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In sochi, as was the case in the last olympics in london, will begin the next games, the paralympics, winter games, 77 americans on team usa, among them, the california snowboarder who is all about the impossible. we get his story tonight from nbcs kevin tibbles. >> reporter: take a look. the grit and perseverance of evan strong. but this 27-year-old walking the tight rope to sochi is missing something many might think is vital. do you ever forget you dont have a leg? >> all the time. i definite...

>> my husband yelled, "close the door and hide." >> reporter: facing little resistance they quickly owned the streets and attacked with abandon. a few of the villagers were armed, but they were outnumbered and outgunned. >> i have a gun, but when the bullets run out, its just a stick. >> they blocked the street off so nobody could pass. right when i stopped i saw people in front of me being killed. i got everybody out of the car. that was when my baby son was shot in the head. what could a child...

Died soon afterwards of cancer. yet the wish she made in it came to life only last week. when david, the husband she left behind, unaware the letter existed, was asked to drop by des moines radio station star 102.5. >> you lost your wife brenda a couple years ago to cancer. >> reporter: and first they talked a bit about brenda and david could barely get through it. >> she was very strong. um -- accepted -- what happened to her. >> reporter: and then they told him about the letter, which they had...

Layer downthin layers of pltic to build objects. computer instructions for this version called the liberator are circulating on the ternet deveped by a group in texas headed by cody wilson, a law student who opposes goverent regulations. >> we should have the right to pursue creative endeavs d pursue anything we wan >> reporter: his design cls for putting a four ounce unk of steel into the gun so it can be discovered by hand ld or walk-throu metal detector, even so the metaliece can easily be re...

Finally tonight here visit miami and you cant miss it, the incredible skyline now but who washes those windows. tonight abc news matt gutman does. >> reporter: this is where jesse and eddie punch in for the day. dress code very office casual and a safety harness that fits a little snug. >> you want it to be snug but not so tight that its cutting off the circulation. you got to be able to feel your extremities. >> one man fell from more than 30 stories up. >> reporter: the dangers of window washi...

For his part, thomas doesnt care about the reasons behind the project, all he cares about it getting it done before winter. and if he can inspire others along the way, all the better. >> i truly hope that there are people who think that they cant will find something within themselves and say that i can. >> reporter: steve hartman, "on the road" in tyler, texas. >> pelley: and thats the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, im scott pelley. ill see you su...

Finally tonight here, an american tradition playing out as they battle it out right here on abc. true american beauties, changing the definition, breaking out of that beauty queen mold. heres abcs linzie janis. >> reporter: tonights competitors are pushing the traditional limits of the legendary miss america pageant. like miss kansas, theresa vail, a camo-wearing, national guard sergeant with a whole lot of ink. >> the serenity prayer is my personal mission statement. i like to say. i break ster...

Flash floods, and sleet in the west. and record highs on the east coast where 80 plus-degree temperatures are nearly 40 degrees warmer than what parts of the northeast saw just a week ago. and closer to the capital, what a difference five days makes. this weather system will fire up severe weather again tomorrow in the midwest and thursday in the southeast. the cold front will finally clear the east coast late friday putting an end to this early april heat wave. heat is something we could use to...

Claiborne is there in the rock away tonight. ron? >> reporter: these are some of the dozens of homes that were destroyed during hurricane sandy. in many ways, this community is frozen in time. this is a halloween ornament from just a couple days before that hurricane hit. tonight theres a sense here among many people of here we go again. a crippling snowstorm, hitting the raw wounds of this beach town. >> how many storms of the century can you have in six months? >> reporter: sheila forsmythes h...

That were laid off come back to the school. navaz hurd: a smaller class size. navaz hurd: as a mom i want that. as a teacher i want that. prop 38 is an opportunity of a generation. >> pelley: theres new research showing an experimental drug may slow the mental decline of some showle with alzehimers disease. tests show it can slow memory loss 34% in patients with mild alzheimers. ith results were announced today yt a conference in boston, but but tests are needed before the neededan be approved. ...