radically new, 42 mile per gallon ct hybrid from lexus. ♪ welcome to the darker side of green. >>> she has no food, no water but refuses to leave the family she loves. she travels to sendai, the hardest hit part of japan. see why

google says kansas city offered the opportunity to build for efficiently. googlo officials say it will be 100 times faster than most broad band access. >> the broad band -- what broad band 15 years ago when we first rolled it out was to dial up. >> hopes to launch the service next year once the board of commissioners approves the plan. >>> suing a motel in southern california because of bedbugs. the women want restitution for medical bills and what they call mental anguish. they say during a three-day stay at the roadway inn in glendale, they were bitten dozens of times. >>> more bottles of tylenol are being recalled. more than 34,000 are being recalled because of a musty odor. johnson and johnson has already recalled 3 million. this time it's eight-hour extended release cap lets, the 150 count bottle. no injuries have been linked to any of the recalls. >>> is there a link between every day foods and hyperactivity in the in children? the fda is looking into a possible link to dyes in foods and possible hyper activity in children. what action if any the agen

kansas city will get the new broadband network. google says they would be able to access the internet more than a hundred times faster than in most u.s. homes. more than a thousand cities across the country may be a test site for the network. breaking news in richmond. sky7hd, big rig after colliding with another vehicle. you can see they put foam on the fire to put it out. it happened about half an hour ago. chp officers says an oxygen tank caught fire and you can see a huge back-up on westbound 80. all westbound lanes of i-80 are closed right now. if you can avoid that area, that would be your best bet. >> cheryl: more news ahead, including one town called the healthiest in all of the bay area. >> and a new study drawing an unexpected link between breastfey he drowned his trainer at the bottom of the pool last february. it was the third time. returning to the show for s important for mental enrichment. animal rights activists disagree. >> this worries me that that is more important to sea world, corporate se

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oakland a's settle for a tie against kansas city. >> you don't hear that very often in baseball. >> thanks fred. >>> the height of the flu season is seeing what some say is impartial to the bay area. coming up, you may have thought h1n1 would go away. but despite ample amounts of vaccines it is making its presence again. the impact coming up in 30 minutes. and that is our report for tonight. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm gasia mikaelian. for all -- for everyone here, thanks for joining us. >> good night.

he wants to try out for the team called sporting kansas city of the mls. always good to have options. [ laughter ] >> certainly it s. thank you. >>> do they have the support of the people. coming up at 7:00. uc workers among thousands of state employees facing benefit roll backs. do californians sympathize? find out what a new poll is saying. and that is it for it, have a good evening everyone. good night. >> good night.

there is extensive damage as kansas city mentioned.ome boats being sunk, some slammed into the pier. some damage in this area or still closed. i just talked to a woman who voluntarily evacuated her home this morning when the warning went out. she lives right along the coastline there. she has not been able it get back into her home and was wondering when that volunteer evacuation order might be listed. there are evacuation centers set up but pretty much they are not being used because it is pretty calm here along the coast but the surge activity continues. karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. and some surfers waiting to surf. juicy information from the usgs gentleman. if you weren't with us with the full coverage, the eruption link 180 miles long and the slip was 40 to 50 meters. that is huge. and the rupture duration was several minutes. you can see why there was so much damage. 107 aftershocks right now. we'd be talking about those if they were just normal earthquakes. kids playing with the boats and throwing them into each ot

you can see some of it on the ground there just west of kansas city. unty, kansas, and more severe weather is possible today. let's take a peek at the forecast. and we'll show you what's going on. we're looking at a cold front moving through. warm air ahead of it. 75 today for st. louis, but behind it, chances of severe weather for places like minnesota, missouri and kansas once again. it is warm in the midsouth. we're looking at 70s and 80s for texas and new mexico. and ahead of that front in places like kansas city. >> this weather report has been brought to you by purina. and here's a forecast that's guaranteed. spring today, east coast, 7:21 this evening. west coast, 4:21. back to you. >> we love it, paul, thank you. >> i'm just taking a beat-down this morning, bianna. are you going to stick up for me? >> where's that booster chair you were sitting on? >> oh, see! wow! unbelievable. unbelievable. >>> coming up here on "good morning america," knut's fall from grace. he was the famous polar bear worth millions. now the world is shocked that knut died

there is extensive damage as kansas city mentioned.e boats being sunk, some slammed into the pier. some damage in this area or still closed. i just talked to a woman who voluntarily evacuated her home this morning when the warning went out. she lives right along the coastline there. she has not been able it get back into her home and was wondering when that volunteer evacuation order might be listed. there are evacuation centers set up but pretty much they are not being used because it is pretty calm here along the coast but the surge activity continues. karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. and some surfers waiting to surf. juicy information from the usgs gentleman. if you weren't with us with the full coverage, the eruption link 180 miles long and the slip was 40 to 50 meters. that is huge. and the rupture duration was several minutes. you can see why there was so much damage. 107 aftershocks right now. we'd be talking about those if they were just normal earthquakes. kids playing with the boats and throwing them into each othe

kansas city will get the new broadband network. google says they would be able to access the internet more than a hundred times faster than in most u.s. homes. more than a thousand cities across the country may be a test site for the network. breaking news in richmond. sky7hd, big rig after colliding with another vehicle. you can see they put foam on the fire to put it out. it happened about half an hour ago. chp officers says an oxygen tank caught fire and you can see a huge back-up on westbound 80. all westbound lanes of i-80 are closed right now. if you can avoid that area, that would be your best bet. >> cheryl: more news ahead, including one town called the healthiest in all of the bay area. >> and a new study drawing an unexpected link between breastfeeding moms and their careers. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting m

the internet search giant revealed that kansas city will serve as the test site for its new ultra high speed internet service. gag will says the new fiber for communities service will be 100 times faster than most broadband. the announcement came inside a high school gym. google says kansas city offered the most efficient building opportunities. >>> in news of the world tonight in syria, the president expected to announce major reforms in a speech to his people today. instead he took a hard-line and blamed the deadly anti- government protests on a foreign conspiracy. one analyst said it shows he is out of touch with his people. hours later, people took to the streets and more demonstrations are expected. >>> in mexico, the mayor of the town of garcia survived a second assassination attack in a month. major rodriguez was driving last night when some or rather mayor rodriguez was driving last night when some 40 men in 15 cars surrounded his armored car and opened fire. they kept shooting for 20 minutes. one of rodriguez's bodyguards was killed. another was injured. officials suspect drug

louis and kansas city. seattle, we've had some rain.he first front has cleared through northern california. still some rain there around sacramento. as far as the forecast today goes, this one storm system has continued to kick up the coastline in british columbia. this storm continues to fizzle out over mav mav and utah. right behind it is another storm for tonight. the radar is pretty much william a lot of showery weather, and we've even had thunderstorms in the coast. very gusty winds on the coast too. this high wind warning will expire, and we're going to get significant snow at the high elevations. the next batch of rain will come many. it's really going to target san francisco northward and through the coastline of oregon and up in the coastal washington. m northern cascades, we're talking over at least a foot at high elevations above snowquamie pass. the northwest is the problem. that's a look at tucson today, 85 degrees, one of the warmest locations in the country. tuesday's forecast looks wet and soggy. we'll have that coming u

google pick aid winner in the contest for an experimental new high speed network and says kansas city, kansas will be the first stoi ghet new network. google says users on the new network would be able to access the internet more than 100 times faster than the current broad band connection in most american homes airk thousand cities, including several in the bay area made bids to become the test site for this network. >> bring it on. >> yes. >> and sandhya patel is looking at gorgeous weather today. >> keep it coming and it's fantastic. >> one more day of it. okay? there are changes coming up. today we had a half a dozen new records to talk about. here is a beautiful view from our high-definition camera. we want to just widen out the shot to show you golden gate bridge and this is beautiful outside. sunshine into tahoe area. here is our camera. you can see great weather out there for spring skiing. skm z.tahoe expected to be into low to mid-60s over next couple days. jant rosa, 85 degrees broke records of 82 set back in 2001. there is san francisco 82. and moffett field is just a degr

and 76 in kansas city. 80s from dallas to atlanta. 53 here in new york. and 48 in boston. >>> and coming up after the break, a new tour bus crash overnight. we'll have the latest details. >> yet another one. >>> also in business news, a fast food first. a national chain now offering an alternative. we're talking about turkey burgers. >> all right. >>> and on top of that, barbie's beau is getting a new look. we'll show you ken's new face. >>> japanese stocks are starting to fight their way back from the losses suffered since the earthquake. the nikkei index jumped more than 4% today, a rebound led by the consumer electronics companies. also, auto stocks are also up as the major manufacturers restart production. the nikkei's boost was followed by hong kong's hang seng which posted modest gains today. in london, the ftse opened higher. wall street, the dow gained almost 180 points. and the nasdaq index rose. >>> and at&t's deal could force many t-mobile customers to get new phones. it will make changes in the frequencies used by t-mobile's 3g phones as it co

. >> patty and her daughter are visiting the bay area from kansas city, missouri. they get their pete's coffee shipped to them and they made a special trip to the original store. >> i've already been here once today and i came up to just like walk inside the pete's because i've never been to san francisco and she's -- we've always gotten the coffee at home and so i just wanted to come in. i just like walked through. i need a t-shirt or something. >> reporter: now neither pete's or comment -- or starbucks would comment on the talks. why would pete's even consider doing this. some speculate that starbucks would help pete's gain great are distribution. >> it doesn't matter to me, as long as dana buys. >> i like that idea. >>> well, a huge chunk of highway 1 slid into the ocean today. this is the big ---- it is just south of hurricane point. people driving in the area were forced to leave their cars and walk to safety. this section of the highway may be shut down for several months for repairs. >> yeah, all that rain, we forget how much it has rained and it's getting a

. >>> giants are playing kansas city and surprise arizona as we speak while oakland already won to thea east. and we showed you this additional of kevin. he finished with career lows in batting average, home runs and rbi. >> i know my own game. i'm a good player and i don't have to do that much. i maybe was doing that last year. who wouldn't that's why we're out here working. we want to get that big hit, we want to get our team ahead. >> i think you just have to play the even keel and play the game you know how to play. stay within yourself and try not to do too much. >>> and it's the invitation in orlando. and this is tiger putting in the 20th hole. that's a birdie from 50 feet. maybe the magic is back. tiger shot a 4-under 68 but he's still under 65. >>> congratlations to st. joseph of alameda. the pilots beat santa rita. and that's sports as we see it. julie and frank we'll have more championship basketball tonight. >> a lot of celebrating going on there. >>> things are about to change on the streets of richmond. coming up on channel 36, a recently designed plan will start next week

this is kansas city. it's pretty crazy. the tv one of, it came right back on. it happened so quick. it got dark and then after it was all done it was quiet. >>kate: the scary thing about what you see here with this trouble is that there were people in the building one their tornado hit. luckily all of them got out. there were no injuries and many of those workers ended up calling friends in the neighborhood to help clean up all of this mess. reporting live in santa rosa, kron 4 news. >>pam: team coverage continues with kron 4 rob along highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. >>gary: is a break in the rain right l in the class of lifted in the temperature is dropping. i would like to show you what is left behind. you could see that we have a light dusting of snow here right now. that wasn't there this morning. this is fresh snow in the santa cruz mountains, with the snow level down to about 4,000 ft.. another image from earlier in the day, i want to show you lexington reservoir. this is in the hills above los gatos. now the reservoir is 93% vote. for the first time in years we see th

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he began a four day tryout with a major league soccer team in kansas city. started playing soccer when was four and turned his attention to football when got into high school. he has less than zero chance of making the team but the major goal was accomplished because more than 40 media members were there to watch and that is probably about 36 more guys than would normally be there. >> he said actually soccer was his first love and not football yes. >> looked good there. >> pro level. >> no, we all played soccer when we were kids. >> four years old. >> and we were all-stars on the soccer team. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news at 9:00. for larry beil, spence spence christian and dan ashley thank you for watching. we hope to see you in one hou

but a cbs news undercover investigation revealed the expectant mother on the phone was actually a kansas city con artist. roxanne janelle jones. she would promise nem twins and then -- them twins and then ask the couples to cover the cost of her expenses. >> you got the sonogram so we can look at it? >> i don't have it. my doctor has them in the file. >> cbs news has learned that jones has performed the scam on multiple couples. you can watch the full report tonight, it is on the cbs evening news. >>> an all-out search for a young crew member who suddenly vanished from a disney cruise ship. 24-year-old rebecca coreon disappeared cruising from l.a. when the disney wonder ship left cabos and someone saw her making a phone call to a friend but never showed up for work as part of the ship's youth program. >> we don't know. it is frightening to think about it really. >> that ship, which is 1,000 feet long, has been searched twice. u.s. coast guard and the mexican navy are also involved. >>> coming up, what too much social media can do to teenagers and the new advice from doctors. >>> plus, a royal

bastante intensa desde utah, y provocando problemas en nueva méxico y vamos a tener mucha acción, en kansas cityexperimentamos vientos, y generará fuegos forestales, y temperaturas, bastante frío, en noche, condiciones placenteras al sureste, en los Ángeles, 65 grados, y noroeste no hay retraso de ropuertos, en nueva york, no es así, y washington con fuerteso vientos, condiciones invernales, al norte del país, tormenta invernal, con acumulaciones, desde dakotas hasta planicies, y no sobrepasan los 24 grados, continuamos con más. >>> gracias jackie, y la historia de continuación, es un joven enjaulado por su propia familia, porque atacaba al que tenía al alcance, fuimos a ecuador, y había una terrible realidad. >>> como si se tratara de una especie peligrosa, camina impaciente, se para y acuesta, duerme y se sienta, se nota que el encierro lo atormenta, no dice palabra, vive en esta cárcel de puro acero. >>> es un hombre adulto, de 34 años, con esquizofrenia, posiblemente. >>> luego de más de 2 años de encierro, un grupo de médicos, que se enteraron por un canal de televisión, tratan de mejorar s

the lockout gave him a chance to make the practice quad of a major league sport in kansas city, fulfilling his lifelong dream to play professional soccer. >>> meanwhile the new york knicks' amare stoudemire is working on different dreams. he is the new man in grammy award winning singer sierra's life. >>> and tmz sources are quoting enrique iglesias dropped out of britney spears' concert tour because his ego can't deal with being the opening act. weeks were spent hammering out a contract that gave him co-headliner status, and he agreed to the deal. earlier this week, spears held a new conference announcing the the tour, but hours later, she was snubbed by enrique because he just couldn't handle taking the stage first. hmm. what do you think? >> i think -- >> who is right and who is wrong? >> i don't think it passes the smell test, something fishy. you don't agree to it, go into negotiations and all of the sudden wait, i wanted to go first. you'd think they would have worked it out. >> it's best for the two of them i think. >> and now i'd want to go see it. >> yes. >>> this comes to us from

it is quiet at our major airports but you can see the snow and the rain moving towards kansas city andhicago and snow and rain around boston. any delays develop we'll have them with our flight tracker abc7news.com. here's kristen with your news. >> thanks a lot. it's 4:48. the u.s. department of transportation and consumer magazine are launching together a new campaign against distracted drivers. transportation secretary ray la hood says driving while using a cellphone is a deadly epidemic. the department of statistics show 5500 people were killed and nearly half a million injured in accidents related to distracted driving. a "consumer reports" poll shows more drivers under the age of 30 have used a cellphone when driving. 30% texted while driving and only 30% think it's actually dangerous. >> in libya rebel fighters say they'll regroup and bring in heavy weapons after forces of moammer gadhafi stopped the counter offensive against the rebels. they came west of the capital tripoli. a rebel says people were killed by snipers. qaddafi forces pounded the area with artillery and rockets. u

we're looking at light rain and snow from omaha to kansas city. 6 to 12 inches of snow in the ernako1o47 in salt lake city. 37 in billings. cooler in the midwest. 38 in the twin cities. 42 in omaha. 39 in the windy city. miami hits 88. baltimore, 48. boston, 42. >>> and 5 degrees here in the "world news now" studio. it's so cold in here. >>> well, virginia commonwealth is in basketball's final four. the richmond school pulled off one of the biggest upsets in ncaa tournament history. >> thousands of vcu students watched the game on the big screen in their home arena as the rams beat top-seeded kansas in southwest regional. final score 71-61. boom. >> now the rams play butler next saturday. another surprise. the other national semifinal will pit connecticut against kentucky. not as improbable. but the most -- >> share that stat. this says it all. >> this is incredible. we were talking about espn, 5.9 million people enter their brackets. only two had this foursome going on to the final four. >> that says it all. only two. man. >> i don't feel so bad. >> a lot of busted brackets out there.

. >> reporter: patty and her daughter are visiting the bay area from kansas city missouri. they get their pete's coffee shipped to them and they made a special trip to the original store. >> very been here once and came back to walk inside because i have never been to san francisco and she is always -- we have always gotten the coffee at home and so i just wanted to come in -- and walked through and i was like wow, i feed need a t-shirt. >> reporter: the companies wouldn't comment on the talks but stocks in pete's rose for the second straight day today. why would pete's even consider doing this? some speculate that starbucks would help pete's gain access to supermarkets. >> it might be a collector's item to have a t-shirt now. elizabeth cook. >> we love tourists when they come. >> yeah. >> are they going to see rain? >> it depends on the day they come. tomorrow really is the buffer day. we have a big time store heading this way for friday through the weekend. clouds breaking up by tonight sunset at 7:18, by then 54, cool spots coast side, 64, gilroy tonight, mid-30s, and al

taking part in a practice game with sporting kansas city the north american and ls his touch with may not have been as polished as those of the pros but willingness was definitely not an issue the six time pro bowler seeing up you can even play for free. the first ever one hundred one fighting world championships how being held in moscow eight global crimes at stake and a list of hosts who got a firm grip on most of them were over for dani and was there for us. drumming up the excitement for over a hundred athletes from all over the globe yet here with just a single target to hit to become the first ever hand to hand fighting world champions in their sport the common method was initially used in military forces training utilizing the most efficient stand the partying and rest and picnics oh it is good sport the purpose of the political business will get we always insist upon two hundred fighting us first of all a stork's we don't claim to be the most brutal efficient or even sports that's not the point this sport is one of the fastest growing globally although it has a long tradition

the crystal clear data in the last several years largely funded by the kaufman foundation out of kansas city and augmented by others. two important findings that i hope you take you that will augment the even more compelling stories about people and families and the appreciation of the human situation and that is, first, 91% of those u.s. born workers in the united states from the 1990's to 2005 were better off because of the immigrant, both documented and undocumented, presence in the united states. their earnings were enhanced by about 2.7%. why? it's complicated and i'll send a link to the commission so you can look at the exciting charts and graphs and do that to your heart's desire. it comes down to a simple idea which is intuitive and you know it. the economy is not a fixed pie. when you expand the labor curve, a simple economist will say the price of labor goes down and we're all hurt. the more people that work here, the more people that are chasing jobs and we're all doomed. wrong. the expansion of the available labor force creates opportunities that did not exist before. you have in

google says it plans to bring its high- speed broadband network to kansas city kansas. culture fast network is capable of making internet access more than 100 times faster than what americans currently have. the nuclear- power plant crisis has led to intense concern in california. supervisors what operators of the power plant and to suspend license renewal offers until a safety study is complete. after testimony from nearly 50 people last night three of five supervisors called for pacific gas and electric company to voluntary suspend its renewal request. they wrote and detonate. asking for a delay. the latest in libya, nato is now in control. president obama is offering a new option to help rebels. >> reporter: >> i'm not ruling it out or in. >> reporter: president barack obama is considering arming rebels. opposition forces losing ground and gadhafi's loyalists. he told nbc news he's confident the leader will step down. >> we expect as we continue to apply steady pressure not only militarily but other means, that gaddafi will step down. >> reporter: senator mccain says

that has economists at the federal reserve bank in kansas city concerned about a possible bubble, so they're keeping an eye on land values. but agriculture economist dan basse doesn't think there is a bubble. he says many of the farmers buying land are paying cash. >> they are relatively free from debt. grain prices are high, and their balance sheets are really pretty fluid. >> reporter: land broker brownfield thinks illinois farmland will keep appreciating at least 5% annually for the foreseeable future. and he believes, when the housing market improves, developers will join the bidding in this area, boosting values even more. >> it's a beautiful area, a lot of rolling terrain. some day, people are going to like this to live on. >> reporter: diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," newark, illinois. >> tom: just a reminder-- you can catch us online at nbronpbs.org. there you can comment on our blog or watch any programs that you may have missed. or you can follow us on twitter at "biz report," or my personal feed at hudson n-b-r. if tweeting isn't your thing, "friend" us on face