most popular games for the iphone the real life version has far fewer fans. this is the scene at a starbucks in california s san fern in and doe valley where birds have been guarding rest from coffee drinker who s come too close. they land on the head and flutter and fly away. swoops in, clawed my head and left. now when i walk i already i know i m like whatever. they are going to dive shepard: yes they are. sad for you, entertaining for us. before we go our team s top five things of the day. number five paul the octopus has a successor. we will see if ofera can predict eight world cup matches in a row the way paul did last year. number four police in nevada say two people are dead after somebody reportedly drove a semi into the side of a moving amtrak plane. the infamous boston mobster back in bean town after 16 years on the run. mourners on new york long island today holding funerals for the
22% boost in fourth quarter profit. healthy holiday sales of barbie and fisher-price pushed mattel 1% higher. whirlpool lost 2% on news it s raising prices to keep up with rising costs of raw materials. after the bell, visa shares slipped despite better than expected earnings. yum brands got a boost from its after-hours report card thanks to robust growth overseas. elsewhere after the bell news corp. reported strong ad sales helped quarterly earnings. if the price is too good to be true, it probably is. police say the alleged ring leader was indicted tuesday for a scam he started from his jail cell using phoney credit cards to resell more than $1 million of apple electronics at a discount. coming up, the cavs lose again. a hockey fan s favorite kind of fight. we may have lost paul the
to fight dipietro. off came the gloves and johnson unloaded, knocked him out with one punch. he could have got in more but the damage was done. mayweather won t fight pack you, maybe johnson will. the penguins won the game 3-0. now, you might remember paul the octopus who correctly predicted eight world cup games, including the final last summer. well, paul, move over. here she comes. it s jenny the elephant from the dallas zoo who made her super bowl prediction yesterday. jenny had to choose from two painted watermelons for the team colors. who did she pick? the steelers, which is a bad thing for steelers shp she smashed the watermelon meaning the packers will win the super bowl. is so, the predicting pachyderm picked the packers. say that fast five times. that s your first look at sports. i m fred roggin. now for another quick look at the weather, here s nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. i don t know if the elephant knows who she s messing with.
vuvuzela, world cup, and the number one trending topic of the year, the gulf oil spill. that s why people can t say enough to americans, why aren t you into more of the world cup soccer? three out of the ten things were all about world cup. and poor paul the octopus passed away. ha company in canada encouraged staff to decorate their cubical. here s the winner. how hard do you have to work on this? how much money do you think he spent? he built a shed in the middle of office, had a full-sized tree inside, stockings hung by the chimney with care. yes, there was a chimney. he brought in a wood-burning stove, as well. he certainly deserves to win. those creative canadians. why did the bus driver cross the road? to mow down the snowman. the hit-and-run cost the driver his job after this video posted on youtube. students from the university of illinois placed the snowman on
for a mellowed. get well soon. cool critters time ncaa edition, one of the biggest rivalries in college sports has become a spectacle at the zoo. a pair of wolverines at the detroit zoo having their way with brutus buckeye ahead of this weekend s matchup between the wolverines and ohio state buckeyes. they may lack the integrity of paul the octopus. the animals certainly seem determined. the football wolverines are not expected to do as well on saturday. when they will be forced to play defense as well. good luck. tens of thousands of people lined the streets of midtown manhattan today for the macy s thanksgiving day parade. the highlights included kung fu pan darks a smurep, and, of smuf and spiedy. kanye west no, drama from herr him today. annual parade has been a macy s tradition since 1924.