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Changing consumer taste led to a bloody end for another physical media icon. >> i think its kind of sad. i used to love going with the family. >> reporter: nostalgia mocked on "south park." >> all on blu-ray or dvd. >> you should try to get on the ancient civilization sew so people could see how cultures used to live. >> im upset its gone. i dont think it will be back considering all the latest in technology that people have now. >> reporter: "seinfeld" reminds us how people used to get and retu...

Weekend. >> meanmeantime, there is good, here we are on the heels of halloween and way too much candy consumed, something about that combination of sweet and salty and thats whats behind frito-lays new chip. >> its probably my two favorite things rolled into one, the chocolate covered potato chip. lays is rolling it out next week. >> that looks good. >> and apparently theres a lot of consumer demand for these so-called flavor matchups, the salt and the sweet. it costs about $3.49 for a five-ounc...

Mother. now a major financial headline this morning. the plunged prices at the gas pump. the average in price of a gallon of gas is now $3.49, and thats dropped five cents in the past week. drivers are paying 33 cents less than this time last year. analysts predict the trend will continue as fears about the mideast and syria appear to be easing. anyone who knows anything about abcs "dancing with the stars" knows that the former nfl players have done very well on the show. >> very true. ladie...

He brings a pretty good e.r.a. of 3.49 and a $14 million salary to boot. the power of the beard is back. its bizarre. the former san francisco giants icon goes to rival the dodgers. this hurts me. brian wilson gets a one-year contract. elbow surgery kept the beard from pitching in the majors since april 2012. yes, cats and dogs are living together. alex rodriguez is on the cover of "sports illustrated." he and 20 others could be suspended friday. he said he still wants to be a role model despite...

Lauren simonetti is here with a look at the top three money matters stories. >> first up, ladies, more banks charging folks who bank on the go. another fee here. u.s. bank charging 50 cents for all mobile deposits. customers paying that for three years now. region financial, they have a few options. five bucks if you need your mobile deposit a sap. if you can wait two days half a buck. wells fargo, that fee for emergency bill pay. there you have it, more banks finding new ways to nickel and dime...

A senate panel accusing some major check companies of avoiding the tax man. joining us now is lauren simonetti. >> they say they used offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes on billions of dollars. the committee says microsoft moved 21 billion offshore from 2009 to 2011 and saved 4 and a half billion in taxes it would have owed to uncle sam. the panel says hp has 90 percent of the cash outside of the united states and under tax laws foreign profits are taxed when they come back to the u.s. >> 30...

The rule in the welfare law if and only if they move more people from welfare to work than otherwise would have done. >> republicans say it could be done without waiving the work requirement. democrats argue states such as utah ask for waivers but utah only asks for waivers from reporting requirements which said was draining the resources from putting people to work, not the work requirement, itself. conservative lawmakers see this as a power grab. >> this president has repeatedly said if congre...

Them, they stop buying. they stop hiring and its a vicious circle. >> shep: indeed it is. thank you. the average rate for 30-year fixed mortgage has fallen again, back to record low. according to the mortgage giant freddie mac, its 3.49%. 30-year fixed. that ties the lowest rate going all the way back to the 1950s. so it is a very good time to buy if you can scrape up money for a down payment and if you can get them to actually lend you money at that rate. president obama and governor romney a...

Stage it looks to disrupt offshore oil and gas supplies and wreak havoc on refineries and key energy infrastructure along the gulf coast. as a result, the current national average is $3.75 a gallon. a month ago $3.49. a year ago $3.60. who knows where it could go if isaac does hit hard in the u.s. offshore oil. that produces, chris, about 23% of u.s. oil output and 7% of natural gas production, so were going to have to wait and see on this one. >> just in time for the labor day holiday. how nice...

Of gasoline in the battleground states that governor romney is going to be hitting. and for example, he is going to be going almost immediately on his bus tour to the state of virginia. lets take a look at the gasoline price. the average is below the national at $3.49 a gallon. but still quite high. he moves on to north carolina. $3.56 a gallon. then onto the state of florida where the average is $3.58. finally up to the state of ohio. $3.8 a gallon. that of course is above the national average ...