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>> reporter: but fear not, say the inventors, machines wont make us obsolete. >> the kind of response that a human has to music or to art, to a computer, its frequencies and amplitudes. it can learn to analyze it, but it cant feel. >> reporter: meaning watson may rival the human brain, but never the human heart. jim axelrod, cbs news, yorktown heights, new york. >> couric: and coming up next, has someone discovered the secret formula for coca-cola?

Was lady antebellum. arcade fire won top honors of the night. eminem and rihanna brought the house down as did some veterans of the trade, including jagger and bob dylan. the great jazz pianist george shearing has died. shearing, who was born blind, son of a british coal miner, composed 300 songs and headed a famous quintet bearing his name. he worked with the greats, including frank sinatra, peggy lee. his best composition of all time, "lullabye of birdland" written in 1952. george shearing d...

Pilot pulls the plane up to the gate, not when he or she arrives at a hotel. the faas new rules require the pilots get nine hours of rest starting from the time they get to the hotel, and the length of the duty day will now depend on time zone changes, number of takeoffs and landings, and whether they fly long haul or short duration flights. its the families of flight 3407 who kept the pressure on, making 35 trips to washington, forcing the government and the airlines to act. >> just as a big br...

Today it will ask congress to dedicate $53 billion over the next six years to build a national high speed rail network. the presidents goal is to give 80% of americans access to high- speed rail within 25 years. the goal of another government program is to revitalize poor neighborhoods by giving companies an incentive to invest in them. as you might have guessed, you provide the incentive with your tax dollars. and where are those dollars going? some not where you might not expect. sharyl attkis...

Protesters are once again ignoring the curfew. the death toll stands at more than 100 now, with thousands more injured. tonight, the state department is making plans to evacuate thousands of u.s. citizens on chartered planes starting tomorrow. and signs today the white house may be distancing itself from the mubarak government. president obama said the u.s. supports "an orderly transition in egypt." we have special coverage from cairo and across the middle east this evening, beginning again with...

>> reporter: he bid about $400, hoping to pick up some shots of the city for a book he was writing. what he found in the box has literally changed his life. >> i didnt know how big this would get. >> reporter: when maloof posted some of the pictures on a photography web site, maier became an internet sensation. this month, an exhibition of her work opened at the chicago cultural center. but the picture of vivian herself is still developing. >> this is her audio cassette recorder. >> reporter: bo...

Kelly, good evening. >> reporter: hi there, brian. talking to speaker boehner today, he expects it will be a different atmosphere, a little less partisan for tonight. many are trying to promote a better sense of unity. arizonas house members will sit together and keep one seat open. >> good afternoon, congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> reporter: absent but still very present in her congressional offices. gabby giffords desk sits empty, but staffers carry on wearing black and white ribbons. hun...

Start writing thank you notes. >> because i wasnt that grateful of a person. i wasnt noticing the good things that happened to me each day. i wasnt noticing the good people i was encountering everyday. >> reporter: people like his daughters piano teacher. >> i opened the mail and theres a thank you note on this nice stationery. >> or the woman who cuts his hair. >> beautiful words. >> reporter: even the girl at starbucks who he thanked just for making the effort to remember his name. >> in a way...

Sorenson himself. >> it was kennedys speech. >> reporter: corroborated, but not always believed, except by those who recognized that his themes, like sacrificing for liberty -- >> pay any price, bear any burden. >> reporter: -- were themes hed expressed throughout the campaign. and no one doubts that the edits were kennedys, as when he spoke of human rights. >> those human rights to which this nation has always been committed. >> reporter: a young aide, later a u.s. senator, had urged kennedy to...

"wall street journal" describing our next story. "why chinese mothers are superior." they were headlining an excerpt from a book by a chinese american mother about some of the surprisingly strict ways she has raised her own two daughters and almost as soon as the ink was dry, a storm erupted over what many call extreme parenting. our education correspondent, rehema ellis, traveled to new haven, connecticut, to talk to the author and her family. >> reporter: amy accepted nothing but the best from...