sandra hughes reports. >> i don't know if you heard about this new website. >> reporter: back then knownat he first called his social networking site. the idea, connect friends, meet girls. facebook did not cooperate in the making of the movie "the social network" and its 26-year-old ceo is denying the portrayal of him in the film is accurate. zuckerberg hasn't seen the movie and says he won't, which the film's star understands. >> it might be an uncomfortable situation to watch a film that details some events that happened when you were 19. >> reporter: the movie portrays zuckerberg as a geeky technophile, power and betrayal even zuckerberg's best friend sues him. pop star justin timberlake plays the first facebook president. >> i kicked down the door to get into this film. >> reporter: most in the movie say they are in awe of what he created. >> he was able to invent something where you got to reinvent yourself. >> aaron sorkin knows reinvention. he did it after a cocaine bust in 2001. zuckerberg may be doing it, too. a week before "the social network" opened he donated 100 million dol

sandra hughes, cbs news.>> an 11-year-old babysitter charged with murder in georgia. a 2-year-old died late saturday. an autopsy found she had blunt force injuries on her head and body. the babysitter claimed the child fell out of bed. the victim's mother said the babysitter's mother should feel the same pain. >> i hope her daughter gives life because she took my daughter away. my daughter was 2 years old. my daughter doesn't deserve to be dead. my daughter is supposed to be here with me right now. >> the mother of the 11-year-old babysitter may also be charged in the child's death. >>> straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather forecast. in sports, the first team qualifies for major league baseball's postseason. we'll be right back. pers, filte it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i

sandra hughes, cbs news, san bruno, california. >>> to colorado now, fire crews are battling a second fast-moving blaze. a new wildfire located in northern colorado in the loveland area, about 35 miles away from the last blaze near boulder. the fire has destroyed at least one home and threatens others. about 600 acres have burned so far. meanwhile, firefighters are still trying to control the fire near boulder which destroyed 166 homes. >>> two named storms churn in the atlantic this morning and one of them is a monster, hurricane igor, is a dangerous category 4 storm sustained winds up to 150 miles per hour and getting stronger. igor is about a thousand miles east of the leeward islands, behind it is tropical storm julia, which has 40-mile-per-hour sustained winds, the tenth named storm of the hurricane season. >>> congress gets back to work today the final legislative session of the year. topping the agenda, the fate of tax cuts approved by the bush administration. sara, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. republicans want to extend the tax breaks to everyone. democrats s

sandra hughes reports this morning. >>> the video shows the arresting officers chasing the 28-year-old black suspect on his motorcycle. he was driving on a sidewalk when the officers caught up, they delivered a savage beating with batons and fists. the dallas police chief says so far an internal investigation does not reveal racial motives by the six white and hispanic officers. >> there's no evidence, either verbal or any known motivation that's been shown to us through our investigation at this point. >> reporter: but, dallas police have filed criminal charges against three officers accused of beating the man. >> no one is above the law this great country. >> reporter: one of the officers has been fired. five others suspended. one of the officers is, also, suspected of moving the camera during the arrest to conceal the beating. sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >>> swimmers be ware, the swirling giant hurricane igor could generate life-threatening rip tides along the u.s. east coast over the weekend. igor is a cat foer 4 with winds up to 135 miles per hour churning far out at sea

sandra hughes has our report. >> reporter: the smoke is so dark and thick it can be seen all the way to denver. fire crews have had to attack the blaze which is ten miles northwest of boulder on the ground because high winds had kept air tankers grounded until late afternoon monday. >> some of the structures lost or destroyed actually belong to firefighters that were currently working on the incident. >> reporter: officials don't know how many structures the blaze has burned, but anna and tom know their home is gone. tom stayed back to fight the fire, but had to give up. >> i was putting out the spot fires, but once that firestorm hit and the trees just ignited, the flames were up about 200 feet in the air. >> reporter: some desperate homeowners who were away when the fire broke out were trying to get back up to the area. >> i'll be back down here in 20 minutes. my dog's in that house and i'm not going to let my dog burn. >> reporter: roads coming down from the foothills were jammed. others stayed behind to make a stand. >> i got my dogs, all the stuff in my room. >> reporter: people

sandra hughes, los angeles. >> and breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women between 15 and 54. >>> two iowa egg farms at the center of a national outbreak of salmonella, could soon be facing a class action lawsuit. >> the lawsuit has been filed in federal court on behalf of six people who were sickened by tainted eggs. more than 1500 people got sick from eating two eggs from two iowa farms. now, more than half a billion eggs were recalled. they found two possible forms -- causes, including rodent droppings and bird infestation. >> thank you, kai. a congressional committee has scheduled a hearing on the recall next week. >>> well, it was all a lie. the washington woman who made national headlines when she said a stranger threw acid in her face, comes clean to police. as manuel gallegus reports, some say her story didn't add up. >> reporter: bethany storro got national attention and sympathy when she first spoke from the hospital three weeks ago. >> why did this happen to me? and that i'm okay. i'm sorry. >> reporter: she claimed a black woman threw acid in her face. n

sandra hughes has more for wjz from a beverly hills court. >> she enters a courthouse dressed in the essential hollywood starlet style. short dress, high heels and dark sunglasses. lindsay lohan did not speak or cry during a court appearance. then she was led away in handcuffs to begin processing her new look. one she's worn before, jailhouse orange. >> she's going to go through the same physical and mental evaluation. she'll be housed as a keepa way because of the celeb -- keepa way because of the celebrity status. >> lohan was ordered back to jail, after she violated her probation. she will remain there until a probation revocation hearing on october 22nd. >> legal analysts believe judge eldon fox was sending lohan a message. wake up. this is your last chance. get sober and fix your life. that's why he didn't allow her bail. >> reporter: no bail means she won't be released early like last time because of jail overcrowding. while lohan had admitted her mistake on twitter, it appeared the immediate go-to-jail ruling surprised everyone. >> i don't think anyone in that courtroom, from

sandra hughes reports for wjz. >> reporter: christy turnage may have end stage breast cancer. the mother of four isn't at the end of her life, saying she says to the cancer treatment avastin. >> this is truly given me my life back. >> reporter: avastin has been used successfully in colon and lung cancer patients. and in 2008, the fda gave the drug temporary approval for breast cancer. it works by cutting off the tumor's blood supply. but recent studies found it wasn't effective in most of the women who participated. and there were potentially life- threatening side effects, like internal bleeding. >> in totality, it seems that avastin did not improve the overall survival of the life expectancy of women with breast cancer. >> reporter: in july, a group. experts recommended avastin's approval for breast cancer be revoked. >> reporter: while research shows avastin doesn't work well in many breast cancer patients, there are doctors who say the drug is vital to some. >> the reality is, i have patients who have been kept alive for years on the drug. >> reporter: christy turnage beli

sandra hughes reports for wjz. >> reporter: christy turnage may have end stage breast cancer. but the mother of four isn't at the end of her life, saying she says to the cancer treatment avastin. >> this has truly given me my life back. >> reporter: avastin has been used successfully in colon and lung cancer patients. and in 2008, the fda gave the drug temporary approval for breast cancer. it works by cutting off a tumor's blood supply. but recent studies found it wasn't effective in most of the women who participated. and there were potentially life- threatening side effects. like internal bleeding. >> in totality, it seems that avastin did not improve the overall survival of the life expectancy of women with breast cancer. >> reporter: in july, a group of experts recommended avastin's approval for breast cancer be revoked. the fda is expected to make the final decision today. >> while research shows avastin doesn't work well in many breast cancer patients, there are doctors who say the drug is vital to some. >> the reality is, i have patients who have been kept alive for yea

sandra hughes, wjz eyewitness news. >> lohan has been sent to jail three times for the 2007 drug and drunk driving case. twice she was released early because of over crowding inside the jail. >>> meantime another much talked about case in california is winding down. the man accused of causing the crash that killed angel's pitcher nick adenheart has been convicted of driving with a suspended license. andrew gallow was also driving drunk when he crashed into the car. all were killed. the jury is deliberating on three counts of murder. >>> maryland is just one week away from going hands free on the road. are you ready? the state's cell phone ban comes on the heels of disturbing new numbers about distracted driving. as suzanne collins reports the new law may be just in time. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of people are out this weekend buying hands free technology for their cell phones. they know that by next friday that is the only legal way that you can talk and drive. the car has become an office for many people who need to stay in touch, talking, tweeting or texting. we've seen it

sandra hughs is live in beverly hills where she is serving her third prison sentence in three years. sandra? >> reporter: well, the hearing here in beverly hills took about ten minutes, and beforehand lindsay lohan was smiling and laughing with her attorney but that tone changed very quickly. she somewhere are entered the courthouse dressed in the hollywood starlet style, short skirt, high heels, dark sun glasses. she did not speak or cry during a brief court appearance. and then he was led away in handcuffs to begin to process for her new look. one she has worn before, jailhouse orange. >> she's going to go through the same physical and mental evaluation. she will be housed as what we call a keepaway because of the celebrity status that she has. >> reporter: lohan is behind bars after failing a mandatory drug test required after the violated probation on her 2007 dui and drug arrest. she will remain there until a probation revocation hearing on october 22nd. legal analysts believe the judge was sending lohan a message, wake up. this is your last chance. get sober and fix your life. t

sandra hughes tells us about a los angeles woman with vanishing bone disease. and her fight for survival. >> she is painfully thin and moves with the stiffness of someone whose neck has been fused to her spine. but lori harms is just grateful to be alive. >> there are moments that i think god, i can't imagine -- >> the 31-year-old mother has an incurable rare disease called gorm's stout's syndrome. >> otherwise known as vanishing bone disease. and that is exactly what it says. i mean my bones are basically vanishing in my neck and my skull. >> her symptoms started in her teens. but even on her wedding day, she still was healthy. after the birth of her daughter sky, the bones in her neck had deteriorate sod much, her -- deteriorated so much, her neck snapped. >> i had a trach put in. >> after being rushed to another hospital in los angeles, doctors basically gave up and were going to send lori home with a broken neck and a tracheotomy until a spinal surgeon at cedar sinai said he would take the case. >> had you not taken on the case, would she have deteriorated

in los angeles, sandra hughes, wjz eyewitness news. >> and new at 5:00, more on how this issue is affecting here in maryland. >>> mammograms aren't as helpful as many believe they are. that is the word from research behind a stunning new study. mary bubala has more. >> reporter: these health experts say cancer screening is not the primary reason for a reduced risk for modern women. researchers say most of the reduced risk is due to better screening and treatment of the disease. of the 10%, only a third is due to the screening itself. despite the study, they estimate that mammograms reduce the world cancer rates down. denise, back to you. >> all right. thank you, mary. the study appears in the new england journal of medicine. >>> several police officers in new york city, are recovering today, following a hard landing. officials say a mechanical problem forced the chopper they were riding in. six people were on board, including two police scuba divers and a trainee. several passengers suffered minor back and neck injuries. everyone is expected to be okay. >>> police are investigating another

sandra hughes reports for wjz. >> reporter: a new study finds attention deficit hyper activity disorder is genetic. marren already knew that. she has two sons with it. jonathan was diagnosed with adhd in kindergarten. >> i cannot control myself that much and i tend to get in a lot of fights. and my anger pops up and i always try to make it so i don't lose it. >> reporter: at the university of california at los angeles, the krombachs got life changing medication for jonathan. >> jonathan was medicated going into first grade and he is academically soaring in school. >> reporter: the british study involved genetic analysis of dna from 366 children from adhd and 1,047 without the condition. the researchers found the children were more likely to have small dna segments duplicated or missing. >> we're a long way awray from a cure, but this is one step in a long pathway. >> reporter: adhd affects about 1 in 50 children making them restless, impulsive and distractible. the research shows adhd is not the parents' fault and it's not from too much sugar. >> for the critics who claim this is someth

sandra hughes, cbs news, beverly hills. >> any way she can begin to get her life back under control with all that's gone on the last few months. jim, good morning. good to talk with you this morning. >> good morning, chris. how are you. >> how unusual was it for what we saw yesterday, the judge remanher to jail immediately and hours later she's out on $300,000 bail? >> i could never have imagined what the last 24 hours would bring. those of us in court believed, as did the second judge, that lindsay lohan was entitled to bail, since the violation was for a misdemeanor. but this judge was trying to sandy message because he knew she would get out right away because of jail overcrowding in california and basically didn't sent her, he held her until a hearing but then surprisingly a second judge says, no, you're entitled to bail. look, i think that michael lohan was right, his daughter needs help. she has failed one drug test. there are now new conditions. but, she failed this drug test after being out for only three weeks and she was in rehab and jail before. a lot of people are very concer