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Your 84th birthday, trying to buy back the magazine. do you ever think of just -- as adelaide stevenson once said, go out on the beach, eat some strawberries and watch the dancers? >> i think that -- if you stop doing what you love, i think it is the first step towards the grave. i think that it is the combination of the work and play that keeps you alive, keeps you vital, keeps you connected. >> larry: health deteriorates if you permanently retire? >> i think so. >> larry: what do you want your...

Are you seeing the first edges of the rain band yet? is the weather still good, vanessa? >> reporter: good morning. no, no rain just yet. we are expected to get it in 30 minutes the beginning part of this storm. but everyone here keeps saying that it is out there. and guess what, it is coming. thats the story here in the florida keys. guess what, when do these people do? they have been preparing since yesterday. they tied up their boats and many of these fishermen out here putting covers over th...

Go figure. and finally, 180. thats how many kindles are sold on amazon for every 100 hard covers. web site says its growth rate has tripled since lowering the ebooks price from $259 to $189 last month. i got one for fathers day. heres alisyn. >> thanks, brian. a recent rash of violence on college campuses has school officials debating the best way to keep their students safe. some are even considering criminal background checks on all of their applicants. will that keep kids safe or will it thre...

Covers. >> and lets go right now to willie geist. hes, of course, always looking at the tabloids -- >> well, no, he likes to read hard cover books. >> willie, do you have -- no, willie and i dont read books. its a pact we entered as we were gradualing college. any lindsay lohan news today? >> no. >> joe, i can report to you that miss lohan is going to jail today. >> oh. >> she did write a tweet last night, youll be interested to know. i dont even know what this means. >> what did the tweet say? ...

The phone ♪ im not trying to be i just worry about you, baby ♪ somebody get at you wrong ♪ >> larry: were back, the book, "put on your crown," the guest, queen latifah. dana owens in new jersey. ever feel queen latifah has taken over, that you are a brand, and thats a big word these days? a brand. youre coca-cola. >> im coca-cola, pepsi and them. let me get my soda on. no. queen latifah outgrew me years ago, and i remembered it. i remember i was 24 years old. i was doing "living single" an...

She was dana owens in newark, new jersey. do you ever feel like queen latifah has taken over, that you are a brand, and thats a big word these days? a brand. youre coca-cola. >> im coca-cola, pepsi and them. you know? let me get my soda on. no. queen latifah outgrew me years ago, and i remembered it. i remember i was 24 years old. i was doing "living single" and i had a record out, and so many things were happening. all of these articles and covers and -- i was like, this is way beyond who i am....

18 1/2 minutes past the hour. apple is about to break its silence over complaints about reception problems when you hold the new iphone 4 in a certain way. the company will hold a press conference. its taking place tomorrow in typical apple fashion. very few details have been released, other than its about the iphone 4. theres some speculation the company may be offering free covers which appear to fix the signal problems. stay with us. coming up in our next hour, cnn.com technology writer john ...

Why we talk about the sports powerhouse that is important. and it also became a winner, seven world series championship teams and 11 pennant winners as well. a winning legacy for a formidable owner. >> im handling the trades. thats the way its going to be -- damn right it is, if you dont like it, youre fired. >> a famous interaction that happened there between billy martin. over the decades, his persona grew larger than life. you can see some of the covers of "sports illustrated" making fun of t...

Winning at any price? >> no, that never bothered him. his point was, we take the money we make and we funnel it right back into the team. you know, had weighs really proud of the fact when he went to new york, cab drivers and truck drivers and yankee fans recognized and thanked him for spending money. i think he got a huge kick out of that, more than the criticism he got from 0 other cities. >> do you have a favorite steinbrenner story? >> theres so many. but i was covering the team back in the ...

Of that. >> do off favorite steinbrenner story? >> there were so many. i was covering the team in the 1980s, and i will always remember the rooftops at old ft. lauderdale stadium where george had a box, and had you to stop by after a game if the yankees had a bad game because he would rip into them. you were on call all the time covering george steinbrenner. it wasnt always fun but it was always interesting. >> tom, we will put up a couple of sports illustrated covers of george steinbrenner. how...