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Read? companies like reuters have been using dput iralgorithms to come up with stories for years. this week "the los angeles times" demonstrated another way they can be used, a much more dramatic way they can be used. it happened right after this. >> thank you. coming up, more problems for -- >> earthquake. were having an earthquake. >> chris and megan certainly felt it here in the ktla studios. we know you felt it at home as well. while those tv anchors were recovering, quickbot was writing a...

There was no chatter coming up. theres been no talk about it. so if this is terrorism its new and very different. could that be the case? yeah, of course. but to your point theres nothing there to back it up. >> you did some excellent reporting on the reprogramming of the flight course, if you will. when was that -- do you know when that was reprogrammed. >> shortly before they lost contact with the ground. >> what does that mean in terms of this investigation? >> what it does mean is that whoev...

Really working hard. we are trying to be the best as we can. >> reporter: just the other night, jalal and her crew were roughed up, too, during a live report. their station may be off the air, but the reporters are committed to keeping their online news service up to date in the tense run-up to the referendum just nine days away. do you think that this will remain peaceful or are we headed to war? are we headed to a conflict? >> im afraid of national conflict on the day of this referendum. >> re...

Lindsey turrentine is with the technology web site cnet. >> bitcoin is very experimental. its absolutely a new thing, and if you look at the bitcoin web site, youll see that the bitcoin organization itself says, "hey, this is new, and it- - you shouldnt expect it to be stable." >> reporter: last week, one of the currencys largest exchanges filed for bankruptcy after about half a billion dollars worth of bitcoin were stolen by hackers. that was followed by the suspected suicide of an american c.e...

One of the encouraging things in the report today was construction. >> reporter: construction added 15,000 jobs in february as overall hiring rebound after two dismal months. more and more part-time workers are also finding full-time jobs. since last summer, the number of people forced to work part time because of the economy has been dropping dramatically from nearly 8.2 million to less than 7.2 million. >> i thought about it for a second and i said well, something is better than nothing so let...

Now, along with the dollar and euro, there is a new currency called the bitcoins. you cant put it in your pocket. it trades only on the internet, and today one of the biggest bitcoin exchanges based in tokyo went bust after it was revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoins were missing. we asked anthony mason to explain all this. >> reporter: in a manhattan park last fall, a small crowd gathered to buy and sell a new unregulated currency. on their smart phones, they traded a...

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Soldiers prince william and prince harry even pitched in, delivering sandbags to residents. the community spirit may have to hold up better than flood barriers. forecasters warn that britain will continue to be pounded by relentless rain not just for days but for weeks to come. >> if we werent seeing such cold air across the united states... >> reporter: meteorologist joanna robinson says the severe weather in the u.s. is to blame for wreaking havoc over here. so this is like a storm factory. >>...

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