where tech has been and where they are now. in the last five years virginia tech has been ranked in the top seven in defense, this season 77th. that challenge is noteworthy here is that note. at the bottom it reads you have the responsibility to uphold the tradition. first quarter, hokies on the doorstep. ryan williams gets the pitch and dives into the end zone for six. 7-0 hokies. williams 150 yards rushing and two tds. next possession, tirod taylor connecting with boykin. you've seen the offense. now see the defense. miami punting away. check out jacob sykes. matt reidy scoops it up and scores. the hokies' defense allowed 209 yards of offense. 11th ranked virginia tech knocks off miami 31-7. >> it is just a fact. you didn't hear about virginia tech this week. you heard a lot about miami. rightfully so. it should be that way. but like i say, i'm proud of our guys. i'm proud of what we are all about at virginia tech. >> hokies playing some alabamaer ball. >>> in college park turnovers torched the terps. maryland found themselve

a place texas tech has not fared well, robert. what do we expect from a much earlier meeting this season. >> for me, when you look at texas, i want to see defensive line. i want to see sergio kendall on this. this year, through a couple games he has five tackles and no sacks. i think it will be important for him to get that pressure started in this game against taylor potts but pressure can help out the secondary against a team like this. >> on the other side of the ball i want to see if texas tech can bottle up that magic they had defensively against colt mccoy. he struggled against the p defensive scheme. they came out rushed three and four. they bottled mccoy up. he couldn't run and was forced to throw down the field more often than he likes. not an accurate passer down the field likes throwing short and intermediate. early on the season. get the ball out quicker, kurkjikir kikkendoll opportunities to make yards after interception. can mccoy get off to a fast start and do so by getting the ball out of his hands that's what i'm

robert, we'll get your thoughts now on virginia tech.ebraska, we talked about the hokies' quarterback. what's critical for you in this game? >> i think when you look at this nebraska team, a lot of people think that now it's been almost exclusively a running team. but zac lee, he's done just an incredible job there at quarterback. but the running game is also dangerous and that should be a concern for virginia tech. they gave up 268 yards rushing against alabama earlier in the year so they've had some problems on their defensive line so this nebraska offense, a lot more balanced than people would realize. >> picking up what i'm putting down with the upset special or what. >> picking up with what i'm putting down! what? >> i don't know if it's an upset special but -- >> yeah, i like them. >> so then it is? >> yeah. i agree. i wouldn't say i agree with you but -- >> no. >> no upset special in austin? >> no. >> not going to happen again. it is a rematch. the red raiders looking to upset the second ranked longhorns and claim their first-ever

tech, here we go. three plays later, tech on the 11 yard line after a sack. tyrod taylor had the hokies in business. let's go, guys. come on. taylor, sees dyrell roberts. check out roberts. makes an incredible catch for thegame-winning touchdown. virginia tech beats the cornhuskers 16-15. >>> let's go to hatsymississipp. toree morrison, a speedy fellow. 57-yard touchdown. the cavs led 27-10 at halftime. they lose 37-34. virginia falls to 0-3. >>> to pittsburgh. navy playing pitt. second quarter, the panthers up 14-7. they are threatening. deon lewis stretches in for pitt. pitt downs navy. the mids back home on next saturday against western kentucky. >>> in the wnba playoffs the mystics, win or the season is over. in the fourth quarter, lindsay harding, count it. mystics up four. langhorne 15 points, ten rebounds. game tied 69. mystics get it to alana beard. drives baseline. no good. we go to overtime, ts guy loves him some bonus basketball. the fever inside tammy sutton-brown. indiana wins 81-74 in o.t. eliminating the mystics. >>> turning to hockey. the coun

but the funny thing about tech is that it's the big huge player that leads not only the tech sector, but realistically you can make an argument for the market as a whole. there are such huge market cap at the top with google and microsoft obviously. those are the real stories today. interesting how today is. two hours ago i would have said the market showed clear signs of failure. tried to make new highs. turned around, it was going to close weak. now it's going to be kind of a race to the finish. google, though, look at google. google's come back 50% off the highs exactly. it's come off those a little bit, and coincidentally, the stock market as a whole seems like it's ready for retracement as well. it seems like both apple and google have reached a bit. we've got palm today leading the downside in cell phones. if you look at palm start, since july 1st, it's made a series of lower lows and higher highs. >> here's how i kind of see tech right now. is it fair to say that in technology across the landscape, that you can get what we may call a disjointed recovery, meaning the tech compa

virginia tech racked up 605 yards of total offense. the hokies win big 52-10. >>> let's go to charlottesville, sab ter horse gets excited and throws cav man to the ground. he did get up but the cavs did not. joseph turner, tcu up 14-0. more tcu in the second half. andy dalton with a ton of time delivers a strike. he is in for a 31-yard touchdown. the horned frogs beat virginia 30-14, the fans spelling their displeasure for al grohs. >>> navy's head coach knows how to get his kids fired up. last week the mid shipmen nearly knocked off the buckeyes. today his speech was simple but effective. it's go time. >> whatever it takes we are leaving everything on the field. >> that is coach speak for you but gets the players going. early in the game it was all louisiana tech. the punt for the bulldogs. avoids a tackle. goes to the outside. see you. he takes it back 85 yards for the touchdown. louisiana tech up 14-0. just like that. navy would answer, though. late first quarter, ricky dobbs to mario washington. he makes a nice catch for a 29-yard

and tech downed miami, 31-7. in college park, maryland turned the ball over five times. and maryland has committed 13 turnovers in four games and fall to 1-3 since 1997. navy and kentucky. navy finished with more than 470 yards of total offense. atlanta scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back. atlanta won 14 of the last 17 games. and later today the redskins take on the lions at 1:00. that's your sports minute, and i am hakem durmish, have a great day. >>> this morning on kids' post on tv, pictures and a play and popeye. hi, tracee, good to have you with us. this is part of a photo contest. >> yes, every year the agriculture center encourages kids to draw here. and this is the winner. she is 10 years old. this is the ceiling of her church. the jges thought that was a very unusual perspective, which is really what attracted them. second place went to this picture. i bet you can recognize where this is. this is the national building museum. and 10 years old. the judges thought the way it showed the arches was really beautiful. and that it was a different

colt mccoy and texas longhorns looking for pay back from the texas tech red raiders. texas tech and texas on abc, "saturday night football" presented by southwest airlines tonight at 8:00. >> craig: that's a challenge for text defense to cover up defense, particularly colt mccoy's legs and his running ability. >> mike: robinson is back in as the iowa running back. nice hole straight up the middle. robinson, at the 30 yard line. telly, from outside of the linebacker made the tackle. even so far with the all-american candidate not in the line-up. this week, iowa offensive line. >> craig: look at that push, mike p. talk about driving them back three, four lines. there's a bow in that arizona defensive line. excellent. hitting up on the right giet,

i just can't believe the torture that we read going on at virginia tech.two young people got slaughtered like this. i don't know. was this close-up? was it a rifle? what was the caliber? what information do we have? >> right now not very much is being released, is it, mike brooks? >> not at all, nancy. and that's the whole thing. apparently one victim was inside the car, one outside the car. they apparently vacuumed it with a forensic vacuum to try to get any hairs, fibers, dna, any kind of fingerprint evidence. taking a look at -- i know it's not pleasant to talk about with both the gentlemen there, but angle of the bullet, all these things. but it's going to be very, very important in determining was there one perp in this, was there two? what exactly happened? we don't know right now, nancy. >> to the lines, melissa in west virginia. what's your question, dear? >> caller: yes. i would like to congratulate you on your twins. you are a wonderful mother. i have twins as well. so i know what a blessing that is. and my question is when was the couple last se

that can't be said for tech knocks this year. big cap tech can't fall out of favor. as we head to the third quarter season, it seems optimism is gaining momentum. others like google and apple, as well. even though both of those have turned negative. ftn is out with a report this morning confirming a 10% to 15% quarter to quarter jump in motherboard shipments and user demand for desktop pcs seems to be picking up in emerging markets and stabilizing in developed ones. among the chip makers, i supply with a market improvement from the 23% decline it predicted. aside from intel, cypress, nvidia and xilinx, they are worth looking at. real question is whether this rally has legs or has gotten ahead of itself. that's why earnings in a couple of weeks or so important this time around with a recent round of upgrades. the street still thinks this rally has room to ride. back to you. >> thanks very much. the closing countdown after this short break. >> and the quarter is ending. we'll give you a rundown. after the bell, 7-eleven spearheading a campaign to get congress to prohib

i'm proud of what we're all about here at virginia tech. >> virginia tech playing beamer ball there.n college park yesterday, turnovers torched the terps. maryland found themselves on the wrong side of the final score thanks to five turnovers against rutgers. the terps are now 1-3 for the first time since 1997. taking the field with a zealous attitude but they didn't start very well. five seconds into the game, chris turner throws and -- uh-oh. picked off by rutgers' antonio lowery. he returns it 36 yard force the touchdown. just like that, the scarlett knights have a 7-0 lead. second quarter now, maryland trails 10-3. here they come. turner throws right, to williams. slips a tackle and he's in. 24-yard score. terps tied at 10. third quarter, terps up 13-10. deep in their own territory. chris turner sacked into the end zone. turner fumbles. rutgers recovers it for a touchdown. knights take a 17-13 lead. maryland has 13 turnovers in four games. fourth quarter gets worse. the handoff, goes around. terps having problems making tackles. 61 yards for the td. the terps fall 34-13. they are

miami, virginia tech at 3:30. at 8:00, i know it takes on penn state. -- i know it takes on penn state. -- iowa takes on penn state. tiger has trouble taking the long pot, but he saved par. he finished the day 5 under, leading the field by one stroke. the nationals come home tonight trying to get back on the winning track. at 7:00, they try to but another in the losslo the new mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. before taking it on, one must study it first. rushing in unprepared may prove overwhelming... with all that juicy, 100% angus beef. there! you found a point of entry! the bacon beckons like a springboard to paradise. one small bite for man... etcetera, etcetera. angus axiom number 11: bring on the bacon. the astonishing new angus third pounders. all angus. all mcdonald's. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >>> more about the breaking news on riverdale park, on the scene of a large commercial building fire. >> right now, they're trying to get into the collision center. at things a lot better, but the have a long

georgia tech was up 14-0.n late in the half on the fake field goal, blair, the kicker, to thomas, clemson stormed back, made it a game, but tech wins on a late field goal, 30-27. >>> and finally, unbc soccer hosting the kick-off classic against st. francis. fupaw to bowls in front for that great first touch spin and finish. a pair of goals. the unbc wins 3-1. they're 4-0 for the first time in a decade. castle men won today. >> lots of football. >> that time of year again. >> a lot of people are excited that the season is here. >> i can't wait until sunday. >> you'll be be there, too. >>> we'll be right back. . >>> heavy rain overnight but things should start clearing up tomorrow and then the weekend looking pretty good. >> that's a good thing. that's all for us tonight. thanks for watching. you can follow all the stories we're covering on abc2 news and on twitter. i say that wrong, it's abc2 news on twitter. it's because i don't tweet. good night.

in annapolis, navy hosting louisiana tech. here, the pick to finerty and finds the end zone from 16 yards out and navy cuts the deficit 14-10. rickey dobs on the option and for a two-yard score. navy scores the game, final 32 points beating louisiana tech 32-14. a look at other local college football scores, rutgers over howard, 45-7. lafayette defeatings georgetown 28-3. bowie state falls to fayetteville state, 30-20 and catholic is doubled up by franklin and marshal, 42-21. >>> the time has come. we have to take our first break. please stick around. when we come back, the redskins don't want to miss this performance against the giants and neither does defensive end greg black. we're back in minutes. hearts happy... ...and big hearts happy too. because as part of a heart healthy diet... ...those delicious oats in cheerios can help naturally lower cholesterol. (cheerios spilling) cheerios. how can something so little... ...help you do something so big. >> i just called greg black, the redskins defensive end, he's the defensive

they go to georgia tech.t jacory harris the other day. >> ray: yeah, they'll be on the rebound coming off of that loss and star t conference play and tech, a favorite to win that conference, as you see the north carolina schedule. got some dandies on there. they're going to get miami up here on november 14th and that might be for all of the marbles in the acc. >> pam: that's going to be a heck of a ball game at kenan stadium. east carolina, playing central florida at home next week. they came into this game, 1-1. beat appalachian estimate week one and then fell at west virginia, a team that they beat last ye last year. you will get your best shot from teams thabeet you and remember they beat west virginia. got off to that great start. sort of everybody's darling and then things -- >> ray: a little going. >> pam: yeah but not much. you still win a conference championship. first down run for ryan houston, who has two rushing touchdowns today. >> ray: yeah, and i can't imagine coach holtz will spend another time

there's mature tech and emerging tech. there's this changing of the guard going on.any like oracle or a company like intel, those are mature stories. they're well into their third and forth decades. where as if you look at the alternative energy names, those are emerging. >> what sector do you want to get into right now? >> i'm more of an emerging tech guy. we're excited about getting into the solar technologies. that doesn't mean it's not a great play for a more conservative investor to buy the blue chip techs and use that operating leverage in the recovery. >> scott, one of the things i see you point out, the reason that technology has been able to do so well, they didn't get stuck with needing to borrow cash. a lot of them were sitting on large hordes of cash. they didn't get hit by the credit crunch that other companies and sectors of the economy did. >> that's right. if you think about it, there are three primary reasons we think tech has done well. the first is the relative fundamentals. you eleaded to. this is not an area that was hit as much by, say, the fina

new york bureau ief and tech guru sco gurvey joins us now with a closer look at e deal. hi scott >> reporter: hi suzanne. you know, dell mak stuff and the mol to this story is that you can't make a lot omoney just makinstuff these days. dell makes desktopomputers and lapt computers and server computers. it makes printers aneven tvs. but there's not a lot of marn in most of the products. addition, dell got clobber by t recession because business custome put off upgradintheir hardware. and while delltuck with hardwa, its biggest competitors added software a services. hp bought electronic data system ironically another company started by perot. and ftware and services company oracle is buying hardware maker sun mrosystems. now de is playing catch-up. i talked tod with analyst tom smith at standard and po's who says t dell deal is better late than never. >> dell's move intoervices is substantially smaller than h and also a year ter. so in that sensehey're behind th rival. ibm has been movinmore heavily into services part of a three legged strategy of hardwar software and ser

>> va tech. buying time scrambling. it is 16-15.ow leads the scoring drive five plays, 88-yards in 1:23. how does it happen, robert? >> on this last play you cannot afford to let tyrod taylor have all day. nobody is blocking them but just standing there. right there, 93, you have to get him and force him to make a play. the defensive back. just barely misses him. >> notre dame trying to bounce back. michigan state down 3. cousins to blair white. touchdown. >> blair white finds a way to get open consistently. jimmy clausen took golden tate for the 33-yard touchdown stretch. >> the dive. >> michigan state band. >> the stage dive into the michigan state band. >> this one getting close. cousins overthrows a why-open larry caper. turned out to be a missed tune. next play, he certainly wants this one back. intercepted by kyle mcccarthy. >> you cannot make that mistake. he'll learn from it. >> michael floyd lost to a broken collarbone. hundred return, questionable. jahvid best set some records, one, two, three, four, five touchdowns. we'll

today against louisiana tech. first quarter, louisiana tech up 7-0. he is leaving lots of guys around trying to catch him. it down the sideline. who do you think is faster? 85 yards, touchdown. 14-0, louisiana tech. maybe gets the ball back. running the option pitch, 16 yards, 30 to one answered points. -- 32 unanswered points. >>> johns hopkins enjoying a home opener today. last year, hopkins won the game in triple overtime. isecond quarter, the yellow jackets knocking on the door. he ties the game. third quarter, of speed right, 24 carries, 100 yards for the right -- 120 yards for the win. >>> great high-school game, gilman hosting dematha. the greyhounds were hoping to upset the stags. we are tied. second quarter, he goes to the air. the long drive, capped off by this eight-yard toss. 14-7 gilman. the stags win the game. >>> here are some of the stories that we're working on. baltimore church working to get guns off the streets. details on those efforts. get out your workout shoes. join mayor sheila dixon's worked out initiative with your cellphone

big tech names under proir, 2124 for nasdaq. hey, bob. >> we moved briefly in the middle of the day. the senate finance committee rejecting the plan for the public option. >> this is an important development. >> the baucus plan is essentially the main plan. here is the important thing. let's look where we stand on this. we are getting some end game here. as that came across the tape, we saw health care stocks move up. senator baucus will doesn't include the public component. he indicated he will try to push that through as soon as possible perhaps by the end of the week. here is the important thing. look at united health. here is a big one, large health insurer, they have the blue cross, blue shield plans. popping up as that was announced and falling back down. it is good news in theory, but the problem is we don't know what the final form will look like and whether hmos will have burdensome taxes or other obligations. this is good news in the short term, the intermediate plan is sell or don't buy at this point. united health an

-bound bubble, 54-28. >> number 19 nebraska at number 13 va tech. last year the hokies won in lincoln in a tight one. this time it was in blacksburg. fourth quarter, virginia tech down five. tyrod taylor on fourth down, and roberts can't hold on. it was right on his fingers. frank beamer agog. but nebraska can't run out the clock. virginia tech gets it back at their own 16. under a minute and a half to go. desperation time. taylor loads it up, he's got danny cole. behind everybody. cole finally knocked out at the 3. huge play for the hokies. the husker fans are stunned. sean mcdonough now with the call. >> taylor roll to the left, now comes back to the right, waving receivers around. nobody open. running out of time. finally throws! and it is caught! touchdown, roberts! >> roberts atones for the earlier drop, and for the second straight year, the hokies nip the huskers, 16-15. >> ding, ding, at the m.g.m. grand last night. floyd mayweather jr. taking on juan manuel marquez. may weder is one of five fighters to have held five major world titles in fi

monopoly goes high tech. there will be an online version of the popular game that we use google maps. it promises to be the biggest game of monopoly. for more information, log onto the tech page at abcnews.com. those are your tech bytes. i aminita nair. >>> 5:21 is your time, 65 degrees. >> it is a game week in the nfl. that means someone somewhere will be talking some smack. we will hear what the big man had to say about the little giants coming up. >> later on "oprah," it is the season kickoff party and she is taking the show outside. the legendary james taylor and other big stars will appear. that is today at 4:00. >>> good morning. the redskins best giants game is just a couple of days away. albert haynesworth was just saying what he felt yesterday. he said it confidently. it will give the giants some bulletin board material. there is no need to fire up a good ballclub. >> it is ok with me. i have played a lot of teams. they rant the ball well. we stopped it. i expect the same thing here. -- they ran the

no monopoly goes high-tech. monopoly city streets uses google maps to let players buy any street in the world it promises to be the world's biggest game of monopoly. for information on all these stories log on to the technology page of abcnews.com. those are your "tech bytes." i'm vinita nair. >>> some important looking people walking around arundel mills mall yesterday. we'll tell you why, coming up. >>> in this town you do not touch cal. the theft streak is over. how police rescued ripken. >>> and it's all over. ride the ducks, swud language out of

that's the tech story here today. it's interesting.e've gone full circle, it seems, with market leader longer term once again trying to come back and lead, but if you look at the month, if you look at the quarter, fourth or fifth really for technology. >> i have been waiting for cisco to break out and it's finally kind of waking up. when you look at the list you just showed, cisco, intel, qualcomm, they make the guts that go into the stuff that other companies then make and then you got on thor end accenture which provides the services to lash all those things together. >> if you're thinking jobless recovery that means productivity which means i do the work of two people in layman's terms. but the reality is typically technology plays a big part in that efficiency uptick. >> thanks very much, matt. >>> we have a triple digit advance in the dow jones industrial average. let's find out whether it's going to hold into the close and go down to the floor of the new york stock exchange. there's steve grasso. one analyst sent me a note saying

i like these speculative tech stocks. i really do.nd as part of a feel bet on the guts of the mobile internet it's terrific. it's either smartphone components or wireless network equipment makers. in a field bet like i discussed in "jim cramer's real money: sane investing in an insane world." and i elaborate in my new book coming out next month "jim cramer's getting back to even: your personal economic recovery plan." you take a basket of stocks in an industry you think is going to roar. tekelec should be part of your mobile internet basket. precisely because it's the stock that hasn't gone anywhere. therefore, i regard it as undiscovered versus the rest. i think it has huge upside. the stock's massively undercovered by the brokerage houses. only seven analysts follow it. only one of them likes it enough to give it a buy. i think that's nuts. when you consider the fundamentals i'm about to run down for this company. tekelec is a telco equipment supplier that produces equipment for a particular kind of business that you and i both know

for more information, log onto the tech page at abcnews.com. those are your tech bytes. i'm jeremy hubbard. >> does that mean that mac stores will be selling pigeons? >> may be so. 5:20 is your time. >> the redskins were hoping to steal a win on the road. we will tell you how this one slipped away. >> later on "oprah," we have heard all about this. it is based special event. whitney houston with no topic off limits. >>> the redskins' defense could not hold it. >> they begin the seasons with a loss. the first touchdown came on a fake field goal. they would not find the end zone again until the two-minute drill at the end of the game. the redskins lose 23-17. >> green bay and chicago played in the first sunday night football game. he made a big impression. it was a bad one. cutler threw four interceptions. >> in tennis, melanie oudin stole the tennis headlines. tim one of the u.s. open as an unseeded wild card. that is her daughter in the crowd. this is her second u.s. open crown. how cute is that? congratulations to her. roger federer is going after his sixth straight tit

virginia tech hosting marshall. ryan williams ran for 156 yards and three touchdowns including this 57-yarder. the hokies win big 52-10. >>> in charlottesville uva taking on texas christian. this was a sign of things to come. he was okay, but the cavs were not. tcu downs virginia 30-14. >>> in baseball nationals and marlins. the game was delayed by three hours, but it didn't delay the inevitable. cantu beating the nats by himself. the nats fall big to the marlins. >>> the mystics won 62-54 and will be in the playoffs. >>> later today the redskins kick off the season against the giants at 4:15. >>> next up on nbc 4, reportes notebo notebook. we'll be back in 15 minutes with the morning's top stories. >>> good morning. welcome to reporter's notebook. this morning we start with the virginia governor's race and all the debate swirling about bob mcdonald. the virginia race has republican monald under the microscope again. as chairman of the virginia statehouse court of justice committee his comments about gays surfaced t

it's tech and industrials. we still think those areas will be leadership coming out of this. >> he was early, he was right. i think the big shift now is all the things that were fixed. they were financed, financed and refinanced. real engineers replace financial enginee engineers. i think it's a great time if you're willing to go in and take advantage of this and not worry about the short-term price fluctuations. >> where would you go in? what do you like best? >> general motors is the metaphor of what happened when it didn't happen. i think there's a trend for lighter, stronger, faster and smarter. look at the attributes to fashion to airplanes and cars, you get fuel efficiency and greener. everywhere. i think it's an amazing market to buy real things. >> do you worry about the upcoming holiday season and it being slow, impacting the retail sector and other sectors as well if in fact we see this economic recovery stall? >> we do to some degree. but what's really interesting is the whole thing fundamentally tha

tech uses the spread offense. and anthony allen breaks free. early on 7-zero tech. and they use some trickery as well. off the field goal to the kicker. tech had a big lead. >>> in basketball, alan iverson was welcomed to his new team in memphis today. memphis is his fourth team in his 13 year career. 27 points a game career average. that's fourth best in nba history. >>> rain has washed out night play at the open. the williams sisters advancing to the double's match. a series of vollies will come her way. serena watching as her sister does all the work. serena scheduled to play tomorrow. i have rain in new york as well. let's hope they can play. >>> what a couple of >>> it's not the fastest way to go, but a couple packers fans (announcer) tired of nighttime breathing problems? (sniffy/congested noises) ("whish, whish") here's the solution. (applause) is it a bandage you ask? no! it's famous, drug free breathe right. (squeaky noise) ingenious flexible strips that fit your nose to gently open your nasal passages... (free air/deep breath) ...for up to 31% more airflow

. >>> georgia tech blows a huge lead. and the rockies step up the pressure on the dodgers. >>> plus, going the distance. a leaping interception from the steelers and all with one hand. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> three big weather stories on this friday. rain in texas, mid atlantic coast and the heat out west. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports, the pittsburgh steelers, defending super bowl champs, they know a thing or two about winning. it just took a little while to remember. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. no better way to kick off the football season than an overtime thriller between the steelers and titans. you saw it on nbc. second quarter. titans down. a minute to play. tied the game. remain tied until the end. steelers driving late in the fourth. ben rottiethlisberger to hines d inside the 20. ward fumbles. stee

that's why you can see tech up. the fundamentals are good, but the nasdaq is also the place of severe outperformance. so money managers will put money to work there right now to boost those stocks and their winners in it, like the semis and of course the components of the mobile internet index. need i remind you apple ciena, skyworks, abc telecom, com scope, tekelec. here's the bottom line. if the economic fundamentals are a push, creating the yo-yo action, which i refuse to use again because i couldn't even do cat's cradle, then what happens? we default to the fundamentals of the money management business, which remains positive going into a fourth quarter with huge gains under our belt including the best quarter in ten years. just finished today. and of course we keep our portfolios diversified. not to mention play "am i diversified" on this very show. let's start with the calls. let's go to amy in florida. amy. >> caller: hey, jim. and a great big boo-yah. >> look at that sunshine boo-yah. you know how to play. y

the georgia tech quarterback had a big game, running for a pair of scores. tech knocks off north carolina. >>> florida state lost to miami today, in south florida. b. j. daniels, they are up 7-0. he was making his first-ever start. he was not recruited by florida state. they may want a duel over after today. it is priceless. florida state cut it to 14-7. then the quarterback coughs up the football. the seminoles are left to ponder their first-ever loss to south florida, 17-7. >>> $10 million on the line at for the tour championship of fedex cut. the likelihood it is is tiger's but is not guaranteed. phil mickelson does not seem too happy. tiger started the third round with a two-shot lead, but he did not make enough of these. he shoots 69, two behind kenny perry. if he wins tomorrow and tiger finishes in a three-way tie for third or worse, then perry will when the fedex cop and $10 million prize that goes with it. not bad for a week and worth of work. nothing like a bottle of water, but not bad. ♪ take me home ♪ take me home ♪ to my family ♪ ♪ i need to be s

virginia tech, hokies fired up to take on the cornhuskers. in blacksburg.ning kickoff and we have done that again. i'm telling you. every time we go to tell you about nebraska -- >> holding call for a touchdown. zach lee. >> cover, cover. up five, nobody gets deep. are you kidding me. >> what's interesting, nebraska really outplayed virginia tech for much of this game. >> watch this play -- watch the defensive line on nebraska on the next play. you have to go after tyrod taylor on this. you can't stay back and let him scramble all day. there's no way your secondary can cover this long. >> tyrod taylor. gets away with it. but again, threw the ball, the rushing situation continues. seems to shy away from. >> negative 22 yards rushing. he's not running the ball. he's not getting the looks he wants as a passer. when it came down to it he made the one throw they needed and they won ugly but still won. >> scorecards don't take picture. >> tough for nebraska. outplayed them for 3 1/2 quarters. >> michigan state and notre dame. to south bend for this one. notre dam

today's tech bites with abc. >>> today's tech bites, another major milestone for apple. more than 2 billion raps have been downloaded for iphone and iphone touch. more than 85,000 aps are now available at the online store. >>> parents worried about their kids listening to mp 3 players too loud may want to look at players in europe. the european union is coming up with tougher standards. new players would include a maximum sound level default. regulators expected to finalize the new standards over the next year. >>> nintendo came up with very inventive mind games for its hand held console. the latest is a test of your imagination and vocabulary. >> it takes a very familiar game concept. the flat form game you are running and jumping through levels to get to an end point and adds a unique element being able to create your own tools typing names in with your stylus. a choose your own adventure vibe. it is up to you to figure out the best way to solve it. it is one to have cleverest, most inventive new game ideas in years. >> it sells for $30. finally amazon's kindle is gett

tech pulls it out, 16-15. my goodness. >> and byu with bcs hopes before florida state rolled into the area. kristen ponder hitting terrell, five -yard touchdown. florida state up 30-14 and matt struggling. one of his three interceptions on the day, that pick courtesy of dave reid taking it back for the touchdown. florida state goes on to win it 54-28 ending byu's bcs dreams. >> and after a trip to ann arbor, the heat was on at home against michigan state where they hadn't beaten them since 1983. the first quarter all notre dame clausen with a 22-yard strike. in the second quarter the irish leading by just three. clausen connecting with boyd again for what looked like a touchdown but called no good for lack of possession. as for floyd, he had to leave the game an apparent broken collar bone. >> wildcat formakes. 23-17, irish. but in the fourth irish clinging to a lead when kevin cousin completes the pass to blair white. a 17-yard touchdown that puts them on top. same score, second and eight for the fighting iri

those are your tech bytes. i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> president obama in full campaign style mode as he lays out his plan for health care. so what did you think? >>> and happy new year. the president is using rosh hashanah to snd a message of peace between israel and its neighbors. >>> and it is a story about determination. we'll introduce you to vincent pfizer. it is a great story. >>> meantime, happy friday. good morning. i'm megan pringle. jamie is on the go. he'll join us later on in the show. he's in calvert county so we'll check in with him to find out what's going on. meantime, we've got weather and traffic all morning long. justin's here. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, megan. at 5:29 on the clock, we take to you owings mills where we have a quiet morning. after the rain we had to deal with yesterday morning, right now, it is just cloudy. a little bit of pa

we learn a female lab tech's dna ends up on that tape, the tape on caylee's skull. we also discovered the defense so-called wish list. a list of people the defense p.i. was to investigate as potential scapegoats, someone else to point the finger at in court. hundreds of e-mails surfacing between grandmother cindy and the anthonys' private eye, secretly compiling charts to dig up dirt on key people connected to the case. and in a stunning twist, months after caylee's memorial, grandmother cindy still wants the p.i.s to search for a living caylee, insisting this photo of a little girl being investigated as a possible caylee sighting in puerto rico. and tonight a key witness emerges. possibly the last person to see caylee alive outside the family, placing her at a local walmart with tot mom casey anthony. >> you're talking about a 3-year-old little girl. i need to find her. >> i don't know what your involvement is, sweetheart. you're not telling me where she's at. >> because i don't [ bleep ] know where she's at. are you kidding me? >> there was a bag of pizza for, wha

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for more information, log onto the tech page at abcnews.com. those are your tech bytes. i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> 5:21 is your time. >> the phillies are headed for post-season playoffs. we will have the results from another game that the nationals would like to have back. >> later today on "oprah," remembering michael jackson. that's at 4:00 right here on abc 7. >>> good morning. the redskins have done some soul-searching since sunday. after watching the game tape, but there are still those what might have been. plays like carlos rogers. he had the intersection but dropped it. he knows this is the same thing that plagued him a year go. now he is looking to a head. >> we did some good stuff but not enough. they may place when they needed to. we're looking around and see what we can do next. >> the philadelphia eagles have removed michael vick from the exempt list. he cannot play in a game from a week from sunday. donovan mcmahon has a cracked rib -- donovan ,cmamcnabb has a cracked rib. >>> linda bell has the latest business headlines. >> alan greenspan says watch out for i

you've got to like the direction now of tech. they haven't reacted like in a monstrous way, but you've got to remember you look back to july where we've come from across the fmh, across the xlk to reaction, the fact that they're holding up here, people aren't willing to sell right now is a very impressive stat. >> and i think with txn's aggression the moderation or the conservative guidance they gave us back in june i think that's what this is. i think they told us in june they saw the global economy still in decline. they're able to not only increase but tighten the guidance. that's also very important. and it is about netbooks. it is about some of the cheaper chips that these guys are using. and i think you're going to see these upgrades because although the margins suffer on this you are seeing sales and it's coming from the u.s. it's not coming from the global sales that they often talk about. >> but i have to mention like the rose bowl, the grand daddy of all the bowls. >> grand daddy. never played in one. >> you almost did.

like we said, techs have a strong day. you can see the nasdaq there is up almost 2% on the day so far. tris trish, happy monday. >> it's been three days since we've seen a real rally here in the dow, really moving quite, quite ahead with full speed here. up 128. as you were just pointing out, we're going to talk about merger monday and how that's affecting things. certainly a return of confidence in some ways on the corporate level which is leading to a return of confidence on the investor level. i want to bring in mary thompson who's tracking all the internals of this market. before we get to merger monday let's talk a little bit here about the weak dollar and how that's affecting stocks. >> you heard melissa francis mention it at the open. the dollar index coming into today's session actually was stronger. the dollar was weak against the yen. the index against the other currencies actually was moving higher. then what you saw actually was the dollar index start to weaken. that pushed stocks to their highest level. right

what other tech transformations are ahead? a top analyst gives us the trade. >>> and trading the globe. brazil is about to throw a $7.5 billion ipo party. tim seymour on how to join in. >>> plus, one year later we break down the street survivors this week. we start with a favorite on the desk on america's post-market show tonight. is >>> welcome back to the "fast money" halftime report. where is the money flowing in and out of today? steve grasso is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. steve, it feels to me sitting here looking at my screen like a slow day, but what is the buzz on the floor? >> it is definitely a slow day, but there's still institutional buying. >> of what? >> it went from buying dips to shut up and buy them. that's what i'm still seeing. still seeing buying across all sectors although they have hesitated today. >> which sectors in particular? are they going after the market leaders like technology or are they going into new sectors? >> they've always been going after technology. they never ceased on t

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dominated georgia tech.playmakers around him and the way they are feeding off of jacory harris. the confidence they have as they head to lane stadium, i would put them at number five this week. there is no doubt in my mind the athletic ability and now the confidence is there as they head up to lane stadium this week to take on the hokies. >> twitter has become a way for proathletes to connect with fans. maybe it is not not to know what some of these athletes think of you. robert henson is apologizing for this. this is what he had on his twitter account. >> remember bob uecker's line, hey fans, i love you. >> unbelievable. >> rookie linebacker. in the first two games he has been inactive. not active. he has had as much say in those games as that 9-5 worker at mcdonalds. >> the guy who works 9:00 to 5:00 at mcdonalds had as much to do with the victory as you did. you might not consider insulting your fans and hard working people who by the way has been priced out of coming to your games so they can pay you rid