. >> the editor of "the wall street journal," robert thompson recently referred to the google and yahoo! of the world as tapeworms. >> i couldn't understand what you said. >> robert thompson of "the wall street journal" recently referred to google and yahoo! of the news world as tapeworms. >> absolutely. >> do you agree? why? >> google especially global news is a wonderful way to get any information my subject. you go to, type been a subject and upcoming articles. they are for the most part articles published in newspapers the person who goes to those articles is a customer of google effectively. they are not a customer of the newspaper that paid reporter salary that put that up and i think on till reporters and journalists and news organizations find a way to make a google pay for taking their work and labour and selling ads on googled google is making lots of money in fact ducal makes most of the money that's made for advertising on the web made by google and next to them yahoo! but they don't hire reporters and they have no hand in creating that news. they feed off of it like a tapew

. >> host: robert thompson, the current editor of the wall street journal, has described the yahoo!s and people who take other people's content, associated press has had some problems with that also. is daily me an aggregator? >> guest: one of the things we did from the beginning was license a lot of content. we're also licensing from another source about 500 newspapers' content. we did that for a couple reasons. one is that we think we can create a better news experience online if it's all there, and you're not jumping off -- you know, most of these ago regators you go to one page, and you jump to something that looks totally different. it's a very disjointed experience. we wanted daily me consistent and easy to use. by licensing the content, incorporating it into the site, it's a much better experience. it also allows us to do the print newsletter that we can give output format that is others can't because they don't have the rights to the content beyond a headline or maybe a snippet of the text. we can create other formats. we have a couple of products that we offer through kindl

we'll go to robert thompson, professor of television and popular culture at syracuse university and see if we can put some of these theories to rest. theories like why is the flag waving when there's no wind on the moon. why are there no stars in the sky? right now, ten minutes to the top of the hour. "what do you mean homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods?" "a few inches of water caused all this?" "but i don't even live near the water." what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you. including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $119 a year. for an agent, call the number on your screen. >>> some dramatic clouds this morning in kansas city where right now it is 56 degrees, going up to a high of 58 where it's supposed to be sunny. reynolds wolf tells us we could be looking at severe weather for kansas city, missouri. >> that's right, outside kansas city royals may have thunderstorms this afternoon. some could be severe. let me show you what i'm talking about. take a look at the national perspective. notice in the middle of the country you have a big swath

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police say 54-year-old robert irvin raped and stabbed jennifer thompson saturday night. thompson's body was discovered the next day after running water seeped into the apartment next door. officials say irvin confessed to the murder and is charged as an adult. >>> each day, someone in this country is killed on railroad trax. this happened, despite efforts to keep people from walking along railroads. tonight, eyewitness news investigates. adam may looks at why it happens and how to stop it. >> reporter: 17-year-olds conner peterson and kyle winkmiller, struck and killed on the tracks. >> the boys walked on what they thought was the safe track. >> reporter: in april, 14-year- old prince tiry, hit by a train in prince george's county, taking a shortcut to school. >> i miss him so much. >> reporter: last year, 450 people died on railroad tracks in the u.s., including here in maryland. >> how big of a problem is it here still? >> in maryland, it's our biggest problem. >> reporter: dick ratcliff is part of an organization that wants to spread the word that walking down all tra

robert ervin charged with murder, rape and assault. 26-year-old jennifer thompson killed in her home last weekend. he confessed to stabbing her, that was pregnant at the time. ervin will be tried as an adult. >> police rule yesterday's death in northeast baltimore a homicide. a man's body found inside of a car in the 3400 block of lake mont bellow drive. the body was found thursday, but police think the body could have been there for days. >> a convicted killer is arrested in connection with steve mcnair's murder. the feds say adrian gill ham provided the gun that killed the quarterback. gillian is a felon and broke the law by owning a firearm. his 20-year-old girlfriend, sahel kazemi, shot him on july 4th. she also killed herself. >> this is another example of what can happen with a gun when a felon is selling it on street with little to no interest other than selling it for $100. it is dangerous. >> a-t-f officials tracked the first purchase to a pawnshop. then it went to gill ham. >> first on fox, now, reports that the swine flu played a key role in the release of lamont davis. 17

robert mitchell irwin confessed to killing jennifer thompson last sunday.o an argument with thompson and ultimately stabbed her in the throat. neighbors scoffed her body later that kay when running water seeped through a wall. irwin is charged with assault, rape and murder. he is not charged with the murder of thompson's unborn baby because it was not considered viable at five months. baltimore city police are investigating the death of a man who was discovered in a parked car around 10:00 yesterday morning. authorities say it appears he had been there several days. they are waiting for autopsy results to determine whether he died from natural causes or was killed. how let's look at the forecast. >> there is sun out right now but we will see the clouds thickening up. we will have a chance of showers and storms at 50%. this area of low pressure that you see well to the west will ride up along this front and move through the mid-atlantic. that is the impetus for what could develop the showers. other than, that high pressure will build in and the temperature w

robert ervin charged with murder, rape and assault. 26-year-old jennifer thompson was killed in her house last weekend. ervin confessed to fatally stabbing thompson that was pregnant. he will be tried as an adult. >> police rule yesterday's death in northeast baltimore as a homicide. man's body was discovered inside of a car in the 3400 block of lake mont bellow drive. body found thursday, but police think it could have been there for days. >> some clubs and stores on baltimore block are cited for underage drinking. liquor stores lost their license for selling to minors. and fined three strip clubs. >> u.s. capital police officer and two people were shot last night. pg county police say it happened in an apartment near the nasa space flight center. we are told a girl was grazed by a bullet in that area. officers injuries are not believed to be life threatening. but a third man is in serious condition tonight. >> another person is sentenced to life for his role in killing murder witness carl lackl. 23-year-old frank goodman received two life sentences plus another 55 years. two years ago p

thompson: thank you. madam speaker, i rise today to honor a constituent who has been invaluable to pennsylvania agriculture and served with distinction at penn state university. dr. robert steel has been dean of the university's college of agricultural sciences since july 1, 1997. dr. steele has been in charge of penn state's agricultural program which includes 12 academic departments serving more than 3,000 students. under dr. steele's leadership, penn state has performed significant agricultural research, and i'm dwrafle for the support -- grateful for the support congress has shown over the years for this important work. specific programs at penn state i'm proudly support include sagging a urel entrepreneurial alternatives, dairy farm profitablity, improved dairy management practices, and milk safety. he's stepping down as dean and returning to the classroom. thank you for your many years of service and your dedication to agriculture and higher education. i thank you, dr. steele, for your service and leadership. pennsylvania agriculture is stronger for it. madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: are there further requests for one-