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Tomorrow you might want to buy your tickets right now. the rail line is planning to upgrade its computer system starting at 3:00 a.m. eastern. that will knock amtraks ticketing off-line. its not clear yet when its going to come back up. and while you werent looking, the postal rates, well, they just went up again. the regular stamp stays unchanged at 44 cents covering a one-ounce letter. starting sunday, each additional ounce will cost you another 20 cents, an extra 3 cents from the current ra...

The rail line is planning to upgrade its computer system starting at 3:00 a.m. eastern. that will knock the reservation system offline. its not clear yet when its going to come back up. while you werent looking the postal rates just went up again. a regular stamp will stay at 44 cents and that covers a one-ounce letter. but starting sunday each additional ounce will cost you another 20 cents, an extra 3 cents from the current rate. mailing a postcard will cost you an extra penny, 29 cents. now...

Upgrade its computer system starting at 3:00 a.m. eastern. that will knock the reservation system offline. its not clear yet when its going to come back up. while you werent looking the postal rates just went up again. a regular stamp will stay at 44 cents and that covers a one-ounce letter. but starting sunday each additional ounce will cost you another 20 cents, an extra 3 cents from the current rate. mailing a postcard will cost you an extra penny, 29 cents. now you know. jackie robinson, y...

With its deadliest toll saturday in north carolina. at least seven people died there from a series of tornadoes. the weather service says three of the victims were taught in their mobile homes. more than 80 tornadoes hit the state breaking a record from 1984. three days after an air traffic controller was is a spened for sleeping on the job, another one found doing the same thing in miami. the seventh incident this year according to the federal aviation administration. the he have had the cont...

Southeast and midwest. with its deadliest toll saturday in north carolina. at least seven people died there from a series of tornadoes. the weather service says three of the victims were taught in their mobile homes. more than 80 tornadoes hit the state breaking a record from 1984. three days after an air traffic controller was is a spened for sleeping on the job, another one found doing the same thing in miami. the seventh incident this year according to the federal aviation administration. t...

National correspondent catherine herridge is here to tell us in one area it seems china has the upper hand. good evening. >> thank you. lawmakers were told in stark terms that its on par with the international drug trafficking b about $200 billion on the year and tax on american firms are aggressive. >> the chinese are effective at a barrage of attack on the computer system of the company and on an hourly or daily basis they know exactly what is going on. >> the house foreign relations committee...

Pentagon is now working to fix the computer system and work out a a emergency date. if they got a check in few days they could get a special check to make up that difference, wolf. >> the one shocking aspects of this, tell us what you know about it. if somebody in the military dies in action, their family members are not going to be reimbursed to play for loved ones, isnt that right? >> yes and no. its a $100,000 death gra at this time. if a service member dies on monday, that money gets to the ...

System. they can raise the money. barbara boxer, best robot replaceme replacement? >> well, that robot would need quite a bit of maintenance i think. that would be a pretty difficult one. >> it would be temperamental and delicate and fragile. >> a little fin nickie. every senator has a specific. i suggested mitch mcconnell would be linguo, from "the simpsons." >> what about pelosi? >> i think she should be rosie from "the jetsons." >> henry waxman. >> definitely wahl-i. hes not befriended by too...

The two sides say they are getting closer and that deadline is friday and coming fast. as soon as the speaker comes out, we will bring it to you live. $30 billion and $60 billion and meet this the middle somewhere. it may be one of the biggest e-mail hackings in history. last week epsilon, the biggest e-mail marketing company in the world admitted that someone hacked into the computer system stealing potentially hundreds of thousands of our names and e-mail addresses, because that is not the w...

A desperate rush to get rid of radioactive water at japans quake-battered nuclear plant. lisa is here. a lot of people are concerned about what is going on in japan right now. >> yes, wolf, and with good reason. workers are now in the process of dumping thousands of tons of contaminated water from a waste treatment plant into the pacific ocean. the facility would then be used to store even more toxic radioactive water being pumped from reactor number two where, a crack is causing a leak. the jap...