sheila macvicar, cbs news, london. >> rodriguez: coming up next, a disturbing trend in this country. more women driving drunk. >> rodriguez: police around the country today announced a crackdown on driving drunk. but more women are doing it, a 30% increase in just a decade compared with an 8% drop for men. even so, men still lead the way by far in d.u.i. arrests. more now from michelle miller. stop, stop! >> reporter: in long island, new york, law enforcement put volunteers to a driving test knowing they'd be sure to fail. >> i wasn't comprehending really what he was saying. >> reporter: that's because they were all legally drunk. >> i thought i was okaynta litt. >> reporter: police wanted to demonstrate the effects of drinking and driving. last year, drunk drivers killed nearly 12,000 people on the nation's roads-- alarmingly, more women than ever are at fault. >> roughly 2,000 fatalities in a year involve an impaired... impaired women drivers. this is clearly a very disturbing trend. >> reporter: while men still outnumber women by 4-1 in d.u.i. arrests, statistics show when drunk w

sheila macvicar, cbs news, paris. >> glor: overseas tonight, iran confirmed it arrested three americans who entered its territory yesterday after iran says they were ignoring border guards. kurdish officials in northern iraq say the three are tourists who wondered into iran while hiking. coming up on tonight's cbs evening news, only one state in the country has near-universal health care coverage. so will the massachusetts model work for everyone else? but i try not to let it slow me down. i go down to the pool for a swim... get out and dance... even play a little hide-n-seek. i'm breathing better... with spiriva. announcer: spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled maintenance treatment for both forms of copd... which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. i take it every day. it keeps my airways open... to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announcer: spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. stop taking spiriva and call your doctor if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, or have vision change

sheila macvicar reports. >> reporter: fueled by high winds, dozens of wildfires are burning in the suburbs to the north of athens. started on friday, the fires quickly spread across more than 25 miles as residents battle to save their homes. only if 1 million greeks come and help, we'd manage to put this fire out, says this resident. as the fires do hover closer, people fled on foot. so far there have been no casualties, but many homes have been lost and 30,000 acres burnt. greek officials have called this an environmental disaster. the fires have destroyed vast tracks of forest. securing life and property is the first order of business for firefighte firefighters, says the greek interior minister. i do not underestimate the environmental catastrophe, but life comes first. we spoke to nicholas today, who's on the front lines of the fire through the greek tv antenna. >> the fires are so wild they could not be controlled. right now there are many front. the wind is gaining speed now as we approach the sunset. it has been the black sunday for athens because the sun was covered by huge smoke.

sheila macvicar has our story. >> reporter: this was how the libyan leader ghaddafi greeted abdel basset al megrahi. he could have welcoming a prodigal son, rather than a convicted terrorist. in an unprecedented move, the director of the f.b.i. weighed inoday two decades ago as a prosecutor, he investigated the bombing of pan am 103. in an uncompromising letter he blasted the scottish minister responsible for releasing megrahi. now there are growing accusations from family members and others that megrahi was released in order to pave the way for more british business deals with libya, especially oil deals. allegations the british government rejects. >> the idea that the british government, the libyan government would sit down and somehow barter over the freedom or the life of this libyan prisoner and make it form part of some business deal, it's not only wrong. it's completely implausible and actually quite offensive. >> reporter: but in these pictures taken on board the libyan plane carrying al-megrahi to freedom, ghaddafi's son tells him, "in all the trade, oil, and gas deals, whenever

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sheila macvicar, cbs news, london. >>> the latest government figures show no inflation.last year they've fallen by the largest amount in 59 years. >>> and from china this morning, a modern mona lisa that talks. in fact, this multimedia exhibit in beijing, mona lisa can even answer people's questions. the exhibit also gives a voice to the last supper and other master pieces. here is lonnie quinn now with a final check of the weather. mr. quinn, good morning. >> good morning to you, mr. glor. check it out here, jeffrey and everybody else. we've got dogs galore here all over the plaza. they just keep going and going and going. right here i have melissa. this is rally to the rescue, encouraging people to get out there and adopt a dog who's maybe in a local animal shelter. >> the roll across america tour is exciting. our main mission is to adopt 3,000 pets by the end of the year. dog lovers come out here. >> who is this down here? >> this is viola, our mascot, and she's been touring helping rescues. >> let's see what viola can do. little rescue dog here. >> sit pretty. >> she

sheila macvicar has the latest developments. >> reporter: a retired detective hired by the mccanns and family spokesman announced they had a new lead today. 3-year-old madeline disappeared in may of 2007 from the family's vacation resort in portugal. in spite of a vast police search and reconstruction of the way she might look now, her fate remains unknown. today, clarence mitchell said they were looking for a woman who spoke to a british man in barcelona a few days after madeline's disappearance. >> the witness became aware of a well-dressed woman who he describes as appearing agitated. >> reporter: what the woman, who may be australian, said to the man, detectives believe, may indicate she knew something about what happened to madeline. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> now a private investigator hired by the mccanns say the woman is not currently a suspect in madeline's disappearance. the girl was nearly 4 years old when she disappeared may of 2007. >>> south carolina governor sanford is back from vacation with his family after he tried to patch things up after admitting to an

as sheila macvicar reports, investigators launched an international search for a woman who may know what happened to the little girl. >> she was on her own. >> reporter: a retired detective hired by the mccanns and the family spokesman announced they had a new lead today. 3-year-old madeline disappeared in may of 2007 from the family's vacation report in portugal. in spite of a vast police search and reconstruction of the way she might look now, her fate remains unknown. today, clarence mitchell said they were looking for a woman who spoke to a british man in barcelona a few days after madeline's disappearance. >> the witness became aware of a well-dressed woman who he describes as appearing agitated. >> reporter: what the woman, who may be australian, said to the man, detectives believe, may indicate she knew something about what happened to madeline. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> madeline was nearly 4 years old when she disappeared may 3rd, 2007. >>> aerosmith front man steven tyler is hospitalized after falling from the stage in south dakota. he was performing on stage when h

. >>> there's a new development in the as sheila macvicar reports for wjz ... an international search is who disappeared t who may an international search is underway for a woman who madeleine mccann. know what mccann. >> a retired detective hired by the mccans and family's spokesman announced they had a lead today. 3-year-old madeline disappeared in may of 2007 from the family's vacation resort in portugal. in spite of a vast police search and a reconstruction of how she might look now her fate remains unknown. today, clarence mitchell said they were looking for a woman who spoke to a british man in barcelona a few days after her appearance. >> a well-dressed woman who he describes as appearing agitated. >> what the woman said to the man may indicate she knew something about what happened to mad madeline. elizabeth 4-years-old when she disappeared on may third, london. madeline was nearly 4 a tanker in when she explodes and leaves an 2007. > road closed. explodes which was carrying fuel, exploded into flames after if road went off the the tanker fuel is curren

sheila macvicar, cbs news, london. >>> former vice president dick cheney will apparently tell all ifs "washington post" reports that cheney believes president bush turned away from his advice during their second term, had gone soft and showed an independence that surprised cheney. the "the post" says now that cheney is out of office, he has no reason not to express his views. >>> senator edward kennedy was one of 16 people honored at the white house as recipients of the presidential medal of freedom. but senator kennedy wasn't there. his daughter, kara, accepted the medal on behalf of her ailing father yesterday. in presentsing the honor, president obama saluted his lifetime of service. >> the life of senator edward m. kennedy has made a difference for us all. >> also among the recipients were sidney poitier, a british theoretical activist, stephen hawking, sandra day o'connor, joseph lowry, dancer, singer, and actress cheetah rivera and joe "medicine" crow, the last living indians plain chief and a world war ii veteran. katie couric has a preview now of on the's "cbs evening news."