i have an old yahoo! account.hile that will not stop the hacker, the family will not have to see those disturbing e- mails. the permanent solution, closing the account. mcginty's e-mail is also permanent as well. go over to the facebook page. that is our report. i'll be back tonight at 11:00 along with anita brikman. don't forget, log on any time to wusa9.com. we'll see you a bit later. bye bye. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> new information tonight in the natalie wood death investigation. was she left to drown? >> at least a couple of people, saying, we're coming for you, don't worry, we're going to save you. >> fresh clues from a new witness as "e.t." investigates hollywood's most mysterious deaths. >> she had threatened to kill herself a number of times. >> marilyn monroe. george reeves. phil hartman. bob crane. >> murders. suicide? or freak accidents? why these stars died too young. >> he went upstairs and then the bullet went off. >>> now, in de

the latest may come from a group looking to carve up yahoo. its partner in china, alibaba, would buy the 40% stake yahoo owns. soft-bank in japan would buy yahoo japan, and private equity firms blackstone and bain would pick up the u.s. operations. other private equity firms have offered to buy yahoo or take a minority stake. yahoo continued climbing today, adding another 3% on twice its usual volume. a move to $17 would take it to its highest price since may. the reported offers range from $16.60 to $20 per share. troubled cellular network company clearwire got some good news today. partner sprint agreed to pay more than $1.5 billion over the next four years for using its wireless data network. sprint is clearwire's biggest customer and largest shareholder. clearwire shares jumped 14% after saying it will be able to make a $237 million loan payment today. despite strong chain store sales for retailers, barnes and noble stock fell 16% after reporting a quarterly loss. yoga clothing retailer lululemon dropped 5% after disappointing quarterly sa

yahoo's revenue has been slipping in the past few years.yahoo shares have soared in extended trading on news of this possible take over. >>> still ahead, the new push to bring the olympics back to the golden state. >> hundreds turn out to remember bay area aids victims. how they hope to gift world a virtual way to honor lost loft onces. h@3q spots again. detergent alone doesn't fully dry your dishes. it leaves spots and residue behind. add finish jet-dry and they dry two times better. and they're shiny. that is shiny. prove it. enough's enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding, guaranteed. d-con. get out. a germy pump again. so we developed the lysol no touch handsoap system. it automatically dispenses the perfect amount of soap to kill 99.9% of bacteria. for healthy tips, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth >>> mid to upper 40s portland and seattle. so far doing well look at all the airport along the eastern seaboard okay in the midwest even out here along the west coast. any time you travel use flight tracker winds

yahoo! and asked the company to close the account. >> one of those endless nightmares of push this number, push this number and push this number. >> finally someone from yahoo! told them they needed paula chase's death certificate which they are still trying to get. and still the e-mails keep coming. some of them on scene and graphic. from the account of a woman who never drank, never smoked, never even cussed. >> christian lady and see some male enhancement and an e-mail from her. kind of devastating. >> now i just got a call from yahoo! the spokesman was reluctant to talk specifics but the company is working with the familiar three close the account. cassie woods says help consists of calling with the fax number where they can send a death certificate. yahoo! needs a death certificate even though you can google paula chase's name, benton, louisiana, get her obituary up right there and if you look at public records you can actually see her listed on the social security death index as deceas

seems like a perfect solution. >> and yahoo is getting less popular. at least on internet search engines. and releasing its list of the top-10 most visited web sites and yahoo dropped to fifth place. so which came out on top? it was facebook, google, then you tube. facebook topping the list for the most-searched terms online for the third year in a row. at bloomberg studios in san francisco, i'm emily chang with bloomberg west. >> thank you very much. and it's beautiful weather there. and some fire concerns. >> yes. still concerns. >> exactly the wind. good news is that it looks like winds will be decreasing tonight. and there is our high definition sutro cam. you can see we're clear out there. beautiful shot and there is temperatures climbing back into 60s across the bay area, coming down a little bit now. there is 59 in san francisco. novato is 63 degrees. and mountain view 57 in san jose. let's touch on winds. northeastern winds starting to die down a little bit. the high eases up and push as way, pulling away from the state. gusts at sfo, 14. fairf

of push this number, push this number, push this number. >> finally someone from yahoo told them, theyeeded paula chase's death certificate, which they're still trying to get. and still the emails keep coming, some of them obscene, and graphic. from a woman who never smoke, drank, or cussed. >> to see them, kind of devastating. >> a yahoo spokesperson tells us, the company is trying to help the family close that account. but cassie woods says that help consists of calling a fax number where they can send the death certificate. >>> the famous bobby fuller song says, i fought the law, and the law won. some restaurants in san francisco are proving that's not how it always turns out. last year, that city passed a law, banning free toys in high calorie meals. burger king and mcdonald's restaurants have found a way to skirt the law. they just charge for the toys. both will now charge 10 cents extra for anybody who wants a toy in their kid's meal. mcdonald's plans to use the proceeds to build a new ronald mcdonald house. burger king has not decided what they're going to do with the money from

they took down the yahoo!e old knbr billboard, the jerseys of steve young and dusty baker. the neon yahoo! billboard went up in 1999 when the company was leading the dot com boom. yahoo! says time has changed and so has their advertising budget. over 170,000 drivers pass by the billboard each day. >>> realtors are calling it the biggest property purchase in the bay area this year. realty firm p.s. business parks has paid $520 million for 18 business parks. the parks are located across the east and south bay. the properties total over 5 million square feet and consist of office buildings and warehouse space. rents are going up so the company expects to turn a profit by leasing out the buildings. at least they hope. verizon's new 4g network is returning to normal after a major outage this morning. many verizon customers could not use the internet on their smartphones, the second time this month and the third time this year that service was down. verizon is trying to figure out what caused these outages. >>> jeff

the yahoo! sign was peeled off as the sunnyvale-based search company focuses on new ways to market itself. clear channel which owns the space is offering it for $65,000 a month. >> drivers are no doubt doing a double take as they look at steve young's number. >> the holiday phenomenon of paying it forward continues to gain momentum around the country, especially at k-mart stores. in redwood city, $6,000 was paid down on lay away accounts today alone. and it is not just the wealthy coming in to help others. >> we had an older lady today. she paid down about a hundred bucks. i can tell she is somebody who was definitely living on whatever she could live on, but she says, you know what, i really love what is going on. i want to be a part of it. >> the assistant manager says several people come in every day and make a bee line to the lay away counter and pay down someone's account. social media is to be congratulated for making this take on secret santa so popular. >> that is the most wonderful thin

just sayin' yahoo! >> thanks so much for joining us this morning.n us at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 as well. >> and all day long at nbcbayarea.com. thanks for being here. go out and have yourself a great day. >> we'll be back, bright and early at 4:30 thom morning. >> indeed.

. >>> yahoo, awarded a $610 million damage from lottery scammers, apparently they used yahoo's name andlow doe to dupe people into thinking they won a lottery. the scheme may be tied to a group of nigerian scammers. none of the defenders have responded. nigeria is well known for scammers. >>> honest talk about a troubled past and her current fight to get her son. >>> a cure for the common hangover. a company said it has developed a magic pill that can cure you in a half an hour. >>> with the holiday season comes plenty. being part of a couple doesn't make for a married time. we'll explain. >>> tomorrow night, an abc2 news exclusive. melinda mccrede is speaking out. >> please don't touch me. please don't touch my mommy. please, leave me alone. i want to be with my mommy. >> reporter: she described the terrifying scene last friday when u.s. marshal stormed her boyfriend's house and took her 5-year-old son from her arm. the singer who lost custody of zander in 2007 him him from mccrede's own mother. the abduction landed her in front of a judge. on monday she emerged from court with a huge

first to the latest on what is the yahoo story. for that and more let's go live to bloomberg west with today's after the bell report. -- bell report. >> continuing to evolve, yahoo could be heading into the end game now. the company's board is meeting to consider offers for a minority stake in the one-time internet giant at the same time alibaba talking about making a takeover bid for the company. the market seems to like that idea with shares of yahoo rising on the news closing up more than 3% today. could the sum of the parts be worth more than a whole? a former vp says a takeover would be terrible, calling it quote catastrophicly bad. >> the chances we can put together transactions are good but if you're looking at what is best for the company and long term value, what is best for eco system in general for the internet i don't think an alibaba deal comes into the top five. >> that was a former vp turned ceo of a start up. he thinks yahoo needs to pick between being a media business or a tech business z groupon's andrew mason is

the yahoo! sign was peeled off as the sunnyvale-based search company focuses on new ways to market itself. clear channel which owns the space is offering it for $65,000 a month. >> drivers are no doubt doing a double take as they look at steve young's number. >> the holiday phenomenon of paying it forward continues to gain momentum around the country, especially at k-mart stores. in redwood city, $6,000 was paid down on lay away accounts today alone. and it is not just the wealthy coming in to help others. >> we had an older lady today. she paid down about a hundred bucks. i can tell she is somebody who was definitely living on whatever she could live on, but she says, you know what, i really love what is going on. i want to be a part of it. >> the assistant manager says several people come in every day and make a bee line to the lay away counter and pay down someone's account. social media is to be congratulated for making this take on secret santa so popular. >> that is the most wonderful thin

yahoo doesn't stand much of a chance to see the money. >>> news time 5:26.n the world of surprise proposals, you've got your sky writing, your jumbotron and billboards. now a new bar has been set, what an oklahoma man did to pop the question during the most wonderful time of the year. >>> and a new york man clings to life after a bizarre accident while he was in a hotel room and it involves a cab. details coming up when "good morning maryland" continues on this friday, december 9th. look what denny's left for my dad, santa! christmas cookie pancakes. milk & cookies shake. i think santa needs a helper. come try arthur christmas's favorites. only at denny's. and see arthur christmas only in theaters.

would be... [ man ] yahoo! [ male announcer ] ...well you know.ut thanks to broadband network companies, the internet's alive and kicking. even in these tough times, broadband companies invest billions in new technology. building the networks that are the backbone of the new economy, supporting over 3 million jobs, inspiring new ideas, and making america more competitive. broadband for america: building the future today. >>> and we are back as we continue our weekly press talk conversation with mike allen, a new e-book on the republican primary race. >> if you look at this race and go back to the one of the original questions is how does the party that time magazine covered, dangerous species, all of the sudden becomes the resur gent right. what happened? was it schismly the economy? was it that the age of obama turn t out to not be a promise fulfilled? >> yeah, that was the idea of john who was on your show last sunday. he had the great idea to start the day after the '08 election when people thought that this was the second coming of democrats.

they contacted yahoo directly and after providing lots of information that this was a problem, yahoo officials said they needed the death certificate before they could take action. >> everything that you would have on an e-mail account to prove that you're that person, i have of my mother's. so you would think they would just shut it down so it would stop. >> so until the family can provide yahoo with a death certificate, that account stays open which means the e-mails keep coming. some of them on scene and graphic. >>> confessions of a blond bandit. tonight the woman accused in a string of crimes has now admitted to committing at least two of them. stephanie schwab admitted to one carjacking in tyson's corner and a carjacking in springfield. she is behind bank robberies in northern virginia and another carjacking. that one in baltimore. officers arrested the 26-year-old yesterday in bethesda. schwab has only been charged with one count of bank robbery. >>> could we have another campus cover up on our hands? five female students are suing howard university after the schools say they

yahoo! shares surged more than 6% in after hours trading. watch that one today for sure, andrea. >> looking at how the banks came to the rescue of other banks in europe. reminded of you what the surplus was supposed to do with the banks here to help homeowners. but they never did that. >> you're absolutely right. they help each other do. >> they do. they're all good friends. >> ok, we get it. economics 101. >>> a beloved college football tradition comes to the nation's capitol for the first time in its 112 year history. >> could you be feeding your children deadly toxins? we'll tell you disturbing findings. >> those stories and more plus your weather first in less than two minutes. we'll be back. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. howard is here and he does have a cold forecast. i can see the 180s today and the heavy gloves and the heavy coats. >> it is chilly. it is not bitterly cold. it is not frigid. the tree lighting is tonight down on the ellipse -- the living tree. not the cut tree they have at the capitol. that's another con

. >> yahoo! wait. if there's a blizzard with lots of snow, won't your eggs get cold? >> nope. we saurornitholestes are warm-blooded. >> warm-whated? >> warm-blooded. it means our bodies make heat, which i use to keep my eggs warm in their

and there is yahoo demanding to see some correspond yens. >> one of yahoo's largest investors on the attack. hedge fund manager lobe's fund is demanding yahoo disclose all corresponds between those who want to buy it. and there is microsoft, venture capitol firm and chinese e commerce aribaba. lobes says he is concerned it didn't maximize share holder value. yahoo saying it is open to all alternatives. >> and there is giants software soared on is its first day of training. the company provides social networking software for businesses but it's unprofitable. as for broader markets we saw markets taking a turn down after the federal reserve announced it will not take action to stimulate the economy. and there is a push down by shares of juniper net wrorks and hp. and yesterday, suggested the two were in talks. we've learned that facebook is hoping to cap mobile advertising as a fresh source of revenue ahead of the possible ipo. one idea we're told it's considering is putting the sponsored ads within mobile news feeds. the potential advantage is that by gather sog much information as fr

a lot of buzz about yahoo. new reports today that china's alibaba group has hired a washington lobbying firm to prepare a possible bid to take over yahoo. yahoo shares rose more than 2% to $16 and change. traders are speculating a $20 per share offer from alibaba. the stock got as low as $11 in the summer after c.e.o. carol bartz was fired. well, it was a down day for amazon. goldman sachs warned today that the company's holiday sales will come in lower than expected. amazon countered today, saying its kindle sales could hit record levels in 2012. shares fell only slightly; the stock is down about 3.5% year to date. verizon shares just off their 52-week high after the company announced it will charge customers a fee for every credit card payment made online or over the phone. verizon shares rose a fraction to $40.05. still, the stock is up 12% this year. starbucks shares continue to percolate higher today. starbucks is popular not only with coffee lovers but also with investors. it rose 1.5% to $46.45. the shar

right now yahoo! owns a big piece of alibaba. but it's a chinese company, and that scares regulators who worry about a chinese company owning yahoo!'s e-mail and news services that serve america. >> great information. thank you very much. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay", a new warning for people in a normally safe bay area neighborhood. >>> plus occupy oakland once again without a camp this morning. we'll have details coming up. >>> and did you notice a difference yesterday? not as much haze suspended in @ atmosphere. we're back in the good air quality range. >> and we continue to follow the major accident in san jose involving a bta bus. bob redell just arrived o the scene. we'll have an update coming up. here's a live look at the toll plaza. a few kmooters making their way in early in the morning. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] help i need a holiday party idea. mmm... pillsbury crescent wrapped brie just unroll, wrap the brie and bake. it's so easy. now this might even impress aunt martha. pillsbury crescent wr

the famous yahoo sign in san francisco, removed. >>> that big winter storm that walloped the west is have details on that, coming up. you can see >>> welcome back. 60 along big sur mid to upper 50s sunshine breezy through the central valleys 34 if tahoe over the weekend mid to upper 40s upper 40s to mid 70s around yosemite. -- traveling down to southern capital for the holiday 66 l.a., low to mid 70s saturday and sunday the same in san diego. >>> 6:43. president obama is turning up the pressure on house republicans to approve a payroll tax cut extension before it expires on new year's day. the president will hold a town hall-like event with people representing the 160 million who will bear the brunt of a tax hike. the senate passed a two month extension expecting it to lead to a one year deal but republicans in the house have rejected the temporary extension. they are holding out for a young year tax break extension. >>> if there is no deal about 1.1 million californians will lose their extended unemployment insurance. the payroll tax extension measure includes a rider financing thos

the most his dominated by people and personalities the top search item on yahoo had never spoken a word october. >> you don't have anything on your calendar. >> reporter: ahead of its latest release phone topped yahoo's list on the rumor iphone 5 and announcement of 4s and series. i'm karen cape a and you're now clicked in. >>> . >> let's get a look at some of the weather out this tonight. the bottom line it is clear and it is cold. temperatures dropping for us that's going to continue to be the case right through the overnight steadily sharply dropping temperatures. we're in the low 40s now. we're looking for 30s, though. 30s as we work into the overnight and even some upper 20s on the map i think by daybreak tomorrow. 43 out at umbc. take a look at baltimore through the day mostly sunny skies in the afternoon. same scenario. a mix of sun and clouds here and also hey why not go a little further south el could it city a nice looking finish to the day weather wise as the sun goes down. still some of the shortest days of the year. maryland's most powerful radar showing not a thing bone dr

yahoo says it plans to take down the sign this month as it focuses on new ways to market the company. >>> a sale today at one supermarket brought sadness and not just to some shoppers. andronico's is holding a store closing sale. the store is one of the handful remaining in the 82-year-old super market chain. one store shopper was moved to tears today as she saw the empty shelves. >> something came over me like a sadness, like saying goodbye to an old friend. the clerk and all the staff, so wonderful, nice. and i'm going to miss them so much -z. >> reporter: a clerk at andronico's said today the store is expected to close december 18th but that date is not firm. some of the long term workers are expected to move to other stores and it is not clear how many jobs will be lost. >>> shorts have released the names of two of three people killed yesterday on bay area train tracks. shortly after noon a train struck a woman near the caltrain at menlo park station. the coroner has now identified her as 27-year-old jane cox of fulsome. an hour before a man was struck in palo alto. he remains uni

the purple yahoo bill board stood on the approach for 12 year buzz today, dismantled. where it used to be behind the sign was an old ad for radio. yahoo pulled out of the advertising spot. >> and a retiring employee in mission college is leaving behind a 33-year legacy of love fray grans. john is called the rose man, planned and taking care of 200 rose plants as long as buildings have been there. and he knows it's time to say goodbye. >> you've got to baby it. tender loving care. you know? i hate to go. but there is a time. and this is a time for me. >> and mission college will miss john, too. and john says he will spend more time home now tending to his wife. rose. >> how lovely. >> and he said the secret to keeping roses butte sfl not overwatering them. >> okay. okay. >> and there is no danger of that. >> we'll have to watch out for frost if you have sensitive plants, bring them inside. there could be rain, though. heading into next week we're going to talk about that in just a moment. here is a live picture from our camera. and looking across san francisco, you can

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we have a question on yahoo! about the last time those of you had a personal financial strain that forced you to cut back on necessity as so many people in the middle class say they do. what were the consequences you faced? and will you weigh in on that? and that's when we come back. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal. side effects may include unpleasant taste, head

yahoo under focus today.umber of reports saying the company's board will consider at a meeting today selling its stakes of two asian companies. ally baba out of china and yahoo japan. the complex deal could be worth $17 billion for yahoo less than $3 billion than the company's overall value paving the way to the company finding a new ceo. but yahoo's been all over the place with different strategic options. but their shares up are right now by about, let's see, 1.5% on that. market is gaining right now. the dow is up by 40 points, nasdaq up by 17. the s&p is up by 6 points. we'll see if we can continue the rally for another day. >> we'll see. all right, thank you, jason. 6:48 now. >>> and movies theater and ballet is a holiday weekend. liam mayclem joins us today. good morning. >> reporter: grace, a jolly good morning to you. warning for starters. this first film is not a holiday movie. i'm talking about girl with a dragon tattoo. it's the three picture adaptation of author steve larson's best selling book, 5

bloomberg confirmed yahoo may unload most stakes in alibabaz yahoo's board will reportedly meet to discuss. research in motion shares surged on talk amazon, microsoft and nokia tried to buy it. the stock rose more than 9% today smchl say a buyout is unlikely and told us may it may be the only way to keep it from slipping into a debt spiral. he thinks microsoft, google or intel could be potential buyers. >> and this is going to look really scary. ice cream sandwich devices are going to start hitting the market. and there are low end android devices ramping right now. so it's going to get worse before it gets better. that is what i think might open their eyes to a phone shall merger. >> needless to say there is a long road ahead zaol investor star board value is calling on the struggling giant to take action to stop the bleeding. star board has a 4.5% stake in aol and said aol's display business is losing half a billion dollars per year but there is value in aol content properties. and tim armstrong told me he believes aol needs to make more progress. a and markets closed relatively flat tod

would be... [ man ] yahoo! [ male announcer ] ...well you know.roadband network companies, the internet's alive and kicking. even in these tough times broadband companies invest billions in new technology.y. building the networks that are the backbone of the new economy, supporting over 3 million jobs inspiring new ideas, and making america more competitive. broadband for america: building the futurere today. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are gting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless cocompanies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >> who is this guy? can you trust him? >> this is the and the democratic national committee is running on the assumption mitt romney will be president obama's opponent. the rap on him is he is a flip- flopper. ron paul says

this is yahoo board meeting to discuss other bids, a possible partial take over. that would be including groups of investors led by silver lake proposing to buy a 20% stake of the company. and that is about 6% higher. the group includes microsoft, and the canada pension plan investment board. alibaba's bid happening in conjunction with blackstone and bing capitol. he wants to buy baca hoo's stake in the company. elsewhere, spotify banking on apps to attract new users. this have video. it's hoping features will bring in users. and spotify's ceo says there would be no money made from apps. he's trying to change things up as he competes with other services. back to you guy autos leaves are sure falling today with this wind out interest -- there. >> it's unbelievable. you can see trees are just swaying in winds. wind is starting to pick up here. and we haven't seen gustiest part of the wind storm here. there is a live picture here, you can see trees there in the for ground. camera is bouncing around. winds gusting into 40 miles per hour range and there is what it look

they think yahoo! should do far more to help. >> my mom was my best friend. >> the e-mails started two months ago. almost two years to the day after cassie woods' mom died of an untreatable auto immune disorder and they keep coming every other day to everyone in her address book. a hacker has hijacked her dead mother's account. >> i don't think it's fair. that me and my sisters have to suffer seeing an e-mail from my mom who is not even here. >> cassie's husband, an iraq vet sent an e-mail to the hacker pleading him to stop. >> this e-mail address belongs to my wife's mother who passed away two years ago -- >> they tried to shut down the account. >> you think they would shut it down so it would stop. >> a yahoo! spokesperson tells me the company is working with the familiar three try to close the account. but casey woods says that help consists of calling with a fax number where they can send a death certificate. a death certificate halloween though you can google paula chase's name and find her obitua

ali babba to buy yahoo!. there's concern in washington over a chinese company a company with things that americans depend on. >> thank you very much. still to come on "today in the bay" live in the scene of a police standoff in san jose. and crews are working to clean up a light crash. take a look at the video. the latest information is still ahead. >>> and visibilities are dropping like a rock in the north bay and along the peninsula. we might be tracking rain at this time tomorrow. we'll talk about that. >> and this into my report. o tg t r onhe le he bay bridge. i'll tell you about the latest when we come back. it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. get the technology you love, on the network you deserve. and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >>> police have surrounded a complex where a man is holed up inside with a machete. that

. >>> there are reports two private investor groups may buy all of yahoo. if it goes through, that deal can be worth more than $25 billion. there are companies interested in buying yahoo operationels but this is a first. yahoo stock reported after hours trading on that news. >>> burger king will make you pay for toys all this is due to a new law in effect today. >>> who pull the trigger and has everyone talking? >>> good morning, southbound traffic looks pretty good as you head to the sunole grade and we will tell you about the morning commute and a new problem in pleasantton just popped up. . >>> goods morning, a little bit of slow traffic we have a problem in the valley and we will tell you more in just a minute. >>> they are charging for toys in kids meals and the charge only applies to restaurants in san francisco. it applies to a new city law which goes into effect today and the law prohibits restaurants giving out toys with kids meals that don't meet strict nutritional standards. >>> they are helping bay area schools while at the same time promoting e

the yahoo sign was peeled off yesterday as the struggling search company focuses on new ways to marketlf. clear channel which owns the space is offering it up for $sick five,000 a month. >> all those 12-year-old -- >>> the polar bears at the san francisco zoo are enjoying a special treat. workers blew 10 tons of snow into their exhibit yesterday donated by the san francisco ice company. the bears seem to be having a good time that one seems frozen. >> or just a little sleepy. >> or is the video frozen. the zoo says it is designed to encourage natural behavior to keep them healthy and happy. >>> it is the photograph. >> the bears are moving. >>> 4:57. a lot more news. tense standoff between police and occupy protesters in berkeley. police are warning occupiers it is time to leave a popular park or else. we'll go live with the latest. >> reporter: two hours from a strike that will affect eight bay area hospitals. i'm katie marzullo live in oakland with what will happen when 4,000 nurses walk off the job. >>> san jose city councilman comes up with a plan to keep libraries open and save th

because as we said at the start, we're getting real-time feedback from our yahoo audience. over 12,000 people have already weighed in on yahoo and abcnews.com and this directed at -- at speaker gingrich and governor romney, because more than 72% say right now they want to hear more from you about your past support for health care mandates. that's something that they're still not fully satisfied with what they've heard. governor romney, let me begin with you because -- you were clear. you've said you've always been against a federal mandate, you supported it in the state of massachusetts. where there has been some ambiguity, at least in the past, is whether you think that other states should try the mandate. back in 2007, you said that you thought it would be good for most states to try it, now you say you wouldn't encourage other states to try. can you explain that? >> states can do whatever the heck they want to do, that's the great thing about -- about our system. i think there's a good deal that we did that people can look at and find as a model, that could -- >> the man

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