it's toppings on top of toppings with no outer crust to fence them in.eroni for just $9.99 for a medium. pizza hut. now you can order america's favorite pizza on your iphone. tiger, on the prowl for a second-straight win and he welcomes lefty back to the p.g.a. tour as well. yankees look for their first win against the red sox this season. following a visit to the commissioner's office, stallworth, issues an apology. team opener, is less than a month away, and tebow's intensity level is code red >> oh, boy, a, a 3-2, has become a 9-3 yankees lead. smoltz l -- is out. cabrera, and posada, just hit a three-run homer of his own. 3-3. damon's homer. 0-8 this season. with a 9-3 lead. game one of the four-game set in the bronx. >> hello, welcome to "espnews," we always help you stay current with the latest news, and highlights and scores. i'm mark morgan. we'll update you, on the yankees-red sox. but, first, tiger woods and phil mickelson, both in action. >> woods has won this event, six times. phil, playing for the first time since the u.s. open. struggled on

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it's toppings on top of toppings with no outer crust to fence them in. the edge with either the works, meaty, or pepperoni for just $9.99 for a medium. pizza hut. now you can order america's favorite pizza on your iphone. see i told you there were forty shots in there. but you also said there'd be a reverse ventriloquist act here. excuse me guys. (announcer) calling all captains. drink responsibly. >> nascar sprint cup making a stop in bristol -- that's tennessee, not connecticut. mark martin won the pole. starting his 1,000th race. lap 11, this was the view from joey logano's car. reed sorenson in the 43 car fighting for position with logano, bumps logano from behind, logano spins out and bumps into the wall, he would head to the garage for repair. lap 256, kurt busch on pit road, his crew can't get the tear-off off the windshield before busch drives away, then it comes off and starts blowing in traffic, blows away before doing any damage to the other cars. lap 317, jimmie johnson battling with mark martin for the lead, johnson passes martin on the outs

ranked in the top 10. i'm talking the big 12 south -- texas, oklahoma and oklahoma state are all from the big 12 south. they're going to have to play one another. who is the best team in the big 12 north? kansas, which comes in at number 25. that doesn't seem fair to me. >> in latte land, broncos and seahawks. late second quarter, fourth and goal, orton scrambles. this was a bad idea. with his left hand. he's picked off by ken lucas. orton 17-23 and a touchdown. fourth quarter, scary moment. chris simms to ken mckinley, simms goes down in pain. >> professional football, jeremy shockey and the saints taking on texas, shockey got into a training-camp scuffle with the texans. shockey can work and play well with others. shockey, look at that, hurdling a defender on the way to a seven-yard gain. later in the second quarter, mike bell takes the handoff then takes off, finding a seam through the right side, runs 46 yards -- it's an open house and everyone is invited, saints blow out the texans 38-14. >> semifinal

in the top of the third.ia going oppo -- opposite field and gone for his eighth home run of the year and his first opposite-field home run of his career. bottom three. derek jeter. deep drive. center field. look at jacoby ellsbury. into the wall to make the grab. but later in the third inning, nobody's catching this one. johnny damon off john smoltz. his 20th home run of the year for damon. his first 20-homer season since 2006. top four. casey kotchman connects. two-run home run. his first with the red sox. they are up 3-1. but in the fourth, the yanks tee off on john smoltz. melky cabrera -- the no-doubter -- three-run home run, his 11th. smoltz tagged. nine hits, eight earned in 3 1/3 -- his e.r.a. is 8.32. jorge posada off former yankee billy traber, and that's gone for a three-run home run -- his 14th. yanks score eight in the fourth. they lead 9-3. normally, it's joba throwing at kevin youkilis, but on thursday night it was mark melancon throwing at dustin pedroia. it will be interesting to see if on fri

it's toppings on top of toppings with no outer crust to fence them in.her the works, meaty, or pepperoni for just $9.99 for a medium. pizza hut. now you can order america's favorite pizza on your iphone. >> tebow looks the throw the ball deep down the field. he makes the catch. touchdown, touchdown, oh, my! >> 66-yard bomb. >> runs the ball straight ahead. touchdown! >> a beautiful run by tebow. >> ah, yes, less than a month to go before collegiate fans can don their foam fingers, body paint and signs explaining why your team is not as good as theirs, of course, it's written less nice than that. here to help stoke the flames of the collegiate season, joe schad, espn college football reporter. and joe, let us start with the s.e.c. and florida. they are the overriding favorites. unlike alabama, however, they did suffer a division loss last year before they went to the bowl game, before they went to the s.e.c. championship game. that was ole miss. so who is going to challenge urban meyer's thundering squad, that hard, ready-to-roll squad this season? >> cer

for three days they were on top a catamaran. it shows how hungry they were after being at sea for a weak. they were on an overnight fishing trip when the boat overturned. >>> in new york, thousands turned out to celebrate what would have been michael jackson's 51st birthday. brooklyn's prospect park was packed with fans dawning white gloves eager to dance to the king of pop. spike lee organized that birthday tribute. >>> and now for a look at the national and the regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. hey, bill, good morning. >> good morning, dan. that fire unfortunately will be tough to fight. the temperatures are warm in l.a. it's going to be difficult. we saw 100-degree temperatures into the weekend. this morning the low is only 75. so the firefighters aren't getting a break during the evening hours. today the high will be 91 degrees. no rain in the forecast and no cool weather either. the cool weather, that's up here from the great lakes into new england. when you wake up th

now he's graduating at the top of his class.rel has that story. >> it's a big day for mustafaa. he was chose on the lead his high school classmates in a graduation ceremony, a far cry from nine years ago when he arved in northern virginia from indonesia, speaking no english and having no friends weather only his family for support. >> just do my best. as long as -- it doesn't matter if i'm first or second or third or whatever, as long as i do my best, that's all that matters. >> mustafaa's efforts paid off. he's co-valedictorian of lakeview high school. his principal says he's been an inspiration to all around him. >> i do. i think that his maturity coupled with his academic brilliance is certainly what has helped him stand out. >> getting to the top of a class of 296 seniors was no easy feat. 18 had a 4.0 or better. and the class of 2009 won top scholastic honors, beating every other high school in loudoun county. mustafaa credits the adults around him for helping him succeed, es pshlgly in math and physics. >> my parents encou

what i have seen reported is that the average of the top 25, whoever the top 25 were last year and how much they make this year, gmac is about $3 million. bank of america on average is $7 million apiece. do those numbers sound right to you? >> i don't have the numbers, but look thing at the pay packages, those sound within the realm of possibility as they sound large to the rest of us. >> we are talking about seven institutions that include a couple of car companies here at the end of the day. it would appear a year ago if you asked me last october did it look like we might have a change from the form of compensation or last february i would have said there was a chance. that has change and a lot less likely at this point in many ways. it appears regardless of what mr. fine berg comes up with. goldman and morgan so anxious to repay the t.a.r.p. money so they can pay people what they feel is worthwhile. until they decide it's not, it probably will be. >> thank you very much. this is an issue we will be following. >> i'm sure we will. >> with great detail. we all know that. two top fund

>> well, it depends on what the top rate is. if that top 1% is paying say a third of their income in taxes this might be the result of a dynamic growing economy. but what obama wants to do is raise the tom effective rate on those individuals to 39% on their income tax and if you toss in social security and medicare, to over 50% top rates. that's getting con fiss cat orie. -- confiscate orie. there's another way of looking at those numbers. the top 50% of taxpayers in 2007 paid roughly $1 trillion 683 billion in taxes. the top 50% paid 34 times as much as the bottom 50%. the top 25% paid six times as much in taxes as the bottom 75%. sean: we've got some economists predicting the unemployment debacle may last for years. this guy rubinny who predicted this he said the recession is going to be to the end of the year and the recovery is going to be slight because of all the debt and deficits. we're getting electricured on capitalism by china. how bad is this? how do we get out of this economic downturn especially with the democrats s

three-run shot. 3-0, yankees, top nine, yankees up 7-5.elky only needs a triple for the cycle and drives that pitch over the head of jermaine dye hustling around the bases and he is safe at third with a triple. first cycle for the yankees since 1995. that will do it for this espnews update. i'm will selva. >>> the implosion of an old factory in turkey didn't go as planned over the weekend. >> you have to see this. it was supposed to be blown to smithereens. instead it keeled over like a matchbox. the top half landed on its roof missing the building by only a few yards. you know what i love about raisin bran crunch®? all the delicius raisins. i like the crunchy flakes and th granola clusters. you know, that's why it says "crunch" on there. yeah, but raisins are before "crunch" on the box. even "bran" made it befoe "crunch." yeah, but look at how big the wod "crunch" is., i mean it just dominates the box. i like the box because in the middle of the word... "kellogg's®" is "ello," like a british greeting. "ello govenor." three tasty ingredien

home on top of a deck, in the middle of federal hill k is a roof top area, roof top deck area, could be unslightly. >> reporter: these not in my backyard debates are happening more often as people look for ways to go green and save money. >> with bg ande rates doubling, something like this makes more sense. >> reporter: maryland's energy administration says there are 50 wind turbines up and running already with 21 on the way this year. there is a project slated to be built 11.5 miles off the delaware coast and another being considered off the coast of ocean city. the idea of wind turbines in dense residential areas, like baltimore city is new. they are trying to catch up to the growing technology. at this hour the city's zoning appeals board is hearing from both sides on this issue. they will be the ones who make the decision whether to allow a wind turbine on that roof, we will keep you posted. back to you. >> maryland energy administration office grants up to $10,000 to help defray the cost. >>> a state senate candidate is charged with attemped rape. he was caught by a police offic

in the top of the third.ia going oppo -- opposite field and gone for his eighth home run of the year and his first opposite-field home run of his career. bottom three. derek jeter. deep drive. center field. look at jacoby ellsbury. into the wall to make the grab. but later in the third inning, nobody's catching this one. johnny damon off john smoltz. his 20th home run of the year for damon. his first 20-homer season since 2006. top four. casey kotchman connects. two-run home run. his first with the red sox. they are up 3-1. but in the fourth, the yanks tee off on john smoltz. melky cabrera -- the no-doubter -- three-run home run, his 11th. smoltz tagged. nine hits, eight earned in 3 1/3 -- his e.r.a. is 8.32. jorge posada off former yankee billy traber, and that's gone for a three-run home run -- his 14th. yanks score eight in the fourth. they lead 9-3. normally, it's joba throwing at kevin youkilis, but on thursday night it was mark melancon throwing at dustin pedroia. it will be interesting to see if on fri

once over authorities say top was dead. the fbi placed him on its top ten list of suspected terrorists here. he was wanted in connection with last month's bombings at two indonesia luxury hotels that killed nine people including the two bombers, top allegedly a bombmaker and recruiter for an indonesian terrorist group with suspected ties to al qaeda. >>> this week congressional leaders face loud and sometimes violent crowds as they held town hall meetings to explain the current health care reform plan. democrats say the protests are staged by republican-backed mob. republicans say the disruptions are because the public doesn't support the legislation. a political analyst for our sister network cnn says the chaos at some of the meetings is a threat to democracy. >> the real question facing us as a people right now, are we a self-governing people or not. can we face the large challenges we have as a country? and health care is clearly one of this. i think this is putting democracy to a real test and leadership on both sides,

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a warning for commuters tops our news.sures a couple more hours on 95 between baltimore and washington. crews are doing construction on the intercounty connector. the 18-mile icc will connect u.s. 1 with 270. all lanes should be open o later than 8 a.m. >>> records show virginia tech gunman denied having homicidal -- suicidal thoughts in 18 months before the cast ssmare. he killed 2 # 32 student on campus and then committed suicide. these additional records were discovered at the home of the former counseling director. >>> afghanistan's president happened karzai cast his ballot in the second presidential election this decade. he's expected to win re- election. threats from the taliban have appeared to dampen turnout in parts of the country and there have been a few scattered militant attacks. a runoff will be held if no one wins at least 50% of the vote. howard is off but kim martucci is with us. good morning. >> another hot humid day and another chance of thunderstorms. seems kee we stsse uck a e.utinro mgoroutine. good m

that came in hot up top.s beat the nats 6-2 to sweep the two-game series. >>> orioles in a matinee today hosting the a's. mark hendrickson's pitch gets past. chase it is down. throws to anderson covering home. not in time to get a sliding ryan swinging. a's beat the orioles 6-36789 the birds -- 6-3. the birds are 7-19 since the all-star break. gilbert arenas is looking pretty, pretty good these days, so says his coach who traveled all the way to chicago last week just to watch gilbert play and lift weights. he says his quickness is back, his confidence is back and his weight is down. that's a good report card for a player coming off three knee operations in just one and a half years. the washington wizards showcase their new ceer this afternoon, a day aft argentinian signed a one-year $2 million contract. alberto averaged 3.6 points and four boards in four seasons with san antonio. he 6'10", weighs 245 pounds. >>> world cup qualifying u.s. taking on mexico in mexico city, ninth minute, no score. landon donova

that is on the ground on top of it. and that's going down. the top of bat a fastball.her fastball. and that was smothered to right side. he was solid. and kind of running out of gas. i thought he was mowing us down easily. he said he will not last. giving up one hit through four innings. they have it points on the board. 8 runs for the nationals. jim riggleman coming up next. after the whip over the pirates. across the country every day. jd martin against josh johnson after this. call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. ♪ tell me who's watching. (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. >>> syracuse putting up some numbers. down in the carolina league. potomac taking out frederick. and no earned runs. we're with you 8-4. another shot; and knows and you hear me all the time. and great tough. good curve ball. in

it really doubled. >> the top 01% -- top 1% are paying. sean: the top 1% -- 1.4 million taxpayers pay more than the bottom 95%, 134 million people. is that not complete redistribution? is that not socialism? >> it depends on what the top rate is. if the top 1% is paying one- third of their income in taxes, this might be the result of a dynamic growing economy. obama wants to raise the rate on those individuals -- 39% of their income tax. f over 50% top rate if you include medicare and social security. i do not mind people paying more in taxes if they are making more in taxes. the numbers you shared -- a thing about this. the top 50% of all taxpayers this year will pay $1 trillion $83 billion in taxes. the bottom 50% paid $32 billion in taxes. the top 50% paid 34 times as much as the bottom 50%. the top 25% paid six times as much in taxes at the bottom. sean: we have some economists predicting that the unemployment the beckel may last for years. -- debacle may last for years. one predicted the recession is going to be at the end of the year

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we'll stay on top of it. any new developments in the next hour or association or so we'll pass them along. >>> and looking at a house to rent, a problem if it is the one you know. a virginia woman is a target of an scheme on the internet. fox 5 news tisha thompson has more. >> reporter: brian these days there are a lot of houses that look very similar. but ashley pollard owned a cabin, that has a lot of unusual varieties to it. but it was on craigslist when she was looking for a new place to live. she thinks it all started when she put her 90-year-old house up for sale. >> it is very unusual. >> reporter: with details like the original logs still showing. and plastic flowers on the window sill. it is a type that sticks out sinai was . >> i was looking for a house to rent, and i thought it was cheap for a single family home. i clicked on it. i saw the picture of my house. >> reporter: there it was on craigslist. >> was a picture of my house. >> reporter: a stranger claiming he owd her house and wanted to rent

. >>> tax increases topping the sunday talk shows. obama officials refuse to rule out raising taxes to fund an overhaul of the health care system. tim geithner says the deficit will have to be reduced for the economy to prosper long-term. national economic council director larry summerrers says health care reform will have to be paid somehow. the president's economic team says the administration will work with congress to extend unemployment benefits for millions of americans who still can't find jobs. >>> meantime the obama administration says it will suspend the cash for clunkers program unless the senate provides some $2 billion more for the plan. that's according to the transportation secretary today. the current $1 billion pool could be exhausted by the end of the weekend. the house approved then additional $2 billion on friday. some republican senators are questioning the government's role in providing incentives for auto sales. >>> strong winds fanned intense forest fighters in the spanish canary islands. 50 homes have been des

the twister brought down trees on tops of homes, leaving widespread damage. it was worse in williamsville, illinois, near springfield. homes and buildings were reduced to rubble. there were no reports of injuries in either place. >>> in indiana, a possible tornado touched down last night. the storm cut a mile wide swath of damage. thousands were left without power. the roof of an apartment complex was ripped off. no injuries were reported. >>> on the "cbs money watch" a big rally for stock markets in asia. claire leka is here with more. >> good morning to you, michelle. >>> asian markets rebounded overnight.ml japan's benchmark nikkei jumped 1.75%. shanghai stocks rallied back 4.5%. on wall street, a busy day on the economic front. reports on job claims, leading economic indicators, and manufacturing all due this morning. the dow jones industrial average starts the day up 61 points. the tech heavy nasdaq begins the day higher by 13. car dealers love all the new customers they've gotten because of cash for clunkers. there's just one small problem. many dealers

. >>> hello again, at the top of the hour it is 6:01 and still humid out there. we have clouds overhead and marty has stuff on radar. you will see it and hear sharon's traffic. >> there's a big difference compared to the last few days, off to the east we have low pressure offshore, and that is true trying to drag the moisture by elkins our way, let's look at the radar from overnight and we have had clouds in the showers about the mid atlantic. so, it is going to be a variablely cloudy day with temperatures hanging after a midday 84, it is actually going to a high of about 88. that is dependent upon getting a protothe i good chunk of sun in this afternoon. 79 this evening, the general thinking is through the day we want remove a somehow ire or thunder shower from the outlook. >> how about the commuting this morning, here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> only one issue, very minor on the northwest side, a disabled vehicle still there at stevenson on the outer loop not causing delays, we don't have any. there's a look at speed around the beltway, everything look

, that's what t call getting over the top of one.t it extremely hard and here is todd hilton.   . >> rob: go right back, ma another run. >> bob: rob, is it kind of odd when you've pitched three innings and now you're on the stretch for the first time. >> rob: rob it will be awkward for the first two or three pitches. but one thing we did, your odd numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, you would workout of the stretch in your warm up pitches. >> bob: oh. >> rob: to get you used to pitching from the stretch. i always liked it. i came out of the bullpen sometimes in the seventh and later on in my career for a little bit in the ninth, but it's always nice to do both, to practice both and get into a habit and i'm sure, you know, you warm up in the bullpen before the game, you do so from the stretch.   . >> bob: spilborghs, 9 stolen bases.   . >> rob: by the way, i had m rizzo on my radio show today after it was aannounced he was senior vice

model, the top seller of all is the ford focus. the white house says it's satisfied that u.s. automakers account for 47% of clunker sales. >> people are making decisions to buy cars for the first time in a long time. >> the original cash for clunkers legislation banned cash discounts for cars built outside the u.s., and offered bigger discounts for cars built hereen than in mexico or canada. that language was dropped with white house approval. >> it is interesting to note that the big three automakers have been represented well in this program, because they're building cars that americans want to buy. >> the buy america language, some feared, would violate free trade deals. >> i would love to add a buy american provision. i would love to add a buy michigan provision, but the reality is that we would be violating trade laws. we would be challenged and possibly the program couldn't go forward. >> top station officials say $2 billion from the taxpayers will keep cash for clunkers rolling through labor day. originally $1 billion was supposed to last through november, but that allo

you got a top 10 list, a top 6 list and two things to talk about from the storm center. number one, a hot day, a late summer day here. phillips beach plaza in ocean city 78 degrees. we have a hot day across the board but we're watching roughly 1100 miles to the southeast, a developing tropical system, national hurricane center aircraft flying into a storm that could get named this morning or early this afternoon. that tropical system could be heading up the coast. and effecting ocean city and maryland as we head through this weekend. mount airy 75 degrees and sunshine. 90 this afternoon for a two-degree guarantee. just a few clouds strolling in across the sky. more on the tropics in a few minutes. >>> 9:02. back to you. >> to our top story. we start with the death of senator ted kennedy. he lost his battle with brain cancer late last night. the kennedy compound on cape cod is where this happened. the massachusetts senator was considered one of the most influential senators in united states history. in nearly 50 years in the senate kennedy served alongside 10 presidents a

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. >> the fact they did not capture noordin mohammed top in the raid is a major blow. he stands accused in the islamic attack on indonesian soil the last seven years. the most inns -- in the mess is the bali bombings in 2002. more recently the attack in july on the marriott and rich cottman that killed nine. he is believed to be a key recruiter and finance for a terrorist group but analysts say he now formed his own smaller hard right militant group. security forces have been searching for him for seven years and analysts say the fact he evaded capture again means his legend will only grow among his disciples and on islamist website. police say it as long as he remains at large, he will continue to try to launch attacks. bbc news, jakarta. >> china finally issued a statement on the burmese court decision to sentence the pro- democracy leader aung san suu kyi 2 1/318 month detention. a foreign ministry official said the world should fully respect the country's judicial sovereignty. the approach is at odds with the kind of language coming out of london, paris, and washin

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our top five, top five wedding songs according to popularweddingsongs.com.ber five "can't help falling in love with you," elvis. >> these are the top five of east wind? elvis again "love me tender." >> number three, "power of love." >> number two, "close to you." number one, what is it? >> compared to you by sinead o'connor. >> good song. there you have it. our top five. >>> weather? >> ok. outside today, scattered showers and storms, we're looking at 85 degrees. what was your song? >> our song was by cat power and it was a remake of "sea of love." >> very nice. >> i remember robert plant singing that. >> what was your song? >> mine was from "chicago." >> of course it was. do you still love me? >> an impromptu party that got thrown while we were at a resort and the deejay played "stuck on you" by lionel richie. it kind of worked. it was sweet. really was. >> that's good. >> why is it so funny? >> lionel richie. i like it. >> not like "dancing on the ceiling." >> could have been worse. >> that would work, too. >> it would have, that night. >> all right. >> go

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and the nats are gone, in the top of the second.y've had four hits already and lead 2-1.   >> the nats up 2-1 as we mo to the bottom of this second inning. it seems like the nats have definitely been playing better baseball and with more of a sense of urgency. i asked craig stammen how is the tone in the clubhouse, how has it changed under jim riggleman? >> we're not satisfied with losing. i think we weren't before, but now it has come to the forefront and we talk about it instead of it just being this the back of our minds. we're always thinking about it, and when we lose we still are thinking about it. >> i think the players feel more accountable and that has definitely translated into better play. gentlemen? >> bob: the nats over the last 12 games have split those. that's even with losing three in a row. so taking care of that one right there is alberto gonzalez. delwyn young the start the bottom of the second. rob, you can speak to that. you know, you hear people talk about a sense of urgency, to me, that

." >> fresh thinking, the top u.s. general in afghanistan calls for a new strategy, suggesting that the current one is failing. japan's next leader is beginning a transition to power after lent -- winning and then mark election. a new survey reveals the extent of racist attacks in the russian capital. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcast in the u.s. and around the globe. a typhoon and visits areas of taiwan. fuming, why iraqis are not happy at the proposal for responsible smoking. welcome, our top stories are ahead. u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan says that the occurrence strategy is not working. stanley mcchrystal has submitted his assessment of the war. he says that success is achievable with a change in approach. he has not called for more troops yet. he once more focus on winning hearts and minds. >> for eight years the americans, the british, and their allies have been fighting the taliban in afghanistan. the united states commander feels like they have gotten it wrong in the past. they feel that success is a

clinton met with top officials, including north korea leader kim jong-il. wednesday morning korean time, they had been pardoned for crossing the border for crossing into north korea illegally. they had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. elated is lee's father and her aunt. >> i'm looking forward to seeing her. we waited five months now. >> what i just watched on the news was the first pictures i've seen of laura. and to me she looks fabulous. i don't know if she's lost weight. i just see that she's up walking, smiling. and so that's good enough for me. >> reporter: the clinton visit to north korea that led to the release of the two journals came at the end of intense negotiations, possibly involving clinton's wife, the secretary of state hillary clinton. feather in the cap for u.s. diplomacy as these two women come home. back to you. >> george, thanks so much. >>> and this morning russia is flexing its military muscle with a highly unusual exercise far closer to washington than to moscow. in a scene straight out of the cold war, the u.s. military sen

a look now at our top stories.e are looking for the person that shot two people last night. it happened in the 1000 block of north baltimore. police tell 11 news a man and woman were both shot and both are expected to survive. >> seven people are dead this morning and two others critically injured in southeastern georgia. officials are calling it the worst mass killing in gra georgia history. officers were called to the new hope mobile home park in brunswick where they made the gr usome discovery. >> as soon as we positively identify the victims, we will notify the families. >> it is not clear how the victims died or whether police are looking for a suspect. >> senator edward kennedy has been laid to rest along side his brothers john and robert at arlington national cemetery. the ceremony capped a day where thousands turned out to pay their last respects in both washington and boston where his funeral was held. >> a warning this morning for residents in trouble with their mortgages. beware of loan modification scam

private contractors from blackwater usa as part of the then secret program to train hit squads to kill top members of al qaeda. that program was exposed to congress just last june after cia corrector leon panetta learned outside contractors has been tapped. they have been criticized for its very heavy handed tactics in iraq. although the program was cammed, before missions were carried out the contractor was awarded millions of dollars for weapons and training. >>> powerful storms tore through four mid-western states yesterday toppling trees and downing power lines. there were reports of at least half a dozen suspected tornados as the weather system moved through minnesota, wisconsin, iowa and illinois. the storms shattered windows and in some regions even leveled houses. six people were treated at hospitals in illinois but those injuries do not appear to be life threatening. >>> well, the man arguably most responsible for the invention of television news died yesterday. although veteran producer donahue wit of cbs news will no doubt be remembered for 60 minutes, he was legacy as a true pi

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ball with a top spin over the top. then a ball that gets in the light there.he hasn't made a bad the now in over a month. and she the best defensive third baseman in this league. >> you can continue to say it, if you like. >> i'm going to, if you don't mind. >> i don't mind at all. how about an offense tonight? the nationals had a nice little to cool back and take a lead. >> yeah, not a lot of oh phones, but then the 9th inning, there was a a rally. elijah hits a ball that get ways in on him. no chance for tulowitzki as he's there, easily safe at first. gonzalez fielders choice. nieves gets hit by a pitch. 59 miles an hour. stammen, we couldn't get around him, and then get a pitcher to hit one right inside there, again cork crew screwing to the corner. we're able to tie the ball game up. and then a nice sweet stroke to left field by nyjer who had three hits tonight, driving in nieves, actually, and then in the 9th inning, we come with a base hit, just pout of the reach of a diving atkins.   ing over shortstop. looked like we're going to get somethi