i don't think amazon is going to go supplying to the u.s. postal but they rely on postal companies but to have their shipping mechanism to the last mile, to running amazon trucks and neighborhoods allows them to negotiate better deals. corey: thank you are a much. our senior editor for bloomberg technology. coming up, how to turn the so-called front page into money. the new challenges of aching a popular website with the ceo of reddit. corey: now to a story that is trending. the fit it. it will to you how much you walked, the quality of your sleep, apparently, whether or not you are knocked up. of 110sting heart rate heart beats a minute, he turned to heartbeat. he was right, it came out positive. the rabbit died and that was a first. fitbit investors not amused. prices.ipo the company lost more than half of its value since it started in june. it introduced altar, a slimmer female aimed at consumers. asking how he weighs the freedom of free speech over privacy issues. >> freedom has always been important to read it. -- reddit. privacy is very impor

. >> alicia: and the u.s. postal service had a group of people on hand to unveil the postal stamp. >> ben: prices at the gas pump are looking good if you plan on fillingp tonight or in the days to come. midlands drivers paying an average of $1.59 a gallon. the national average down to $1.74 according to triple-a and that is the cheapest since january of 2009. the least expensive gas in oklahoma city, a 7-eleven is selling it there for $1.11 a gallon. >>> that is the sound of parades and fanfare in new orleans in celebration of, you guessed it, fat tuesday. today marks the end of mardi gras and signifies the period before lent which begins wednesday which is tomorrow. of course, that is ash wednesday saying that we are 40 days away from easter. feels like we just started the year. >> hopefully you got your king cake. >> alicia: yes or pachki if you are from the north. if you were outside today, you needed to bundle up. >> ben: cold windy night as we take a look at the tower camera here tonight. chief meteorologist joh

. >>> more trouble>>> more troubling news for the u.s. postal service. in november, the mail carrier reported a $5 billion loss, and now we have learned it is paying malls year to lease property from dead people. david williams from taxpayer protection alliances is talking about this report by the inspector general. it says the postal service is paying $5.3 million a year to lease 338 spaces from dead people. but average person being dead for nearly ten years. >> this is a microcosm of what right now is that they are not doing oversight on the leases they are paying. so what aren't they doing oversight on. >> mark: the post office refutes that report and says that the 338 leases account for 1.4% of its properties this they say they don't have the resourcesay they don't have the resources to check the life and death status of its leasers. >>> a tough timeline to work out budget issues for the bedford middle school in time for the 2018 school year after designs put the school board over the county's initial budget of $38 million. priscilla kaiser joins us

price of first-class stamp were actually go down it's not a sale or promotion back in 2014 the u.s. postal service was granted permission to temporarily increase their prices the price hike was contingent upon a price drop this year the surcharge is slated to end april 10 the cost of making a 1 ounce mailing a 1 ounce letter will drop from 49 - -dash $0.47 what a bargain commercial prices will decrease for a complete listing check out the postal service website at usps.com about the forever stamps at and $0.49 you're losing money. >> i could take those pennies to pennies and by. >> one year ago today no one could agree what color this infamous blue and gold dress was there was white and gold jacket is brown and black it's gotthe country divided. next >> understanding the history of your car for your money in your report revealing nearly a million coloradans driving vehicles with at least one unfixed safety recall according to carfax or there are more than 840,000 potentially unsafe cars in colorado the report says the majnrity of the vehicles in question are located in a war with denver ab

. >> several federal agencies, including the environmental protection agency, the u.s. postal service and prosecutors in michigan, the fbi says the focus will be on whether anyone violated federal law. tuesday, flint's mayor called for the remove of all pipes. we want to the start with the highest kids homes of kids under six. this must happen immediately. i'm morally obligated to use every bit of power and authority my office has to make flint's water safe and the city successful for the people that live and work here. under a state-appointed manager. it used populated water to lead to corrosion and supply lines. tuesday, the top environmental official made their first trip to flint. promising to dedicate all forces. called sobering. >> we are not going to solve the problem overnight. we are here for the long hall. they acknowledged that they'll call for an investigation into the e.p.a. response. >> mccarthy made it clear that controls were added to the water, after it led to the crisis. we are here because a state-appointed emergency manager made the decision that the city o

the u.s. postal service unveiled the black history stamp. the staple many honored richard allen who is not only a minister but an educator and a talented writer. >> writing inspired reverend douglas and dr. luther king, jr. a man born into slavey, bought his freedom and found add church. >> he founded the african methodist episcopal church. >>> six people from our community named champions for justice. they were honored for their justice, social advocacy, law enforcement, community and faith-based at vote ka -- advocacy. i was honored to serve as the m c. the luncheon was yesterday. >>> baseball season's opening day is just a few weeks away but excitement already heating up for the tampa bay rays, all things to their annual fan fest. fans filled tropicana field this morning for the festivities. you can see them there. family has a chance to meet players like chris archer and snap some photographs with them. players even signed autographs. >>> coming up on 10 sports, playing for a state championship >>> and the most decorated class at usf eve

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hardware and the whole nine yards, and not get barraged every time i stop to do business there of the u.s. postal the mail that's destined for our region is trucked back to roanoke and then sorted down to the street in the same place it left from the day before. a process many people say is taking longer than the advertised two days. "the mail is slow." "i haven't done a scientific study but we've had mail that we've sent to people and they said well i haven't gotten it, i haven't got it, i haven't got it, it's been definetely more than two days." "we're finding that it has taken normally three to five days. i wish i had some kind of report that would substantiate what i'm saying but i don't." i asked the u-s postal service for those reports but didn't get specific roanoke data, just that overall first class service is marginally slower. with no real stats to go on, i decided to test it. i stuffed sealed and stamped letters. 20 in all. to see if the united states postal service is delivering on its promise. i mailed them from valley to myself. and i also sent letters to my friends in south bend,

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. >>> contrary to popular belief the u.s. postal service has no official motto. it's commonly believed that it goes something like neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night saves these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. bottom line, you need to shovel your sidewalk. area postal workers are asking residents to make a path to their mailboxes. mike fallon said trudging through snow this deep is fatiguing and can be dangerous. postal workers suffer knee injuries, twisted ankles, even a case of acl. better, at least for the mailman anyway. you wake up thinking all right, here we go again. you kind of get used to it and deal with it as it comes along. snowfall prison said snowy sidewalks -- fallon said snowy sidewalks can add an extra hour to his route. >>> ted cruz was the victor on the republican side of the caucuses. clinton's victory in iowa is called the closest in iowa caucus history and historically high turnout among republican voters in iowa appears to have helped ted cruz and marco rubio more than expected. the presidential

. >>> the u.s. postal service by releasing a new stamp in >>> the postal services celebrating black history month but issuing a stamp to honor the founder of the ame church, richard allen. dozens gathered in north miami to dedicate this year's stamp to the famous activist and citic leaders the black heritage series stamp coincides the founding of the church. estimate we heard earlier lady gaga will sing the national anthem at the super bowl and have a tribute to david bowie at the grammy awards. she will pay homage to the singer who passed away last month issued credits him as a major influence. she will perform any of his hits per the only place you can watch the awards is right here on cbs4 monday night, february 15 at 8 pm. we were below the 88th southern parallel. we had traveled for over 850 miles. my men driven nearly mad from starvation and frostbite. today we make history. >>bienvenidos! welcome to the south pole! if you're dora the explorer, you explore. it's what you do. >>what took you so long?

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the fbi is now investigating possible federal violations in the flint water crisis, as is the u.s. postalnspection service and the epa. the epa point person who was appointed by president obama has arrived here in print to oversee the ground operations. she squarely laid the game at the former emergency manager here in flint who signed off on the disastrous water switch in the spring of 2014. and she says their big goal is tackling those homes that live in the highest risk areas for lead contamination. mainly in the northern neighborhoods of flint. back to you. >>> another republican presidential contender is dropping out of the race for 2016. kentucky senator rand paul is suspending his campaign. he was the second republican to enter the race last april. paul placed fifth in the republican iowa caucuses on monday. he got 4.5% of the vote. >>> an international conference is underway today in uruguay to deal with the zika virus. concerns are growing over the zika virus here in the u.s. someone in texas has contracted the virus after having sex with an infected person. >> reporter: the vast

back in 2014, the u.s. postal service was granted permission prices. the price hike was contingent upon a planned price drop this year. that surcharge is slated to end april 10. the cost of mailing a one ounce letter will drop from 49 to 47 decrease. geoff: the number of people caught up in the theft of tax-payer data last year is seven times larger than originally thought. last may, the internal revenue service said cyber criminals used a popular tool on their website to steal the tax forms of 104,000 people. in august the irs revised that number up to 330,000. friday, the agency said the number is now closer to 720,000. starting this week the agency will warn affected taxpayers about potential identity theft. they will be offered free credit protection. 5:23 as we look at our wyff timeline carried february 29, this is video from the oscars last year. it was on this date in 1940 that gone with the wind 18 oscars by the american academy awards of allyson: the movie is set in the civil war. many prestigious categories including hattie mcdaniel winning b

in 2014, u.s. postal services granted permission to increase stamp prices as long as they decrease the price again this year. >> christine: passengers on southwest airlines no longer need credit card to make on board purchases. they can use their amazon account to buy movies, messaging and wi-fi. log in and the credit card connected to the account will be charged. >> john: spacex screwinged anotherscrubbedanother launch. no reason why it was scrubbed last night. >> christine: chris i don't care used his hosting gig to help his daughters work on their business skills. during the show rock mentioned he was missing out on one of the most important moments of his two daughters lives, girl scout cookie season. he then brought their girl scout some of the celebrities were more than happy to buy a snack. i wonder if there was like a record amount of sales for that girl scout troop. >> >> john: they did pretty good. >> al: i saw them at the food lion at beaties ford road when i was there sunday afternoon. the sam

back in 2014, the u.s. postal service was granted permission to temporarily increase stamp prices. the price hike was contingent upon a planned price drop this year. that surcharge is slated to end april 10. the cost of mailing a one ounce letter will drop from 49 to 47 cents. commercial prices will also decrease. >> now your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: satellite picture in radar showing mostly clear skies outside the mountains and upstate. a few thin high cirrus clouds building in. as expected, variable clouds. they will hang around through at least tomorrow morning, then gradually break off. pieces of energy in the upper atmosphere bump into the mountains, producing clouds, but no precipitation. we started at 33 at the gsp you 534. still six degrees below average. -- we warmed up to 53 degrees. the wind and high temperature 40 degrees, much colder than it should be. we should be 54. 14 degrees below average, far from the record highs or record lows. on this friday evening chilly outside, but at least it is clear.a. a live shot from on top of the peace center i

trashing the mail behind an alexandria apartment building -- federal investigators say a u.s. postal worker was caught trashing mail. court records say the employee was criticized for slow performance and he did not want to fall behind schedule. he is suspected of dumping promotional mail. but if convicted, he could face up to six months in prison. >>> so are you look forward to a romantic spot for valentine's day? alexandria is the most romanity city in the country. how about that? criteria include purchases per capita of romance novels and relationship books. romantic comedies and town loads of romantic music. what constitutes romantic music? depends who you are, right? alexandria topped the annual list in 2010 and again in 2011. >> that's surprising. sounds like that would be the loneliest city. if you need the novels and relationship books. god bless you, alexandria. all right. 4:51 is our time. it is a weather alert day around here. >> let's check in with chuck bell. >> good morning. it's indeed a weather alert day again here in the washington area because we have raindrops and

u.s. postalre investigating the case right now. >>> long hours of hard work are paying off as we get our first look at the only men wild jaguar in the u.s. remote cameras in the mountains outside arizona caught that jaguar in action. just beautiful. conservation groups have been monitoring that jaguar for three years. they say habitat for jaguar are threaten by mining efforts in the area. >>> call this a real duck dynasty inside this texas home, a 19 in old tyler and his best friend a duck named biggie. you might called them bird of the feather, flocking together. you you can get they are crackers together. >> you hope. >> tyler's mom created a facebook page and it has thousands of likes. >> i never in a million years thought, i mean 15,000 people would like mize son and his duck, who knew. >> who knew. >> the pair have been together for about a year now and one might call it a true duck tail. >> that is absolutely precious. >> what gets me so much is the little hair on the duck's head. >> absolu

the u.s. postal service celebrates black history month today at 1 p.m. at the main office in roanoke. the celebration will honor and highlight the contributions of american americans to u.s. history. there will be several guest speakers as well as a musical tribute. the postal service also has a series of stamps so you can learn about historic people, places and events.### virginia's blue ridge website wins a national award. travel and tourism category for website design. it was judged in five different categories ... including design ... content ... feature functionality ... usability and standards compliance. the website was re-launched in april last year. it recorded a record number of 6-hundred - thousand unique visitors last year. # if you think you're being healthier by skipping the soda machine and going to starbucks.. you may want to think again. a new study by the group action on sugar finds that some flavored coffee drinks can contain more sugar than soda. they found some drinks contain up to 25 teaspoons of sugar. that's three times more than w

his name salon, relaxed nails and spa was raided as part of a u.s. postal inspector investigation. and police arrested a man in california who was sending the marijuana. >>> the names are levi coffin and harriet tubman. >> all became heroes of the underground railroad. >>> many whose names well-known. but their actions are in no way less important. how the pearl affair gave life to a movement. >> it is april 1848. on a morning fairly early in the month, slave owners will get up. they won't smell any biscuits, bacon frying. this is the largest escape in the history of the underground railroad. men, women and children were able to make it 150 miles down the potomac and just almost as they began to make the left turn to freedom, their sails drew slack. they had to pull into c harbor. pwup it was the organization that put this move together. there were people whose job it was to make sure that all of the escapees, if you will, potentially escapees got together in particular places. but not too many at the same place at the same time. because people had to be constantly on guard less th

we're u.s. postal inspectors. man: the storm destroyed our house and swept away my fishing pole. we lost our home and our business. female: this man approached us. he said that he could help us recup our losses. he mailed us a copy of the fema claim form that he filed for us. but we still haven't received any money. man: every time we contact him he has a different excuse. amanda: in a scam like this he files electronically with fema and he pockets both your check and the check sent on your claim. man: we're running out of cash and we don't know

that what has gone on with a hostile takeover so it is typical unless it is an emergency so the u.s. postal service is what serves poor people does that make them more efficient? that is what they would like you to think but i think it is quite a different matter if you take the not a school with a note tradition of learning the ins a public schools are a failure bin surely you have made a mistake i think it is the same mistake made in the development world and unfortunately i wish i could sympathize with the view but since i don't think for the moment they will prevail with the analysis and this is the plea and make at the end of the book ainge is the great example the brazilian government and to continue under the socialist president it is called zero honker. this date made it a priority to radically he reduce hunker. there is plenty of poverty in brazil of very problematic place but also 30 million have been brought out of poverty in those rates have cratered. i have spent a lot of time in mexico i used to live there. and i am appalled by what has happened in terms of justice attuned cry

. >>> representatives from the u.s. postal service unveiled a new richard allen commemorative stamp. this 30 knife black heritage stamp honored his life as a preacher, activist, and leader. it coincides with the the ame church.>> it gives students the opportunity that -- the knowledge that they found her being put on a postage stamp gives credibility to his legacy.>> all the new heritage stamps are available at any us post office. >>> still to come, helping g some of the nation's bravest. our veterans are getting back in the workplace across the midlands. >>> invasion of privacy. if you think that that text message or email is just for things may not be as confidential as you think.>> >>> coming up wednesday on good going to tell us about wheheer myths. it is called whether or not. called in wednesday -- windy day for wednesday. we will let you know how long with >>> right now, so south carolina veterans have a better blueprint for success things to some local businesses. veterans getting the chance to do some got -- jobhuntin

yards, and not get barraged every time i stop to do business there with upset customers of the u.s. postal service." the mail that's destined for our region is trucked back to roanoke and then sorted down to the street in the same place it left from the day before. a process many people say is taking longer than the advertised two days. "the mail is slow." "i haven't done a scientific study but people and they said well i haven't gotten it, i haven't got it, i haven't got it, it's been definetely more than two days." "we're finding that it has taken normally three to five days. i wish i had some kind of report that would substantiate what i'm saying but i don't." i asked the u-s postal service for those reports but didn't get specific roanoke data, just that overall first class service is marginally slower. with no real stats to go on, i decided to test it. i stuffed sealed and stamped letters. 20 in all. to see if the united states postal service is delivering on its promise. i mailed them from across the roanoke valley to myself. and i also sent letters to my friends in south bend, india

they're being kind of vague about it now, joining with the u.s. postal service inspection that is also investigating this, federal investigators, the e.p.a. sent this new person appointed by president obama to oversee the operations here in flint. she just arrived yesterday and she said her biggest goal right now is to target the enables here with the highest risk of lead contamination. it's not all evenly distributed. the neighborhoods on the north side of the city are where the problem is really at its most serious. while the operations go on to fix the problem, as you saw there you, the blame over there and moo to blame in all this goes on and we'll hear about it today in washington. >> the residents of flint still waiting for drinkable water. thank you, andy. >> we'll speak with a resident from flint about the challenges that she and her fame have faced as a result of a crisis in our next half hour. >>> we are seeing the first criminal charges against the gas company in california over a gas leak leading to health problems and evacuations. >> this fa

back in 2014, the u.s. postal service was granted permission to temporarily increase stamp prices. the hike was contingent on a price drop thisser yes, i do. that surcharge is slated to end april 10th. the cost of mailing a 1 ounce letter will drom from 49 cents to 47 cents. commercial prices wilil also decrease. >>> residents across california loaded up on gas yesterday ahead of a potential weekend price spike. aaa says the average price for a gallon in los angeles county is $2.44. prices could jump 37 cents a gallon this weekend. that's because state oil refineries are raising prices as they switch to a summer blend of gas. >> there is no good reason for it. there is nothing changed in the market other than we changed the blend of fuel. and this blend of fuel doesn't cost 37 cents more. >> evan: consumer watch dog says california motorists pay 68 cents more per gallon for gas than the national average. california has the highest gas taxes in the country. experts say that fuel is one of the world's cleanest but refining it is expensive. >>> and indefinite lay off impacts 100 emplo

in 2014 the u.s. postal service was granted temporary permission to increase stamp prices but it was contingent upon a price drop this year. commercial prices will also decrease. >>> in just 20 minutes the polls will open today. at the top of the hour the different approaches bernie sanders and hillary clinton took head into today's election. >> a south carolina senator has been blocking a critical state road funding bill for two weeks. at 6:45 the changes lawmakers want to see to prevent this from happening again. warning on a new warn (phone ringing)you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) answer the cal >>> the cdc is now recommending pregnant women avoid traveling to this years summer games in rio. they say pregnant women who must travel to brazil should strictly follow steps to prevent m

back in 2014, the u.s. postal service was granted permission to temporarily increase stamp prices. the price hike was contingent upon a planned price drop this year. that surcharge is slated to end april 10th. the cost of mailing a one ounce butter will drop from $.49 to $.47. commercial prices will also go down. one of the rarest of all the beatles records is being auctioned off next month. this record is described as the holy grail. it was the band's first and record contract. the song, "hello little girl" is on one side, and, "till there was you" is on the other. look, a car has pulled up. polls open at 7:00. >> a fantastic finish in the both clemson and south carolina our job is not to divide, our job is to bring people together. if we do not allow them to divide us up by race, by sexual orientations, by gender. by not allowing them to divide us up by whether or not we were born in america or whether we're immigrants. when we stand together: white, black, hispanic; gay or straight; woman and man. when we stand together and demand that this country work for all of us rather than

federal investigators say a u.s. postal worker was caught dumping some of his mail delivery behind an apartment building in alexandria. court records say the postal carrier was criticized for being too slow on his route and he did not want to get behind schedule that day. he's suspected of dumping promotional mail which was later pulled from the trash. if convicted, he could face up to six months in prison. >> after the break, new information on trump international hotel being finished right now in the district. don't forget, you can catch news4 midday from anywhere. all you need is your smartphone or tablet. just open the nbc washington app, hit watch live tv now. >>> new details surrounding the future of the trump international moeghotel in nortt washington. our news partners wtop confirm it will be this september. that's more than two years after the renovation of the post office building on pennsylvania avenue actually started. it will include 263 rooms and one of the largest ballrooms in the strict. >>> happening today

the u.s. postal service unveiled this stamp featuring bishop richard allen who founded the church in philadelphia 200 years ago. the forever stamp is a portrait of allen taken from an 1876 print. bishop allen was born a slave, bought his freedom, becoming a methodist minister. he started a church to counter discrimination blacks suffered in the established churches. hundreds of people gathered here at mother bethel ame church to celebrate the honor. >> to be a part of this is just awesome. this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. i'm just so happy and grateful i'm able to be here to witness this for myself. >> mayor jim kenney attended along with bobby hill, the local singer who touched hearts around the world when he sang for pope francis in philadelphia. >>> we're going to have quite a change in the weather from today to tomorrow. we have picture perfect weather today and a first alert out for late tomorrow and into thursday for the possibility of some flooding. we are tracking some heavy rain tha

crisis, with several federalling agency, including the environmental protection agency and the u.s. postalnspection service, and federal prosecutors in michigan. the fbi said that it's focus will be on anybody who has violated federal law. on tuesday, flint's mayor called for the speedy removal of lead pipes from the city's water system. starting with those with the highest risk of exposure. >> went to start with the homes with kids under six, and pregnant women. and this must happen immediately. i'm morally obligated to use every bit of power and authority that my office has to make flint's water safe and the city successful for the people who live and work here. >> reporter: under a state appointed emergency manager, flint switched it's water supply in 2014 to save money, and it began to use the flint river, and it polluted the tap water. the first trip to flint for the start of the water crisis, promising to dedicate all resources to fight the crisis, which she called socking. >> we're not going to resolve this problem overnight. we're going to have to work together, and it's going to t

the irs also uses the u.s. postal service to communicate with you. if you receive any sort of correspondence demanding tax payment over the phone that should raise your suspicion. so if you want to report receiving a call of this nature or you know someone who might have been targeted, you can report that information to the irs or the federal trade commission. in the meantime though, sheriff get one of these kind of calls make sure that you get as much information as you can about the caller so that that call can be investigated. if you have elderly friends or relatives make sure they get the word as well. sometimes those folks do not use social media they may not get message that's out there. this is just one way to make sure that they're safe as well. back to you. all right shayla, thank you. >> that's not only issue with the irs this morning either. some identity thieves tried to get 460,000 fraudulent refunds. they hacked into irs system using stolen social security numbers. and tried to get the computer to generate e file pin numbers for all of

back in 2014, the u.s. postal service was granted permission to temporarily increase stamp prices. the price hike was contingent upon a plan price drop this year. that surcharge is slated to end. cost of mail a one ounce letter will drop from 49 to 47 cents. commercial prices will also decrease. >>> and there's a lot coming up on cbs this morning. saturday anthony mason and elaine join us live from new york with a preview. good morning. >> good morning. coming up the big question over big data is tech companies continue to gather information on where we go, what we buy, how we live. there's growing concern about what they will do with that information. a new documentary shows us the consequences. >> also with a big oscars weekend here, we'll get our critic's predictions or who may win and how the show will confront it's recent diversity controversy. >> museum of modern art has been honored for saving hollywood history. they spent over 80 years finding and preserving classic movies. >> all that plus your eye opener the dish and music in our saturday session on cbs this morning satur

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in 2014 u.s. postal service was granted permission to temporarily increased and prices, so that means the price -- to drop the price this year. the surcharges going to end april 10. the price will start from $.49 to seventh -- $.47. >> that took me back to the day of bryant gumbel. i grew up watching these guys, "the today show" every morning. >> same here. it will be nice to have "the today show" coming onto our network. >>> we've got things going on today that are pretty nice in terms of comparing our weather for yesterday. one way to do that is to show you a time lapse. this is showing you what it looked like in the midmorning hours yesterday. if you are with us, you -- we talked about the fact that we would be clear for a little while but as we headed into the midday hours, we would have some kind of flattened fair weather clouds starting to form up at the top of what we call it mixing layer in the lower we will talk about how when the sun started to set and we cool off late in the day, they would go

and federal investigators uncovered that a u.s. postal worker had dumped it.say he trashed the mail behind an alexandria apartment building a couple months ago. court records say the employee was criticized for slow performance and he didn't want to fall behind schedule. he's suspected of dumping promotional mail which was later pulled from the trash. he could face six months in prison. >>> if you're looking for a romantic spot for valentine's day, how about alexandria. amazon says it is the most romantic city in the country. criteria include purchases per capita of, get this, romance novels and relationship books, romantic comedies, and downloads of romantic music. >> how about that. >> and aaron, alexandria topped the annual list in 2010 and again in 2011. you might just want to visit alexandria any old day. just sounds like a lovely place to go p. >> it is a beautiful place. but this list makes it sound like that's where the try hards go. find some books, do your homework. gosh darn it, you'll find love. >> love everywhere. >>> 5:37. if you're just waking u

for poor people can't afford fedex unless it's an emergency so the u.s. postal service becomes the thing that serves poor people and fedex is what serves business . does that make fedex more efficient than the postal service? that's what fedex would like you to think but ithink it's quite a different matter . if you take all the bright kids out of public school and just leave kids with difficult home lives and no tradition of learning in their family and then you say, the public schools are a failure, surely you've made a mistake intellectually and morally. i think it's the same mistake that's been made in the development world and unfortunately, i wish i could sympathize with the anti-globalization view but since i don't, i don't think for the moment anyway that those views are going to prevail even though i agree with a lot of their analysis, i think we are stuck with, and this is the plea i make at the end of the book and i will stop after this. i hope i've provoked you sufficiently. i think the state needs to be strengthened again. needs to run development a

. >>> did you know for severallese the u.s. postalervice has been photographing every single piece of mail inyfukc america? now they're using the photos to offer an e-mail preview of your snail mail but you may not be the only one getting to look at your mails. what your neighbors could find out about your mail. trace gallagher is back on "the real story" with another great story. what did you find out? >> reporter: remember when your computer would flash saying, you've got mail. that's what the postal service is doing now but with your actual mail. it's called informed delivery. each morning you get an e-mail with pictures or the mail you4ñ can expect to get in your box today. "2Ñsu card or envelope but you don't know what is inside. you do know who it's from, and one of producers, unnamed, signed up for the service but he can also see images of everyone's mail in his apartment building, including one person's property assessment so he knows exactly how much that person's apartment is worth. one neighbor got a letter from a parole of

united airlines for documents and oral testimony related to its contract to carry mail for the u.s. postal service. united says it believes the probe is industry wide. the company also says it plans to buy back about $1.5 billion in stock this quarter. more than some analysts had previously thought. then we're watching what's happening with true car as well. the fourth quarter results came in. revenue outlook for the first quarter and 2016 missed analyst's forecasts. the car shopping cite attributing that to mounting costs. again, data sharing still part of the story. >> that's an ugly chart. when we come back, european leaders holding all-night talks on britain's membership in the eu. a live report next. >> but first a trio of business birthdays to celebrate today. first, former sony chairman and ceo howard stringer, 75 years old. happy birthday. he's now a non-executive director at the bbc. also, nfl commissioner roger goodell, 57 years old. a budding young media mogul named andrew ross sorkin turns 39. you may know him as the founder and editor of "deal book," the awe to be of "too big

. >> eric: u.s. postal service had a group of people on hand to unveil that postage stamp. neat tribute. little different. >> rochelle: i can't wait to tribute. nice thing for the school. thanks, eric. still to come, a story about something you don't see all too often. we're taking an exclusive look at a special program inside story coming up next. stay with us. we're live from main and gervais. >>> in today's "techbytes" -- new warning about lithium ion batteries. >> they can be dangerous to ship. linked to at least three airplane fires. >> such batteries should be separated from ore flammable cargo. the faa has issued a similar warning. >>> twitter has formed a new trust and safety council which aims to avoid cyber abuse. >>> now might be the right time to get one of those virtual reality headsets. >> tarting tomorrow, you can oculuocul oculus rift combo. >>> those are your "techbytes." >> have a great day, everybody. what if there was another way to look at relapsing multiple sclerosis? this is tecfidera. tecfidera is not an injection. it's a pill for relapsing ms that h

price of a first class stamp going down in 2014 the u.s. postal service was given permission to increase prices temporarily, the extra charges ending april 10th, the price will again be 47 cents. right now it is 49 cents. >>> pokemon officially 20 years. in honor of the milestone the company is releasing a new video. announces two new games coming out this fall. >>> oscar gold fills tinsel town this weekend, the red carpet is rolled out for the 88th annual academy awards. amid preparations protests are planned for hollywood's biggest night. >> reporter: hollywood knows how to throw a party. at the governor's ball venue, champagne chilling, artwork up, wolfgang puck's feet. >> we through in -- [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: experts expect plenty of surprise winners. >> i don't remember an oscar race that was more confusing than this year, because the big prize is really up for grabs. >> reporter: after five leonardo dicaprio's year. larson front-runner for best actress. no clear-cut favorite in supporting actor and actress category. it is hard to

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