Hefty fine to settle claims it overcharged new york city customers for prepackaged foods. The grocery chain is paying 500,000. Its also expanding policies to prevent mislabeling and incorrect pricing. City regulators had initially demanded 1. 5 million. Wow, anyone who has been to a Tailgate Party probably familiar with corn hole, the popular parking lot game is now part of a hype surrounding thursdays College Football playoffs semifinals. This happened at the Goodyear Blimp base in south florida. A giant corn hole board was set up. It measured 64 feet by 32 feet. And cheerleaders from Michigan State and abama took turns tossing that giant bean bag from the window of a blimp. Were talking 2 200 feet b the board. The game ended tied at one. Mascots also there. Schools football teams play on thursday night. Big game. Big game, big playoffs coming on. Well get to that at another poinint. Coming up in the skinny, the Network Anchor who fainted on air and went right back on tv. Also ahead,
Crash. Investigators arent saying what the illness was and whether it was mental or physical. Friends say lubitz had a history of depression and may have had a falling out with his girlfriend. Lubitz did some Pilot Training here in the u. S. In phoenix. The fbi is now also launching its own investigation. Three americans were killed in the crash including a mother and daughter from Prince William county. Some memorials for the victims have already taken place, for other families the search is not as easy. They are asked to provide dna to help i. D. Their loved ones. Former ntsb investigators greg feith says the airlines rely on pilots to tell them some something is wrong. Selfpolicing has always been challenged if you will one, youre employed. The last thing you want to do confess to your employer you have issues. In kind of mental issue in this case depression thats a big story to see if he was being treated for depression and on any kind of medication. According to lufthansa, lubitz
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Were getting our first numbers for the first set of enrollees to obama care and it has a very long way to go. Tracie potts starts us off live in washington. So just what is the white house saying about these numbers . Reporter theyre saying no one is really happy with them, but the political problem for president obama now isnt just coming from the right. Supporters, democrats are worried and theyre becoming more vocal about it. Today the white house gets an earful from senate democrats. Nobody who supports Health Care Reform and supports successful implementation of the Affordable Care act is satisfied with what weve seen out of the website. Reporter president obama continues to reassure americans. Were working overtime to make sure the law works the way its supposed to. Reporter but with less than 27,000 people signed up through the website and 106,000 overall, republican critics insist its time to start over. Im going to give it a grade. This was an f. Reporter lawmakers say their p
In the Eastern District of new york. Now, if you are the president , and you and your campaign and your inaugural committee and your donors and your lawyers and your Campaign Staff and your longtime friends and associates keep finding themselves accused of felonies or at least targeted or involved in serious criminal investigations, then if youre the president , the federal prosecutors you probably most have to worry about are three. Number one, the u. S. Attorney in washington, d. C. Where the Nations Capital is, where lots of federal public corruption gets prosecuted, where lots of National Security stuff gets handled. Second, new york. Even if you are not a president from new york whose business is headquartered in new york like this one, if you in your marching order as president often find yourselves adjacent to criminal financial matters, well, the famously independent federal Prosecutors Office in new york tends to find a way to take advantage of the fact that new york is the Fi