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to his day job. he would have to make a choice to fill up the gas tank to get to work or do i give up my entrepreneurial dream. $40, he wrote, means a heck of a lot. it means a heck of a lot. thats what this debate is all about. this is whats at stake for millions of americans. this is why it matters to people. it matters a heck of a lot. im asking the american people to keep their stories coming. tell us what $40 means to you. if you tweet it, use the hash tag $40. call, tweet, write ...

virtual tie for the lead. what happened to newt gingrich nice guy? he vowed not to go negative in response to the other candidates attack ads, but that didnt stop gingrich from blasting ron paul. in an interview with cnns wolf blitzer he said he wouldnt vote for paul. gingrich pointed to incendiary newsletters distributed under pauls name in the 80s and 90s. >> you look at his newsletters and then you look at his ads, his ads are about as accurate as his newsletters. >> now if he wer...

short time ago the focus is now on search and rescue. >> the storm is supposed to exit this evening, but its no longer the storm itself. its aftermath. were turning to the aid and rescue workers who are looking for the hundreds missing. theyre trying to supply drinking water. theyre asking for volunteers to try to get food and clothes. friday night the flood waters rose alarmingly fast reaching roof level while residents were sleeping. >> the government estimates some 100,000 people ha...

markets are up because of things happening around the world and action happening. that is a good thing. lets turn to los angeles where police have cleared out and shut down the camp set up by occupy protesters. theyve arrested dozens of people who still refuse to leave. about 1400 los angeles police officers moved in after midnight. the camp had been there a couple of months. 200 people arrested. police say the operation was mostly peaceful. another alleged victim speaks out abou...

walked away from their jobs and in three hours they walk into a courtroom. athletic director tim kucurrey d gary schultz. sandusky says he met victims through his charity, second mile, which helps troubled boys. second mile released a statement saying immediately they made the decision to separate sandusky from the program activities in 2008. thats when sandusky told the organization that he was under investigation. well have more on that. catching wall street well and your money on wh...

collapsed. people left homeless are dealing now with freezing temperatures. in north africa today tunisians are counting millions of votes by hand. the results of parliamentary elections are expected tomorrow. tunisia was the first country to overthrow the dictator in what became the arab spirang. 80% turned out. many faced long waits. >> i waited three hours to cast your ballot. >> something like 3 1/2 hours. we didnt feel it. it was like five minutes because we were very, very happ...

up of mostly 20-somethings, theyre angry about fat wall street paychecks, war, environment, you name it. the protests have been going on for three weeks now and now have spread to other cities. americans absolutely fed up with congress. new numbers leave no doubt that a washington post/abc news poll found just 14% of the public approves of the job that congress is doing. congresss lowest rating ever. amanda knox says right now, she just wants time with her family. knox is home in s...

400,000 since april. that is too high. economists say to make a dent in the unemployment rate. federal authorities have charged a young massachusetts physics grad in a terror plot. agents say rezwan ferdaus planned to use remote control airlines to hit the u.s. capitol and the pentagon. they would have been filled with a plastic explosive. the fbi says that they arrested him, hes an american citizen, after a lengthy undercover operation. john mccain leading a delegation of republic...

procedures but he was on demerol. that demerol, as he was coming off of it, was acting as a stimulant. it breaks down as a stimulant and that stimulant was really very much keeping him awake. and that is why he needed all of these other medications to help him sleep. what i thought was even more remarkable, they were talking about this idea that on the day this happened, they say conrad murray did give propofol, this medication that weve been talking about, and then observed michael ja...

of opening statements that will be live when things get going. well, another high-profile trial is winding down. attorneys for amanda knox will make their final arguments. they are hoping to overturn her murder conviction. knox is expected to speak as well. prosecutors claim that knox slit her roommates throat during wild sex. libyan fighters say that they have seized the port of sirte today. moammar gadhafi controls most of the city. this is one of the areas not under the control ...