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Only 12% of the budget, and if we were going to be serious about long-run fiscal responsibility, wed have to think about the aging of the population and acceleration of healthcare costs, and he opened the door to lets do that in a bipartisan way. if this is above board, were going to think about entitlem t entitlemen entitlements, social insurance programs, we should do that. we shouldnt do that in a way that is highly partisan, and we certainly shouldnt do that in a way where theyre goading the...

The name, yik? >> when you sit -- it does look unusual. like yikes so its the yik bike. >> grant ryan is the new zealand investor whose aim was to reinvent the buy cycle. this one requires no pedaling. >> it looks different than a normal bike but theres nothing here natural about this. so youve got a nice upright riding position and your hands naturally lay down here. got an accelerator here, a brake here. youve got some lights the whole way around, turning signals. away you go. >> inspired by t...

Seconds, and has you cruising with stares from everyone around. it is called the yikebike. where did you come up with the name, yike? >> when you sit on it, it does look unusual, so yikes. so its the yikebike. >> reporter: grant ryan is the inventor, whose aim was to reinvent the bicycle. this require nos pedaling. >> it looks different than a normal like, but theres nothing inherently unnatural about this. so youve got a nice upright riding position, your hands lay down here. youve got an accel...

In miami-dade county, a bold smash and grab led to a scary encounter. a woman foolishly tries to stop two men who snatched her purse out of her car. she found her car window broken and her purse gone. she says she felt no fear as she stepped in front of the car. shes lucky she wasnt killed because these giese were more than willing to run her over. this is suburban boston. this is not how to get a cup of coffee to go. store employees say they saw the minivan pull up to the curb but they never ...

With you go through the maximum aerodynamic pressure? the elegant on the chest? >> one word is "acceleration." its amazing. youre on your back, like a big hydraulic press just hits you on the back and it never stops going. it keeps pushing and pushing, and 8 1/2 minutes you get that kind of acceleration. >> reporter: brooke, the next major milestone comes at 8:30, when the giant orange tank separates. at that point youre in space. youre free-floating, in space, youre done. >> whats the moment of...

This precipitated by the national highway safety administration going over 100,000 toyota documents and going to toyota in the end saying you need to expand your recall when it comes to floor mats and pedal entrachment concerns that could lead to unintended acceleration. at this point, theres no indication the new recall is related to specific accidents around the country. yet at the same time it may be more of a design flaw that they want to have toyota correct. another 2 million vehicles that ...

Acceleration of events, cable tv, the way we do things. if you would stop and pause to think about whats happening in that region of the world, it is astounding, country after country, libya, algeria, syria, bahrain, saudi arabia perhaps. >> you notice in the streets you see young men and women protesting. these are people in countries that have been kept down for a long time by brutal regimes who in the state media. weve been asking why dont you see more burning american flags? its because they...

Good any more? >> the government is more involved now in private affairs than ever in my lifetime. do we want them more so? >> no, you dont. look, sit on a board of directors on the company side mark and morgan and see what is going on. if this came down you would only see the acceleration of offshoring and you would have board discussions on how can we use technology to take out more jobs? hiring a new person has become a regulatory nightmare. >> thats right. you are giving employers another re...

Heals and protects like lotion cant. gold bond concentrated therapy. real medicine, ultimate healing. well, toyota is trying to move on now that a government veg has found that the reports of sudden acceleration really met no fault with the companys electronic throttle systems. there are many, though, who are skeptical of the findings. toyota recalled you remember nearly 8 million vehicles blaming sticky pedals and bad floor mats. government investigators along with engineers backed the compan...

Separated families. there is welcome news today for the worlds largest carmaker, toyota. the u.s. government has released the findings of a report into cases of sudden, unintended acceleration in some of toyotas vehicles. it found no fault with the companys electronics and said toyota cars are safe to drive. the ten-month investigation followed recalls of millions of toyotas back in 2009 and 2010. italian prosecutors are turning up the heat on prime minister berlusconi today. they say theyll...