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We could see sprinkles early day and mid afternoon as well. Temperatures on the chilly side. Right now in the 30s. After sunrise well see some improvement. Satellite and radar will keep a constant stream of some of this moisture through but the thunderstorms that stay well to our west. This will be a little bit after nuisance rain. Right now 38 in arlington. 37 in rockville. Yes, it will be cool but we will see an improvement as we head into saturdays forecast. High of 65 and back to the as on s...

This is the cbs morning news for friday, december 7, 2012. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im terrell brown. A strong earthquake hit northeastern japan this morning, the magnitude 7. 3 quake struck in the early evening in the same area that suffered a powerful quake and tsunami last year. A tsunami warning has been issued. Residents have been told to move to higher ground. The Fukushima Nuclear plant has not been damaged. The quake was felt as far south as tokyo. Lucy craft is in tokyo. What ...

Near record levels, ship costs are soaring and budget cuts are coming. Admiral greenert, its an honor to have you on the program. Thank you for having me. What sequestration planning are you doing . I know youve been thinking about it for a long time and where are you going to cut if you have to come up with more money as almost everybody expects as part of a budget deal . Well, we still remain in a, if you will, a thinking phase. We will be given guidance on precisely where to take the reductio...

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