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>> this was a big night tonight. lots of states. were going to win a few. were going to lose a few, but as it looks right now, brother going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passel full of silver medals. >> so this morning romney cannot claim the crushing victories to win over skeptics, but he is amassing delegates. more than 400 so far. thats way ahead of santorum. gingrich and ron paul who failed to win a single state last night. but the race still has a long way t...

wednesday october 12th. american officials are outraged and say iran will pay. this texas used car salesman is the unlikely suspect in an alleged assassination plot backed by iran. the u.s. claims that mons orr arbab arbabsiar was going to kill the ambassador of the united states. saying ar baubs yea wanted to blow up a restaurant killing the diplomat and potentially many americans right along with him. officials gathered in washington and gathered the diplomatic corps at the state dep...

Well, im about to get all jetsons on you here. flying cars zooming into space for fun. forget science fiction. the jetsons era may be closer than you think. >> we are going to see that soon, in fact, a company called terafujia are already taking pre-orders. this is a stream-lined aircraft that lets you park it in your garage at night at your home, then you can go down to the airport, press a button to extend its wings and then you can take to the friendly skies. you do need a pilots license, of ...

But they havent yet committed to a special price. >> not clear how high those get, but at least if the wings dont work, you can still drive to your destination. >> thats right. >> this week marked the anniversary of the first human space flight. now were talking about human tourism. are we going to get to go there? >> absolutely. maybe not our generation but our kids generation. they are taking pre-orders with companies called sir galactic. for as low as 20,000 for a deposit. this will let you g...

Deployed just in case. so pretty neat stuff from terafujia. i think theyre going to go for about a couple hundred grand but they havent yet committed to a specific price. >> interesting. not clear how high those get, but at least if the wings dont work, you can still drive to your destination. there is some consolation in that. this week we marked the 50th anniversary as the first human space flight, now were talking about space tourism. are we going to get to go there? >> absolutely. maybe not ...

Lot smarter and entertainment and communication at your fingertips. >> just in case you werent getting enough information as it is, now at least you can see it when youre brushing your teeth. well, look, we saw flying cars in the jetsons and back to the future. are we going to see something like that? its all sort of tom cruise. >> well, yes, we are going to see that soon. in fact, a massachusetts-based company called terafujia are already taking pre-orders for $10,000 a pop. this is a street-le...

Pre-orders are accepted today at best buy. its smaller than the ipad, it has wi-fi b tethered from the blackberry for now. the playbook is just one more competitor to the ipad. the ipad sold nearly 15 million last year, 15 million units. and cnn money is reporting that 102 new tablet computers are coming out this year into a very, very hungry market. its projected that by 2014, 200 million tablet computers are going to be sold each year. and 2/3 of all computers sold will be tablets and smartpho...

The fed turned more cautious with its outlook it came out with yesterday for the economy. in its policy statement yesterday, the central bank said the problems in europe have affected the u.s. economy and slowing down our recovery. policymakers dont think we will be falling back into another recession but thats not much consolation as the fed also warned financial conditions arent supporting growth at this point. as for later today we will keep an eye on apples shares and wall street. they are w...

On big news from bp and a disappointing outlook for fedex. the dow jones industrial average adding 4.5 points and the s&p 500 down a fraction. the nasdaq up a smudge. bp announcing today it will suspend its dividend for the year and set aside $20 billion to pay victims of the oil spill. shares actually moved higher on the news now that investors are more certain of whats ahead for the company. fedex shares taking a pounding, down 6% on concerns about rising costs that could eat into future profi...

Deadly storm battering several parts of the east coast right now. new york city which is that picture right there is just one area thats feeling the blast of whipping winds and non-stop rain. utility crews are working right now to restore power to more than 138,000 customers in the new york metro area. more on the weather in a live report in the half-hour. stay with us. but first, the ipad. it is proving to be a hot seller online this weekend. by early estimates, pre-orders were coming in frid...