his name is raffi stepanian, and when it comes to harebrained business plans, raffi takes the gold.e like a prospector? >> exactly. exactly. a prospector looking for placer deposits. >> reporter: a placer deposit is anywhere gold tends to settle, like the cracks and crevices of a mountain stream. but this isn't where raffi is looking. last month he started looking for gold in the cracks and crevices of 47th street in midtown manhattan. raffi is thoroughly convinced there's gold in them thar expansion joints. >> it's been there for years. it's embedded in there. >> reporter: he's mining 47th street specifically because this is new york's jewelry district. raffi says jewelry manufacturing, especially in the old days, produced a lot of little gold flakes, and he says some of those flakes had to end up on the workers' feet, which he assumes then got transferred to the sidewalk and eventually washed into the cracks. to some of his former colleagues and co-workers, it's a ridiculous theory and a pathetic sight-- seeing raffi on his hands and knees like this. >> this is absolutely a humbli

for raffy, that's the only way to survive. charmaine deograscias, nhk world, philippines. >> i hope this beautiful art of youth and beach can find a way to coexist and that wraps up our bulletin. i'm dhra dhirakaosal in bangkok. >>> now let's take a look at the market figures. >>> hello there. welcome to your weather update. we'll take a look at east asia first of all. looking at changeable weather for japan today. there will be spells of sunshine in between those clouds but looking quite showery up in the north for hokkai. also one or two showers could affect central areas including tokyo as well. further south for the amami islands for the seasonal rain band, going to see hefty showers and at the tail end of this system we continue to see some torrential rains occur in central and southern china, this low pressure system is set to ride along this frontal system, bringing some heavy rain for areas along the yanghtzee river. over the next 24 hours areas like kong qing, cue bay and anhui in particular we're experiencing torrent

he answered, connected with raffi torres, 18 seconds left, the only goal of the game.anucks pulled out the dramatic win, 1-0. >>> big news out of the nba, literally big news. after 19 years in the league, shaquille o'neal announced his retirement. >> nineteen years, baby. thank you very much. that's why i'm telling you first, i'm about to retire. love you. talk to you soon. >> the smile that could light up an arena and more nicknames than seasons played, o'neal won three nba titles with the lakers and another with the heat. in his own words, father time has caught up to shaquille o'neal. >>> baseball, angels and royals scoreless in the ninth when billy butler hit a walk-off home run. or did he? butler didn't know if it was out. the umpires had no idea. they went to the replay. about three minutes later, back on the field they came and made the call. that is a home run. it took some time, but they got it right. royals won it, 2-0. >>> great grab in seattle. a shot to the center. adam jones tracked it down. spectacular over-the-shoulder grab before running into the wall.

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