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♪ ♪ take me out to the ball game take me out to the crowd ♪ i can go for peanuts and cracker jacks right about now. finally this half hour, baseballs major leagues have today off after last nights all-star game. >> the american league defeated the national league, 3-0, but actually this story has nothing to do with the game itself. >> but it is about an all-star of sorts. he truly is the man when it comes to getting his hands on balls. baseballs, that is. abcs -- i tried so hard to get t...

Do you think parents can really take on that responsibility of making sure their kids do better in school? are they equipped? >> listen, we are not talking dark dash im not expecting these kids to write the magna cart tafplt abcs, 1, 2, 3s, i think every parent can just about do that. we have class force parents. we have after school problems if kids are having problems. we have tutoring problems, we have everything youd ever ask for except for parents that are engaged and involved. if a parent ...

Is it what we think it is? >> i used to work there at abc, there was always a startling news investigation. cell phones will give you cancer, so will teflon pants this scaremongering is constant and earlier this year the scare was pink slime. >> with 70% of the super market ground beef containing pink slime, how will know whats in your beef? >> is there something in there called pink slime? sounds awful. then as abc news explained, people are upset about that. >> parents, schools, state official...

About his candidacy. we are back to tied. we have gone through all, and essentially a tied race, in our polling, other polling. duke it out over the economy the next two weeks. >> it is impossible to overstate the importance of ohio over the next two weeks. >> that is "the" state both campaigns have circled. they will return there over and over again over the next two weeks. if you are mitt romney it is almost impossible to chart a victory that doesnt include ohio. for the obama campaign, they k...

Artificial insemination after its mom had five failed pregnancies. preliminary findings on the cause of death are expected today. but very, very sad and knew this was the introductory period where the bonding period so they didnt even announce the gender of the panda. >> everyone always gets excited when a new panda cub is born, and it is very sad because people had been so excited the last day or two. >> especially an endangered species. >> exactly. well, to politics now, mitt romney huddled ...

>> the navys crime unit is working to verify that the images are authentic, but clearly the damage is already done. abcs luis martinez is joining us from the pentagon with details. good morning, luis. >> reporter: good morning. the marine corps says it doesnt know much about the circumstances behind the video but says it will be fully investigated and that those responsible will be held accountable for their actions. the video appeared on several websites wednesday and shows what appear to be fo...

Had to return to the gate. cameron james smith walked away from the plane and boarded a shuttle bus. he was found unharmed, some ten miles away outside a west hollywood restaurant. speaking of airports prepare to pay more to fly over the holidays. delta initiated the $4 to $10 increase this week. other airlines matched the increase. its the first widespread hike since august. its a signal for strong demand since there are no signs that the increase will roll back anytime soon. nba fans liste...

Others involved in the 2008 effort, some, including presidential counselor david axelrod, working for the president right now, others including plouffe himself who are not white house staffers, the president himself says he hasnt given much thought to the 2012 bid, he told ab cs diane sawyer hed rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre 2-term president. officials say no significant planning has been done here at the white house yet but one senior democratic official calls the r...