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im christine romans along with my friend, carol costello. >> happy day before friday. up first this hour, iraqi officials honoring the service and sacrifice of u.s. and coalition troops as well as their own. special ceremony at camp victory overnight. vice president biden was on hand. the event coming just weeks before american troops complete their withdrawal from iraq. cnns martin savidge live in baghdad. we were hoping you could attend that ceremony but you could not. >> reporter: g...

Empty netter. panthers win it 3-1. finally a great safe from the sabres. the puck deflected off a teammate and the sprawling stop with a stick. unfortunately it was all for not, the islanders doubled up the sabres 2-1. thats your "first look" at sports. im fred roggin. and now for another look at the weather, here is the weather channels todd santos. hello once again. >> hello. i mentioned the west. we have this system bringing in snow to the mountains and also again the chance for pretty gu...

Broncos, the chiefs claimed orton and made him their starting quarterback. he replaces matt cassel. the blues kept sidney crosby under wraps last night. sidney crosby was held scoreless last nigh, and the penguins could have used him. blues won it 3-2. islanders blew a lead to the flyers. flyers rallied to win 4-3. do you see a trend here? caps and jets also needed o.t. jason chimera on the doorstep. thats a slam dunk. his second of the game. caps won it 4-3 in o.t. finally, there will be ice in...

Player. he adds the honor to the cy young award he won last week. 24-5 and this season. 250 strikeouts, 2.40 e.r.a. and was rookie of the year in 2006. the second player in baseball history to win all three major awards. cy young, mvp, rookie of the year since dodger don newcomb. the only other one to do it. in hockey, penguins star center was back on the ice for the first time in ten months. he suffered that big concussion. yesterday, made up for lost time. just over 5:00 into the first. cros...

Country giving number 11 kansas more than they could handle. game tied at the half and then wildcats jumped all over the jayhawks. built a 17-point lead and didnt look back. they cruise 75-65. another great match-up, number three, ohio state, eighth ranked florida. the gators have never beaten a top three team on the road. it wasnt going to happen last night. william buford scored game high 21. big ten freshman of the year jarod sullinger chipped in with 16. buckeyes won it 81-74. baseball, ...

canada, millions in americas southeast corner are thankful it wasnt much worse. >> and hurricane irene first made landfall yesterday and northern new england, where the brunt of the storm just left theyll remember irene for the rain. 16 inches or more in some spots. with tidal surges battering beaches, inundating roads and bridges and in cases whole communitiesants more than 4 million are without electricity today. from florida to connecticut 19 deaths blamed on irene. among them an 11...

rockaways. in addition, you should know that mta service, including subways, buses and railroads will begin to shut down tomorrow at noon. well discuss that and other measures in a moment depending on the effect of the storm, let me caution you in regards to the mta that service may or may not be restored in time for rush hour monday morning. i would urge employees checking with their employers regarding business openings on monday. >> cnns reporters are showing us some of the stormy s...

Approaches, head for deep water. paula hancocks in japan has a fishermans incredible story. >> reporter: as the islanders run for the hills, they ran to the sea. the earthquake had hit and the tsunami alert was blaring but he started the engine of his boat and steered into deeper water. he says i knewfy didnt save my boat, my island would be isolated and in trouble. passing his other boats used for fishing abalone, he said good-bye to them, apologizing he could not save them all. the 68-year-old...

Levels, that burn them out on their exposure limits. >> we hear that the radiation cloud moving from japan to the west coast of the united states, while they are getting tests on the west coast, minuscule levels of radiation and we hear that the united states is not equipped for such a disaster. where do you stand on that? >>guest: im not an expert on that. i cant tell you whether we are or are not equipped. we always through the cold war years maintain a level of readiness to handle something l...

For preston knowles. he dominated against providence, throws it up over his head to beat the buzzer. knowing the clock is running out, tosses is up and in! 20 points, ten rebounds for the senior. nba derrick rose and the chug bulls had a 14-0 lead against the hawks but atlanta fights back. look at the block on rose. under 30 seconds left, hawks with the ball, the hawks come back to win 83-80. in the nhl, look at that shot! the rebound between the legs, thats fancy. there it goes. >> thats co...