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animals, including lions, bears, leopards and 18 endangered bengal tigers. officials say only a monkey has not been accounted for. the humane society lashed out at the governor for allowing a statewide ban for buying and selling exotic animals to expire in april. >> at the end of the day there will be legislation. >> officials say they had no choice but to kill the animals because of the danger they posed to the public. now, the man who owned those animals was released from prison just...

wednesday, october 19th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." im christine romans joining you live from new york. all right. the presidential candidates, the republican hopefuls declaring victory or licking their wounds this morning. all except jon huntsman took the gloves off last night at the debate in las vegas hosted by cnn. this was perhaps the most heated of the five debates held in the past six weeks. much of the focus on the three front-runners, romney, perry and cain. a heated ex...

exchange because many palestinians were serving life sentences for deadly attacks against israel. well be heading to shalits hometown where fred pleitgen is. this is a very heart-wrenching moment for many israelis who are concerned about potential retaliation given how many of these soldiers have been released and with actual euphoria from many palestinians. fred pleitgen is with us now in gilad shalits hometown. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, christine. certainly the p...

wake-up call. im christine romans in for carol costello. this morning race officials will begin deciding how theyll investigate a wreck that killed a two are-time indy 500 winner. 33-year-old dan wheldon was one of a record 34 cars on the las vegas track. on lap 12, the unthinkable. cars spinning out of control, bursting into flames, several actually going airborne. three drivers were treated for injuries, wheldon was airlifted to the hospital where he eventually died. the race was c...

researchers believe you may be doing yourself more harm than good. it is tuesday, october 11th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." im carol costello joining you live from new york. president obamas $447 billion jobs bill faces its first vote in the senate later today. in a warning to republican critics, the presidents senior campaign strategist says that voting against the measure could cost them the election. next year in a member row release the by the obama campaign david axelrod wro...

be divided in three equal parts between ellen johnson surlaf, name ma bow lee and tav co-carlin for the nonviolent struggle, safety of women and womens rights to full participation in peace-building work. we cannot achieve democracy and piece in the world unless women receive the same opportunities as men in all levels of society. in october 2000, the un security council adopted resolution 1325. the resolution for the first time made violence against women in armed conflict an internat...

european markets fell. the ftse down more than 2%. dax down more than 3%. no surprise, folks. dow futures are down this morning. now to preday on wall street. a 2.4%. the european debt crisis weighs heavily on investors minds and wallets. the only one to finish on the up side, walmart. amanda knox and her family are expected to return to seattle as early as today. knox broke down in tears after a jury overturned her murder conviction yesterday for the stabbing death of her british ro...

roommate, meredith kercher, which happened four years ago now. knox addressed the court just moments ago. >> translator: i want to go back home. i want to go back to my life. i dont want to be tarnished, to have my life, my future taken away from me for things i havent committed. because i am innocent. i am innocent. raffaele is innocent. >> cnns paula newton is live outside the prison where amanda knox will be held while the jury deliberates. she joins us live from thousand. paula, we...

the capitol. then they say he wanted a ground crew to open fire on survivors. 26-year-old res want fur daz has a degree in physics, now facing terrorism charges. here is more from brian todd. >> he dealt with undercover fbi agents who were posing as al qaeda operatives. he believed he was dealing with al qaeda operatives. according to a law enforcement official, no indications he had any serious connections to foreign terrorist groups. >> officials say furdas never posted a danger to t...

murrays team says jackson gave himself the fatal dose. yesterday jurors heard jackson slurring his words in an audio recording made just weeks before he died. he was talking about his upcoming shows in london. >> when people leave my show, i want them to say, ive never seen nothing like this in my life. >> murray faces up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if he is convicted. iran is planning to send navy ships near the atlantic coast of the united states, at...