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Excel, a truly inspired performance. stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. up next here tonight, so many people making the ultimate sacrifice for technology. why emergency rooms are busier these days because of something a lot of us are doing.

62 at the coast. once we head through the upcoming week, lots of dry time. 70, close to 80 this weekends. san francisco, close to 70. we are ready for spring. >> very nice. "nightly news" is next. plle moreocal news on the bay area. see you then. good night. on this saturday night -- outbreak. life-threatening storms racing across the nations heartland right now. millions of americans at high risk. a wild day and a tornado danger is far from over. secret service scandal. agents supposed to be ...

Were back with some disturbing health news for anyone were back with disturbing health news for anyone working the night shift. theres no new evidence showing how the graveyard shift can actually make your stick. we get the story from robert bazell. >> 21 million people are working nights when others are getting sleep. >> i average maybe four hours a day. and even on my nights off i average 3 1/2, 4 hours of sleep. im always tired. >> reporter: she works at a research hospital in boston where ...

Houston carpenter shop. but no one in the warehouse serving the md anderson cancer center has had an earlier wake-up call than their maintenance manager rodney beseda. he leaves his house at 4:15 a.m. because his daily drive to work one way is 95 miles. >> the first five minutes can be very difficult. im like, oh, my gosh, how am i going to do this? >> but he does. 3:30 behind the wheel a day. 1,000 a week on his car, and monthly, $450 for gas. >> worm with a hook. >> the father of four who trav...

Today, another executive claims days before the firm collapsed last fall, corzine issued direct instructions to transfer $200 million from customer accounts to a brokerage account to cover a shortfall of funds. its an allegation corzine has denied under oath. its the latest piece in a complicated search for over $1 billion of customer money that is now just gone. >> while big ben has never really been his name, he may be renamed in honor of queen of england and in celebration of her diamond jubi...

Rio. back to you. >> okay, hard not to envy you, bob woodruff. and we thank all of you for watching. were always on at abcnews.com. hope youll remember to watch "nightline" later and of course we will see you back here again tomorrow night. showdown in sacramento. police prepare to confront a group of occupy demonstrators. >> and a new wrimpk nel in the ross mirkarimi trial. a maneuver forces jury selection to be called off. >> police procedures under fire. hundreds, maybe thousands

With complaints about those unsolicited, inhuman phone calls. every night at dinnertime, marketers rev up their computers and dial countless numbers, ringing phones all over america. but today, after thousands of americans complained -- >> none of us like being interrupted by robocalls. >> reporter: the feds said it will now require companies to get your express, written content before they robocall or text you. >> consumers who dont mind getting automatic calls can continue to get them. >> repo...

A child wandering the safe and sound. and all aloin. what police are doing to track down a child left wandering the streets at 3:00 in the morning. on a nice warm january day, think about the worst. what to do, to keep your neighborhood safe from wildfires. and the homes firefighters say they might just let burn. far from a done deal. even though it would save the state millions. the drive to regulate marijuana, just like alcohol. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next.

Working american on hold. >> dont go home, speaker boehner. were going to be here and you will be embarrassed before the american people if you do. >> reporter: today house republicans did make public their plan to extend the payroll tax cut that speaker boehner had touted thursday. >> i think this is a bipartisan proposal that the president ought to endorse. >> reporter: today the president was unmoved. >> any closer to a deal on the payroll tax cut today? >> merry christmas! >> reporter: anoth...

Babies. nearly 1 baby every second there. the fastest growing country in the world. but dont be thrown, china still has the most people. >> welcome to our world. >> reporter: diane welcomed this little baby into the world when "world news" went to china. more than 1.3 billion people in that country, but india, growing faster, will be bigger than china in just 14 years. but 7 billion people on the planet sometime tomorrow? remarkable when you think it was just 12 years ago, the head of the u.n. w...