>> harry potter. you have fought valiantly. >> reporter: hands down, it's expected to be that little wizard. worth his weight in gold. why "harry potter?" >> well, harry potter is the end of an era. the highest-grossing franchise of all-time. by the time they are finished, "deathly hallows part 2," this franchise will be over $7 billion worldwide. >> reporter: this time, harry potter won't be the only one wearing glasses. >> harry potter will be in 3d for the first time. >> reporter: last year, the gimmick of 3d, led by "avatar" and "alice in wonderland," helped push profits up, even while attendance was down. >> last summer was the highest grossing summer of all time with $4.35 billion in revenue. so, that's the good news, right? bad news is, it was the lowest attended summer since 1997. >> reporter: because they jacked up the price of movie tickets? >> the pricing. because of higher ticket prices due to 3d and other various things raising the ticket price, it -- >> reporter: sheer greed. this summer

website potter more.com and is signed by harry potter author j.k. rowling. by clicking on the owls, there is a youtube page by j.k. rowling with a countdown clock. a spokesperson says it's not a new book and not directly related to the final potter movie which comes out next month. >> camped out to save their homes. next at 5:00 a.m., workshop today where thousands of struggling homeowners hope to walk away with more affordable mortgages. pg&e's campaign let customers to stay green but is the utility

para todos los fanticos de harry potter que esperan otro libro...todavia hay esperanza!...do la escritora j. k. rowling...quien en febrero publico un mensaje en donde anunciaba que pronto tendramos mas de harry potter...ahora podemos encontrar en su canal de youtube un conteo regresivo que indica que tan solo faltan 6 dias para el gran anuncio...sera que muy pronto tendremos un octavo libro de harry potter???...ojala que asi sea... en los ltimos dias han surguido fuertes rumores de que kate del castillo y su esposo aaron daz enfrentaban una crisis matrimonial...t ras su participacin en "la reina del sur" se reg como plvora que la actriz mexicana tena ms que una relacin profesional con su compaÑero ivn sanchz, mejor conocido como "el gallego"...pue s kate y aaron, a quienes no les gusta ventilar su vida privada, decidieron ponerle fin a estos rumores publicando estas fotos en twitter en donde kate deja bien claro quien es el amor de su vida...que tal? otra que tuvo que salir a aclarar las cosas fue thala...ya que en los ltimos das han sido varios los rumores que han corrido

no new harry potter book today. with lots of new material for potter fans looking for a fix. the creator of the world's most tricks up her sleeve. >> i'm thrilled to say that i am now in a position to give you something unique. an online reading experience unlike any other. it's called potter morph. >> reporter: an online game, interactive game through the harry potter universe, users with magical games can find new writing from rowling. fans can learn their own line and assigned houses at hogwarts. it's free but also the only place you can purchase potter ebooks for the first time. rowling kept devoted fans under a spell and in the dark for weeks with teasers on the mysterious website. a couple of owls stood guard over the promise "coming soon." it linked to a countdown clock announcement would go global. the seven-book potter series sold 450 million copies worldwide and counting, and then of course, there's the movie franchise, a decade of hogwarts in hollywood. seven movies have grossed $6.4 billion at the box of

[laughter] trevor potter, thank you so much. attorney trevor potter. we'll be right back.cheers and applause] >> stephen: welcome back. [cheers and applause] welcome back, everybody. [cheers and applause] folks, i'm sure many of you are surprised we're back at all.ç if you remember christian preacher and california raisin harold camping predicted that on may 21st, the world would end and all human life would be destroyed, except for the holy, who would be raptured to heaven. but apparently, earth refused to explode before it could see "the hangover: part 2." [laughter] like many of you, i made my preparations -- turned off the oven, gave up on beard hygiene, and bid farewell to my hell-bound neighbors in spray-paint on their garage door. [laughter] which reminds me, i've got to return that spray paint to my other neighbor. of course, the people who counted on the anguish of armageddon feel a little cheated. jim? >> fitzpatrick, a 60-year-old retiree had put his money where his faith is spending $140,000, almost everything he has, on hundreds of billboards proclaiming the

and watching harry potter grow up. the last film in the magical series hits theaters this summer. why twice >>> watching harry potter blow up, the last film in the magical series hits theaters this summer. why parents may want to think twice before letting kids watch it. >>> it is 8:00 on this rainy saturday morning, june 4. thanks for joining us. i'm anne mackovic. >> i'm jim bernard, in to take a look at the rain showers across the bay today. doesn't exactly feel like june, does it? >> no, not at all! it's not just a little bit. it's a lot of rain. >> we're looking at long-time records possibly falling here today, as we take a look outside, finding rain spreading throughout the bay area today. rather well-formed frontal system for this time of year, bringing, dare i say, copious amounts of rain into the bay as of about 5:00 a.m. this morning, half of an inch of rain fallen across the bay area. for most locations, a little more, of course. up in the highcountry, taking a quick look at rainfall records for june in san francisco for this date, the record is 0.49 inches. as of 4:00

harry potter author j.k. rowling will soon unveil her latest venture and all we know so far is that it's called "pottermore" and it won't be a book. the site has few details, but links to a countdown clock marking the days and hours until the launch. >> susie: tom, media watchers are speculating the big announcement will be about some sort of online "harry potter" experience. >> tom: we're not quite there yet for the harry potter books but we will be in just a short few years, susie. that is that's "nightly business report" for friday, june 17. i'm tom hudson. goodnight, everyone and goodnight to you too, susie. >> susie: good night, tom and have a great weekend. i'm susie gharib goodnight, everyone. we hope to see all of you again next week. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org 

harry potter is going digital. the author unveiled pottermore this morning and promises to immerse users in world of wizard. combining computer game, social networking and an online store. she has written 18,000 words of new material for the site. pottermore goes livejuly 31. she also said the seven potter novels will be sold as ebooks starting in october. >> she held out for a whale but looks like she got it now. >> yeah. >> we have cooler weather. >> yeah. absolutely. the temperatures are not in 90s anymore. this is churchill downs in louisville, kentucky. check this out. can you see the damage there? i know it's night but hard to see the five barn. there you go. five barns torn out from the cinder block wall. fefell, because of the tornado. 125-mile-per-hour winds. only on the ground for three minutes. it travelled 1.2 miles. had 125-mile-per-hour winds. only 120 yards wide. interesting that, when you see a land mark like that. get hit by a tornado you know nothing is sacred when it comes to tornadoes. back at h

harry potter is going digital.he author unveiled pottermore this morning and promises to immerse users in world of wizard. combining computer game, social networking and an online store. she has written 18,000 words of new material for the site. pottermore goes live july 31. she also said the seven potter novels will be sold as ebooks starting in october. >> she held out for a whale but looks like she got it now. >> yeah. >> we have cooler weather. >> yeah. absolutely. the temperatures are not in 90s anymore. this is churchill downs in louisville, kentucky. check this out. can you see the damage there? i know it's night but hard to see the five barn. there you go. five barns torn out from the cinder block wall. fell, because of the tornado. 125-mile-per-hour winds. only on the ground for three minutes. it travelled 1.2 miles. had 125-mile-per-hour winds. only 120 yards wide. interesting that, when you see a land mark like that. get hit by a tornado you know nothing is sacred when it comes to tornadoes. back at home

it's called potter more. it's a harry potter based treasure hunt.e some new information about harry potter that she's been holding back for years. >>> time now 5:26. there's a new lawsuit tied to the fatal shooting of oscar grant. the exclusive ktvu video directly connected to this latest legal development. >> reporter: and four former law enforcement officers face a judge today. we have all the details in a live report from walnut creek. >>> plus this morning pleasanton's castle wood country club will hold its biggest event but it could be drowned out by the protesters locked out for more than a year. >>> good morning. westbound san mateo bridge looking pretty good so far. tell you more about the commute and the rest of the bay area drive coming up. >>> good morning to you. welcome back to the ktvu morning news. it's thursday june 23rd. i'm dave clark. >>> i'm pam cook. time now 5:30. steve paulson, is the weather going to be like it was yesterday? >>> it will be cooler pam, about the coast near the same. sonoma and marin coast clouds wiped out. so

for years, it's been-- long, long, long before harry potter, i would go out and speak about the three "ss." it was sexuality, swearwords, and satan. and that's been true for a very long time. people would ban-- choose to ban books. satan's been there. the other issue, beyond the three "ss," i think, is an issue about-- well, sensitivity, a fourth-- in that your book raised concerns among african-american parents who thought it was stereotypical. we also see a book like huckleberry finn being banned because of the racial epithet. what's your take on that? oh, boy, what a mess we get into with all those. i have a final paper by one of my students in chico who loves this book nappy hair, telling how wonderful this book is and how could people love a book like huckleberry finn and teach that when there's a book like nappy hair to look at? and the very same sentences where he was saying he has the right to have this book, he's saying we shouldn't have the right for huckleberry finn. the "n" word can hurt so bad that there needs to be some-- a little bit of education before you get into it.

but i'm not the potter person. >> rowling. >> yeah. okay.lum, everybody knows heidi klum, she's married to superstar seal, she's a superstar model, mega star herself. >> absolutely. >> she's got four kids and she's got the flattest stomach in the world, sort of nauseating. take a look at her new campaign. she's posing nude to promote the next series of "project runway" on bravo. she says she took it all off because she wanted to do something a little bit sexier than the previous campaigns that they've done for the show. it will be premiering on july 29th on lifetime. because they had that whole thing kind of go wrong with bravo. they're going to be on lifetime. there's going to be guest judges. kim kardashian's going to be a guest judge. so very interesting. >> yeah. >> remember how she had the baby, then she did that victoria's secret fashion show like ten minutes later? >> she's got a whole line of maternity wear. she's very successful with all her stuff. >> she still looks fabulous. she makes the rest of the mom's -- >> i'm going to check

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that's the owl in harry potter.ling has used all her money to invent magic and classes at hog warwarts will st in the fall. >> i hope it's an online pottery store. i like millions of disappointed people. that's not very nice, mark leggett. i think it would be so cool if it was a yearly festival for potter people. we'll find out in about an hour or so. i'm a huge harry potter fan, read all the books. >>> just ahead here on "world one," it has been making cars for over 70 years but saab seems to be running out of road. why? we'll tell you in a sec. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to ...get in the way. not anymore. ink introduces jot. a real time expense app that lets you track and categorize expenses on the go. so you can get back to the business you love. jot, the latest innovation from chase. only for ink customers. download at chase.com/ink and my dog bailey and i love to hang out in the kitchen. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special do

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the most important one is you. >> harry potter is going high tech.ses to imers users in a world of wizards and networking. and she says she's written 18,000 words enough material. it goes live on july 31. she says novels will be sold starting in october. >> and some folks can't get enough. >> nascar comes to infinion raceway. there is a look of 50 sprint cup crawlers, official kick off to the race. and the actual race cars are inside of those big trucks there. and it was the first ever parade to role through northern california. >> stay with us, back in a momomomomomomomomomomomomomomomo sure, pulling the mold, miew, and grime from out of the porous caverns of grout takes the right tools, but it also takes a gentle, caring touch. before you can deep clean, you learn to get a feel for its trouble spots. and hey, if you can't listen to grout, you can't truly know its wants...its needs...its dreams. ♪call 1-800-steemer. >>> coming up at 6:00 a local school zriblgt unable to protect students from violence. tonight steps it must now take to keep them safe

harry potter's author, j.k.ed website to keep the potter magic alive. our zain verjee is live in london. this is not that surprising given what a huge fan base worldwide there is important harry potter and everything harry potter. >> yeah. i'm one of them. read all the books. i don't like the slithering group. the announcement was made and this was a really big deal. basically she's announced an online reading experience. and what she said in the web announcement was that she has all this new information and new material about the harry potter world. things like the professor's love for a mugel. and i do follow all of this. the background of harry potter. all of that will be out there. the interactive -- activity thing comes where -- the audience can go online and they can pick themselves to be a certain character. they are involved in the story itself. they get sorted into houses and choose waunds and experience life and hogwarts just like harry. free until october. >> it is free. nice. >> for now you are sayin

trevor potter we'll see you tomorrow at the fec. we'll be right back.cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> stephen: thank you everybody, we will come back, folks. i just want to remind everybody that on friday july first at 8:00 pm, you can see me live at the gaillard municipal auditorium in charleston, south carolina ,to benefit the medical university of south carolina's james w. colbert endowed chair. they provide the chair; i provide the endowed. [laughter] i'll be interviewed by msnbc's jonathan alter and taking your questions. and i'll be spewing such juicy secrets, the first three rows will be provided ponchos. see you there. folks, i love my home town because we know that small town america is the real america. that's where you can still find good morals, a strong work ethic, and primo meth. [laughter] i mean, the high speed chicken feed. so it's time for my latest hometown herotown. this week's hometown hero-town lexington, kentucky! where folks know that there are some things in life worth standing up for. they'd just rather sit down fo

. >> and a website has harry potter fans waiting in anticipation. what jk rolings will not announce. >> and software to stimulate the brain . we'll have that at 6:00. we'll be right back. a new website is causing a stir they read coming soon and signed by jk roling. >> by clicking on tholes, it connects it you to the jk announce countdown clock set for june 23rd. you are going oh, man i can't wait. this site is not a new book and not relate to the final harry potter movie that comes out next month. >> what could it be? >> what could it be? >> coincidence, i think not. ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. it's not uncommon for the term "hero" to be bandied about. but does bringing a floor back to life really make us heroes? yes. yes it does. ♪call 1-800-steemer. new tonight at 6:00. paying tax for items on line . how far it would go on balancing the budget . also from sevenon your side michael fenny. slick maneuver that makes blockbuster cards worthless

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the best-selling is harry potters will be available in e-book. the author announced the creation of potter-more. >> i'm in a position to give you some unique. an online reading experience unlike any other. >> fans buy copies of the book to download and play games. it has a million hits within 36 hours of launching. she was first initially against the digitally publishing the series but she had a change of heart. the final movie is out next month. july 15th. >> and perhaps that change of heart was a big paycheck when it comes to it. >> i don't think s more moneyny more money but i'm sure that was it. >>> finally tonight, a look at how one man's nightmare led him to a project of biblical proportions. johannes is building a ship, recognize it? not just any ship. this is a full-scale replica of noah's ark. he's a expert builder and he used the bible to come up with the specs for the arc and told "the today show" he had a dream that holland suffered a massive flood. the next morning he started planning for his arc. he's been working on it for the past

she is also in harry potter. she serves as the narrator of "turtle, the incredible journey." good to have you on this program. >> great to be here, thinks. tavis: this has a march of the penguins field. one of my favorite movies of all time. is that a fair comparison? >> i think so. there is an environmental message. there is real emotional engagement in this movie. this is the same. this is getting more towards the younger family members and i think that the engagement is with a very young total. -- young turtle. tavis: i did not know i could be fascinated by turtles. how about you? >> i did not know that i could have a favorite species. this is a chance to get to know them in greater depth. tavis: what is the value for we humans learning about animals, particularly a turtle? >> turtles are amazing because they have been here for 200 million years. if they have been here this long, why would we lose them now? they are endangered. the main thing to get across is that life is precious. you cannot hear that message too many times. we have a park to play in getting this particul

a spokesperson says it's not a new book and not directly related to the final harry potter movie whichmonth. >> metallica comes out with a special edition monopoly game. they you through child homes of band members and fans can pick the hammer of kill them all and scales and justice for all or the snake from black album. instead of the customary community chest players, they will land on binge and purge and jump in the fire. >> recapping top stories, family of a missing nursing student will begin a new search for her and asking help from the community. terry mcsweeney is live with details. >>> they are hoping that a lot of people, the public comes down to 25350 cypress avenue in hayward and start the search again for missing michelle le. take a look at 26-year-old. this is a woman who has been missing for three weeks. last seen at kaiser hospital in hayward. of people have been questioned by police. this is a homicide investigation. last week, investigators were checking out southern alameda county. they will be checking out on specific evidence based on cellphone forensics. they don't

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harry potter awe for j.k. rowling believes -- reveals her next big thing. >>> welcome back.emperatures trending cooler across the country, low to mid-60s in seattle, and portland. minneapolis to boston. 82 in atlanta today. hot in dallas. phoenix 110. we have flight departure and arrival delays in new york. we have a chance of severe weather from kansas city, memphis, to new york today. there will be delays. the flight tracker will have them. you can, too. eric? >> thank you very much. >>> 4:48 is our time. members of the san jose city council are donating funds from their office budget to help keep domestic violence prevention program operating. they are giving the program $20,000. councilmember donald rocha and mayor chuck reed are contributing $100. the announcement coinsided with the domestic violence training day for santa clara law enforcement. funds for the program fell victim to budget cuts. >> we are going to have to do more scrimping than we normally do, but we'll make it happen. this is an overriding need. >> domestic violence touches everybody's lives. it doesn't

as deborah potter reports, stephen ministers don't counsel. but they do offer prayer and listening. >> i just don't know what to do. >> sometimes you just need someone to listen. >> i just don't know how to resolve this in my head. i'm st really upset. i can't forgive myself. >> sometimes you need something more -- a hand to hold and maybe a prayer. >> dear lord, thank you for watching over all of us today. in your name, we pray. >> amen. thank you so much. i feel so much better. >> at good shepherd lutheran church in raleigh, north carolina, parishioners are training to become caregivers. >> the key thing that i saw is you leaned into her. you engaged her and told her, "i'm listening to you." >> they're learning to be stephen ministers, named for st. stephen, the first christian martyr who cared for the poor. parishioners are recruited and interviewed by the pastor, then trained to offer one-to-one care to people in and around their congregation. they commit to be available as needed for two years, but many serve longer. pam montgomery has be

. >> also, the big announcement harry potter fans have been counting down to.l now be available. >> the f.b.i. crosses a man off their most wanted list. james whitey bulger is captured. captured. i'm ♪ [ female announcer ] wake up to black silk from folgers. bold flavor. exceptionally smooth. >>> top of the morning to you. we look at the live doppler7 h.d. quiet except for flooding in the sierra. that will continue around yosemite and 86. 77 in tahoe. san diego, l.a., big sur. 60 the school spot in neuroreca. upper 80s today. hot in fresno. 11 in palm springs. >> president obama travels to fort drum new york to meet with soldiers from the tenth mountain division. it followses the president's address to the nation last night when he announced the drawdown of u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> next month we will remove 10,000 of the troops. and bring home total of 33,000 troops next summer. fully recovering the surge i announced at west point. >> right now, there are 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. while there is a lot of relief in military families that troops w

as mark potter reports, the father and military man is being hailed a hero for what did he and it wasght on camera. >> reporter: on leave with his family in sarasota, florida, staff sergeant eddie peebles had no reason to respect that while out with his kids, his battlefield skills would be tested and recorded on a security camera. visiting a bank two of his boys, he came face to face with a man with a gun who police say was there to commit robbery. peebles can be seen in the background, shielding his children from harm. >> he's pointing a weapon right at me. i don't care. i'm trying to get my children out of his line of fire. >> reporter: but the gunman looming, peebles tells his kids to get under the seats and moves chairs in front of them for more protection. soon, peebles said, the gunman turned and threatened one of his boys. >> he can see my son. my son is looking at him. he points the gun and he said, if anyone does anything, the kiddie is going to get it. >> reporter: police identified the robber as 34-year-old matthew rogers and say he walked out of the bank with ten of thous

deborah potter reports. >> reporter: one iconic image of the paris that tourists come to see is notredame cathedral, a centuries-old symbol of roman catholicism in france. but inside this catholic church in paris, the sparse congregation reflects a wider truth -- christianity is on the wane across western europe, and nowhere is its decline more visible than in france. >> the eldest daughter of the church, that's what we were called. today, saying you believe in a relign takes a real identification of faith. today, the number has really diminished. >> 20 years ago, about 80% of french people described themselves as catholic. today, it's just over half and less than 5% most of them older regularly go to mass. father briere blames a growing culture of consumerism and a catholic hierarchy that he says has been too rigid, failing to draw young people into the church. that's true across europe, but france is a special case, a country where religion is widely seen as a source of trouble. if france had an official religion it would be "laicite" or secularism, a principle that's enshrined in t

the author revealed potter-more.com.ds one of the longest hold-out against the digital publishing. she has also written about 18,000 new words of material about the boy wizard for the interactive site. pottermore will include information that the author has been hoarding for years about the book's characters and settings. >> there are people in the thomas family that can't wait. >>> 5:57 now. just ahead on abc7 news at 6:00, the latest on the barry bonds perjury trial. >> we're going to find out why a federal judge is meeting with prosecutors and defense attorneys in a key conference. >> bart's late-night service plans could be put on hold. i'm nick smith live in fremont. i'll have a report coming up. [ beep ] [ male announcer ] new toothbrush, for that killer smile: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. [ beep ] ♪ first date finest: $33. [ beep ] ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard pay pass. bringing you the most coenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. a man can only try... and try...and try. i

more potter. get it?erventilating potter heads can click through to a youtube page and the countdown clock. and owls are gathering, find out why soon. on twitter, 2 tweets, 40,000-plus followers. what's coming soon? a theme park? more video games? what? what? a rowling spokesperson says not a new book. and not directly related to the eighth and final movie "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2." j.k. rowling knows how to tell a tale. but she and her people also know how to market their magic. apparently, the potter brand is worth $4 billion and counting. whatever this next dollop of potter is, we'll hear about it 7:00 a.m. eastern standard time next thursday. i'm too excited. i need to lie down. for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, london. >> i couldn't tell if he was serious. >>> coming up, a shocking turn in the murder trial of casey anthony. who was really little caylee's father? >>> here's the debate this morning. are these outrageous or adorable? the baby bikinis that have a lot of

. >>> "harry potter," author j.k. says her new website will be a rich new telling of the boy wizard story. rowling will offer new potter material and allow fans to contribute. >>> sounds like something out of a movie. celebrities involved in secret high stakes gambling and high-end hotels but one lawyer not only says it was really going on, he is going after one actor's alleged 311 thousand dollar take. cnn's kareen wynter is in los angeles with the story. >> reporter: kyra, this story raising a lot of brows. tobey maguire is caught in a high stakes poker playing. the actor he was slapped with a lawsuit claiming that a former hedge fund manager by the name of bradley rudderman who is serving a 1-year federal prison sentence for wiretaps and wire fraud convictions he took place in games in several luxury hotels in beverly hills. rudderman reportedly lost money to maguire and other celebs who weren't named in the lawsuit but allegedly toort in thet gambling events. rudderman alleged to get a ponzi scheme. now the invest

it is called potter more. it will be free to use.lso announced that the harry potter books will be available as e books. she's been a long time hold out in e publishing but says can't hold back progress. >> wow. >>> all right. time now 6:52. a good samaritan trying to stop a crime runs into some big trouble. the confusion that almost led to gunfire. >>> and it's nothing like the video game, the reason why some angry birds have been attacking people at a coffee shop. >>> good morning. northbound 101 traffic looks okay approaching the 80 split. no major problems. tell you more about the morning commute in the bay area straight ahead. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on your smartphone with u-verse mobile, included with most plans. or get u-verse tv for as low as $29 a month for 6 months.

nbc's mark potter reports. >> reporter: in the wrongful death suit against the football program, it'sn an uncomfortable spotlight. in march, 2008, 19-year-old player eric plancher collapsed and died. the medical examiner said he died from sickle cell that can be aggravated by extreme heat and exercise. during the civil trial in orlando, a cardiologist agreed with that ruling. >> he died of a complications of sickle cell trait. >> reporter: his family argues the athletic association knew from tests he had the sickle cell condition, but didn't warn or protect him. >> eric plancher had no idea he had sickle cell trait. >> reporter: she can't remember if she notified plancher of his condition. plaintiffs also claim on the day of the workout they describe as grueling ucf football coach shouted obscenities when he faltered and couldn't complete the exercises. testifying on video a former teammate described plancher's collapse. >> he was just laying there limp like nothing and that's when i feel they realized something was really wrong with him. >> reporter: sickle cell trait was not the cau

starting in october, "harry potter"'s "harry potter"'s creator made this announcement this morning. rollings plans to bypass online retailers like amazon, but she said that e book reader versions will be available on apple and i pad. >> last night, just before the curtain was supposed to go up at 8:00. police say it appears the 29- year-old stain hand had a cardiac arrest. they are not suspecting foul play. you can see there is a photo of daniel radcliffe. he is "harry potter," in this play. after delaying the show for an hour, daniel radcliffe and a couple other stars, came on stain and announced that the show would not go on. refunds were offered to the audience. >> 7:49. a new report that apple is planning to sell televisions. apple is creating a console that would have i tunes and the apple tv system built in. apple has a policy of not comments on media reports. >> wireless users will have more information about download speeds and rate plans under a new federal law under consideration. peninsula congress woman wrote the bill but the public deserves to know the truth about the c

>>pam: harry potter is going to concord the web.--the web. and take a rolling up is not only a billionaire she is going to be announcing her 7 billionseries,n the bill available from our website. only be available-- from our website. pippa and the prince could be an item. prince william will be in the u.s. next week. >>pam: gary will have highlights from and the nba highlights. for warriors' first-round draft pick. coming up. >> gary: good evening everybody. in omaha, neb. at the national coach of the the year watching j. schwab to the line drive. before you know what, schwab has loaded the bases, inside the park home run! right now, the will have one more but they are down 6-0 facing elimination. and lincecum had a little bit had alull lincecum against the minnesota twins. renee all going down. only struck out, 12 and maybe his best performance of the year. one-zero giants. kouros up the middle. to make it 2-0 = the san francisco that will pay off 2-1 in the ninth inning. pride wilson. the save, and sandoval and brian wilson, and t

. >>> potter moore.com, that key to the big announcement set for 7:00 a.m. eastern time wednesday, get the range from the digital comic book, to a new promotional effort for the final harry potter and the deathly hollows that comes out next month. green land turned mr. popper's penguins and the art of getting by. grace, good to see you. >> hey, fredericka. >> let's begin with "the green lantern." comic book superhero flick, let's take a quick peek. >> i pledge allegiance to a learn terin th lantern that i got from a dying purple alien. >> grace, you are so ready for this. this tells me you're going to give me a single thumbs up on this. >> i liked "the mask." the deal with the lanterns is that they can do anything just with their will. what i did was sold the uniform just from warner bros. and i'm trying and it didn't work. it's total disappointment. ryan reynolds did not get a chance to be as charming as he normally is. blake lively has like the personality of my armchair and it looks like the only person that's having fun in this movie is peter sarsgard wh

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. >>> okay you harry potter fans, listen up, a very big announcement tomorrow about the latest adventureanchise. ♪ i need help selling bread. ♪ i want to sell more crabs. [ male announcer ] you know where you want to take your business. i want to design more buildings. [ male announcer ] in here, small business solutions from at&t can get you there. like the at&t all for less package, starting at just $70 per month, voice plus broadband. it's the at&t network. helping you do what you do... even better. . >>> for commute conditions that impact you. >> news chopper 2 showing us a huge backup. >> count on live drive time the key information you need with updates all morning long. live drive time traffic weekdays on ktvu channel 2 morning news. . >>> ktvu channel 2 sports report is brought to you by volkswagen. . >>> harry potter fans are in for a treat tomorrow, this time involving an interactive game. the you've natured kingdom's guardian newspaper is reported that jk rowwilling will announce the online game. it is called pottermore and a treasure hunt. it is expected to come tomorrow duri