and, ron, tell us about metta world peace.u know. anywhere from afghanistan, to north korea. you know? and i got kids. i'm sure other people have kids in the fufture who wants them to get along. i'm not buddhist. but metta is a form of buddhism. it means loving and kindness. for dancing, i raised awareness and money and cancer research foundation. my daughter when she was 4, had cancer and a tumor on her kidney. my daughter's single comes out on the 27th. she's 8 years old. >> a single coming out. >> yeah. it's called "fight." . it's for little kids going through what she's going through. you can get it on itunes. and peta thank you very much. i had such a great time. >> i'm glad your daughter is doing well. i know you have favorites that are left. handicap the remaining field for us. what do you think? >> oh. i would have to say j.r. martinez. he is absolutely a standout. i think nobody was expecting him to be that good and be such a natural at it. yeah. definitely him to me. >> what do you think, metta? >> i would think j.r.

the laker forward changed his name to metta world peace or call him l world peace.said she would have changed it a week ago but he had unpaid parking tickets. if you want to change your name, make sure your parking tickets are paid. metta world peace. >>> good night everybody. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> farrah fawcett, rihanna, nicole brown simpson. tina turner. an "e.t." special report. >> i just wanted it to stop. i just wanted it to stop. >> why are some of hollywood's

metta world peace is in. >> i'll now be known as metta world peace. >> reporter: an l.a., world peace's name change official on friday. metta is a buddhist term meaning loving kindness. an enlightened choice for a player best known for his violent basket brawls. he joins a long line of famous name changes. there's fellow athlete and dancing star chad johnson who decided the 85 on the back of his jersey fit better at the end of his signature and chad ochocinco -- that's 85 in spanish -- was born. ♪ then there's prince who changed his name to this. people adapted and simply referred to him as the artist formerly known as prince, until he changed it back to plain old prince again. and, of course, there's sean combs who has had nearly as many names as platinum records. starting with puff daddy, then to puffy, to p. diddy to diddy to swag? will the new name bring new levels of success? time will tell. but one thing is for sure. with a labor lockout threatening the start of basketball season, maybe a little world peace is exactly what the nba needs. dan kloeffler, abc news, new

metta world peace is in. >> i'm now metta world peace. >> reporter: an l.a.ourt made artest -- sorry. world peace's name change official friday. metta is a buddhist term meaning love and kindness. an enlightened choice for a player best known for his violent basket brawls. he joins a long line of famous name changes. there's fellow athlete and dancing star, chad johnson. who decided the 85 on the back of his jersey fit better as a signature. chad ochocinco, 85 in spanish, was born. then, there's prince, who changed his name to this. people adapted and referred to him as the artist formerly known as prince. until he changed it back to plain, old prince again. then, there's sean combs, who has had nearly as many names as platinum records. starting with puff daddy. then, to puffy. to p. diddy. to diddy. to swag. cassius clay famously changed his name to muhammad ali. then, became the greatest boxer of all-time. >> i must be the greatest. >> reporter: and johnny cougar, slowly worked his way back to his real name. to john cougar mellencamp. then, just john mellen

ron artest, now known of metta world peace has been booted off "dancing with the stars".t 14 out of 30, the lowest score on monday's premier. >> i don't feel bad i know i would have had more time, i would have done better. i'll come back in the finale and entertain and dance my butt off. >> the outgoing laker forward bears his chest in a gold vest and shaved the hebrew word for "world peace" in the side of his head. they called the athlete version of the cha-cha "atrocious." i guess they didn't really give peace or metta world peace a chance. >> no, but we may see him on the rebound. >>> next at 5:30 -- the day their families waited for, for more than two years has come. two u.c. berkeley graduates imprisoned in iran are reportedly free. >> the word from diplomatic source and iran official press but the question now is where are they exactly? i'm terry mcsweeney live in the newsroom and we have the latest coming up. >> look at the high temperatures if you leave us. 50s in minneapolis and fargo. warm in new orleans, miami. 82 in portland. we have flight departure delays ou

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he was the first ousted from the abc dance show last night. >> metta or mr.all him? do we even care? he lost out to nancy grace after one judge called his cha-cha all sizzle and no sausage. he received the lowest votes from the judges and the fans votes weren't enough. so much for world peace. he was pretty bad. not a shocker there. >> peace out, folks. we'll be right back. folks. we'll be back with more "world news now." ♪ money money ♪ >> that's a way to get back to work. >> great beat. money. >>> yes, people always say, of course, follow the money. but the guy you're about to meet is doing the opposite. >> he has money and lots of it. his job is to find the people who own it. >> reporter: everybody misplaces stuff, your car keys, maybe your cell phone. but how about an original picasso sketch book. what do you believe the rough value of that -- >> i got an e-mail. well known in art. and he thought about $350,000 and upwards if it is authenticated. >> reporter: frank marshall sports an earring, drives a hot rod, and has undoubtedly the coolest job in the wa

today his name officially becomes metta world peace.blicist says his new nim, metta, in the buddhist tradition means loving and kindness towards others. metta world peace one in the most infamous player fan brawl of all-time back in detroit. >>> that's the news you needed to started your day. "american morning" back right after this break. >>> welcome back. he's not your medical doctor, but if your iphone, imac ipad needs repaired, a fixer of apple. he's got an app for success. poppy harlow checked back in with him. good morning. >> good morning. it's amazing what a year can do. we tell so many stories about smaut businesses struggling. we wanted to go back to one we saw literally working out of his new york city apartment and see how he's doing. a small business success story. because he's fixing things everyone wants it seems no matter how deep the job recession is. no matter how bad the economy is, everyone wants something apple. dr. brennan, a young guy in new york city is capitalizing on this big time. take a look. >> we do everyth

. >> i metta long time workers at the plant. he said working at the nuclear plant is complicated and only those who had worked there would understand. he wonders how many skilled workers would continue to work there. >> what is tepco doing to resolve these problems? >> tepco plans to train 4,000 people as radiation experts by the end of this year, in order to manage exposure to workers. they will monitor the level on site. the power company also plans to install 50 units of equipment by early next month. the equipment can measure internal radiation exposure. with those measures, tepco will try to keep the level of exposure to workers as low as possible. on wednesday, tepco told the reporters that it is concerned about a shortage of skilled workers in the future. the firm said it will try to train more people. it added that it would encourage those working at our facilities to go and work at the fukushima daiichi plant. it is expected to take decades to remove the melted fuel rods and decommission the reactors. tepco challenge is

former basketball star ron artest now known as metta world peace and his partner are the first couple booted off season 13 of "dancing with the stars." viewers didn't seem impressed by mr. world peace and neither did the judges. they gave the couple 13 out of possible points. lowest on monday's score. >> i don't feel bad if i had had more time i would have done better. i'll come back in the finale. dance my butt off. >> do you think he has energy or rhythm? he beared his chest in a gold vest and shaved hebrew word for world peace. he will be on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. this morning. right after our newscast. >> the answer is no. >> 6:25. still ahead at 6:30 -- innocent victim. 5-year-old girl walking home from school with her dad is shot in bay view neighborhood. >> why a southern california woman and her dog are credited finding the remains of michelle le. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in newsroom. two american hikers imprisoned are about to be released. they may be out by the time we come back. >> just in, washington, dulles, flight departure delay. philly with flight arriv

. >> her career was off and running and soon she metta guy, his name was jeff. he bought her a dog. they moved into this house together and got engaged, then he broke it off just before the wedding. teresa was crushed, but had moved on, reuniting with her best friends in the summer of 2004, standing up for her friend grace at her wedding. >> so many things, so many happy moments, so many things we've been through. >> we just really were happy to be all together, it was a good day. >> but a couple months after by the fall of 2004, vegas seemed to have lost some of its luster. teresa was thinking hard about moving back home to niagara falls, and maybe going to grad school. then the rio offered teresa a bigger job with better pay. >> it absolutely changed the course of her life. i was really, really upset because i wanted her to come back home, and i thought it was going to be the best thing for her. >> and going home might have been. staying in vegas clearly was not. because a month after her promotion on october 27th, 2004, teresa failed to report for work at the rio. she was gone fo

. >> reporter: lakers star ron artest, who recently changed his name to metta world peace believes then cavallari, j.r. martinez. chynna phillips has my former partner. tony dovolani. how is the thank you stage? >> we're finally in the grand ballroom. "dancing with the stars" got what it deserves finally. >> reporter: elisabetta canalis will dance with value which mer kof -- val whichchmerkovskiy. who will the mirror ball go home with this year? there are tons of personalities. i'm excited to see what they bring to the table. i hate to say this going into night one. you never know. i think that j.r. martinez could be the standout this season. he really impressed me from what i saw. i thing he and karina could go really far. >> i'm impressed, melissa. the two-hour premier is tonight at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central. which celebrity are you most excited to see dance tonight? vote now on your smart phone or on our website. let's go back to lara. >>> i want to talk to you about the emmys and the fashion. jane lynch set the tone right away. she was relaxed. kind of silly. that was the feeling