facebook.com/carol cnn and i ll read your comments a little later in the hour. no mistake, no accident this is all playing out in some of those key battleground states for 2012. you ve got that right. all right. the president has to sort of, you know, tread the waters very carefully on this one. yes, he does. all right. thank you, carol. sure. here is what s ahead on the rundown. a closer look at the earthquake devastation in new zealand. learn what liqifaction is and the role it played in the widespread damage. plus we take a look back at some of the more bizarre moments of moammar gadhafi s reign in today s globe trekking. changes coming to detroit s school system as officials make drastic cuts to try to balance a $325 million deficit. if you forgot your wallet, there s no problem. a new way that some businesses are accepting virtual payment. finally, don t forget to vote for the story you want to see. we ll play our winner in the
pro and anti-government demonstrators were back on the streets of iran today for the funeral of a man who was killed during monday s protests. each side blames the other for the man s death. a woman who took part in monday s march, she talked with cnn s anderson cooper. you went to the demonstrations. what did you see? we don t want to see any violence so none of us said anything against the authority or the government and we started our rally and we started from one of the main squares. as we moved forward the guards started to kind of hold us back. the revolutionary guard? yes. and we kept on moving forward and at some point after the
painful if you are a member of the middle class. since union wagmembership has declined wages have stagnated. our question today should union power be curtailed? this from michael. he says it s because of the unions or factories are closed down. they drained all the profits from investments back into the company to overpay workers. this from david. union powers should be increased. when are people in this country going to wake up? the rich folks have been sucking away at the power that the middle class had and the ignorant masses just willingly let them suck away. from mike, if you enjoy a five-day work week thank the labor unions. many of the benefits union and nonunion workers take for granted were fought or. keep the comments coming and the conversation going. facebook.com/carol cnn. all right. thank you, carol. sure. here s a guy, he shoots, he scores, but a hockey fan leaves without the big prize.
profits for companies and they ll pass the savings on to us but the caveat here is that the numbers are merely an average so not necessarily every insurance company had lower costs. what about those markets? we are hearing about more mergers taking place. what s the response on wall street? yeah, we have more merger mania happening here on wall street, something wall street loves because it shows confidence in corporate america. the dow is up 64 points. yesterday we found out that duch cha boris is buying the new york stock exchange. we have a big farm merger in the works and strong reports from dell. we also have strong home construction numbers, so a lot to focus on for wall street and a lot of it is good today. good news, we appreciate that. now it is time to go cross country for stories cnn affiliates are covering. first stop, phoenix, this 84-year-old is in good shape,
article by a radio program called this american life. they took the recipe and turned it into some sort of soft drink and tried it on people. most said it did not taste like coca-cola. it would seem the recipe is safe. martin savidge, cnn, atlanta. a lot of people want to get their hands on that recipe. conan o brien is weighing in on what the secret ingredients in coke might be. it s today s punch line. last friday, this is strange, npr s this american life reported they may have stumbled upon the secret formula to coca-cola. yeah. surprising the secret ingredient is pepsi. straight in. no one saw that coming. [ male announcer ] at e-trade, low cost investing means getting a low price.