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>> glor: we end tonight with the final chapter of a story that began decades ago during the allied invasion of normandy. heres mark phillips. y> reporter: omaha beach, empty and peaceful now, but 74 years ago today, 13 days after d-day, allied forces were frantically upnding soldiers and supplies ouginning their push through , ance, making a run to the tach on their tank landing craft were 19-year-old identical twin navy radio operators henry uie louie pieper from preston, nebraska. the ship hit...

There. >> reporter: vanessa taylor was that student. >> im just really happy for them that theyre finally getting to be buried together and for the whole family, that it kind of came to a conclusion, a happy conclusion like this. its very exciting for them, im sure. >> reporter: the pieper boys were given full military honors. inseparable at birth, in life, and now finally in death. mark phillips, cbs news, colleville-sur-mer, france. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. we leave you t...

Project is making it better than ever to see these trees in person. >> completely restored, and its just a more tranquil and a more serene experience. >> reporter: frank dean is president of the yosemite conservancy, a nonprofit that raised $20 million for the restoration of the grove. ehe national park service put in another $20 million. how is this different than what was here four years ago? >> well, where were standing right now, there was a diesel fuel station for the trams. so now what you...

D ny have boarded her bandwagon. >> would all of those here tonight to support edwin pratt please raise your hands. s reporter: this was her eighth school board meeting, and by far her most important. ta the adoption of the new name dor the early learning center... le reporter: the board was about a vote on her suggestion. >> all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> all opposed say nay. the vote is unanimous. the motion carries. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: thanks to sarah, e ere will never be a...

>> glor: we end the week with a destory lesson taught by a e urth grader. steve hartman met her, "on the road." >> reporter: so what were you here for? >> soccer game. >> reporter: 10-year-old sarah ngycox says she was just walking through this park in shoreline, washington... so, just about a year ago? ea yeah. or reporter: ...when she came sross something curious. it feels like the beginning of a bestery? h. yeah. >> reporter: a stone, with a plaque. >> this is what i first saw. >> reporter: i...

Pratt was assassinated, right there on the front porch, nine months after martin luther king, jr. >> it was just the lack of recognition that really... i think, maybe, stunned me. >> reporter: stunned you? >> yeah. i just felt like, hes got to have something more than just a plaque outside of a bathroom. >> reporter: about that same time, across the street from usrahs school, she noticed the district was putting up a new early learning center. she found out it didnt have a veme yet. and her whee...

Are declaring coffee does not present a significant cancer risk. that would be a big win for the cough imr industry. a california industry recently had warning labels because of a cancer producing chemical in the roasting process, but there is a lack of evidence coffee actually causes cancer. police in colorado say a deadly hooting in a parking lot was an act of road rage. they say a man chased the car shto the lot yesterday, then shot a woman and two of her children. one of the children was kil...

From space, we see ourselves." hawkings voice was aimed towards the nearest black hole, which he was so brilliant at studying. up next here, who was edwin t. pratt? steve hartman has the answer, and the young girl keeping his memory alive.

Suggested he would bring up these human rights abuses with kim jong-un down the road, but, of course, lester, that may not be a conversation kim wants to have. >> all right. hallie jackson, thanks very much. other news and an american olympic stars family tragedy. skier bode miller and his wife mourning the loss of their 19-month-old daughter who fell into a pool at a friends home and drowned in the pool. first responders unable to save her. nbcs miguel almaguer has a hart breaking reminder toni...

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