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. >> have you heard from mattel? >> no, i have not. no season assist, not yet. >> coming up, jon with a call to "kate plus 8." and details in the david letterman extortion plot that forced him to make a big announcement. >> a bit weather system off to the west is pushing in. details in just a minute. at the airport, only 66. >> it appears that baltimore city firefighters will not get a raise this year. an arbitrator has sided with the dixon administration on a salary freeze as the mayor continues to look for ways to balance the budget. it is part of an ongoing contract dispute between the city and unions. firefighters were seeking a 2% rate hike. >> firefighters, public's if the individuals, are very important. we will work with them through disparate but because of what we are basing, sometimes -- through this. but because of what we are facing, sometimes things will have to be on hold. >> today the labor department released unemployment is for the month of september, showing that employers cut 263,000 jobs last month, more than expec

mattel says the new line is more realistic. >>> and we're back at this one again. 30 students at one school accused of sexting the naked pictures back and forth. what are we going to do with these kids. call in, 1-877-tell-hln. >>> team shirts, commentators, cheerleaders, trophies, fierce opposition. it has all the makings of a championship event. but this is no ordinary competition. >> what's going on here today is the largest wii bowling senior championship ever held. >> reporter: texan plus, one of the houston area's largest hmos that came together with a nifty after 50, to get these seniors moving in a high-tech way. using nintendo's wii video game bowling system. >> we have 600 participants who are bowling. and they brought with them another 1,500 family and friends. >> reporter: but it's more than just a fun way to stay in shape. these seniors could also be saving themselves from a major medical concern. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths among seniors. costs americans nearly $20 billion a year. those are st

. >> that has been mattel in the market the past few markets, the direction of the dollar. >> the best trade in the quarter, short the dollar, long the market any time that trend started to reveal itself. >> working today. all right. bob pisani, thank you so much. >>> let's go over to the nasdaq. mike huckman, a lot of tech fuels of late. today the tech chatter continues. >> yeah, melissa, that's right. we got the nasdaq making up a little bit of ground after falling about 4% over the past two weeks or so. but in reference to what you were mentioning, yes, there's m and a talk in tech. that's moving the market here today. we have brocade communications systems up 13% on the wall street report that it could be for sale. oracle might be one of the interested buyers there. and the not to be left out, we've got netapp, melissa, up more than 2% because barron's over the weekend said that it, too, might be for sale, quoting the ceo, and this is the quote, melissa, everything has its price and at some point it might make sense. that's that stock is up 2 1/2%. >> how are the potential acquirer

the toymaker mattell says its new line is more realistic. what do you think about that? >>> back at this one 30 students at one school accused of sexting naked pictures back and forth. what are we going to do with these kids, thinking they are going to get away with? 1-877-tell-hln. >>> almost every woman and girl has had or wanted but for african-americans it's been tough to find a barbie that looks like them but when the first black barbie debuted in 1981 basically had white features. nia long a a little perspective. >> historically the afro-centcir features have not always been celebrated. this makes women, especially black women because it is about us but for all of us it makes us question the integrity of our beauty standards for ourselves an what really motivates us to make certain choices. >> joining me now stacey mcbride-rudz ban long-time designer and created the so in line style barbie featuring dolls a lot different from the black barbie you may remember. thank you for joining us. if people are going to just kind of be looking and passing thinking we are playi

comes a week after mattel reported lower sales and profit. which brings us to toy retailers. toys "r" us jumping on the bandwagon. we can be moan the fact that the dow was first here ten years ago, but you know what? nothing like what happened 22 years ago on this day, also a monday, black monday. the dow plunged more than 500 points, a drop of nearly 23%. that was the biggest one-day percentage decline ever. we know it was the crash of '87. here, medical staff were actually on the trading floor because people were hyper ventilating. it was panic. it can't be repeated because they put in measures, the change put in measurings so that if there was a sell-off of 10%, they halt trading. depends what time of the day, but it cannot be repeated. >> they've got a tourniquet ready. >>> a college has a new dress code banning dresses, makeup, high heels and purses. it just so happens to be an all-male school. >>> also, a preacher who's got millions dancing in the aisles and washington power players turning their heads. >>> an all-male college is tells students not to wear dresses on ca