now macy's? the problems people are running into when they are trying to cash in their gift cards. >>> a curious sagittarius or a passionate scorpio? the confusion over a change in your horoscope. maybe i can get rid of that evil gemini twin? >> okay, so we all woke up this morning in the fog and now we'll end the day in the fog and how all of this will affect your weekend. the pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues right here on cbs 5. three lanes of west bound i-80 are closed just near solano >>> let get into you this traffic alert right away. it's in the east bay. chopper 5 so far the three lanes, this is westbound i-80. it's closed just near solano avenue near richmond or it was closed. now i can see one lane on the right side is open. the accident involves that car which is out near the center. traffic as you see just squeezing by but the backup, well, the friday night on a holiday weekend that damage is done. that's going to last for a while. a tow truck has just gotten there. so th

and macy's is betting it's only going to get better. the department store giant is expanding its e commerce network and hiring over 700 people. macy's online sales surged 30% over the first ten months of last year. >>> well, if you like to wait until the last minute to file your taxes, good news. you'll have a little more time this year. the deadline to file your federal tax return is april 18th, thanks to a holiday observed in washington, d.c., which falls on the 15th. but you still have to get your state return done at the usual time. >>> a sign of the times this morning for the news business. a new study finds the majority of people under 30 now use the internet as their main source of news, not television. not good news for us, rob. overall, 41% of americans say they get their national and international news online. >>> this could make for some pretty pricey sushi. a giant blue fin tuna fetched nearly $396,000 in tokyo overnight, setting a new world record. the 754-pound fish was caught off japan. that whopping price translates into

, the american automobile association, triple-a, the golden gealt disposal and recycling company, macy's and $250 cash prize donor san francisco can he -- deluxe silentseeing. let's hear it for our sponsors. yeah. all right. now i'm going to introduce all the judges. there are a whole bunch of them err and i would ask you to hold your applause until i have finished are introducing all the judges. if i hear applause we're going to have to start all over again and we're wasting daylight already. there is a newcomer, matt new comer, triple-a staff staff. and long-time supporter, mr. gilberto gadoy, frens ever the cable car museum. he's the man who makes the beautiful bell that goes to the champion every year. linda is the executive director of the union square association and a co-response of this -- so he sponsor of this competition. cinderella echen is the owner of the shanghai 1930 restaurant. and the san francisco icon and door man of the francis drake hotel fore the last 800 years. it's only been really 32. pillar from the newspaper, david from uncle vito's pizza, maggie baxter from ab

. >>> macies is adding hundreds of -- macy's is adding hundreds of jobs. online sales were up 25%. now the company plans to add 725 full-time jobs to serve macy's.com and bloomingdales.com. they will be based here in the area and new york and georgia in the next two years. >>> american airlines says it's still talking to orbitz.com and expedia to resume its flights. expedia stopped listing american flights as a show of support. the airline says it wants to maintain its relationship with the travel websites even though it says ticket prices have not been effected. >>> time gnaw 5:-- time now 5:52. who will take the stand today even though the main focus remains on michael jackson's doctor? shift your weight forward onto the left foot. take the right leg up, holding the inner arch of the foot... introducing instant action alerts, only from chase. left arm up... manage your account and help avoid overdrafts with a click of a button. just reply to the alert with how much you want to transfer. inhale, all the way up... so you always stay in balance. ...to crescent pose. chase what matte

i don't think there's any other trees around union square in front of tiffanys or -- sachs or -- macy's. there's -- there's going to be a really -- a bad thing for the retail tenants on the building. i don't know -- i brought some -- some pictures of what is already here. this is the most valuable storefront -- these storefronts that the tenants pay for. this is the most valuable asset in the country having windows around union square. the merchants. and to be blocked by trees. this is -- this store already has -- these -- these newspaper stands that were put up fortunately right in r

if you are downtown in an office building or shopping at macy's, do you run in the middle of the street? no. you stay where you are. how much time do you have? seconds. you have to make a decision within seconds. if you run to the street what will happen? >> get hit by a car. you have windows, glass to fall on you. high rise. if you know where you are, stay there than to go somewhere you don't know what's there. once it's shaking between 30 seconds to a minute and once it's over, things will fall and tip over. give it time to move around. of course, if there is danger coming to you, you want to move. so, picture these buildings. against the wall. will i go behind this wall? lean against it, cover my head? no. the pictures frames. if they come off and hit me on the top of the head, more injuries. be aware of that target. look behind you before you lean against the wall. sometimes wrong place at the wrong time there is no way to get down this way. try to find a [inaudible] place if you can. get next to something that's sturdy that will block up against you. how much time do you have? shor

we saw lots of sales jumps and macy's up about 4%. fa macy's is going to employ hundreds more people and get into the e commerce more than they have in the past. mastercard reporting an 18% jump in retail sales over the internet over the christmas holidays. a few minutes ago, we learned of an unexpected jump in jobless claims. not all bad. we look at broader trends. this number is falling steadily. we hit the lowest first time jobless claims in two years. tomorrow we get the overall unemployment picture from the labor department. the number of jobs lost and here's hoping gained in the previous month with the unemployment rate come out at 5:30 tomorrow. they guessed really high that there were far more jobs created than experts think. we will know tomorrow morning. >> it could be a hit to your wallet. 200,000 californians see health insurance costs skyrocket. blue shield is looking to raise rates by more than 30%. if state regulateors approve, it would take effect on march 1st, the third rate increase since october. if the increase pas

six artists created one of a kind hearts on display at macy's and are for sale and will benefit life saving programs at san francisco general hospital and trauma center. >> very exciting to see the support that the general has and the impact it has on our city. it is the safety net for our community. >> and you can bid for any of the hearts by attending their heros and hearts luncheon on february 10th and if you want to bid now you can do that through the san francisco general hospital foundation website. >>> let's find out more about this one of a kind weather we have got. >> from the cbs5 weather center let me be the first to tell you. not just one of a kind. make it nine. nine straight days of record highs right here in the bay area. this is the scene. live from our cbs5 weather camera. looking out toward the transamerica building. 64 degrees in san francisco. average high is 59. the record today was 75 degrees in gilroy. shattering the old record set back in 1986 of 73 degrees. now, we do have a little glitch in the forecast. we do have a fog advisory going in effect in the north

. >>> macy's is going to be hiring especially here in san francisco. 725 new positions will help beef up macy's.com and bloomingdale's.com. >>> the internal revenue service is granting a three day extension because april 15th fell on a holiday. >>> the number of people filing for bankruptcy appears to be leveling off. last year more than 1.5 million americans filed for bankruptcy. that's an 8% increase from 2009. the previous years has increased of 42 and 43%. but california saw 19% increase in bankruptcy filings. only hawaii and utah had higher filings. >>> on wall street, stocks ended the day mixed. tradered shrugged off unemployment numbers. >>> in a little over an hour and a half from now, the numbers from one of the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history will be chosen. tonight's mega millions dollars is worth $250 million. the lottery is played in california and 40 other states including the district of columbia. the odds of winning is one in 176 million. the largest mega millions jackpot is $395 million back in march of 2007. >>> coming up, the stanford cardinal makes a triump

said she and her friend left mong koo inside the car for about an hour while they went shopping in macy's. when they came back to the car the passenger side window was smashed and and little mong koo was gone. the >> i left her and the car with the window down a little bit and she was hanging out there, i notice the window was bashed and and i looked inside the car she was gone. everything was else was still there she was gone. >> she filed a police report but she has this message for the person who stole our dog. >> she sleeps with me every night and she's my entire life. please, i'm willing to give my entire savings and i can give you a high of $5,000 right now. i don't care who it is, if she can just be returned to me i will give you that money. i you could get another dog. please give her back to me. >> if anyone has information about her whereabouts can ask that you e-mail her at camp lost dog at the. ahocom in a word reggie kumar kron 4 news. >> kron 4 news at eleven and deadly tornadoes wreck havoc in the midwest, of bombing attack caught on tape. we'll see a plane caught on fire a

livermore macy patchy fog briefly in the morning. a look inside on storm tracker 4 radar we see dry air really dumb data are forecast over the past several days. it crystal clear skies here with the storm track well to the north. that will change as we head into the weekend. saturday evening bring in the chance of rain into the bay area continuing early sunday morning. by 9:00 a.m. chance of rain bay area wide and as a push into the later hours by saturday the rain will push out. each of the computer models that have come and he joined the chance of rain on early sunday morning. 30 percent chance and there will keep you posted as we get closer right now we have work conditions tomorrow fog lasting through friday, cooler conditions in the weekend and definitely more cloud cover and a chance of >> traffic on the golden gate bridge heavier on the right side with teaches northbound into marin county, not too bad coming to the san francisco. more news ahead after the break. [ male announcer ] rockin out to the big hot pastrami. big. hot.

target, gap and macy's all fell. meanwhile, agricultural productsmaker monsanto added 2% after reporting higher sales are helping it rake in profits once again. microsoft helped the nasdaq stay in the black after announcing its new tablet and smartphone technology will contain chips made by england's arm holdings. the move makes microsoft have ties with intel in favor of the same chip found in apple's iphone and ipad. graphics specialist nvidia got a boost by aligning itself with arms shares technology. sending shares up over 14%. overseas this morning, shares of samsung dipped after a weaker than expected earnings estimate. speculation is swirling facebook could be inching closer to going public next year. the social network revealed plans to increase its number shareholders above 500 which according to security and exchange commission rules would require facebook to disclose key financial data or go public. >>> finally, if you think your holidays are stressful, take a listen to this -- officials at cal state l.a. a

they did a spectacular design that in two terraces came down to the macy's facade there, they took offyer of parking. the sort of thing that yan talks about. this was underground. they took off one layer of parking and came down in two steps into a grand, inviting place. i was heart struck when i realized they hadn't submitted, but that's the way i would approach it. yes, right over here. >> yes. i am really inspired by the (inaudible) and endorsing these ideas and i wonder why he has such -- we have such a chip on our shoulder here that can't simply say (inaudible). mr. gail, i'm wondering in the examples that you gave of the (inaudible), what were the (inaudible) was it the leadership that we need to better (inaudible), was it a citizen based (inaudible) was it a (inaudible)? what were those things that (inaudible)? >> it's very interesting with all the cities which have turned around and there are many more than the nine i mentioned by now because when the first ones had started and it worked, then it's much easier to follow and learn prosecute the other examples. from all these the

macy taylor took her son out of school for a week for a hawaiian vacation. >> i don't believe in the fine as long as we are given some kind of homework package to make sure the children are still couping up with their schoolwork. >> reporter: whatever the grades from these parents the true ensy measure becomes law january 1st. sharon chin, cbs5. >>> once a felony. tomorrow won't get you to a holding cell. the new law on weed here in the golden state. >> they have got snowy conditions in the east. we have got rain in the west. the country's midsection got a weather what will op wallop today. >>> research showing obesity starts very early. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, today, we gather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. to >> four, three, two, one. >>> it is already 2011 on the east coast. this was the crystal ball drop earlier tonight in new york's times square. a million people are estimatedded to have

lot of the big retailer is disappointed with their sales figures, and we see shares from the gap, macysarget losing up to 7%. overall, rather disappointing sales for the month of december. it also shows the blue chips traded lower here on thursday. >> of fresh news on facebook, of them seeking some type of new capitalization or investment. what is that about? >> waccamaw obviously, everybody wants into facebook, even if the company is far away from being listed on the new york stock exchange. more and more investors and tried to jump on facebook. now we have a word that goldman sacks, there's still speculation that they might not accept new investors for facebook. demand seems to be too high. >> thank you very much for that update from new york. south korea's airlines is buying six airbus 8380 super jumbo jets. this deal is worth a $1.8 billion. they plan to use the jets on routes to europe and the u.s. the airplanes will be delivered between 2014 and 2017. this is the second big sale of the a380 sense an engine explosion back in november. as reported earlier, china's vice premier is in

target, gap and macy's reported a drop in december, that along with the blizzard in the northeast made for a frugal finish. the numbers overall proved to be a little disappointing. it turned out mall traffic in the month of december was down 3% and retailers across the board, with maybe abercrombie being the exception, saw declines in traffic at their stores. analysts say even though consumers had a boost of confidence this past holiday season, retailers are bracing for a slower start this spending year. >> the first quarter of last year was very strong and i think there was some pent-up demand in the first quarter of last year. now we're in a more normal trend, normal spending trend, and i think that we could see sales soften quite significantly in the first quarter. >> reporter: experts say the key to boosting consumer confidence and spending this year will be creating more jobs and lowering unemployment. michelle franzin, nbc news, new york. >>> it was clear today but boy was it foggy this morning. and frost all over the place. >> frost on the car. a good, i don't know, a good coati

five-year old company which hosts and analyzes website customer feedback for clients like best buy and macy's. kelly grey was the latest hire this week. after moving to austin from conneticut with her husband and two kids, it took her just a month to find her job as a client manager. >> the comes is doing better here. >> reporter: austin, according to a recent survey, weathered the recession better than any other place in the country and now leads the nation in job growth. projects like samsung's $3 billion expansion of its austin plint have added hundreds of jobs. austins unemployment rate is now two points below the rest of the country. thousands of graduates pour out of the university of texas here every year. the state has no income tax. and austin has low house prices and a rich cultural scene. >> reporter: so you go out there and aggressively recruit? >> we are very aggressively recruiting. >> reporter: dave porter's job at the chamber of commerce is to entice companies from more expensive states like california. >> california is fertile ground for you. >> has a bull's eye right on if.

macy's missed same-store sales expectations for the first time in a year and shares fell. target said low-margin items drove sales, leading to the sell-off today. let's roll out a closer look at target. this 7% drop came on seven times its usual volume. the stock hasn't closed below $55 per share since mid- november. this sell-off takes them to what had been the top of its range last summer and fall. >> 46% jump higher, not quite to the 52-week high but within a dime, positive results for type ii diabetes drug. finally an earnings to tell you about, monsanto a profitable first quarter here and through the end of last year, orders for soy beans, corn and cotton seeds all ahead of last year. the stock certainly grew some, up more than 2% on a big pop in volume. this is monsanto's highest price since last spring. and just to remind you-- we have a video on our web site explaining our new charts-- nbronpbs.org. that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: investing in index funds and the strategy of "buy and hold" still make sense. so says the author of the classic finance book,

they left him inside the car while they went shopping at macy's. when they came back the passenger side window was smashed and and a little thought was gone. >> i left share in the car. i put the window down little bit and she was just handed out there. i noticed the window was bashed in and i looked inside the car and everything else was still there. just the dog was contrary >> she followed a police report bush as a message for this for the person who stole her dog. >> i am willing to give my entire savings, i've $5,000 right now i do not care who it is. and she can be returned to me and i'll give you the money. you can't get another dog. but could you please just give her back to me. >> if you have any ideas about her whereabouts please e-mail her at campbell lost dog at to yahoo. com. >> stay with us. we have a full forecast coming up. >> we also have a report on the man behind a political outcast for the gop. and the guiana on, for in this weekend for a generous second, 2005 then. marriage is a live from the may 10th. >> it is another old fait

i don't think there's any other trees around union square in front of tiffanys or -- sachs or -- macy's. there's -- there's going to be a really -- a bad thing for the retail tenants on the building. i don't know -- i brought some -- some pictures of what is already here. this is the most valuable storefront -- these storefronts that the tenants pay for. this is the most valuable asset in the country having windows around union square. the merchants. and to be blocked by trees. this is -- this store already has -- these -- these newspaper stands that were put up fortunately right in front of the property a short time ago. they -- they blocked -- the store fronts. they're not being used. this is the francis drake hotel. putting trees up and down the street are going to be really bad. on our block, on powell street, this is our windows. a restaurant, pancake house, around -- they have lines around the corner in the morning hours. the congestion of having trees on the street is also -- going to be a really bad thing. there's no trees to track litter and dogs. it is going to be a really sad

macy taylor took her son out of classes for a week for a hawaiian vacation but made sure he kept up with school. >> i don't believe in a fine as long as are we're given some kind of homework packet to make sure children are still keeping one their school work. >> reporter: whatever the grades from these parents, the truancy measure becomes law january 1st. in san carlos, sharon chin, cbs 5. >>> the biggest new year's eve party in the country is just getting started. what new york city is doing to beef up security in times square. >>> and a chance to strike it rich. how you can turn a bus into 242 million buses. that's tonight. >> it's looking like we're in, in 2010 on a wet note. what about 2011? we'll talk about it coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, whoa! [ female announcer ] no one likes a bath tissue that leaves lots of pieces behind. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. with a diamondweave texture that's soft and more durable than the ultra rippled brand, it's no wonder charmin ultra strong holds up better for a more dependable clean. fewer pieces left behind. business is looking better. it s

she left her car outside of macy's.17 blocks long and several avenues wide around times square. there were 17 miles of barricades and thousands of police officers. about a million people gathered to watch the bowl drop at midnight. it was recorded by 500 security cameras. >> folks in sydney australia welcomed 2011 with a spectacular fireworks display. and moscow hundreds of revellers braved a snowstorm to see the fireworks over the cathedral. temperatures hovered around 16 degrees. >> a different kind of new year's eve tradition is calling die-hards down south. thousands of people are lining up in around pasadena to guarantee a good view of rose parade tomorrow. temperatures are expected to dip in the 20s over night. there are no camp fires or tents allowed on the parade route. let's talk about the forecast. spencer christian is back with what war waiting for and as we stat the knew years. >> a little bit of rainfall. it's going to be a wet start of the new year. showing just patches of mainly light rain although there

if you're looking for tech job macy's is hiring 700 new employees over two years.re are these jobs? new york, san francisco. they need to expend their web sites if union shop give that a look. >> michael jackson's former doctor back in court today. he is charged with involuntary manslaughter. he is accused of giving too much propofol up powerful senate of the approved a plan to allow them to test residue from syringes and an ivy drips from the jackson's home. murray's lawyer says the doctor did give jackson propofol but a smaller amount than the corner found. >> alive look at albany and the conditions on 80 westbound the taillights everybody is moving at the limit. visibility is good there as well. we will be right back. deerfield lucky could be it big day including here in california. we have a chance to win $330 million. that is the seventh largest lottery prize in u.s. history. mega millions for tonight's drawing was pushed up because of ticket sales. if you were to win and you didn't want the annual payments. $208 million. 6:56 a.m. we will be back in a couple

surface temperatures and these gross overestimates which if you believe them would mean that like maci can should have boiled droid by now. those bits of foam started to have been poured into the averages so we do not actually know a real flavor of the world average temperatures and we don't even know where the last decade or so has been warmer than the warm period in the nineteenth thirty's and forty's we don't know which is which is cool now we do need to know that to understand well a bit more about the sun's impact on. unfortunately these fraudsters have to well and been getting away with far too much and they have to be brought to account we've got to have a countable saw and in the world of awardees you know that human endeavor is being wasted. now that keeping the winter snow from freezing your feet is something russians a bastard centuries ago violently boots made from the dams will have been worn by generations of people to protect their homes from the childes it's even suggested they may help to maintain good blood circulation and this discovered today where is a key to make

year-old company which hosts and analyzes web site customer feedback for clients like best buy and macy's. kelly grey was the latest hire this week. after moving to austin from connecticut with her husband and two kids, it took grey just a month to find her job as a client manager. >> the economy is doing better here. >> reporter: austin, according to a recent survey, weathered the recession better than any other place in the country and now leads the nation in job growth. projects like samsung's $3 billion expansion of its austin plant have added hundreds of jobs. austin's unemployment rate is more than two points below the rest of the country. is austin doing something different? >> i think so. >> reporter: bazarrvoice c.e.o. brett hurt. >> there's an amazing creative energy here. >> reporter: thousands of talented graduates pour out of the university of texas here every year. the state has no income tax and austin has low house prices and a rich cultural scene. so you're going out there and you're aggressively recruiting. >> we are very aggressively recruiting. >> reporter: dave porter

target and macy's also didn't see increases. >>> and home sales have increased 50% since 1989. only san diego is worse with the number of homes for sale up almost 66% compared to 2009. nationwide the national inventory was about 11% year to year. >>> and the new superintendent of schools say more tax dollars are badly needed today he declared a financial state of emergency. meantime we've learned new governor jerry brown plans to eliminate his education staff. ken pritchett reports now from sacramento. >> reporter: across are if the capital in a rented space is the office of the governor secretary of education. the hotel will soon need a new tenant. ktvu has learned the office according to staff has closed but the brown administration is not confirming. not to be confused with the education department or state superintendent's office, the 11 member staff of the secretary of education serves the governor. brown on the campaign trail said the officer was redundant and pledged to trim the staff by 25%. this comes after the superintendent called a national emergency. >> the law doe

target and macy's also didn't see increases. >>> and home sales have increased 50% since 1989. only san diego is worse with the number of homes for sale up almost 66% compared to 2009. nationwide the national inventory was about 11% year to year. >>> and the new superintendent of schools say more tax dollars are badly needed today he declared a financial state of emergency. meantime we've learned new governor jerry brown plans to eliminate his education staff. ken pritchett reports now from sacramento. >> reporter: across are if the capital in a rented space is the office of the governor secretary of education. the hotel will soon need a new tenant. ktvu has learned the office according to staff has closed but the brown administration is not confirming. not to be confused with the education department or state superintendent's office, the 11 member staff of the secretary of education serves the governor. brown on the campaign trail said the officer was redundant and pledged to trim the staff by 25%. this comes after the superintendent called a national emergency. >> the law doe

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. >>> macy's is adding hundreds of jobs as one part of its business grows as an exceptional rate.cy's.com based in san francisco planned to create 2700 new jobs. the jobs will be in san francisco, new york and atlanta. the retail giant reported the online business grew 29% over a year. >>> detroit may finally be bouncing back from a disasterrous stretch. today auto makers reported positive numbers. and lloyd lacuesta has been talking to people out shopping for cars. >> reporter: dealers confirm more people are coming in and not just kicking the tires, but buying and driving home new cars. >> i like the car. >> reporter: maria and carlos felipe were at normand chrysler tonight. >> my big concern is my monthly payment. i don't want to be -- and also my husband is looking on gas. >> >> reporter: down the street at capital ford, this couple was close to making a deal on a ford escape suv. >> right now it's just, is as good a time to buy as any. we're looking because you know our car is wearing out. >> reporter: numbers released today show car sales are coming back. general motors the

stolen from her car earlier this evening. 4-year-old yorky named monty was in her car parked outside macy. somebody broke the glass and took the dog. kim has had her dog since she was a puppy and she spoke with us this evening and she is visibly shaken. you will see. >> i really just want her back and i don't care who took her. i just, i'm willing to give all my savings. i have 5000 dollars and i'll give it to anybody who who will have her safely returned to me. please. i don't care who took her just please can you give her back? >>reporter: hayward police have asked to come to the station to give a statement. she's done that. and now about she is hoping security camera will provide some clue into what happen. she uses want her dog back kim obviously very upset about it tonight understandably. >> not far away in oakland. faith community police and family of murder victims join together to honor those this year and indicated this year and pray for a stop of wave of violence that plagued that community so terribly. vick lee has the story. >>reporter: every year for the past 4 years this chu

. >>> macy's is adding hundreds of jobs as one part of its business grows as an exceptional rate.cy's.com based in san francisco planned to create 2700 new jobs. the jobs will be in san francisco, new york and atlanta. the retail giant reported the online business grew 29% over a year. >>> detroit may finally be bouncing back from a disasterrous stretch. today auto makers reported positive numbers. and lloyd lacuesta has been talking to people out shopping for cars. >> reporter: dealers confirm more people are coming in and not just kicking the tires, but buying and driving home new cars. >> i like the car. >> reporter: maria and carlos felipe were at normand chrysler tonight. >> my big concern is my monthly payment. i don't want to be -- and also my husband is looking on gas. >> >> reporter: down the street at capital ford, this couple was close to making a deal on a ford escape suv. >> right now it's just, is as good a time to buy as any. we're looking because you know our car is wearing out. >> reporter: numbers released today show car sales are coming back. general motors the

. >> i'm not saying we're engaged, i'm just saying we're registered at macy's. >> just a great, whatall a great broad. are we not allowed to say that anymore? >> we had no shortage of celebrities behaving badly. lindsay lohan, paris hilton. >> hey, i get it. you're bored, lonely, can't afford a hooker. keep it in your room. >> charlie sheen gets my vote for the worst acting celebrity. >> give the best worst actor award to mel gibson for his supposed rants. >> if that really is mel gibson on those tapes, that's pretty bad. >> i personally can no longer watch "brave heart" and enjoy it. >> best romance, the engagement of prince william and kate middleton, setting the stage for a spectacular royal wetting next spring. >> coming up, is that a cell phone in your pocket or are you bret favre? the worst thing in washington besides congress and the best speech ever anywhere. >> drastic times require drastic measures! >> there's nothing drastic about it. it's all the best, all the worst 2010. >>> president obama spent pretty much the whole year on the griddle as the heat went up his approval