in honor of recovery month, recovery advocates in michigan gathered on the lawn of the state capital in lansing for a rally for recovery. highlights of the event included guest speakers from the treatment field, policy makers, and the voices of those in recovery. additionally, there was live music and fun activities for kids. in honor of recovery month, the focus ministry at gethsemane baptist church hosted a faith-based open house in the bronx. the freedom only comes under surrendering ministry is a spiritual-based, christ-centered ministry for substance abuse prevention. the event featured food, guest speakers, music from the choir, and group praise. choices recovery services made their contribution to recovery month by holding a recovery in the park celebration in sioux falls, south dakota. attendees enjoyed a nice day outdoors and were able to celebrate recovery together with food, fun, games, and prizes. the maryland state alcohol and drug abuse administration held a kickoff festival for prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery resource providers in catonsville, maryland. the event was highli

do you feel that recovery month has been a component within the addiction treatment field that has contributed to the rallying of individuals in recovery? absolutely, and in-for many reasons. one is it's run, it may be sponsored by samhsa, but it's really run, administered, the ideas, the plans are a lot of volunteers. so a lot of people who are advocates, who are family members, who are people in recovery, who are parents, who are providers really get together and work on this. this is september every year, and this year it's going to be "join the voices of recovery: now more than ever." i think we have an opportunity frankly, because at the federal level we have people like tom and myself and others in clear places in the federal government that believe in recovery and want to support it and an opportunity to meet with those advocates and volunteers lately, and they're-they're jazzed and ready to go. the point of it is to try and help america understand recovery, try to help people who are in recovery feel proud of that, try to help people who know somebody in recovery know how to be supportive, and, frankly, try to get people to understand how they can adv

for shipping oil to europe by twelve and a half percent. russian equities will outperform brazilian as the global recovery spurs a thirty percent rally in the emerging markets index this year that's according to a forecast by banking major at citigroup russia has been raised to outwait overweight from neutral for the first time since october while brazil moved the other way citigroup cites their russian markets low price to earnings ratio as being particularly attractive that's wild resilience hampered by rising costs and political uncertainty. let's have a quick look at the markets and asian markets are trading in the black boosted by a new york equity gains and portugal successful board optional wednesday japan's nikkei touched a new eight month high supported by an easing over european debt concerns and the against recent weakness against the euro index is now up point six percent but the top gate is being a mom banks and real estate hong kong shares are extending their gains with stocks exposed to european markets such as his p.c. and fashion retail asprey being among the leaders. despite only two days of trading after a long new year h

recovery walk and rally in lansing, michigan, commemorated the successes of those recovering from addictions to alcohol and other drugs. participants joined together and marched to the state capital forelebration featuring guest speaker and advocate, kitty dukakis. recovery friends and advocates in honolulu, hawaii, participated in a charity recovery walk and 5k run. following the run, attendees enjoyed music, food, popsicles, volleyball, and fellowship. members of the daytona beach, florida, community celebrated recovery with a motorcycle ride, entertainment, testimonies, and information on supportive services. the free celebration started with a bike ride to the beautiful halifax river for a dare extreme stunt rider show with a prevention message to young people. also included in the event was a talent contest, toys for kids, food, and fun! mohave county substance abuse treatment education and prevention partnership and the kingman area meth coalition hosted a parade walk to support recovery in kingman, arizona. shirts were given out to all walkers, and there was an opportunity to carry signs promoting treatment. waianae women in recovery held a special recovery campout for women a

rally we spotlighted yesterday. shares were up another 3% today. analysts expect memory chip prices to stabilize after falling for several quarters. speaking of technology, outsourcing company infosys cautioned about the slow recovery in the u.s. and europe could hurt its outsourcing business in india. this is a 180-session chart. after rallying through the end of last year, shares dropped 6% today. drug giant merck is changing two studies of anti-clotting medicine vorapaxar. one study will be discontinued. a quarter of patients in a second study will stop taking the medicine. merck had hoped to begin the regulatory approval process later this year. merck stock was bleeding, falling almost 7%. volume jumped six-fold. this is a 90-session chart to highlight today's drop. let's roll out a full year chart. shares had been between $34 and $38 for the past several months. today's sell-off takes shares down to the bottom of that range. there was some concern about some european government bond sales this week, but they've gone well, and that has helped banks in troubled countries, such as spain. the spanish e.t.f. jumped 3%. banco santander and banco bilbao each saw some relief buying, fueling rallies of 4% and almost 7%

for shipping oil to europe by twelve and a half percent. russia my question is will outperform brazil and as the global recovery spur as a fresher percent rally in the emerging markets index the cme but according to a forecast by banking major citigroup russia has been raised to overweight from neutral for the first time since october while brazil moved the other way citigroup signed their russian markets low price to earnings ratio as being particularly attractive while brazil is hampered by rising foreign costs and political uncertainty. let's hear a quick look at how the markets are performing so far i usually stocks are trading in the blood boosting your equity gains and portugal's successful bond auction wednesday japan's nikkei touched a new eight month high supported by an easing of european debt concerns and begins recent weakness against europe indexes now up point six percent with the top gainers being among banks and real estate hong kong shares extending their gains but stocks exposed to european markets such as h.s.b.c. and fashion retailer asprey being among the leaders. and here in russia the r.t.s. has started a strange obsess

shooting 19 people at political rally in tucson including congresswoman giffords will appear in court monday. this as givds remarkable recovery continues. she saw sun lit today for the first time since being shot in the head. she's beginning to stand with assistance and able to scroll through an i-pad. tomorrow she will fly to houston to begin her rehabilitation. she will meet her new team of doctors led by one of the army top trauma surgeons. his experience in iraq make him uniquely qualified to help the congresswoman. >> attention wal-mart shoppers. the food in your shopping cart may soon get healthier. first lady michelle obama joined wal-mart executives today as they announce plans to change thousands of their products to reduce salt, sugar and fat content. wal-mart also promised to reduce prices on fruit and vegetable and build stores in under served areas that don't already have grocery stores. >> the largest corporation in america is launching a new initiative that has the potential to transform the marketplace and to help american families put healthier food on their table. >>reporter: wal-mart is by far the nation largest grocer and experts say it could

for amazing clean and shine. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. ♪ >>> stocks send a rally ahead of a force that will show whether the economic recoverypicking up its pace. three of the major auto makers will report year-end sales figures throughout the day. live from the new york stock exchange coming up in about 15 minutes. >> right now our top story, newly sworn in oakland mayor jean quan is turning her attention from public safety to the officers who provide it. she's visiting the police department right now to lay the groundwork for what will be a major battle to save the city money. terry mcsweeney is live there with her with details. terry? >> mayor quan is going to be asking for the same things that councilwoman quan was asking for last year. she wants police to contribute 7% more of their pay to the pension plan. it's something that police say no, period, that's all there is to say. take a look at mayor quan yesterday. talking about going from one end of the spectrum to the other. from chinatown to the fox theater, she was inaugurated as oakland's first female, oakland's first asian mayor. very different reception here at pol

rally is thinking that the tide is turning. with a major topic for the upcoming >> locklaughner, will be in court on monday, and the congresswoman is still improving. with the long hard road back to recovery. and with high-tech tools to of this 40 year-old, native of tucson. with neurological activity as possible. still, she is not spoken. and with no feeling on our right side and with their peak-with therapy, the will retrain her body that had been debilitated from the shooting. >> let us check-in beckon with henry. -back and. >> what has eight legs and more hair? it is the beards of comedy. kron 4 news this weekend, thank you. we will be right back. this sub lays down power cords of tasteocity with pickles, mean licks of mustard and riffs of melty, bubbly cheese. catch 'em before the fresh toasted tour leaves town. subway big hot pastrami. crank up the flavor at subway. >> let us can you caught up with the weather, this is a rare winter storasnowstorm, with slick roads, with very difficult traveling. well below freezing, but they're expecting a warm-up later today. through north carolina. and with a live look outside, a cold and beautiful a beautiful day to the golden gate bridge. and a