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>> this was something that could be taken out of a lab. put in the envelope. dropped in a mailbox. and people would die. >> robert stevens is the first to die. >> you know, it doesnt say natural causes or accident on my husbands death certificate. it says homicide. >> originally from england, in the 70s stevens and his wife maureen had moved to florida. he worked for american media incorporated. a tabloid publisher. >> theres no one that can say they didnt like him. he was just full of...

dropped in a mailbox. and people would die. >> robert stevens is the first to die. >> you know, it doesnt say natural causes or accident on my husbands death certificate. it says homicide. >> originally from england, in the 70s stevens and his wife maureen had moved to florida. he worked for american media incorporated. a tabloid publisher. >> theres no one that can say they didnt like him. he was just full of life and he loved everybody. >> in early october 2001, stevens has what seem...

why in the world would they do this? well, you can blame florida. florida has decided to push its primary up to the end of january. so now let the dominoes fall where they may. so iowa could possibly want to move their primary to earlier than new hampshire since they are traditionally the first state to vote. iowa, new hampshire, arent the only ones a little upset over what florida is doing. cnns shawna shepherd joins me from south carolina. the site of what is the first southern prima...

Murder of his wife. listen to these tapes played in court this week. >> she was a good girl. she wanted to stay in her marriage for any cost. so this is what she got. martha: what a story this was. the husband and another suspect, a woman facing murder and conspiracy charges in that case. bill: there is new word the obama administration has approved two loan guarantees for a billion dollars. commitments were issued to 23

>> reporter: the presidents spokesman confirmed for the first time top economic advisors inside the white house like larry summers and treasury secretary tim geithner privately warned the president last year, the loan program that benefited solyndra might backfire. >> its to be expected that the advisors might scrutinize program like this. >> jay carney rewanted to "l.a. times" report that the selection process for companies like solyndra was not rigorous enough. white house memo from october 20...

>> reporter: the presidents spokesman confirmed for the first time top economic advisors inside the white house like larry summers and treasury secretary tim geithner privately warned the president last year, the loan program that benefited solyndra might backfire. >> its to be expected that the advisors might scrutinize program like this. >> jay carney rewanted to "l.a. times" report that the selection process for companies like solyndra was not rigorous enough. white house memo from october 20...

there, or are you alone? >> reporter: i am alone except for the crew and some other reporters. i had to look around. were sort of in a bubble. you know how that is, but, where do we start, ali? oh my gosh. there is so much to talk about in this case. when you talk about propofol. we didnt know anything about propofol before michael jackson. some people get it when you go into procedures but you didnt know the name of it. as you said, opening statements, starting about 8:45 local time, ...

>> ted rowlands was inside the courtroom when that audio was played. ted, it was stunning to hear. i cant imagine what the reaction was like inside the courtroom where michael jacks jacksons family was attending. >> reporter: to be honest, drew, i was not inside the courtroom during that audio, but i think anybody who heard it was shocked. and the prosecutors used it for one reason, to show that dr. conrad murray knew what he was doing to michael jackson, knew the drugs he was administ...

two-faced. dominique strauss-kahn wants a u.s. judge to dismiss a lawsuit against him linked to a sexual assault case. the criminal charges were dropped but the accusers filed a civil case. the former imf chief claims he has diplomatic immunity when the case was filed. im zain verjee in world business today starts next. good morning from cnn london. im charles hodson. this is world business today. the top stories this tuesday, september 27th. at home and abroad, greek transit worke...

shall we? and there is another showdown over a possible shutdown. one week from today, the federal government will are up out of money. so with critical government programs and disaster relief hanging in the balance, congress is taking the weekend off. but they say they have good reason to. they needed to cool off a bit. cnn congressional correspondent indicate baldwin tells us whats holding up a deal. >> with lawmakers heading for the exits and after a long week of heated debate. >> t...