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a u.s. navy destroyer is damaged heading into the persian gulf. not from combat, but essentially a traffic accident in the strait of hormuz. the "uss porter" collided with a japanese-owned oil tanker. police shot and killed a man near new yorks times square. the man allegedly threatened officers saturday with a knife. its unclear whether the suspect injured any pedestrians. police pepper sprayed t man six times, and he still refused to drop the knife, and it was a big knife. the man ...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com major new backing and a brewing new controversy for the republican presidential candidate mitt romney. hes picked up one of the most sought-after endorsements of the campaign, but a remark by one of his top aides is now threatening to overshadow it. our national political correspondent jim acosta is with romney who is holding a town hall meeting outside baltimore. jim, what happened? >> reporter: wolf, as you just mentioned mitt romney is about t...

afghans last weekend. he could be charged with those deaths as soon as this week. lets check in with dan simonen sadding by for us, live at louis mccord. thats where bailes was stationed for many years, dan. more on the attorney in a moment. you have been talking with a former neighbor, staff sergeant bailes. what are you learning about his life here in the united states? >> well, let me give you a little background. bailes and his wife held on to a condo that they used to live in. the...

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gasoline prices jumped 3 cents a gal just overnight to a national average now of $3.61. that makes 16 straight days of higher prices. and experts say were heading for $4 a gal gas by summer if not sooner. president obama seized the political warning signs and knows the attacks already coming. this afternoon in florida he tried to stay ahead of the curve. >> since its an election year, theyre already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and ill save you the suspense. step one ...

Tunnel area. officials say what they did, they did get significant snowfall and there was a high avalanche warning in effect that these people knew about. >> they did have a large amount of snow last night, 21-inch necessary this area, and the northeast avalanche center forecasted this area to be a very high avalanche danger. those skiers were aware of that, and did have equipment, you know, avalanches happen. they took that risk. >> reporter: at three of them, three men died of that risk. the f...

Make the catch. what are your thoughts on sunday? i know you will pull for the joyants but i am curious the key to the game do you think? >>guest: i think the key to the game, one thing i wrote -- would have to pick is the run game, which is stepped up the last few weeks with jacobs and birthday shah -- bradshaw but you want to take the possessions away as many as possible, you do not want brady dictating the tempo and dumping on the short passes but eli has been playing the best football and if...

But the grand jury wrote, the graduate assistant was never questioned by university police, and no other entity conducted an investigation until he testified in grand jury in december 2010. joining me now, wayne drays, senior writer for espn.com. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thanks for inviting me, lawrence. >> is there any way to line up this e-mail with what we know from the grand jury report? lets work backwards talking with the talking to police. >> one of the keywords here is the word ...

Where he talked about i stopped it, in effect he seems to be saying if you try to line that up with the grand jury report, it seems to mean that he saw itç and by seeing it, that seemed to stop it. >> right. my colleague at espn had a source. he reported on monday that was close to the investigation who said the same thing. that mcqueary did, in fact, stop it. he didnt offer any more specifics, but its more than just mike saying this in an e-mail. by one source familiar with the investigation c...

But the grand jury wrote, the graduate assistant was never questioned by university police, and no other entity conducted an investigation until he testified in grand jury in december 2010. joining me now, wayne drays, senior writer for espn.com. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thanks for inviting me, lawrence. >> is there any way to line up this e-mail with what we know from the grand jury report? lets work backwards talking with the talking to police. >> one of the keywords here is the word ...