funded by paul allen, co-founder of microsoft, the allen array uses radio telescopes to eavesdrop on signals that are being created either naturally or engineered far beyond this planet. >> reporter: so far, not a peep. hmm. in that case, i guess we better keep watching the skies. for "today," keith miller, nbc news, london. >> you a believer? >> listen, i've lived in new york and los angeles a lot of my life so i believe in aliens. but yeah. >>> still ahead -- i'm going to get letters. >> yes, you are. >>> a special labor day concert. >> yes, you are. >>> a special labor day concert. sean kingston coming up. sits on top of skin, almost as if you're wearing it. only new dove deep moisture has nutriummoisture, a breakthrough formula with natural moisturizers... that can nourish deep down. it's the most effective natural nourishment ever. new dove deep moisture with nutriummoisture. superior natural nourishment for your skin. you can learn to switch off hungry. join weight watchers now and get a free month of meetings... and all you'll need is 45 minutes a week to turn hungry off... an

. >>> paul is out, allen is -- paula is out, ellen is in. she'll be the forth american idol judge.ow, degenerous admits she lacks formal music training but says she's got a passion for tune. the next season of amer pr iersin january. idol premiers in january. s > and momslikeme.com, meer are chatting about the id ol switch. join in sidisc goto momslikeme.com. click on the discussion's tab and scroll down to as seen on nine new mouse. >>> chaos and cancellations. that's the headline from the proposed michael jackson global tribute concert. jermaine jackson is now having trouble making good on the acts he promised for the september 26 gig. two of the supposed headliners, mary j.blige says she's out. natalie cole says she's iffy if she'll be a part of it too. >>> featuring the proposals for all of them will air on this sunday. mtv says they will air the excerpts that is for michael jackson, this is it during their video awards program. janet jackson will also pay tribute to her late brother during the show at radio city music hall in new york. >>> all right, we have all heard about cr

. >> paul: one other medical note tonight: accused swindler allen stanford is back in a texas prison after being hospitalized last week with a racing pulse. doctors say stanford has a circulation problem in his leg, which can be fixed by surgery. stanford took sick just hours before he was slated to appear in court in houston. he's accused of masterminding a $7 billion fraud involving certificates of deposits and an offshore bank in antigua. he says he's innocent of all the charges. >> susie: ebay is cutting losses on its skype experiment. it's selling a 65% stake in the internet phone service to private investors. the price: about $2 billion. that's far less than the $3.1 billion that ebay paid for skype in 2005. the buyer: an investment group including silver lake partners and netscape founder marc andreessen. ebay will now be able to focus on its core online auction business and its successful paypal electronic payment service. ebay originally hoped auction customers would use skype's calling and chatting services to buy and sell goods, but, paul, as you know, that never happened.

former navy coach paul johnson has them running it to perfection. anthony allen yards down the sidelines, 5 rushes, 127 yards, 7-0 tech. a punt and this is not exactly the way they had diagramed it. parente takes it 85 yards back the other way. georgia tech was up 14-0. then late in the half on the fake field goal, blair, the kicker, to thomas, clemson stormed back, made it a game, but tech wins on a late field goal, 30-27. >>> and finally, unbc soccer hosting the kick-off classic against st. francis. fupaw to bowls in front for that great first touch spin and finish. a pair of goals. the unbc wins 3-1. they're 4-0 for the first time in a decade. castle men won today. >> lots of football. >> that time of year again. >> a lot of people are excited that the season is here. >> i can't wait until sunday. >> you'll be be there, too. >>> we'll be right back. . >>> heavy rain overnight but things should start clearing up tomorrow and then the weekend looking pretty good. >> that's a good thing. that's all for us tonight. thanks for watching. you can follow all the stori

. >> reporter: after a massive man hunt, phillip allen paul was captured 15 miles outside of goldendale concern because i don't feel that he's in a good mental state right now. >> reporter: paul is a 47-year-old criminally insane murderer who was allowed to go on a field trip in street clothes to all places the spokane county fair. he slipped the chaperone and wandered into families who had no idea such a field trip was going on. the mental hospital didn't call authorities for help for two hours. >> it's frustrating we weren't put on notice immediately. >> reporter: he had been committed by reason of insanity for the 1987 killing of an eld most state hospitals allow supervised outings but the key is determining who should go and how they should be handled. an employee's union official said it never should have happened because hospital staff warned supervisor washington's secretary of social and health services has now ordered a critical incident review of the event and an immediate lockdown on future outings at any of the state's three mental hospitals. now that paul is in custody, sta

paul, please welcome podiatric surgeon dr. allen selner and co-hosts mimi umidon and stuart pankin. [cheers and applause] >> stuart: hello, twin cities! wow! >> mimi: and you all have walkfits in your shoes, right? [louder cheers] yeah, whoo! >> you know, it really is amazing how many people are now walking pain-free because of walkfit orthotics, people just like many of you and you at home who had foot pain and foot-related pain. we're talking leg cramps, aching knees and hips, lower back pain and it all began with their feet. walkfit orthotics went into their shoes, straightened out their feet and the other problems went away too. >> stu, you've heard me say this for years: it's alignment, alignment, alignment. you align your feet and you help align your whole body. you know, as a doctor, it is so gratifying to hear from so many patients and friends whose lives have been dramatically affected by wearing walkfits. they're up, they're out, they're golfing, walking, shopping, doing whatever they want to do pain-free. >> but you're probably all wondering what we're doing here at the m

paul talks about a night he closedp a clinton, maryland restaurant when gunfire rang out. >> this is no closure. you know, what happened to me it's never over. >> john allen muhammad is now scheduled to be executed november 10th. >>> acorn may not be getting more help from the federal government. the house voted to deny all federal funds in the gop-led strike against the scandal- tainted community organization group. this decision comes three days after the senate took similar action. the senate and house initiatives to cut funding won't take effect until the bills to which they are attached clear congress and are signed by president barack obama. acorn is under fire after two undercover are videos showing advice that amounts to tax fraud. >>> senator ben cardin wants more first-time home buyers to have more time to get that $8,000 tax credit. he is among a handful of lawmakers pushing for a six- month extension. a group introduced a bill and the tax credit is set to expire on december 1st. >>> the health care plan from max baucus is running into trouble amock some fellow democrats. many of them say they are afraid a new tax on health insurance policies w

paul says he doesn't want or need to be there. >> will i go see it? no, i won't see it. i don't want to see him die. i don't have to see him die. >> john allen muhammad is scheduleed to be executed november 10th. >>> the investigation continues into a johns hopkins university student striking down an alleged intrude we are a samurai sword. but police say they found no evidence suggesting he acted as a vigilante. the fate at confrontation happened tuesday behind a house on east university parkway in charles village. initially police reported the student heard a noise, picked up his sword and confronted the man in his detached garage. now they say johns hopkins university police had just searched the property with the student to no avail. when the student armed himself and decided to conduct a more thorough search. the officers actually heard the student cry out for his roommates to call police from a short distance away. >> this is a case of a homeowner concerned for his safety and the well being of his property. he went down to investigate an incident, with a weapon to defend himself. this is not an incident where someone went down to malici

allen muhammed now has a date with death. november 10th. muhammed is set to be executed in the commonwealth of virginia. paul ebert is the prince william county prosecutor who put muhammed on death row. >> i don't take any pride in obtaining the death penalty for anybody. i often said the death penalty is reserved for the worst of the worst. he caused a lot of problems, a lot of heartache to people from which they'll never recover. >> at the time there was a lot of anger. i would have killed him with my bare hands then, if i could have. seven years go bynd it's different. you can't hold all that anger for all that time. >> that is one of the surviving victims of the sniper. he was attacked outside his restaurant in clinton. you were shot five times? >> yep. >> reporter: you were on the edge of death? >> oh, yeah. i was close. pretty close. >> reporter: it was one of the most horrific serial acts of violence in the history of washington crime. october 2002. everyday people doing ordinary thin things, shot and killed for no apparent reason. a cabbie pumping gas. a man mowing the grass. a woman leaving a home d

allen mohammed now has a date with death, november 10th. mohammed is set to be executed in the commoealth of virginia. paul ebert is the prince william county prosecutor who put mohammed on death row. >> i don't take any pride in obtaining the death penalties for anybody. i often said the death penalty is reserved for the worst of the worst, but mr. allen falls in that category. i said that from the get-go as i said he caused a lot of problems, a lot of heartache to people from which they'll never recover. >> at the time there was a lot of anger. i wouldave killed him with my bare hands then, if i could have. you know seven years go by and it's different. you can't hold all tha anger all that time. >> reporter: that is paul. he is one of the surviving victims of the snipers. he was attacked outside his restaurant in clinton. you were shot five times? >> yep. >> reporter: you were on the edge of death. >> yeah. i was close, pretty close. >> reporter: it was one of the most horrific serial acts of violence in the history of washington crime. october 2002. everyday people doing ordinary things shot and killed

allen muhammad is set to be executed november 10th in virginia. in 2002, he masterminded a shooting spree that killed ten people and injured four more. paulas one of the survivors. he was shot five times outside his restaurant in clinton. >> if you could say one thing to muhammad before he died? >> i'd probably say god bless you. i hope in the next life -- >> this has been a hard struggle for you coming back? >> sure. sure. >> muhammad's lawyer says he will appeal to the u.s. supreme court and ask virginia governor tim kaine for clemency. >> budget cuts may soon leave some d.c. public schoolteachers out of a job. school chancellor michelle rhee says up to $40 million may be cut from the school system. that would likely lead to layoffs and bigger class sizes. rhee hasn't said how many of e system's 3,800 teachers would have to be let go. 900 of them were just hired over the summer. the washington teachers union president says cuts could be devastateding. >>> i'll ask mayor adrian fenty about these cuts and why they're coming now, just weeks into the start of the school year. >> you ma i be able to pack a gun in your bag the next team you u