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Weapon, ships, aircraft and more. and the chairman of the house armed services committee says they did tighten the belt. >> in a time of climbing defense budgets, qui no longer afford to conduct business as usual. this bill encourages small businesses to compete for pentagon contracts and closely scrutinizes every penny that the taxpayers send to the armed forces. >> the house passed the bill 299 to 120, setting up a showdown with the white house and senate on aspects they dont like, shep. >> sh...

Afghanistan in a different way. >> u.s. officials suggest the french role could shift to training but that would mean someone else would have to pick up the combat responsibilities, shepard? >> shepard: you mentioned that discussion is going to happen in chicago. the protesters are there already, it seems. >> thousands of protesters have gathered there to voice their objection to the war in afghanistan. and to the g-8 talks that were originally going to be held in chicago. now, protesters are pr...

Inventory, all of it, and gave all of to to a group though serves low income residents. two truck loads and vans to move $200,000 worth of items. the director of that nonprofit says the donation will go a long way. >> we accept donations every day. but we have never gotten a donation like this. its going to bless some families. there is just no end to the number of families that were going to be able to bless with this one donation. >> shepard: in fact, she says this means when winter rolls arou...

Now its their turn to sift through the evidence and be the judge of the facts. >> the jury resumes deliberations on monday and professor freed land says dont be surprised if those deliberations continue all next week. shep? >> shepard: jonathan serrie at the courthouse in greensboro, thanks. if you are a baby boomer, you need to get tested for the liver destroying virus hepatitis c. thats the new word today from the concerns for disease control and prevention in atlanta. researchers there report...

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Similar to those on patrol cars to get drivers to stop. >> we cant confirm or deny that he used a blue light, we think he probably just used his front flashers. we cant even confirm the vehicle that was used. but what we can confirm is that we did recover a weapon from the vehicle that is is owned by his girlfriend. >> now, among his victims, 74-year-old thomas slender of nebraska found dead in his car along a highway. days later another victim found shot in the head while parked on the side of ...

Roads and out of the path of water. they also evacuated some homes. this comes after severe flooding in the georgian capital killed five people earlier this week. greece. [cheers] >> soccer star david beckham visiting a school in athens. beckham is in greece as londons ambassador to the olympics. he is helping to escort the olympic flame to britain. >> we want to make the history of the games proud. >> shepard: the summer games kick off in late july and thats a wrap on this fox trip around the w...

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Reminding them this is a big day but to stay focused. >> our mission isnt to be a public company. our mission is to make the world more open and connected. in the past 8 years. all of you out there have built the largest community in the history of the world. have you done amazing things that we never would have dreamed of. and i cant wait to see what you guys all do going forward. >> so, still, a lot of work ahead and the jury is still out as to whether or not we can call this a success or a fa...

The company in the precarious position of trying to use that data that you bring and you put on the web site and then make money off of it. the company being in a more public position as well increases the pressure. so update your status, like away, right now t remains for free but there is talk about this facebook plus and some changes coming soon. >> shepard: all right, shibani, facebooks ipo has reportedly made the youtube front man bono the worlds richest musician. he takes the title from fo...