we had given in to a plea for a nintendo game.ed at first like just another toy so we said sure, why not. my husband usually got home first and pick up the kids at school or took over for the nanny. between my academic responsibilities and practice and being on call my schedule was more pact than my orthopedic surgeon husband. and also less predictable. babies come whenever they want to but hip replacements can be scheduled weeks or months in advance. they were downstairs on the family room playing with other electronic games. what are you doing? nothing. no hello, no nod or reaction whatsoever. they sat they're mesmerized by their nintendo. all they could see was the monitor and electronic image of the red car opinion of around the animated track. i wasn't thrilled to be treated by my own children as if i didn't exist so i stepped in front of the monitor. get out of the way. as i made my you term behind them and saw how entranced the work i wondered how such a game could possibly be good for them. i went back downstairs and i tol

nintendo said it's slashing the price of the motion-controlled sensor. wii gaming will be slashed. nintendo also said it will release a new console to succeed the wii, sometime next year. >>> a sunny summer day is great for a game of baseball, especially if you're a pitcher. hitters and pitchers seem to be playing better, depending on the weather. turns out batting averages go up when the sun goes behind the clouds. and pitchers do better on sunny days. the research is published in the journal of weather, climate and society. >> this was a study over a number of years. [ laughter ] >> mom, guess what i'm going to be doing. i'm going to be studying baseball. >>> the sun is trying to peek out on a cloudy afternoon. >> bob juicy johnsonville sausage. made with only premium cuts of pork since 1945. johnsonville. sausage is all we do. >>> there's a little bit of blue here and dollar, but not much. >> i was going to say yesterday, we didn't know whether to turn on the heat. yesterday was the air conditioning. this morning, it was freezing out to 40s this morni

nintendo is offering the wii now in a package that cuts the price to less than $150. i love that., you can get the white or black nintendo wii, and a copy of mario cart with a black or white steering wheel for the game. it goes on sale may 15th. nintendo will sell the newly priced wii along with the current $199.99 wii system with sports games and so inventory runs out before the summer and now to barbie suites. would you stay in a barbie dream suite hotel? would you pay more money for it? more hotels are doing just that. and our partners at "usa today" report that they can charge you up to 50% more for children's fantasy icon rooms such as barbie, shrek and snow white. and they're doing this more often, more hotels are moving to these types of rooms. >> it is apparently working. >> apparently people like it. >> the types of hotel rooms outside of theme parks and whatever. >> absolutely. >> paris. >> you know. there you go. you want to go to paris and stay in the barbie suite, you can, nowadays. >> how about that. thank you, jess. >> today on capitol hill, there will be a free scr

they sat there like little zombies, mesmerized by their nintendo.uld see was the monitor and the electronic image of a red racing car pinging around an animated blue track. i wasn't thrilled to be treated by my own children as if i didn't exist, so i stepped in front of the monitor. move, mom, came their urgent plea, get out of the way! i did as he asked, but as i made my u-turn behind them and saw how entranced woody and kimmy were, i wondered how such a game could possibly be good for them. i didn't want nintendo to turn our children's mind into mush. he smiled and told me to relax. it's just a game, and kids need to play games. he had a point. it's a game, kids need to play games, but did they have to play that game? just as i'd done in my studies and my career, i'd fallen back on my parents' wisdom when raising my children. they always thought years ahead to how their daughter's childhood activities could help or hinder as adult. so i tried to think ahead too. one day they'd be applying for college. no matter how adept they'd become at it, ninte

gaaees are buzzing that thh price rop may mean a -3 new product froo nintendo is product at a video gamem has details next in sports unlimited... &p3 3 [ pilot #1 ] everybody gets excited when southwest announces a new nonstop. [ pilot #2 ] we like to look out the window and see new places. we love to fly. and we really love to fly to new destinations. [ male announcer ] starting june 5th fly southwest airlines' new nonstop service from bwi airport to new york newark for just $69 one way. we have the best window office in the world. and the best job -- making sure people get where they need to go faster and better. [ laughs ] nice! [ ding ] 3 .the orioles look tt counce bacc aater two consecutive deffats.. defeats.. 3 bruce cunningham jjins us now witt sports unlimited... unlimited... 3 3 3 &p3&p.coming up tooight oonsportt unliiiied...orioles-royals higglightssfrom kaycce... 3& .lots of othee news, too... jordan williams has officially &pput college park in the rear view mirror..we'll have full ddtails..coppin state's legeedary head man will bb back for at leaat the next coupleeseasoos.

. >> nintendo is cutting prices on its wii system and game.ow much you will save on your next purchase. >> i am going willingly. >> that is sarah caldwell being arrested, very kindly. why she needs your help to bail her out. the great cause that will benefit from her freedom. >> showers and cooler temperatures in the area this afternoon. we're looking for a sunny forecast at least for a day or so. some sun breaking through the clouds and the temperature is crawling up to 60 degrees. the winds are gusting up to 26 miles an hour. taiex good afternoon. police are investigating an action. a bizarre chain of events that sent a crossing guard to shock trauma. an inside look at the rate that discovered osama bin laden and why the president decided not to release pictures of the body. we will these stories for you [ male announcer ] dandruff, meet micro-beads. any last wishes? new selsun blue deep cleansing micro-bead scrub goes to the source wiping out flakes before they flake. new selsun blue deep cleansing. x no handcuffs or anything? >> sarah cald

nintendo is dropping the price of the week from $200 down to $150.he point to throw in mario kart for free when you buy the wheat after may 15th. they're doing this because they're coming out with the new consol next year and the deal will help them move inventory. in other news, santa clara based intel had a press conference today announced a major breakthrough in computer chip development. they committed a new kind of computer chip that will make future computers and other devices faster, smaller, cheaper and more environmentally friendly. anything that uses intel chips will benefit. we're talking about desktop computers, laptops, notebooks, smartphones and tablets. all of these devices will operate faster in come in smaller packages. remember the whole i phone tracking and storing user's location fiasco? today apple released an update for apple bones that fixes the issue. just think your i device to your computer and open i teens and the update will happen automatically. that's your tech headlines, gabe slate kron 4 news. >>pam:don't miss kron 4 e

. >>> number 3, great news for gamers, nintendo will drop the price, it will only cost $150 and come in either black or white and it will also come with the mario cart game and the wii wheel accessory. >>> number 2 is a warning for sony play station gamers. hackers have the personal information of more than 100 million accounts, everything from names and addresses to billing history. sony may offer complimentary downloads to protect people from fishing scams and other attacks. >>> apple is updating its iphone to cut do cut down on the amount of time to where they know your whereabouts. congress is also investigating and wants to know why the company is having these security issues. >>> and that's a look at tonight's fox 5 top 5. will, back over to you. >>> coming up next, an incredible honor for a local man. he described what it's like to perform to royalty. >>> first, hollywood heavyweights coming to the commonwealth. steven spiel burg will film his anticipated barack obama lincoln movie abraham movie in virginia. the movie comes out next year. a berg

we have all these things like the tv and music and all these nintendo coming onto this table, holding pressure on these things that are trying to hold us and keep us together, and that's really making it hard. it's really a tough, trying time for us because part of us want to say, "no, i'm sukpik. i'll stay that way," or "i want to be a little modern." you get pulled in two ways. it's really hard. it causes a lot of, uh... i don't know, just confusion. [narrator] the people of nanwalek have survived the onslaught of russian and then american control. the people here are beginning to reclaim their history. they have not suffered from modern problems, such as alcoholism, that many other small communities across alaska have. some communities on the kenai peninsula were virtually destroyed, their memories obliterated. one such group is the kenaitze indian tribe. they are dena'ina people-- a branch of the athabaskan native americans. it was his job to teach me to hunt. i was born in kenai right here in 1923-- born and raised here. [narrator] clare swan is chairperson of the tribe. i just l

. >> if you're about to buy nintendo wii don't wait because they are dropping the price down to $150.art for free when you buy it after may 15th. they are doing it because they are coming out with the new consoles next year. good news for a batch of lovers, intel had a press conference announcing a breakthrough in computer chip development. creating a new kind of computer chip that will make future computers faster, smaller, cheaper, more environmentally friendly. anything using intel chips would benefit from this, laptops, smart phones, tablets. all devices will operate faster and come in smaller packages. remember the iphone tracking and storing user location fiasco, apple released an update that fixes the whole issue. . you can go to itunes and secure iphone and yet they will happen yo. >> darya: let's do a bridge check gm the approach to the bay bridge, we do have a lot of sunshine. san mateo bridge you can see traffic is moving well, visibility is great, at the golden gate bridge our nicest shot of the day, traffic is moving well. i [ male announcer ] edmunds.com says that lexus

the announcement followed last night's news that nintendo is launching a new system. >>> and some could find it extreme, but a doctor in philadelphia thinks he has found a new tool in the fight to lose weight. a diet patch, but in the case it is a diet patch stitched to your tongue. it makes it uncomfortable to eat solid food and is combined with an 800-calorie a day liquid diet, and designed to stay in place for four to six weeks. other doctors say it could cause swelling and injuries. >>> and if you want to lift your mood, strenuous exercise helps more than other exercise. in the study, people's moods were not right much better right after the tough workout, but their moods lifted a lot 20 minutes after they finished. that didn't happen with lighter exercise. >>> stay with us, news ahead, including what could be suspicions that may end up being thrown out. >>> and record warmth today, we'll talk about that. and the temperature tomorrow, how warp it will be. i'll have the specific forecast for your neighborhood bree: sis, help me create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, i

this will work with other nintendo games as well.io cart it will work with. >> we have played it with mario cart. it's extremely fun and athletic. >> exactly. that's the key, too. it gets kids active. fun! >> thank you for showing it to us early. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> your exercise gadget friday. it will come out late june. >> sounds good. you won't just hang your coat on that one. we are wrapping up may around the bay tour. bob, you have been speck tack lor out there. amy has been the producer. it takes a big team to put this on. smurfette. out papa smurf. smurfette,rosalie,g to be ath4 eo diablo valley high. they have a movie coming out july eoth 53 they have a movie coming out july eoth 53 providing our ride out of here. really? try it. ] [ mr. mehta ] honey, toubrown sugar, crunchy clusters -- any cardboard? cardboard no, delicious yes. so where's the fiber? maybe it's in the honey clusters. [ male announcer ] fiber one. cardboard no, delicious yes.

the nintendo select game will retail for $90.wer prices become available may 13. >> a study projects summer employment rate to be 20%. that's the lowest since the end of world war ii. the report says a slow recovery in the job market is responsible for the low employment expectations. >> a time for the look back and the look ahead on the week on wall street. deborah kostroun has the weekend bloomberg business report. good news. your loved ones probably not sparing much expense. the average person is planning to spend 10% more on gifts this year than they did last year. that's an average of $140. smart phones and tablets are on the police this year. the plan is to get you to your destination in good spirits. southwest serving free drinks to moms on all its flights sunday. and free greeting cards to those who may have neglected to pick one up. affecting millions of network accounts. sony offering each american a policy to cover legal expenses and lost wages after data was stolen. stony hiring a monitoring service. >> if you are thi

. >>> nintendo is slashing the cost to just under $150. the $50 price cut starts may 15th.game system won't come with wii sports any longer, but will be bundled with the hit game mario cart instead and a steering wheel. pretty cool. >>> well, there might be something behind nba player lebron james' explosive plays. the miami heat star is a co-founder of a company unveiling a new brand of energy strips. sheets energy strips claim to have the caffeine comparable to what's found in a cup of coffee and dissolve on the tongue. several celebrities are involved in this launch. the strips are expected to be available by the end of the year. >>> steven spielberg plans to shoot a new movie in the commonwealth of virginia. >>> mariah carey and nick cannon reveal the names of their twins and they're unique. >> you know that bacon that's, like, maple -- >> the maple kind, yeah. >> i took that out. >> dogs love to eat and this video has gone viral. we'll show you the rest of it. stay with us. we're with you when you're saving for your dreams. [ woman ] when you want a bank that travels w

the iphone 4 named the fastest selling portable gaming system beating out sony's psp and nintendo's dse app store named most popular application marketplace. weigh in, crazy or couture, the hat worn by britain's princess beatrice to last month's royal wedding is going more than you see it there, $18,000 on ebay. there are just six days left to bid. our question of the day, is college worth it? a majority of americans say it's no longer affordable. what do you think? e-mail us at cnn.com/am, give us a tweet @cnn a.m. we'll read through your comments later this hour. "american morning" will be back after this break. he most amazing thing you ever saw? ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. ♪ let's see you fly now! [ laughs ] look, more frequent flyer red tape. not on my watch. let that family fly! [ tires screech ] i just wanted to use miles to take my family on vacati