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Here is one from the over-the-top file, youll soon know why. meet 5-year-old haley in charlton, massachusetts. she looks reading library book with her mom, but apparently they had a few that were a little bit overdue. get this -- they got a reminder when a police officer actually showed up and told them about a state law that could result in a misdemeanor. the books were returned, though. no harm, no foul. even the officer had to admit the whole thing was just a wee bit over the top to say the l...

then she has tumbled, tumbled in a pretty intense way in the polls. its really unclear why because she has at least at the beginning she had done pretty well in debates. she had been here campaigning very hard. she, like rick santorum at the end of this campaign, was around the state. she did all 99 counties. guess what, she was even born here. she was born in water loo, iowa. she is a native daughter of the state. she did not do very well. very disappointing. at the end of the day, su...

2012. we were getting you up to speed on the bizarre fires. look at this man with the ponytail. hes been arrested. this is the worst string of fires in that city since the riots of 92. get this. there may be annism grags beef allegedly involved with this arrest. lots more to tell yu about that. thats coming up. >> he looked like he was kind of smirking in that video. a man accused of killing a park ranger is found dead fats down in a waterfall. apparently the exposure to all the co...

Talking atf, police, homicide, and also now federal agents, part of this investigation. yes? >> reporter: absolutely. atf has been brought in, investigators from the los angeles fire department, the sheriffs department, several city police departments. and we should point out that today was a big day for law enforcement in terms of keeping this community safe. we have the rose bowl football game going on later today. we had the rose parade earlier this morning. so to say that resources around th...

only dreamt about a month ago. >> im asking you to not settle for someone who as your nominee, who might be able to win the election, but the election would be a victory where we wouldnt have a candidate thats elected president who will do whats necessary of what america needs. >> romney, gingrich, perry and bachmann all have campaign events in iowa this hour. well dip in live where and when we can. cnn of course, the place you want to be tomorrow night. we begin getting results from t...

I think the momentum -- theres momentum up for rip rick santorum and down for newt gingrich, although this endorsement you just mentioned could be important as he tries to recover. rising above it all is mitt romney. you know, he stayed out of iowa for months and months. now its clear that hes in this race to win it. you can see that from his campaign schedule and also from all the ads he has on the air here. >> and-n your "usa today" article you say, quote to say the iowa contest has been close...

jong-un pubically mourned his father, state media referred to him as head of the ruling party. sunday a group of visiting south korean visitors met with the assembly. two swedish journalists have been sentenced to 11 years in prison in ooet yoethiopia. they were found guilty of supporting terrorism. britains prince philip will leave hospital today. a buckingham palace says the 90-year-old will rejoin the queen and members of the royal family. prince philip spent christmas in hospit...

be for the rest of my life. theres too much to learn in a lifetime. theres something beautiful and challenging and humbling about that that i dont want to let go of. im always seeking out new sounds and new technique. i could be hung upside down and play guitar. all sorts of tricks out there. theyre not artistic, beautiful or moving. ♪ so, so talented. check out brookes blog for her music monday reports at cnn.com/brooke -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com right to it. this is ...

as these holidays wind down. the president yial campaign sean is heating up. one week from tomorrow, the iowa caucuses will mark the first formal votes in the 2012 race. right now, its too close to call, statistically speaking. according to a poll from the american research group, ron paul, mitt romney, and newt gingrich are locked in a three-way statistical tie. you can see it there. 21, 20, 19% apiece. paul steinhauser is in des moines with more on this three-way battle. and no clear...

there on christmas day. the white house condemning these blasts. nigerias president calling an end to the sectarian violence voug to catch those responsible. churches also bombed in nigeria last christmas season. more arab league observers are on their way to sir yeah heres why. an opposition group says security forces killed more than 20 people in the city of homs today. the observer planned to go there. u.n. says more than 5,000 people have died since syrias crackdown on protests b...