is called "a widow's story." joyce carol oates, thank you so much. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: egyptian president mubarak stuck to his plan to stay in office until september. he said if he resigns now, the chaos would grow even worse. bloody fighting raged for a second day in cairo, between government supporters and protesters. pro-mubarak forces also attacked dozens of journalists. and thousands of people marched in cities across yemen against president ali abdullah saleh. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the "newshour" online. hari? >> sreenivasan: joyce carol oates reads from her memoir. that's on "art beat." we're tracking developments in cairo and beyond. find video from the scene and more of the newshour's coverage on our egypt page. our science unit looks at research on tinnitis-- a hearing disorder causing patients to experience painful ringing and phantom sounds. plus, we have images of the mars landscape showing shifting sand dunes. all that and more is on our web site, n

. >> a young military widow founded a program to help other widows is preparing to host a group of women in a weekend pampering retreat. and one of the hosts is john's girl in san francisco. she founded american widow project at age 21 after her army husband was killed by a roadside bomb in iraq. they'd only been married a year and a half. they traveled the country and made a documentary, creating a social network connecting widows of soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan. most are very young. >> i have about 6,000 widows. and 80% of the military wives are under 35. >> john's grill is providing transportation and lunch this weekend. she will present them with a collage of pictures and a necklace with a heart. >> food stamp recipients would not be able to buy junk food and fast food under a new bill. in sm counties allow recipients to use food stamp cards at fast food restaurants. the new bill would end that and prohibit the cards from buying unhealthy things. opponents say it puts the state in the role of the food police. this state senator will introduce this bill on monday. >> and va

i wenlt online, googled widow one evening and said did you mean window? this is a topic rarely spoken about. >> she sought sal loss in the only ones that could understand her grief. this brings together widows of iraq and afghanistan. >> the camaraderie they share, the same exists with military widows. >> reporter: the women meet up across the country to surf, to remember, and to pursue dreams they had when their husbands were still alive. davis even took up sky-diving. >> i'll admit the first time i did it, i was like, hey, you know, if the chute doesn't open, i'll be with michael. >> reporter: she says now the pou power of the group has begin her the will to live. >> there was a way to turn it it around and take this tragedy and use it as fuel to create an even more amazing life. >> "nbc bay area news." >> this weekend the women will share a victorian home in san francisco and travel to rural marin for a retreat. then they're being treated to a valentine's dinner. >>> the man kwikconvicted of kig chandra levy was sentenced to 60 years behind bars. he wa

after the funeral as life resumes widows may feel numb and lost. these outings pull them together to relax and renew. >> the feeling normal, i feel like an out cast everywhere else. >> it was important to find other people that knewy still wanted to wear my wedding ring. >> reporter: roadside bombs killed all three of their husbands years apart. the lives they expected to have now gone. with new friends a way to find a different future. >> we are -- we were married two and a half years, not the marriage i hoped for. i really do want to hold that close to my heart and i feel likely will forever be married to him. >> reporter: san francisco was good to them with fine dining and cab excursions, tomorrow sight seeing and monday back to their homes better for having come. reporting live. >> like other parts of the economy napa growers had a down year in 2010. the state's grape crop reports shows revenues dropped by $33 million to 449 million. that's about 8% from 2009. last year a harvest weighed more than 138,000-tons which is a drop of 3%. the crop ac

bring these back to the widows in new york suffering. this is all i have to share with them. i was invited for prayers of piecen the mosque and every whether i went people apologized even though they didn't have anything to do with it. finally it came time and i went back and when i got to corefa, hangele had passed away. i went to his grave and stood there look at his box in the ground and thought, how can i go on, this man had become my father, mentor and guide. he told me to sit down and be quiet and take a bath and so many things. and then i remembered what he said. he said to listen to the wind. and i listened to the wind and in the wind i heard the voices of the children in the school and i remembered and realized his legacy and vision for education came true. and i also realized after a decade i had finally come full circle and i hadn't found the field of dreams in a corn field in iowa and i hadn't found the field of dreams at the top of,k 2 but i found the field of dreams in a place in a dusty field in a place called corefa in pa

nobody knows about maybe from this woman maria victoria the medina got father's widow. she refused to talk with us and very images we have of these few seconds in the streets and what has areas. she has the key to some of the secrets. but he died a lot maybe you know rooftop in one thousand nine hundred three escobar the greatest drug trafficker of all time took some of his secrets to his grave. wealthy british science tells us not to. write. anything. margetts finance scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on r.g.p. .

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the widow of the late russian president boris yeltsin. mrs your husband a son in the political summit swiftly and i witnessed. after that however his popularity began to fall prior to that there was no such tradition in russia to evaluate popularity but know this was happening before our eyes the poor rating was falling there free press which he created and began to attack him and his family. did he personally feel hurt was he offended how did he react. when he was an intelligent and wise person and a real statesman who. was in need of that i would saying that the biggest cause is to live at the time of reforms. or. especially if you yourself launched the change right and he was well aware of what he was risking. doll was much criticised to know what it was called shocks are a pain. however due to the shortage of food those measures were inevitable. today some say they should have done it gradually. but how can a starving person wait for six months to be fed lordly or that. urgent measures had to be taken which meant shock therapy. at the

or widower. when congress decided late last year to resurrect the estate tax retroactively to the beginning of 2010, lawmakers gave big 2010 estates a choice-- they could either apply the estate tax and give all heirs full step-up of basis, or use the no-estate tax/carry-over basis scheme, whichever will cost the estate and the heirs the least tax. where does that leave you if you inherited property in 2010? well, if it was from a relatively modest estate, your basis is probably date-of-death value. but if your inheritance came from a multi-million dollar estate, you'll need to check with the executor. i'm kevin mccormally >> susie: if you have a tax question you want kevin to answer, he'll be happy to do that. just log on to our web site, nbronpbs.org. that's "nightly business report" for thursday, february 17. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to y

missed on this day he never doubted he would live to celebrate his hundredth birthday but instead his widow has to fight back tears while opening an exhibition time to what have been his eightieth jubilee in nearly four years since boris yeltsin's death the agony of loss has given way to quiet remembrance when he really liked family gatherings birthdays we usually celebrated with. most of these photos show yeltsin in his early years in power when he had the backing of almost the entire country when voicing your political position was still an act of noble to encourage and one hopes of a different life in a better country are still untainted by the harsh reality the war in chechnya and himself admitted it was a mistake the banking crisis that with cripple the already population of the east would come later and some argue when fairly obscure all the good that yeltsin had done. any fuel are just better proceed through the distance especially in history. more time and trouble to give way to serious analysis would it take ten it figures and really. diminish your chance. the service he's had of p

and to watch the full interview with the widow of russia's first president boris yeltsin log on to our web site r t v dot com there's also plenty of other news and else is available for you there and here's a taster of what's online right now. infringing on civil liberties the u.s. authorities are trying to renew the country's patriot act which gives them sweeping powers to legally spy on people. and russia's black caviar is heading back to european markets after a long standing ban to find out more on the story had to our website r t v dot com . and listen take a look at some other stories from around the world and three million people in ukraine's capital kiev have been left scratching their heads after their eccentric mayor has gone to a wall and he has not been seen in public for six months and even by his standards that he turned a vet's case behavior is radek how even the country's prime minister has to manage to know his whereabouts. investigates the case of the missing mayor. main gear for green that over the past six months ukraine's capital has become a bad place to live in b

want to watch the full interview with the widow of russia's first president boris yeltsin log on to our website our teen dot com they asked me as gone wild over an iranian book found in the arizona desert its contents list the details of past terror attacks carried out by suicide bombers and militants a publication made some american news channels hand a future attacks on the us by iran but there are still those who think the threat is an exaggeration. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on high alert fox news alert time new terror fears the book was reportedly published anywhere and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would not give us a picture of the book they would not say if it's personalized in any way or you know what trackers may have found basically no facts behind the story but that didn't stop the channel from making a big scary deal of it story although they reported it point out at the end it could mean

coming up going off interviews the widow of russia's first president's nightingale to share details about some of the difficult decisions her husband had to make during his time in office. it was a time when there were russian cards and one there was nothing at all in stores and more importantly there was nothing left to stock them up when he became president in one thousand nine hundred ninety one what did he have to do. sit and wait for rights to begin. i remember very well when president mitterrand came with a visit in one thousand nine hundred ninety one and then chancellor kohl came later . but they both said the same saying no actually metron said that in one thousand nine hundred five when he came to russia to attend the b. day celebrations. he was already very ill at the time we had a long conversation and he said you know i came here because of your husband. i think mr president did everything possible to save people. not only in russia but also in europe on the whole world he said in the us a cell was not repaying any loans so mitterrand said can you imagine what it would have b

. >>> the widow of a contra costa firefighters is set to receive $15 million.esmond was one of four people killed in 2007 during a house fire in san pablo. desmond widow sued a company because they called police and failed to include that there was a fire. >>> detectives say jul iani's grandmother tried to block rodriguez from forcing his way through a garage into the family's home. rodriguez pushed her down, held her down with his knee and grabbed juliani while he yelled, no daddy, no daddy. rodriguez helped raise juliani since he was a child. >>> ktvu cameras went inside the new death chamber last september. back >> he asked questions, he didn't portray any opinions or any emotional one way or the other. he did say at the end of the hearing that he wanted to wrap this up as soon as possible. nonetheless he's had this case for six years. >> judge vogel says he plans to hold three more hearings before he rules on california executions. in addition to the death chambers, the judge is weighing the protocall for lethal injection. >>> and palo alto has made it offi

. >>> the widow of a contra costa firefighters is set to receive $15 million. scott desmond was one of four people killed in 2007 during a house fire in san pablo. desmond widow sued a company because they called police and failed to include that there was a fire. >>> detectives say jul iani's grandmother tried to block rodriguez from forcing his way through a garage into the family's home. rodriguez pushed her down, held her down with his knee and grabbed juliani while he yelled, no daddy, no daddy. rodriguez helped raise juliani since he was a child. >>> ktvu cameras went inside the new death chamber last september. back >> he asked questions, he didn't portray any opinions or any emotional one way or the other. he did say at the end of the hearing that he wanted to wrap this up as soon as possible. nonetheless he's had this case for six years. >> judge vogel says he plans to hold three more hearings before he rules on california executions. in addition to the death chambers, the judge is weighing the protocall for lethal injection. >>> and palo alto has made

in one place the village of widows.men from one family have been killed. >> it's one of those places that made it hit home. these people are living turned constant threat of being hunted by one of these. the rules of that xhur in my mind don't exist there. >> from what i hear, this is how the guys get attacked. sitting out here at night can't see anything. can only hear the waves crashing. pretty simple for a tiger to sneak up and grab you and take you. >> reporter: many experts believe that global warming has shrinked their habitat. they go after humans because it turns out we don't put up much as a fight. in another remote stretch of india, another peaceful animal, the elephant is going after humans. >> we're chasing this one. this one didn't move. this is absolute suicide right now. >> reporter: 19 people near this village died trying to protect their farm fields from the hungry creatures. villagers live under the nightly threat of their homes. people are little competition. as dave showed us, the elephant's entire b

his young widow has already taken her own life. other relatives told us they are ready to do the same. >> if we see justice slipping away we will kill ourselves. first was my sister-in-law. we will do the same if raymond davis is released. >> freeing davis could enflame the streets here. anti-american sentiment is already close to boiling point. but is love knows u.s. aid could be cut -- islamabad knows u.s. aid could be cut. >> japan has suspended its annual will haunt. activists have made it unsafe -- japan has suspended its annual whale hunt. >> the standoff has been taking place between japanese whalers intent on carrying out their hunt antique environmentalist's determined to stop them. the sea shepherd group has pursued the flight towards the southern tip of south america. >> the mother ship of the willing fleet has been -6- hear the safety of the fleet we have suspended the operations. we find the harassment extremely regrettable. activists are being confronting the japanese fleet for years. one of their boats collapsed -- c

. >> his widow and his daughter lay flowers in front of a photo of him. he was an important figure in both german and international cinema. the films he produced included "perfume," "downfall," and "nowhere in africa," which won an award in 2003. but stay with us. the world ski championships are coming up next. but the -- >> the german chancellor was among those on hand for the opening ceremonies at the small bavarian town, which has ruled out the red carpet for a winter for sports fans -- for winter sports fans around the world. >> garmisch partenkirchen is in the grips of world jim being shipped fever. the excitement is probable at this festival. >> the people here are totally committed. it is certainly going to be a great to have been shipped. around 1300 local volunteers help with the preparations. everything has to be perfect for the participants, their coaches, and the estimated 120,000 spectators. >> it will draw attention to garmisch. it will be good for its image and remind people what a great venue it is for winter sports. >> skiing has a long h

the widow of a firefighter who was one of four people killed in 2007 and a house fire in san pablo has agreed to settle against two companies that provided a home security services the companies will play a total of four points $6 million. the lawsuit claims the security assiduous employee reported the fire to the fire protection district using a non emergency line causing a delayed response. >> james: a former sex crimes prosecutor that faces rape churches has been reinstated the was fired for misconduct after being charged with rape but an arbitrator has ordered the county to reinstate him with back pay and benefits. ruling that the district attorney's office had no cause to fire him. the fisherman's wharf store proprietor accused of shooting and killing two people in a competing merchandise shop pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder tuesday in san francisco. hong ri wu, 56, appeared in judge samuel feng's courtroom, wu smiled and nodded to bailiffs as they ushered him to and from the proceedings in superior court.police believe wu killed qiong han chu, 30, and feng ping ou, 30,

they say, mohammed was a 17 per cent his young widow has already taken her own life. other relatives told us they are ready to do the same. >> if we see justice looking away, we will kill ourselves, one by one. first was my sister in law. we will all did the same if raymond davis is released. >> freeing davis could inflame the streets here. anti-american sentiment is already close to boiling point. islam a bad knows that u.s. aid could be tough. it may have little choice but to give way. >> stay with us. still to come, we will take you back to barcelona to catch the latest on display at the mobile technology expo. japan has suspended its annual will hunt in the antarctic because activists have made it unsafe. the been chasing the mother ship to disrupt the month. it is in the remote waters of the arctic about the standoff has been taking place. between japanese whalers and -- intent on tearing down their annual hunt and environmentalist determined to stop them. the group says it has pursued the fleet right out of the swelling ground toward the southern tip of south am

pinnacle and its subcontractor with pay the widow a combined $4.6 million.usband was one of four people killed in a house fire in san pablo three years ago. she claimed an employee at the security company reported the fire on a nonemergency line and delayed response to the blaze. >>> a reward is being offered to catch the arsonist responsible for three fires in san francisco's castro district. the examiner reports that a nurse in san diego is putting up $5,000 of her own cash. she says she has friends and family who live in the neighborhood and wants that fire starter behind bars. >>> time now 6:12. watch out if you have a parking ticket. the unpleasant way one east bay city will be targeting you. >> plus, do you need to confess your sins? hm? there is an app for that! the high-tech spin on a catholic tradition. >>> chopper 5 continues to show us a great ride along the peninsula. 101 near sfo. coming up, we'll take a check of the bay bridge toll plaza. ,,,, seven years ago, i had this idea. to make baby food the way moms would. happybaby strives to make the

desmond's widow and her son sued a security alarm company in utah.hey claim a company employee received an automatic smoke alarm from the home and was told the house was burning but they say that employee didn't call the fire department on an emergency line. that caused a nearly 10-minute delay before firefighters were sent to the scene. >> a proposed new law in san francisco would help residents displaced by fires or natural disasters. it would allow them to rent temporary apartments at or near the same rate they were paying at their previous home for up to two years. the bill was prompted by a series of suspected arsons in the castro district last week. the supervisor said landlords are reluctant to help people because current laws lock in whatever rent they offer as a permanent base for rent control. >> time now 6:07. did you run the heater in the car this morning. >> yep. but i always do. i get chilly. >> oh! how about that. mike, how about you? >> i don't remember. i don't think so. but if i was leaving home now i would because it's much colder

at 14 she was married, 17 she had a child, 20 she was a widow. now what does a single woman today face that compares with her obstacles? now in her lifetime, she developed a hair care and make a point and built a mansion next to john rockefeller employing about 3,000 women nationwide and in the caribbean, and she was personally responsible for the harlem renaissance. today what stands in the way of people, like i was, like many of our poor inner-city people, it's the government. you can't go cut somebody's hair justin texas we had someone shot down an illegal hair cutting operation putative was to guys with barber chairs of the flea market. as we want to show that freedom works for everyone. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2. here's hour prime time lineup for tonight. >>> next, stephanie coontz at the evergreen state college reports on the generation of american women who were introduced to feminis p

according to some reports his son from pablo and his widow maria victoria have sought refuge in argentina. is brother roberto. and his younger sister. well still a. family had been untouchable for so long the brother and sister used to go out quite openly these days they choose to keep a much lower profile a local journalist helps out by providing the address of escobar system. is this where mrs escobar lives. yes she did no sorry she's just going out. ok we'll leave a message for. her . on her. street still keeps its secrets but now it's time to feel that the soviet silenced the cheaters who stopped a black light on the top two. in. toto. and spun. and spun photo. crews hotel. beach hotel. the sea. hotel. in israel. solomon hotel.

project, a non-profit group started by karen davis who became a widow at 21 years old. davis says she started the group to help herself and other women find on outlet for their grief. >> this will always be the pivotal moment in their moment that changed everything. >> the youngest widow on the retreat is 20 years old and the oldest is in 41. these retreats are held across the country. everything is paid for with donation. today the women will go on the chinatown tour. >>> valentine's day weddings at some clerk's offices in bay area should be more hectic than usual. same-sex couples are being urged to request rallies on monday. rallies are in san francisco and san jose. federal courts will decide on the legality of proposition 8 which bans same-sex marriage. >>> hiv awareness is being raised today. free condoms are being offered in san francisco. you can go to the out of the closet thrift store orb tender loin health this afternoon. >>> oscar grant is looking to change the lives of young men living in oakland. cephus johnson walked the streets of oakland trying to pull