you know, i don't think i could tell this story better than mark fisher wrote it. but it is a storyyou need to hear. so we're going to go ahead with it. he works for the "washington post." as he good man. a good writer, a good dad. last iday, he got an e-mail from his 15-year-old son. just one word. it said, help. and so mark fisher, erased home to see what was goi on. >> we were immediately ushered out of the house by the police who searched on the theory that th thief might still be ithe house. >> reporter: you see someone broke into mark fisher's home and stole his son's ipod, his son's computer, his sos computer. that thief even took his brand new winter coat. it was still inhe box. if that wasn't bad enugh, that burglar used mark fisher's son's computer to take a picture of herself holding the stoen money, wearing the stolen co, and he posted that picture on mark fisher's son's face book page. >> with a years in on his face and his fingers pointing to what he had gotten from our house. it was men to taunt and gloat and it had that emotional powerful especially

that thief even took mark fisher's brand new winter coat. it was still in the box. now if that was not bad enough, that burglar used mark fisher's son's computer to take a picture of himself holding the stolen money, wearing the stolen coat, and he posted that picture on mark fisher's son's facebook page. >> with a sneer on his face and his fingers pointing to just what he ha gotten from our house. it was meant to taunt and gloat and it certainly had that emotional powerful especially because it invaded the space that a teenager, my son thought of as very private. >> reporter: that night police told mark fisher they were not too optimistic about solving burglary cases. >> the police said, the fact is there are thousands of burglaries every year and the courts don't generally do anything to the people who commit them. the police themselves don't feel any great need to put a lot of energy into it. >> reporter: what's the lesson here? >> when you live in a big city, nobody is safe and unfortunately we live in a society where some people are struggling and don't have th

mark fisher had his home broken into.e thief stole several personal items including his son's laptop. sunday he posted a picture of himself on the boy's facebook.com page holding the cash he took from the young man's desk. the burglar even wore a new winter coat fisher had just received. >> i had to look at the photo several times before i realized that was the new coat because it had just arrived the day before and he stole it out of the macy's box it was delivered in the day before. >> police have not found theburg yar yet but they hope the next picture will soon be his mug shot. >> go online to brag about it. brilliant move. a lot of folks will find it cheerful if they like the snow. >> if they can get up there before it starts following. if you have relatives that want to go up there on saturday, i'd say no. >> that was just for me, folks. you know, some folks are hoping to catch a little break like my relative who shall not be named. >> maybe sunday, early monday. that's it. really gonna get deep up there as kind of

mark fisher says the thief is wearing his brand-new coat stolen right out of the box it came in. the picture over to police but the investigation doesn't seem to be getting off the ground. fisher even wrote that officers told him that they rarely press hard on burglary cases because they usually just get probation, so the facebook thief is still at large and living large. and facebook founder mark zuckerberg has just been named "time" magazine's person of the year over the chilean miners and others they considered. that's a real sign of the times. as zuckerberg counts his billions, let's reflect on what he's created. you can play excruciatingly long games of scramble with people you don't know or frankly don't like. get back in touch with the guy who stalked you in high school, pretend you live on a farm or the mafia, or take a picture of yourself committing a crime. not to get all henry david throw on you but technology really is something, isn't it? just think not that many years ago the thief would have to to bring his own camera, get film, drop it off at cvs, wait an hour, mak

mark fisher had his home broken into. the thief stole several personal items including his son' laptop. sunday he posted a picture of himself on the boy's facebook.c page holding the cash h took from the young man's desk. the burglar even wore a new winter coat fisher had just received. >> i had to look at the photo several times befor i realized that was the new coat because it had just arriv the day before and he stole it out of the macy's box it was delivered in the day before. >> police have not found theburg yar yet but they hope the next picture will soon be his mug shot. >> go onne to brag about it. brillit move. a lot of folks will find it cheerful if they like the snow. >> if they can get up there before it starts following. if you have relatives that want to go up there on saturday, i'd say no. >> that was just for me, folks. you know, some folk are hoping to catch a little break like my relative who shall not be named. >> maybe sunday, erly monday. that's it. really gonna get deep up there as kind of here right

somebody broke into the house of "washington post" journalist mark fisher last ii. the burglar stole an ipod, sme money, a computer, and a new winter coat. he then took a picture of himself wearing the stolen coat and holding the stolen money. he opened the son's computer and posted the picture on the teenager's facebook page. with a sneer on his face and his fingers pointing to just what he had gotten from our house was meant to taunt and to gloat, and it certaly had this emotional power especially because it invaded this space that my son thought of as very private. >> facebook said they are cooperating with the investigation. >>> a judge in virgin tonight is reviewing the medical records of yeardley love. today defense lawyers for the university of virginia student who accused of killing her made a rather unexpected request. craig melvin has our report. >> reporter: a few days ago, there was actually talk that attorneys for george hugely, yeardley love's on agaioff again boyfriend were close to reaching a deal with prosecutors. today they asked for yeardley love'

mark fisher had his home broken into. besides having his home violated, the burglar decided to engage in a very more personal injustice. he stole his son's laptop and decided to post has pictures on the boy's facebook page so all his friends could see it. the billboard even wore a new coat that fisher had just received. >> i actually had to look at the photos several times before i even realized that was the new coat because it had just arrived the day before, and he stole it out of the macy's box it was delivered in the day before. >> the burglar is still on the loose but police are hoping that the facebook posting of his picture will lead to his arrest. not too bright. >>> it's the 12th annual kinder time toy drive and right now we want to show you our lobby of it's fill with all kinds of toys for little boys and girls and also jamie coos tello! >> reporter: i want to you name names. who has been naughty? >> i'm happy to say nobody is on the list! >> it's clean slate? >> clean slate. >> see what happens when you drop to

recently mark fisher of "the washington post," had his home broken into. >> and we came rushing home.and we and the police arrived at the same moment. >> reporter: besides the indignity of having their home violated and personal items stolen, the burglar decided to engage in one more very personal injustice. he stole fisher's son's laptop. and decided to post his picture on the facebook page, so all of the young man's 400 friends could see it. the burglar even wore a new coat that mr. fisher had just received. >> i had to look at the picture several times to realize that was the new coat. it had just arrived the day before. and he stole it out of the macy's box it was delivered in the day before. >> reporter: but the photo of bravado may be the thief's undoing. police are all over it. >> having the image is fantastic for us. >> reporter: the burglar has not been located yet. but the fishers are hoping the facebook posting of his picture will turn into a mug shot when he's arrested. we're left with a crime question. will the face time on facebook lead to time in the slammer? george? >>

. >>> 8:30 as we check headlinesch a man suspected of breaking into the home of mark fisher and stealingis money and his son's computer and then breaking into his son's facebook account and posting a picture of himself wearing the stolen goods, holding the stolen money on the teen's facebook page. crazy story. i hope they're able to find him. the police are now investigating. >>> d.c. counsel man marion barry's car was stolen over the weekend. it was taken while parked at the patricia r. harris education center with the keys still in the ignition. luckily the vehicle was found a few blocks away. everything in tact except his blackberry was missing into a transformer is now driving virginia streets. jim ort bought the car from the 2007 transformers movie. the car known as barricade in the movie. the seller delivered the car to him yesterday. it's a 2005 ford saline mustang extreme. the kind of car that guys like me salivate about. he won't say how much he paid for it but the buzz on the web is that it cost more than $100,000. but nice though, isn't it? >> really nice. >>> the lame duck se

as we recall earlier this year when the former hp contractor jody fisher alleged sexual harassment against mark hurd the former ceo of hp which led to his ouster she also claimed he passed on some information ahead of hp's acquisition of electronic data systems in 2008. that's a $14 billion deal. later on, she said there were some inaccuracies in her claim but the fcc is very interested in that. they are taking a look into it. a spokesman for hurd says he did nothing wrong and hp says that it's fully cooperating with the sec in this matter. hurd is now co-president of oracle. >>> nice earnings for adobe. the san jose company reported a big increase in property at $269 million. also, revenue was up 33% to more than $1 billion. and that was the first time the company topped $1 billion in quarter revenue. big rebound in creative sweep 5 it latest edition of that which includes acrobat, photoshop, a number of programs that had seen sluggish sales earlier in the year but a rebound in the past couple of months really fueled sales which is good news for adobe. they issued a stronger forecast for the c

mark heard resigning. he left the company under pressure five month ago after former hp contractor jody fisher accused him of sexual harassment. there are reports that he was told in advance of the acquisition of electronic data systems. fisher and heard reached a private settlement back in august. >>> it's 4:42. welles fargo agreeing to fork over $2 billion to california homeowners stuck with mortgages they can't afford. it has to do with so called pick a pay loans from world savings and wachovia taken over by wells fargo. they contain minimum payment options and made loans seem affordable to borrowers like willie bryant. what he and many others didn't realize was that his monthly payment would later mushroom. the settlement reached with the attorney general's office yesterday provides $2 billion for new lines. >>> homeowners who qualify will receive notices in the next few weeks. >>> gift cards have become a holiday ritual. this season there's a new gift card that lets you do more than just shop. julie watson has how it works. >> for many gift cards are a holiday favorite. now there's a new kind that le

mark hurd resigning as hewlett-packard's ceo. hurd left the company under pressure five months ago after former hp contractor jody fisher accused him of sexual harassment. there are reports that she also alleged that hurd told her in advance about 2008 acquisition of a company. fisher and hurd reached a private settlement in august. >>> toyota will pay $32 million to the government in fines over two recalls. it will settle investigations into how the automaker dealt with recalls concerning sticking gas pedals and steering relay rods that could break. toyota's board of directors approved the settlement. the latest fine is on top of $16 million that toyota paid earlier this year. >>> time now 5:05. this morning, 9/11 first responders will rally in washington urge washington urging congress to provide money for their healthcare. a previous version passed the house but failed to get a vote in the senate. then lawmakers trimmed the price tag and trimmed how to pay for it. now supporters think they have the votes although some senate republicans may attempt a filibuster. >> it's a lot of money and so my early response is that i'm skeptic

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mark hurd's resignation may have affected the company. they are cooperating with the investigation by the securities and exchange commission. hurd was forced out after a former contractor and b movie actress jody fisher of sexual harassment. she said he told her about the $13.9 billion acquisition of electronic data system before it was a done deal in 2008. >>> 5:50 now, toyota reportedly agreed to pay the government more than $32 million in fines over the way the company handled two recalls. the recalls are over accelerator pedals that could get trapped in floor mats and steering rods that could break and lead to a loss in control. they have not made a formal announcement. if the fines are assessed, it would bring the total fines to almost $50 million. >> you can get one today, but a tech geek has his hands on one. we are talking about the chevy volt. patrick yang is the first bay area resident to own one. the 25-year-old fell in love with the plug in hybrid when he saw it as a concept car three years ago. the you tube video won him a place at the front of the line for one of the first cars. the car can be charminged with the normal wall outlet and gets between 20 and 50 miles on battery alone. it h