. >> us in tuscany. >> stephanie: yes, i was. >> how was tuscany. >> stephanie: magnificao.d pick up girls? ciao bella i'm still single. >> italian speak for no, no. >> stephanie: no, there is a twist to my story. >> really? >> stephanie: i buried the lead. you'll see. yeah, i won a bike trip to tuscany. did i mention that it's hilly? >> it's hilly. >> stephanie: you're on cruiser and in flip flops tasting wine? no. i went on the back roads bike trip. went with my best friend wanda my best friend. >> you knew each other in college. >> stephanie: did i mention how old i am. >> kind of. >> stephanie: we acted like 12-year-olds, we took pictures that we'll get on the website. >> did you go to the piza. >> stephanie: no, for me they're dirty. in front of the statue of david. make it look like i'm giving him a. [ bleep ] job. >> likelike no one ever thought ofthat before. >> stephanie: yeah. >> did you do a lucy ethel grape stomp. >> stephanie: no we did winetasting. she said this tasted like balls. >> she would know, you wouldn't. >> stephanie: it's been since college, but i rem

then, the bubonic plague swept through tuscany in 1348.hat, combined with the increasing dominance by the regional bully, florence, turned many bustling cities into docile backwaters. ironically, the bad news of the 14th century mothballed these towns, leaving them with a unique charm and a tourism-based affluence today. siena maintains much of its medieval character. its sprawling main square and towering city hall recall the days when it rivaled even florence. assisi -- with its walls, gates, and castle -- was home to st. francis. its massive basilica remains a favorite destination for countless pilgrims today. volterra was an etruscan capital centuries before christ. within its wall, the town's rustic center offers an evocative tuscan charm. and san marino -- all 24 square miles of it -- is unique in that it's still an independent country. while novel today, tiny two-bit dukedoms like this were once the norm. medieval italy -- like most of europe before the rise of modern nation states -- was a collection of independent, little san mari

the ship crashed off the rocks off tuscany. two people from minnesota were among the people killed. >>> and secretary of state hillary clinton's apology has apparently been accepted. she told pakistan's foreign minister that the u.s. was story for the air strike that killed 27 pakistani troops. for the first time, pakistan is reopening resupply routes for american troops in neighboring afghanistan. >>> and the jetblue pilot who had a midair meltdown is off the hook. found not guilty by reason of insanity. clayton osbon left the cockpit and started ranting about terrorists. >> we've got israel. we got iraq. we're going to get -- doomed. >> osbon was charged with interfering with a flight crew. but the judge ruled he is suffering from mental illness. ordered him to undergo further examination before being released. >>> in a medical first, it's soon going to be fast and easy to test yourself for the hiv/aids virus in the privacy of your own home. the fda just approved the test that uses a mouth swab and gives results in 20 to 30 m

. >> relatives the people who died visited the island off tuscany for a solemn ceremony of remembranceelizabeth palmer was there. >> a mass on the six-month anniversary of the disaster bought family and friends of the victims together with local people who had joined the rescue on january 13th, the night the cruise ship costa concordia hit the rocks. more than 4,000 passengers and crew struggled to get into the lifeboats. the captain, francesco schettino abandoned them. no one will forget it. >> i remember the scenes. the screams and the -- like in a movie. >> half a year on at the height of the tourist season, the costa concordia still sits half submerged just off shore. its salvage master, nick sloan's job to refloat the vast ship. >> she's not designed to be on her side. we have to stabilize her as soon as possible. >> the costa concordia has been remarkably stable so far. you can still see the jumble of deck chairs piled by the long empty swimming pools. but it's only resting at the front and the back on rocky outcrops on the sea floor. the salvage team is going to have to build a