natalee holloway vanished during a high-school graduation trip. she was last seen with joran van der sloot, currently serving a 28-year sentence in connection to a woman in peru. who was murdered. you will soon be able to put your vacation on layaway. a look at how serious is planning trips. >> you could have high levels of lead in your purse. the top five offenders. >> drinking while pregnant, it could actually be safe to do in moderation. we will explain what a group of >> this is "good morning washington." >> the quality of cars is up. paula faris has that and more. >> the fed decided to let the economy. economy ben bernanke says the federal reserve is continuing its operations with program to drive down long-term interest rates and reduce borrowing costs. the fed acknowledges the economic recovery is slowing. car buyers are giving lexus the highest marks for quality with the fewest problems. jaguar and porsche tied for second, followed by cadillac can honda. apple employees make $9 to $15 an hour and tech support makes more. the ceo of oracle

natalee holloway has been missing since the 2005 school trip to aruba. der sloot at a casino the night she went missing we're told. earlier this year a court in peru convicted van der sloot of murdering a peruvian woman after he met her in a casino as well. queen elizabeth's husband is not among the thousands of celebrating her jubilee tonight. the 91-year-old prince philip checked into a hospital today with a bladder infection. palace officials say it was but a precaution and the queen still attended a concert at buckingham palace, part of the celebration of her 60th year at the throne. the show included performances from former beatle paul mccartney and rocker sir elton john and ended with a heck of a fire show: new york city may be known as a fashion capital of the world to some but despite all its stores, it's getting none of the glory. coming up the american city that outdid the big apple on the list of best cities to shop. the shocking result on the upper east side coming just ahead. and let's see how colorful an afternoon can be. with the home dep

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holloway but is facing charges in the united states for allegedly extorting money from her family natalee holloway disappeared while on a high school graduation trip to aruba in 2005. al-qaeda is the second-highest ranking leader and a longtime public face of the terror network united states officials confirm that the attack happened yesterday and are trying to determine whether ugly diol ab was injured or killed 15 militants died and three more were wounded it was the third such attack as in as many days and the 21st suspected u.s. drone strike in pakistan this year and today marks the 60th anniversary on the throne for britain's queen elizabeth ... the queen and the royal family waived from the balcony of buckingham palace as thousands of well-wishers gathered below and a dramatic finale aircraft from the battle of britain ward over the palace it was a fitting way to end four days of festivals in the queens honor elton john stevie wonder in some many others performed in a special concert in queens honor last night many considered it the highlight of this weekend's events the queens elde

natalee holloway's mother is suing the national enquirer.blished untrue stories to profit from her daughter's 2005 disappearance. in disappearanceshe said the magazine published headlines articles and statements that were false for nearly seven years. natalee holloway vanished during a high-school graduation trip to the age of 18, the body never found. >> 20 employees at and i will plant are some of america's newest millionaires. the group claimed a $241 million powerball jackpot yesterday. to them gets nearly $6 million after taxes. however, they plan to seek a court injunction to make sure their last names are kept confidential. >> i would do that. cousins coming out of the woodwork. d.c. it is the place to be in. >> and linda bell is at bloomberg headquarters in new york. we need some ice cream on these hot days in d.c. and in new york. >> people looking to beat the heat with good humor ice cream may be disappointed. the company has a short supply for a few slivers. the parent company is shutting down a manufacturing plant next month and

. >> and natalee johnson is a freshman. >> hello, my name is natalee johnson, and i will be going into my second year as a mechanical engineer. i understand that you were the co-author of two different books, so i was wondering if co offering altered your writing style in any way. -- if co-authoring did anything to alter your writing style in any way. >> at the university of maryland. one of the challenges, there are great things to say about collaborating with someone else. both of my partnerships were terrific. i could not have asked for better collaborators and co- authors. the challenge is to make a book with one voice. frankly, it does not alter the writing style of either author, but the process is u trade back and forth chapters. somebody always takes the lead on a particular chapter, but that chapter then goes to the other co-author, and they do some re-riding, and they do some tweaking, and they do some structuring, and they do some smoothing, and out of that, the two voices blended into one. i mean, you would not have a good book if it was obvious to wrote which chapters, and

as young as just a few weeks old to those whose lives are in full bloom like twenty four year old natalee who suffered from a heritage terry heart condition it's just the feeling right now is that i understand and feel like a completely healthy person. a priceless feeling of inner health a cheat. without hitting outside russia's borders in moscow even going to. the top is now coming up twenty four minutes past for the afternoon here in moscow dmitri medvedev is at the business sense it looks very upbeat and there's new to the week in the stock markets at least i said pretty good news yeah there's a lot of buying actually going on but i call this optimism per vert to be honest because it seems like investors are buying up in hope for the worst to come out of the greek elections on sunday which of course crucial for the fate of the euro zone and all together the euro markets in general basically central banks have hinted that in case of volatility should the results of the elections be negative they will be intervening and adding stimulus to the market let's take a look at what's going on o

as young as just a few weeks old to those whose lives are in full bloom like twenty four year old natalee who suffered from a hearing to terri heart condition it's just the feeling right now is that i understand and feel like a completely healthy person. a person is feeling of inner health achieved without hitting outside russia's borders in moscow. r.t. . let's join kate on the business desk katie all in investors are is really are focusing on europe or head of the greek election this weekend very much so there's a lot of nerves in the air carrier as you would imagine and even more bad news this week we know moody's they've been out in force they've been downgrading spain as cyprus but now it's the neverland's turn to take a bit of hey five of the banks including robert have had that credit rating lashed that's after the credit rating agencies cited the likely continuation of the recession falling house prices in the country now they've cited a stable outlook for all of these bags but not sure the negative outlook which means they could see another downgrade in the future well the market

as young as just a few weeks old to those whose lives are in full bloom like twenty four year old natalee who suffered from a heritage terry heart condition it's just the feeling right now is that i understand and feel like a completely healthy person. a priceless feeling of inner health achieved without hitting outside russia's borders in moscow it even goes cold r.t. . great use of patience now the latest figures in the world of finance coming up soon you know now to dimitri's within a couple of minutes with this afternoon's business but it. comfort is the least you have. your money is the last you need if you travel this way. language is common. you see. the. emotions are intense. experience priceless. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought . i'm charged welcome to the big picture. but on a warm welcome to business dimitri medvedev go let's go first straightaway to the closing picture on the russian markets we've had a very short week

as young as just a few weeks old to those whose lives are in full bloom like twenty four year old natalee who suffered from a heritage terry heart condition it's just the feeling right now is that i understand and feel like a completely healthy person. a priceless feeling of a new health achieved without hitting outside russia's borders in moscow it even goes cold r.t. . over now to the business destiny that he joins us and we're in the final minutes of trading how is the weekend on the markets ahead of this greek i'll actually a lot of people worry that it's going to be panic on monday. these worries truly exist but it's been mostly cautious in the beginning of the week but then and the final days and most notably today actually we had optimism care here and this is for example how do you russian markets are the second leg of my sexy gaining more than two percent the r.t.s. even more so two and a half percent so this is what we call inverted optimism because if we have panic on monday there will be. action from central banks in europe providing stimulus and basically injecting money into

as young as just a few weeks old to those whose lives are in full bloom like twenty four year old natalee who suffered from a heritage terry heart condition it's just the feeling right now is that i understand and feel like a completely healthy person. a priceless feeling of inner health a cheat. without heeding outside russia's borders in moscow it is. a shocker the business to be trees at the business center russian markets on a roll of the final minutes of trade bring us up to date well we've got the r.t.s. in the my six gaining two and a half percent in the final minutes that we're anything can change in the fifteen final minutes of trading session that's what we have on the clock left because. in several occasions we see on a friday evening investors choosing to cash out to to secure profits rather than actually you risk seeing what's happening on monday and this is logical especially for this weekend because we have the greek elections coming up on sunday which are crucial for the euro zone secular what's going on in russia basically investors are hopeful that the government will no

he faces extortion charges in alabama in connection with the disappearance of natalee hollow hollowayf money to pay his bills but a landlord refuse to go let a national guardsman rent her place. the reason she says it's all because he fought for our country. here with the story wfxt's crystal haines. >> it will be a conflict of interest for me to move in there. it should be uncomfortable and she is part of this political activist group and she wouldn't be comfortable for me to rent there. >> rejected by voice mail. those are the words the landlord janice roberts allegedly said to iraq and afghanistan war veteran after he fell in love with her apartment and tried to drop off a rental application. >> not going to be able to rent the apartment. it really -- i was sort of suffering from ptsd and sort of reopened some issues. >> now he and his lawyer joseph soleman are suing her based on housing violations based on strat status. he served in cuba iraq and afghanistan with an army career from 2003 to 2011. >> it is surprising. it is hard to tell how many are out there because a lot of times

. >> the mother of missing teen natalee holloway is suing the "national enquirer" accusing them of knowinglyadlines, articles an statements about her daughter's disappearance. the lawsuit claims the magazine knew some of the statements were false before they were even published. the 18-year-old disappeared in a trip to aruba. her body was never found. last year a judge declared the teen legally dead. >> jurors remain behind closed doors deciding the fate of jerry sandusky. chris pollone is live in pennsylvania where jurors want to review the testimony of two key witnesses. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marla. jurors returned back at it at the courthouse a little under an hour ago. they worked late into the night and it's clear in this case their verdict is really going to turn on two things, what they are allowed to hear in court and what they are not allowed to hear. yesterday was a busy day, jurors ended up deliberating for about seven hours. they asked the judge late last night to review testimony of former penn state grad assistant mike mcqueary and a doctor, a family friend t

it happened not far by happenstance, from where natalee holloway disappeared.rosecution says the suspect in this case took out the insurance policy in the woman's name, who is now dead, swept away, and then began trying to cash in days after she disappeared long before being declared dead. the company says when someone is presumed dead the firm will not evaluate claims unless and until a year has passed. in this case it has ten months. a judge allowed is the suspect to return to the united states because police failed to produce enough evidence to keep him. gary giordano seeking $3 million. >> the central florida shooter, george zimmerman, said "we didn't lie, we didn't know." now the judge has released recordings of the jailhouse conversations george zimmerman had with his wife, and you will hear them yourself how they talk about the money and their future nest. we report. you decide. a teacher accused of organizing a slap attack against an accused six-year-old bully. six-year-old kindergarten bully with fellow kindergarteners lining up to smack him around. >>

van der sloot is facing charges in connection with the disappearance of natalee holloway.secutors want him to stand trial in the u.s. holloway disappeared in aruba in 2005. >>> the man accused of killing himself committing a gruesome murder could be back in canada in a week. mary has more. >> reporter: we want to warn everybody at home. the details of the story are very graphic. luca minatta will not fight extradition back to canada. that's where he's accused of recording himself stabbing someone to death and dismembering the body. he allegedly sent body parts in the mail. in a video online, he also seemed to eat parts of the remain. s. after the gruesome crime, he -- fled to germany. >> he will have to go before a german court for an extradition hearing, once canada formally requests that he be returned for trial. >>> a traveler finds an unusual note inside her bag. christine sloan has the story. where's what happened here at newark liberty international airport has passengers talking. >> this is a personal choice of everybody. >> reporter: a female traveler, who identifi

she disappeared much like natalee holloway off the face of the earth. obviously suspect the slug, right? >> there he is. >> bill: all right. now they can't charge him. they don't have enough evidence. there is no body. they don't know where she is. gee dan know comes back to the united states and sues american express for what? >> for 3.5 million saying hey, american express you should have given me my 1.5 million which was travel insurance. >> bill: who had an insurance policy. >> he took it out on himself and her travelers insurance policy. >> bill: he buys american express insurance policy on her and him. >> this woman he just met on the internet. >> bill: set beneficiary if something happens to her and she is if something happens to him. >> he said she disappeared snorkeling maybe she is a victim of human trafficking. he goes to american express two days after she was missing and says show me the money. the policy is you have to wait a year. coming up august 2nd. sad thing is he is going to get the cash. >> bill: they haven't charged him. >> he migh

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the 24-year-old is wanted in connection with to the 2005 disappearance of alabama teenager natalee hollowaytion underway for the trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. sandusky, of course, accused of sexually abusing ten boys over several years. some of those alleged victims are expected to testify during his trial. lawyers right now, they're concerned about whether or not an impartial jury can be seated in this very small and tight community. some of the jurors may be summoned from other areas. testimony expected to get underway monday. >>> it is a race second only to the presidential campaign in national interest. wisconsin voters go to the polls today to decide whether to recall governor scott walker. walker made national news last year when he stripped government workers of their collective bargaining rights. that decision led to that huge recall effort. polls show the race is tied between republican walker and democratic milwaukee mayor tom barrett. california, you'll recall is the last state to replace the governor through a recall election. >>> well, look

faces extortion and mail fraud charges in alabama in connection with the unsolved disappearance of nataleemain in jail for at least a week before the judge from his case returns from vacation. that's when defense attorneys hope to argue new bail be set in the case. meanwhile, donations to his legal defense fund continue to pour in at a pretty impressive clip. abc's matt gutman has more now from sanford, florida. >> reporter: george zimmerman emerged from hiding sunday, a little heavier and wearing a bulletproof vest beneath that plaid shirt. he'd been ordered back to jail friday after the prosecution revealed his wife had hidden more than $100,000 in donations to his legal defense website. >> the defendant's wife lied to this court. she stated she had no money when, in fact, the records show she did. >> reporter: back in april, the zimmermans told the court they were broke when, in fact, they were raking in the cash. abc news has learned that by now, zimmerman has raised an estimated $230,000 in donations. and one night alone after a plug from fox's sean hannity, over $60,000 came pouring

before he can be extradited.he faces extortion charges ii this country related to the disappearance f natalee his conviction in peru. pfrmer baltimore raven jamal lewis is scheduled to be in court in atlanta today for a bankruptcy hearing.lewis filed for bankruptcy in aprii.... listing 14-and-a half million dollars in assets and more than ten million ollarr in ddbts.the runnnng back retired in 2009 after nine seasons with the ravens and cleveland brrwns. &pjury selection continues today... in thh awsuit between actors stephen baldwin and kevin costnnr. baldwii is suing costner over invvstments each of them made in a device that b-p used to help with its cleannup efforts after its massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. thee llwsuit alleges costner, aad a businnss partner trickedd baldwin and a friend... out of their share of an 18-million dollar deal. b-p used the oil-separating evice disastee. "octomom" nadya suleman is picking up a new gig... s a st. confirms the mother of 11 will be performing at florida club... from july 11th to july 14th... where sheell appear topless.sources say... ii'

how you can use your power and your influence to impact the politics of this nation on behalf of natalee the president of the united states, but for all people who should be -- not only the president of the united states, but for all people who should be voting. without voting, there would be no democracy. i am pleased that you see this as a part of your responsibility, as something you can have great influence with. having said that, i want to point to a conversation that i just had with reverend jesse jackson. rev. jesse jackson has played an interesting role in the politics of this country for many years, particularly registering young people to vote and registering large numbers of people to vote for years now. and he has an interesting way of connecting with young people. i find myself sometimes feeling as if i am talking at young people rather than connecting with them. but in this conversation that i have recently, i'd better understood why he connects. when he talked to young people, he talked about trayvon martin and he wanted to know what they cared about, what they understood,

. >>> mother of missing teen natalee holloway is suing the "national enquirer."d false headlines and articles about the unsolved case in the seven years since her daughter disappeared during a class trip to aruba. holloway was declared legally dead in january. an attorney for the parent company said he hadn't seen the complaint but these suits are normally without merit. >>> a brazen thief swiped a salvador dali painting from a shopping mall and stuffed it in a shopping bag. it was valued at $150,000. >>> what's trending today. a roundup what has you talking online. former "kate plus eight" is trending after apologizing to his ex-over their bitter breakup three years ago. he tells people he shares the blame for the way their marriage ended and he regrets the way he behaved in public afterwards. this vintage video posted on youtube shows how one superstar's talent was already becoming evident two decades ago. ♪ >> that is colombian singer shakira. her hair might lie but her dance moves don't. >>> prepare to have a whole new song stuck in your head for the foreseea

. >>> the mother of a missing american teen natalee holloway is suing the "national enquirer."ublished false headlines and articles about the unsolved case in the seven years since her daughter disappeared during a class trip to aruba. holloway was declared legally dead in january. an attorney for the "national enquirer's" parent company said he had not seen the complaint but said these suits are generally without merit. >>> new york city police are searching for this brazen art thief who they say swiped a salvador dali painting from a gallery wall in manhattan on tuesday and stuffed it into a shopping bag. the small watercolor is valued at $150,000. >>> now for a look at what is trending the day, our quick roundup of what has you talking online. john and kate plus eight jon gosselin is trending after apologizing to his ex over their bitter breakup three years ago. he says he shares the blame for the way their marriage ended and regrets the way he behaved in public. >>> one superstar's talent was already becoming evident two decades ago. ♪ >> that is colombian singer shakira as

he faces extortion charges in this country relating to the disappear an of natalee holloway. >>> thisouse call"" a new connection between autism and fever during pregnancy. a new study shows women spiking high fevers during pregnancy and don't treat them appear to be twice as likely to are a child with autism as mothers who treated their fevers. while scientists were able to tie the fever and autism together, they could not figure out when exactly during pregnancy untreated fevers were the most dangerous. >>> long-acting reversible forms of birth control are the most effective, according to an article published in "the new england journal of medicine." they found iuds, under the skin implants and injections had a failure rate of less than 1%. birth control pills, patches and rings had a more than 9% failure rate. >>> and new yorkers saying fat chance to mayor bloomberg's proposal to ban the sale of supersized sugar drinks. a new york maris poll polled new yorkers and 53% called a pan on sugary beverages 16 ounces or better a bad idea. if the mayor gets his way, new york would be the f

he faces extorsion charges here in the united states related to the disappearance of natalee hollowayconviction in peru. >>> kickoff weekend is still three months away but the nfl plans to start hiring and training possible replacement officials after contract talks between the league and the referees beak down. they attempted it twice. they expect a new collective bargaining agreement in time for the season but that optimism may be waning. new demands by the officials led to the suspension of the talks. >>> and get a load of this, behold, she is a vision in wax. actress betty white meeting her wax figure as it was unveiled at madam tusseau's. she is the oldest celebrity to be honored with a wax figure to which she of course had the best equip of the day. here's what she said. would it have killed them to do this 50 years earlier, before gravity took over? man, she is an icon, isn't she? >> incredibly witty. >> good statue. >> it looks just like her. even her posture. >> i love these unveilings when the celebrity stands beside the wax figure and doesn't move. you have to guess. >> whi

her name is natalee plumber.nt the entire night in jail for holding up this sign warning drivers that police were pulling people over for speeding. there was a speed trap ahead. police initially said she was obstructing justice. was she? let's ask trial attorney pilar prin. and former prosecutor joey jackson. joey i'll start with you with a disclosure. i once got in trouble for feeding someone else's meter. a meter maid got really angry. i was trying to help other people. how is that a crime? >> a crime of gross proportions, throw her away for life. no, listen. here is the point, the point we have to remember is speed kills and as a result of that the police have a very difficult job. what is that? to insure that the safety of the public is protected, that our families are protected, our husbands, wives, children, grandparents, our parents. you don't need people out there impeding that activity. how is she impeding it? because she is out in public and in essence trying to warn people that, you know, and that furt

says convicted killer joran van der sloot can be extradited to the united states to be tried in the nataleeut he's got to finish serving out his sentence there in peru first. he's serving 28 years for the murder of stephanie flores. and real life courtroom drama playing out between two actors over who stood to earn a fortune for helping clean up the b.p. oil spill in the gulf. steven baldwin the actor claims kevin costner the actor and costner's business partner cheated steven baldwin out of an $18 million deal. both expected to testify in the two week trial. game on. gretch? >> thank you, steve. the teachers union probably doesn't want you to see this. their own members supporting wisconsin governor now scott walker. >> people are looking at it in the short term. if people would take a second and look at the whole picture, where wisconsin was, where we are and where we can possibly go, i think all of us will fight. >> it's like anything else, we only have so much money coming in. if we're looking to really truly use that money and we want to use that for kids, we need to put our money wher