steven hayes first. yes' lawyer is trying to spare him the death penalty. >> hayes always said that komisarjevsky injected violence into this, that they were just going to get some money, get some jewelry. >> reporter: public defender thomas allman con saedz in his opening statement, what is known is that steven hayes kills and assaults mrs. petit, adding, no one was supposed to be hurt. >> jennifer hawke-petit wanted to believe that these men who had been holding her and her children and husband hostage for about six hours at that point, from 3:00 in the morning till 9:00 when the bank opened, that they were not going to hurt them. >> reporter: in court, dr. william petit, the only survivor, comes face to face with one of his family's alleged killers. >> i think my testimony stands as truthful testimony. and beyond that, i really don't want to dignify the ravings of a sociopath who appears to be a pathological liar as well. >> reporter: dr. petit recounts waking up with blood gushing from his head. i fel

and i recall looking over at the jury and they were glaring at steven hayes when that evidence was onhis surveillance video of hayes at a gas station buying the gasoline that was later poured throughout the house and on the victims. the jury was also convinced steven hayes had every opportunity to walk away. >> he left the house to buy gasoline. he left the house with mrs. petit. they left the house to park their car somewhere else. time and time again he had the opportunity to not be involved in these murders, and he never walked away. >> reporter: as the death sentence was read in court, steven hayes staired straight ahead and smiled. his lawyer says hayes is happy with the sentencing. so full of remorse, steven hayes wants to die. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> diane kind, one of the seven women and five men who decided whether steven hayes should live or die. we just heard the piece. it was a trial of torture, sexual assault, murders, bodies burned. how did you get through it? it must have been very emotional for you? >> oh, it was extremely emotional. we looked at the photos and w

one of the men charged steven hayes was sentenced to die when the jury hand down the verdict a jury that included seven women. >> i personly think it was a case of sexual assault against women and i was happy to see women stand up for other women. >> reporter: the jurors who had to endure weeks of graphic testimony and crime scene photographs described their heart wrenching deliberation on "good morning, america" in. >> there were lot of emotional times where people would breakdown. but we all kind of rallied around each other. >> reporter: for days, they considered the fate of steven hayes, all the while a picture of the victims was kept in the jury room. >> we had to make decisions within the law, but the familiar hi was in front of us. reminding us what we were doing and why we were there. >> reporter: the strugel a, according to a juror, was sentencing another human being to death. >> part miff rational is our founding fathers gave us the tool, and if this was not the case to use this tool on, then we never really did ever have a case. >> reporter: defense attorneys claim steven haye

steven hayes is sentenced to death for the family murders that shocked the nation. >>> and conan's comeback. conan o'brien makes his triumphant return to late-night tv. >> we're already number one in cbs' key demographic, people who >> we're already number one in cbs' key demographic, people who can't afford hbo. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. president obama begins a one-day a country that fondly referred to him as their adopted son. security in indonesia's capital jakarta is tight this morning. ahead of president obama's arrival. anti-u.s. protesters gathered today, in front of the u.s. embassy. the latest rally against the president's trip. he's visiting indonesia, trying to boost the economy back home, and ties with muslims around the world. he'll sit down with indonesia's president and visit one of the world's largest mosques. he'll also give a major outdoor speech that's expected to draw large crowds. >> indonesia is the second stop on president obama's four-nation tour of asia. he spent three days in india, focusing

. >> this morning six of the jurors who yesterday voted to sentence steven hayes to death for murdering and terrorizing the family in connecticut are here. they say they're eager to talk about their feelings of the case

being enraged during the crime. >> that tells us that they are struggling with whether or not steven hayes's mental capacity was significantly impaired at the time of these crimes. >> if the jury agrees that could be a mitigating factor under the law and hayes could escape the death penalty. the waiting continues. >> this is the first time i cried in a while. it's really hard to go home with things being really unresolved. i wish we could have seen a conclusion but i'm sure there will be one whether we're here or no. >> conclusion that will send steven hayes to death row or to prison for the rest of his life. >> reporter: though now after this long case there is only one alternate juror left it does seem like the jury is making progress, they resume their work again this morning. maggie. >> all right. we'll see if it happens today. thank you, jeff. >> time for a look at the news. erica hill is at the news desk. >> good morning to everyone at home. we begin with the price of gas which could see a significant hike just in time for the holidays. the current price for a gallon of unleaded is 2.8

steven hayes will be sentenced by the judge next month.007 in her home. the mother and her two daughters were doused with gasoline and set on fire and left to die. this morning jennifer hawke-petit's father, a minister, told harry he values life, but agrees with the jury's verdict. >> we have come to realize that there are some people who just do not deserve to live in god's world. and we feel that steven was one of those. >> the co-defendant goes on trial next year. connecticut has executed just one man since 1960. >>> in utah, elizabeth smart returns to the witness stand today. she is testifying in the trial of brian david mitchell, who is acaused of kidnapping smart over eight years ago. smart was 14 at the time. mitchell allegedly broke into her home, put a knife to her throat and ordered her to go with him. smart testified yesterday saying, quote, i remember praying and pleading to find a way to escape. i remember saying to him that if he were going to rape and kill me, that he do it closer to the trailhead so someone could find my re

william petit in response to those death penalty decisions handed down for steven hayes, the man convictedassaulting and killing his wife and daughters inside their home in 2007. as the jury's decision was read -- >> i was really crying, crying for loss. >> reporter: an emotional william petit says his thoughts remained on his family. >> probably many of you have kids. michaela was an 11-year-old little girl, you know? tortured and killed in her own bedroom, you know? surrounded by stuffed animals. and haley had a great future. she was a strong and courageous person. >> reporter: the jury of seven women and five men deliberated for four days before voting to send steven hayes to death row on all six capital felonies, including the murder of a person under 16, and the murder of a sexually assaulted person. in court today, several jurors cried as the sentences were read. deciding this life or death case, clearly difficult. hayes' reaction was different. >> he actually smiled in the courtroom. >> reporter: he smiled? >> yeah. he's internally at peace with the verdict. that's what he wanted. >

was steven hayes' ability to con for his conduct to the requirements of law? or do you have such impaired mental state, are you in this rage, this triggering rage, that you can't stop yourself from committing a crime? that's where they are. that's where they're stuck. so, how do we ever get through seven more pages? >> let's talk about the death penalty. there's only been one person who has been executed in the state of connecticut. i believe ten are on death row. how does that affect the case and the jury's decision, if at all? >> that should not affect the jury's decision at all. but this verdict form is weighed so heavily in favor of the defense, that it is a very, very difficult state to ever decide by a unanimous vote that there should be death. >> so, we're in day two now. where do you see this ending up and leading? how much longer? >> there's no way to really read the tea leaves. no matter how experienced i might be from covering cases, or trying cases. but i'll say this. if they're stuck in question one on any count, they'll never get all the way thro

>> reporter: well, lawyers for steven hayes say he's actually thrilled about this. they say he's happy to die, but an appeal here in connecticut is automatic. as for his co-defendant, that trial likely won't end until late next year. one of the points that dr. william petit was making today, he says this whole process takes far too long. katie? >> couric: jeff glor in new haven, connecticut. jeff, thank you. another case that shocked the nation was the kidnapping of elizabeth smart in 2002. today, she took the witness stand in salt lake city and told the jury of the indescribable fear she felt the night she was snatched from her bedroom by a man who put a knife to her throat. smart was just 14 at the time. she was rescued nine months later. the suspect, brian david mitchell, could face life in prison if convicted. and coming up next here on the "cbs evening news," asleep at the wheel. what's being done to keep drivers awake and alive. and later, if you thought it was odd that an elephant could be a dog's best friend, wait until you hear the latest twist. old legs. p

the families are broken, but we all felt that this was the best way for steven hayes to maybe take aounting of what he's done. when he's by himself with himself, with his own thoughts, that might be the best punishment for him. >> and steven hayes's lawyer says this is what he wanted. he wants to die, this is what he wanted. when the verdict was read, he's looking at you, some people say he was smiling at the time. what was going through your mind at that moment. >> first of all i don't believe that he does want the death penalty. i do not. this is a possibility, but i think it's remote. i think he's focused entirely on what he can do to best forward the position he has left in life. i don't think that penalty is what he has in mind at all. >> is this a relief now for you that this is over? >> i think, yes, clearly there is a relief that it is behind us. i think there's also, for me anyhow, an unbelievably high level of accomplishment and the ability to work together. needless to say, i'm probably the most senior of the group and i have certainly sat in, lord knows, enough meetings a

steven hayes is one of two men accused in a brutal new england home invasion three years ago.fate. it was a crime so awful, so brutal, the testimony had the jury in tears. the sentence, death for convicted killer steven hayes. >> michaela was an 11-year-old little girl. you know? tortured and killed in her own bedroom. you know? surrounded by stuffed animals. >> reporter: dr. william petit was the sole survivor of the horrific 2007 home invasion in which his wife jennifer and their young daughters, 11-year-old michaela and 17-year-old hayley, were all killed. dr. petit insisted the verdict did not bring closure. >> the hole with jagged edges. over time the edges may smooth out a little bit. but the hole in your heart and the hole in your soul is still there. >> reporter: hayes, who has tried to commit suicide in prison more than once, smiled as the verdict was read. in arguing for life in prison, his attorney had insisted hayes wanted the death penalty so he could be freed of his guilt. >> when he dies it's the first time that that burden will be released. and that's why he wa

police say steven hayes and another suspect broke into the home of dr. william and jennifer petit.spects beat dr. petit and forced jennifer to withdraw money from a bank while the rest of her family was being held hostage at home. hayes sexually assaulted jennifer and strangled her. and then she and her two daughters were tied to their beds and doused with gasoline before the two men set the house on fire. it took the jury three days to decide on a guilty verdict clearing the way for hayes to receive the death penalty. >> michaelea was an 11-year-old little girl. tortured and killed in her own bedroom. >> reporter: it was an extremely difficult trial for the family of the victims and the jurors. in the trial of jennifer hawk petit and her two daughters. but after weeks of testimony and more than four days of deliberation, a jury decided that steven hayes should die for his crimes. >> i was glad for the girls that there was justice because i think it's a just verdict. but mostly i was sad for the loss that we have all suffered. >> reporter: after the verdict was read the judge thank

after four days of deliberations, steven hayes was given the death penalty for raping and stranglingettit's wife and helping to burn his two daughters alive back in 2007. >>> an assistant attorney general in michigan is out of a job, fired after targeting an openly game student assembly president at the university of michigan and then lying about his actions to investigators. andrew shervall, who could face charges, wrote on his blog that the student leader was a, quote, racist and liar who promoted a radical homosexual agenda. >>> and a massive fireball lit up the sky in poland after two freight trains carrying tanks of oil collided yesterday. two train conductors were hurt in the explosion, but officials say their injuries are not life threatening. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opened at 11,406 after falling 37 points yesterday. the s&p shed two points. the nasdaq edged up one. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei dropped 38 points. while in hong kong, the hang seng lost 253. >>> christmas doesn't la

they sentenced steven hayes for murder. dr. father of the victims had been beaten and tied up in the basement during this horrific crime. upstairs his wife was sexually assaulted and strangled. the two girls were left tied to their beds as the house was lit on fire. dr. petit talked about the flood of emotions after the verdict. >> i was glad for the girls that there was justice because i think it's a just verdict, but, mostly, mostly i was sad for the loss that we have all suffered. micaela was an 11-year-old little girl. tortured and killed. in her own bedroom, you know. surrounded by stuffed animals and hayley had a great future. it was strong and courageous person. >> joining me now, two of the jurors from that trial. michael car don'ta and paula calzetta. good morning, thank you for being here. >> good morning. thank you for having us. >> the two of you had to hear some of the most horrifying testimony and some of the most brutal photographs that jurors would ever have to see. michael, let me ask you first, what have these

many of the jurors who sentenced steven hayes to death also shed tears. we are learning that the jurors kept a picture of jennifer, hayley, mikaela, all three of them in the room when they deliberated. we're going to talk to some of the jurors. and also to jennifer hawke-petit's sister, cynthia. >> they handled a grueling ordeal with such grace. we'll talk to them. >>> also, as the president arrived this morning in indonesia, the new congress is figuring out how to tackle the big issues here at home, especially the economy. and whether democrats and republicans can come together on any of those issues. we'll talk to the man who was speaker the last time the republicans took back the house, newt gingrich. >>> and for the first time since his death, we're going to talk to michael jack's children, as they talk to oprah. what they felt about wearing the masks in public. and the one talent we did not know their father had. that is ahead. >>> first, we turn to the carnival cruise ship that's dead in the water off the coast of mexico. crippled by a fire in the e

we told you last night a jury in connecticut recommended the death penalty for steven hayes, the repeat criminal convicted of murdering a mother and her two daughters in the brutal home invasion back in '07. six of the jurors joined meredith vieira on "today" this morning and one of them, herbert graham, described the deliberations. >> how 12 people just came together and worked out the problems of taking another person's life and at the same time, realizing that our founding fathers gave us this tool to be used with great care and we deliberated in great care. and, yes, we did use this form of punishment. this man has nothing positive to contribute to the face of this earth. >> another juror talked about how difficult it was to keep her emotions in check in what was a heart-breaking and deeply disturbing case. >>> when our broadcast continues in a moment, education nation. what we learned today about what's known as "the achievement gap" and what it's doing to our country. >>> and later, our series here, "back to basics" how to slim down an entire area of your life from some women that

. >> reporter: three years ago in brutal home invasion, steven hayes and his alleged accomplice beat petit unconscious. at one point driving his wife jennifer to a local bank and forcing another withdraw $15,000. petit's family suffered sexual assaults before being killed when the home was set on fire. despite the brutal nature of the crime, and a confession it took four days for the jury to give hayes the death penalty. today one memoirs brought to tears when the sentence was read in court. hayes' attorney says their client was abused as a child and said the sentence was unfair. >> you have got white suburban family that is a victim. and treated specially. this case was treated differently right from the beginning. >> reporter: for his part, dr. petit said he took no joy in the sentence. >> i don't think there's ever closure. i think whoever came up with that concept is an emby sol there's a hole with jagged edges and over time the edges may smooth out a little bit but the hole in your heart and the hole in your soul is still there. >> reporter: andrea canning, abc news. >> eight ye

. >>> steven hayes was convicted of murder and rape in the brutal home invasion that claimed the lives jennifer hawke-petit and her 17-year-old and 11-year-old daughters. dr. william petit was nearly beaten to death in that same attack. and he sat through three weeks of often gruesome testimony. >> i don't think there's ever closure. whoever came up with that concept's an imbecile. it's a hole with jagged edges. over time, the edges may smooth out a little bit. but the hole in your heart and the hole in your soul is still there. >> petit said the sentence was justice, not revenge. >>> and later on "gma," we'll be joined by several members of the petit jury. >>> jurors in utah have heard testimony in another notorious crime. the kidnapping of 14-year-old elizabeth smart from her bed at knifepoint. smart took the stand to describe her ordeal eight years ago. diana alvear has the story. >> reporter: she awoke to a cold knife on her throat. elizabeth smart told jurors she thought she was having a nightmare. mark connolly testified about what happened next. she said drin david mitchell took

inside a wait as a jury ziesd life or death for steven hayes, the man accused of brutally assaultingilling his wife and two daughters inside their home in 2007, and setting the home on fire. petit, escaped the home after being beaten, tied up in the basement and left for dead. the jury of seven women and five men are deliberating on six capital felonies including the murder of two or more persons and the murder of a person under 16. it takes a unanimous decision on only one count to warrant the death penalty. at a minimum hayes faces life in prison. >> i honestly can't imagine if the death penalty is not sought in this, when it would ever be used. but that has to be the jury's choice and not mine. >> reporter: the jury has sent three notes to the judge so far including a readback of testimony, connecticut defense attorney says three days of deliberations shows the jury realizes what is at stake. >> there's no doubt that they are getting to the root of this whole case. whether or not this man will live or die. and that decision has to be a difficult one for each individual who is on t

jury deliberations over whether steven hayes should live or die. we have a report. >> reporter: defense lawyers described 47-year-old steven hayes as a remorseful emotionally disturbed man. in a state of rage, despair and confusion and pleaded with jurors to spare his life. prosecutors disagreed, arguing the heinous nature of the crime and his willingness to participate warrants the death penalty, a punishment dr. william pettitte has fought for. >> what are matters to me most is my family and memories of my family and i kept trying to tell myself that good will overcome evil. >> hayes broke into the suburban home in july of 2007. they beat william pettitte with a baseball bat and forced jennifer to withdraw $15,000 from a bank before raping and stringling her back at home. their two daughters were also killed. the defense is that he was the mastermind behind. crime. the facts should make this an open and shut death penalty case. >> sheer a grown man with a long record. i don't think the jury was going to believe he was duped into committing so man

the connecticut home invasion case t jury gave the murder steven hayes the death penalty, after two days of deliberating by the way, much discussion despite the brutality of it. what do you make of that case? another man still to stand trial. >> we have discussed the death penalty here two or three times and i know that we have because i get lots of mail after. don't send me the mail, i don't read bad mail. i believe that the death penalty is an appropriate alternative in an appropriate case. i'm only annoyed in the connecticut case, we had to see the jury 18 hours before we came to a decision. it would have taken me 30 seconds. and i know that you and i disagree on the death penalty. but i haven't heard any clamoring from those opponents of the death penalty as a dispositional alternative with regard to this case. why do you think that is? >> larry: why do they have to have a rule to cover one case? >> it doesn't cover one case. there's no issue, we don't have an issue. we're not talking -- we're not talking about a mistake, we're not talking about police misconduct, we're not talking a

steven hayes. senior writer for the weekly standard.low out in the house of representatives and a hold for the democrats on the senate side. >> we have to put what went on in the house in perspective. fox projected a 60 seat pick up. that is a bigger pick up than the democrats had after water gate . a bigger pick up in 1982 when there was 10 percent un. reagan took a beating and bigger than clinton . biggest pick up by either party since hare truman and 1948. it is the biggest pick up . big deal . one other thing. talking about the senate. talk about the governors and pick up on something that karl cameron was talking about. assuming that all of this goes through. this means in 2012. when barack obama is campaigning against a governor. there will be a republican governor in new jersey, virginia, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. iowa, in texas and ohio . you know, you figure texas is safe for the republicans, but all of those other states are swing states and key states in a presidential election and in all of those key states there wi

one said steven hayes got life in prison, it would have been like he was going home, since he had beenears. another talked about the emotional toll of the case. >> when i looked at the photos of the girls and mrs. pettitte, i looked at dr. petit and the family and the pain, their pain became my pain. >>> stocks took a beating today, the dow fell 60 points. the nasdaq slipped 17 and the s&p lost nine, while gold hit an all-time high, settling at more than $1400 an ounce. >>> and a mystery in southern california. a news helicopter captured this video. to some it looks like a missile or rocket. to others it's a plane. but the pentagon and the faa and others are at a loss and can't explain it. interesting about that, a friend of ac 360 at globalsecurity.org says it's not a missile, it's actually a plane flying toward the camera, if can you believe that. but, you know. >> the angle just looks like it's move ago way from it. that's interesting. they say they're still investigating. at this point, the pentagon says there's no evidence this has to anything to do with the department of defense.

jurors voted unanimously to send steven hayes to death row. authorities say he and another man broke into the family's home, beat the father, then killed the mother and her 11- year-old and 17-year-old daughters. the father, dr. william petit, says the verdict did not bring closure and that there would always be a hole in his heart and his soul. >> michaela was an 11-year-old little girl. you know? [ crying ] >> tortured and killed in her own bedroom, you know? surrounded by stuffed animals... haley had a great future, strong and courageous person. >> as he say, hayes is being sent to connecticut's death row. the state has not executed anyone since 1960. so hayes is expected to spend many years if not decades in prison. >>> and coming up after the break, checking all of your web pages by visiting just one. >>> a sneak peek towards the bay bridge, just due east of the bay bridge, it was 65 in oakland, to the west 59 in san francisco. now you will need an umbrella plus a blanket. we'll have your pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues. ,,

with us now is fox news contributor steven hayes from phoenix doug schoen a fox news contributor anduthor of the book "mad as hell, how the tea party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system." mr. hayes, clearly, this network is the problem in america. it's popular. it has huge ratings. got great permanents -- personalities on it obviously people like it. shut it down. >> that's precisely the problem that jay rockefeller has on it is that fox's viewership is growing in a strong way. harvard to know what's more outrageous the fact that he doesn't know the f.c.c. doesn't regulate cable or the fact that he is putting himself on a pedestal and trying to. >> laura: elite. >> trying to lecture us about proper political discourse. if you go back and look at the things he has said over the years where he has directly contradicted things he has said before, misrepresented himself several times on several different occasions, including national security, this someone of the last people in america who should be lecturing anybody on improving political discourse. >> laura: when i

they must decide if steven hayes should be given the death penalty for murdering a mother and her twoaughters after a home invasion. we'll be live from the courthouse with more. >> then defending her son. a 5-year-old boy wanted to dress up as daphne from scooby-doo for halloween and she said other parents bullied her about his decision and she wrote about it in a blog that has ignited a firestorm. we're going to talk live to that mom in just a moment. >> and it's one of the most talked about movies the holiday season. it's called 127 hours. it's the true story of aaron wallsteen and what he had to do to free himself after his hand was trapped under a bolder for five days. we'll hear from him. >> looking forward to that. first we begin this half hour with the hunt for a mystery sniper. this unknown gunman has been targeting military fast facilities in and around the d.c. area. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams reports. >> reporter: the latest target, a coast guard recruiting office in virginia, outside washington. the fbi says it was hit by shots fired from the same weapon use

this is day three of deliberations to determine whether steven hayes should spend life in prison or die by lethal injection. hayes was convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters. >>> in haiti, hurricane tomas didn't pack the punch predicted. mark potter is live there this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, trish. although the storm killed eight people, aid workers say haiti was lucky. the effects countrywide were minimal. there were flooding in places but port-au-prince was spared. the effects were minimal. the 1.3 million people living in tents after the earthquake were able to ride out the storm. the big question now is whether the heavy rains will spread the waterborne cholera epidemic which has killed more than 500 people here so far. trish? >> thank you, mark potter. >>> several international airlines are cancelling trips to indonesia's capital over concerns about mount merapi. friday, the most powerful eruption in a century. 138 people have died from the eruptions over the past two weeks. the new commandant says this is not the time to repeal don't ask, don'

the jury gave him the death penalty, gave steven hayes the death penalty.n a state that rarely executes anyone, some legal analysts say it will be years if not decades before appeals are exhausted. do you think that the will of dr. petit and this jury will actually come to pass? or was this whole trial essentially an exercise in futility? >> i have to believe that it will, because i have confidence in the legal system. and i was involved in the execution -- the last one that occurred in connecticut, michael ross, who was similarly convicted of a very heinous, horrible crime. i believe that the death penalty was equally appropriate for hayes in this case. and as attorney general, i would fight to uphold the verdict and implement it as i did in the michael ross case. >> senator-elect richard blumenthal. good to see you. good luck heading out to washington. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> break something news in the search for missing 10-year-old zahra baker. police are ready to give details about what they're calling valuable new evidence. >>> a facebook

. >>> now, at the same time, steven hayes was being sentenced to death for the murder of a mother ando daughters in the horrific connecticut home invasion trial, the u.s. state department was getting an earful from the human rights council in geneva for our continued use of capital punishment. it may be impossible to find many americans who don't think that hayes should be put to death for breaking into the petit home and burning mrs. petit and her daughters and beating dr. petit within an inch of his life. but is that just a visceral reaction to a brutal crime? here's william petit sharing his feelings on hayes getting the death penalty. >> i was very much insulted when people asked me last year that if the death penalty were rendered would that somehow give me closure. absolutely not. you know, this is not about revenge. you know, vengeance belongs to the lord. this is about justice. >> and that's a fair question. the difference between revenge and justice. we'll talk about that right now with richard cohen. he's a syndicated columnist for the "washington post." richard, let's start

steven hayes convicted of murdering a mother and her two daughters and setting the house on fire beforeto flee. hayes also forced jennifer hawk petit to go to a bank to withdraw money before she was killed. >>> new restrictions on air travel are in effect in the wake of the yemen bomb plot. travelers can no longer travel with toner cartridges weighing more than a pound. and high-risk cargo is banned from passenger planes and will be subject to additional screening. >>> in michigan, a state attorney general is out of a job today. calling the university of michigan student president chris armstrong racist and a liar -- his attorney claims his client was exercising free speech. >>> fears of inflation sent the price of gold and other precious metals soaring yesterday. gold hit an all-time high closing at $1,403 an ounce. investors worrying that the fed's $600 billion monetary stimulus will devalue the dollar. >>> here's a stat that should wake you up. according to aaa, 2 out of 5 drivers admit to falling asleep behind the wheel. more than a quarter say they've had trouble staying awake whil