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south carolina. where robbers attack two people who were leaving a walmart. in kissimmee, florida, a fight breaks out at a big box jewelry counter. turning to l.a., a woman actually used pepper spray to fend off her fellow shoppers. and in north carolina, an off-duty police officer pepper sprays an unruly crowd. happy shopping season, folks. these of course are just the exceptions. the one thing mostly the shoppers are out there trying to fight is just maybe some fatigue. the only ...

Ukraine near her home. one teenager is under arrest in the case. police say he and two others stoned her to death for breaking sharia law which is followed by some muslims. it requires women to cover their bodies except their hands and face. police are looking for two other suspects. >> more new video of the shuttle endeavour making final preparations before tomorrows landing at the kennedy space center in florida. the crew is testing the thrusters which helped guide the shuttle to a safe landin...

Has the same preventers, cameron ones on top and bottom. only difference it has one more ram for a little more redundancy than the deepwater horizon. >> one change. other than that, pretty much the same. >> control system is the same, everything else is the same. >> do we know anything about this drill ships safety record? >> it is interesting. this drill ship received mms, predecessor to bme, mre safety in 2005. we found it had emergency riser disconnects three times, once in 2002, once in 2004...

Has the same preventers, cameron ones on top and bottom. only difference it has one more ram for a little more redundancy than the deepwater horizon. >> one change. other than that, pretty much the same. >> control system is the same, everything else is the same. >> do we know anything about this drill ships safety record? >> it is interesting. this drill ship received mms, predecessor to bme, mre safety ou ihaemy is dionctthe me oe 2002, once in 2004, and again in 2007. the 2002 and 2004 incide...

Preventer had that same one around 2000. it is essentially identical to deepwater horizon preventer. has the same preventers, cameron ones on top and bottom. only difference it has one more ram for a little more redundancy than the deepwater horizon. >> one change. other than that, pretty much the same. >> control system is the same, everything else is the same. >> do we know anything about this drill ships safety record? >> it is interesting. this drill ship received mms, predecessor to bme, mr...

They havent decided to do that. i expect the static kill operation has been postponed or will be postponed due to this incoming weather. right now, it is nice. breezy, choppy, that makes skimming difficult at times. you know what, i can tell you this. i had an experience with some skimming. i had the opportunity to embed with a coast guard cutter just a couple of weeks ago doing some hardcore skimming 20 miles south of here. here is what some of that experience was like. >> were just going to sp...

Guard cutter, especially assigned to skim oil off the gulf of mexico, well, as you can imagine, its a pretty messy business. >> were just going to -- were just going to go over the thrusters and that will keep the right rotor on. >> reporter: working the vacuum right now. the other side of that wall is a skimmer. the oil is so thick right now that theyre having a hard time actually getting it into the mouth of the skimmer, so, chopping up the water is helping a little bit. but you can see most o...

Say that petroleum is being generated at some depth. so having seeps on the sea floor is not anything out of the ordinary. certainly not in this area of the gulf of mexico. the evidence perceived is unclear to me. there are a lot of people that are watching the live feeds from the rovs and they think they see things that they are sure are seeps, but ive had correspondent with experts on these rovs and apparently the rovs themselves have thrusters that can very easily stir up the bottom sendments...

What is the potential here for other spills or disasterses of this kind? >> well, the records are good, there lassnt been a major explosion, fire, or incident like this since 1989 where a number of workers were killed. so, the record is good. >> well take a look at the features of the rig that has just sank, the deepwater horizon, a massive facility. about as big as two football fields. its capable of drilling about 30,000 feet down. talk about -- i mean, thats 5 1/2 miles below the surface of t...

Overdose in 2009. the thrusters were not in the right position. the final report is expected later today. toyota facing a record fine of $16 million for not telling u.s. officials quickly enough about those safety problems with sticky gas pedals. the transportation department said toyota hid a dangerous defect for months from u.s. officials. under federal law automakers must notify nhtsa in determining a safety defect exists. the fine is the maximum allowed by law and toyota could face additio...