owen thomas had never been diagnosed with a concussion. >> we were hopeful that this 21-year-old who'd been playing 12 years, that they would show that, you know, you need more than 12 years to get this disease; you need some more... you need real concussions to get this disease. but owen's case kind of opened up a huge, dark world. >> it was like this could happen to anybody. anybody who's playing this game, this could happen, this could be the result. the question is, when does this start? is this a process that starts much earlier in life than we are used to be thinking about? ( marching band playing ) >> narrator: despite the public discussion about its health risks, more kids play football than any other sport-- over a million across the country. a quarter of the boys at shiloh are on the football team. >> it's another great opportunity this week. we get to play the team that's the number one team in the country. >> narrator: last season, shiloh was invited to compete in one of the premier match-ups in high school football... >> the burger king national kickoff classic... >> narra

. >>> in tennessee, thomas owens, a former democratic candidate for u.s. senate has been arrested in connection with an alleged murder for hire plot. he's charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill his uncle who is a deputy sheriff in carter county. >>> millions of reactions to miley cyrus and her performance at the video awards including the words obscene. grover norquist has his own special take saying, quite, miley cyrus is mightily annoying but politicized cosh rupgs of the irs, that is obscene. >>> scott brown tweeted from a concert where he had a special guitar and got to play with the band on stage. that's pretty cool. >>> for decades hurricanes have been given names like andrew and sandy. now a group called climate name change wants to name severe storms after those who deny climate change. >> senator marco rubio is expected to pound the eastern seaboard. windows are being boarded up and grocery stores are empty. >> michele bachmann is on the way. specifically the eye of michele bachmann will be hitting florida in a few hours. >> can you imagine

thomas ken owens was arrested after he paid $500 for a down payment for a hit on his own uncle. uncle is a minister and is also a local sheriff's deputy. owen s a former local news reporter and finished seventh in the democratic primary for the u.s. senate from tennessee last year. did i say bizarre. >>> in next story could have you shaking your head in disbelief. the church group feeds the homeless in the same spot for six years until this weekend, the police said you hand out those biscuits and we'll arrest you. it's not a joke. does the church have any recourse and what about the city. what's their response to this? details coming up. weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly evolve to meet your needs. every day of the week. centurylink® your link to what's next. >>> if you're