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Because of its proximity to tucson, not terribly far away. we will have one of our reporter live from tucson and elizabeth cohen, our medical correspondent, at the rehab reporting this morning. you may remember this one, we told you about the one letter to gabrielle giffords that brought her husband, tough astronaut almost to tear, from a 9-year-old boy, isaac, from creigh croft elementary school in tucson. it came with a cash donation. >> it was like $2.85. so, were going to -- i sealed it ...

>> isaac, tell us, what did you pick out of your toys? what did you sell? and did you tell your classmates why you were selling your toys? why you wanted to raise money? >> actually, i didnt really tell my classmates about it. i just started to selling some toys at school. and one of the things i sold were kind of some of the things that were really important to me. >> and the kind of things that are really important to you. so explain to all of us, what are those toys, then? what type of toys w...

Know, looking up to you, you know, and now shes gone, too. and all of the others. when do you do that? i could do it now. i dont know if thats the right thing to do. i decided it isnt. i mean, i have to wait for the appropriate time. >> you hear what he has been going through, what he has ahead of him and just revealing that news but he says he has been drawing strength from all of the support they have been receiving. they have been receiving a lot of cards and letters, as you can imagine. list...

Recovery is going to be like for her. its going to be hard work. >> you see here, the memorial outside continues to grow outside the hospital. people continue to leave signs, cards, flowers, kandsles balloons, just to honor the victims. and the congresswoman is still recovering. he walks by this every single day, says its spiritual for him. he talks about all of the letters and warm wishes he has been receiving. one stood out. came to a little boy, wanted to help out and sent in his lunch money,...

>> hooch is only one of a myriad of offenses the correctional officers must stay on top of. >> there, check it out. >> such as nick knoxs attempt to use wire and an outlet to make a lighter. >> its all good. [ bleep ]. no, that aint how its supposed to work. oh, im in trouble. >> when we met him, knox was awaiting trial for murder while serving time for a variety of lesser charges. including robbing an amish man of $1.85. >> kind of embarrassing. we had fake guns actually. drove right in front o...

National average for gallon of regular is $2.85, up 80 cents from a year ago. south carolina republican gram g lindsey graham is considering a gasoline tax and it would provide alternative energy sources. grahams idea which he insists is not a straight gasoline tax would add 15 cents to each gallon of gas. the goal: reduce consumption and greenhouse gas emission. the 15 cent fee would by a complicated formula fall as the pollution generated by industry and utilities also fell. he says its better...

A dollar there from a dollar to $2. from yarn its then turned into socks. its knitted into socks. a value added from $2 to $4.50, throughout the chain of production here, you can see a value is added. we started off at a dollar, and now $4.50, the value added is $3.50. were going to assume to keep it basic and simple, a 10% value-d added tax, so what were talking about is a 35% tax that is added on to the price of the socks to the $4.50. final price for the socks with a v.a.t. is $4.85. you can ...

If you performed -- why not have -- if somebody -- some of these starbucks can have a cup for money, why not you have a giant bucket where people can throw money? >> of course we can and we do. >> i dont believe you do. >> some things i -- first of all, tiping is a city in china. second of all, tiping is good for your karma. unless you want your karma to get run over by your dog, you better hook it up. >> are you sure allen king is not in there? >> thats not a cigar, thats a babys arm. >> i tota...

Shouldnt have to break three bucks or 5 bucks to get 96 cents in change. when you go to cafe metro. it is $1.85 you dont want the change, but they nail you for the extra 97 cents. that pisses me off. >> on behalf of cafe metro corporate, i thank you for the plug. >> is that what you are calling your bedroom? >> it gives it more of a metro feel. >> if this article is to be believed there are now tiping jars in mcdonalds which sun believable. >> i question that. i think she got confused. >> have y...

24 minutes aft hour. time for "minding your business" this morning. the jobs are going to come back slowly. leading economists say the unemployment rate will only inch down to 9.3% by the end of this year. it has been 9.7% since january. >> gas prices meanwhile are going up. according to the national lum burg survey, the average is $2.85. up more than three cents. >> steve corral and tina faye striking gold with "date night." it tied with "clash of the titans." china, our huge market, and also...