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This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The crime sparked outrage all over the world the kidnapping in nigeria of hundreds of school girls by islamic militants. Today, First Lady Michelle Obama joined an Internet Campaign to bring the girls home. Protesters filled the streets in nigeria demanding that the government hunt down the kidnappers. A 300,000 reward was offered, and there has been more violence. The Group Holding the girls boko h...

The states fragile economy, anyones guess. Already fedex, for example, is issuing Service Alerts and saying this could affect deliveries to and from what is a Vital Transportation hub. The reverberation fast and furious. A lot more in a moment. What makes this stand out besides the severity is the fact that its happening so, so early. In the meantime, this. [chanting] the scene moments ago. Protesters storming a mcdonald in oakland, california, urging workers to walk out. What theyre demanding i...

Terror shootout. Al qaeda tries to abduct two Embassy Workers in broad daylight. Are americans across the middle east at a new risk . We have details on a growing threat. And breaking news, a wildfire burning out of control forcing thousands of people to flee. An entire town is now at risk. Can fire crews keep the flames at bay . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following multiple breaking news stories at this hour, including a Tornado Warning from detroit, michigan, right now ...

Brink. We have just heard from the white house that the president spoke on the phone with german chancellor, angela merkel. Merkel is the biggest player when it comes to putting pressure on china. There are no signs that russia is backing down tonight. Leaders of the parliament they would only suggest attempts tonight. The crimean authorities are cracking down. Theyve had their signals blocked on television. One of them says russian state tv is being broadcast instead. I want to show you this dr...

Glad you could join us on this edition of newsline. Its thursday, february 14th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Japans Gross Domestic Product for the final quarter of 2012 shrank slightly in the october to december period. This is the Third Straight quarter of contraction. Gdp fell 1. 4 . The pace of decline was more moderate than the previous period when it was minus 3. 8 . Global demand was dragging down the economy. Capital spending went down Housing Investment showed growth of 3. 5 . Consu...

To 6. 7 but the Labor Department telling us little has changed. The trend is whats important. Hiring has been slowly picking up this year but it needs to be stronger. You need to be seeing 200,000, 200,000 plus every month. What economists are telling me this morning is if you hadnt had that bad weather you might have been there. This might have been a month that saw hiring doing what we wanted to see, doing 200, 250 or higher. The real key is next month and the month after whether this momentum...

Are joining together. Hillary clinton has a new answer to the 2016 question. Obviously im thinking about that right now. [ applause ] good day, the white house is highlighting the dangers of Climate Change in a major new report today that says the average temperature in the United States has gone up at least 1. 3 degrees. Thats a big deal since Record Keeping began in 19 1895. More than 80 of that temperature rise has happened just since 1980. The report says Climate Change is real and it is alr...

Quarter Million Dollars . Lets get to it. Good thursday afternoon. We begin with a fox weather alert in south florida. This is the big picture look of these storms coming across the peninsula. Here is the serious part. Right in miami and the northern part of miamidade county. We can give you a closer look. This is north miami, and all of this just moving toward the north and east. The most recent report from Miami International airport, operations are normal because is passed by. The national, w...

The girls. Even add michelle owe bomb that to that list. She tweeted this picture saying our prayers are with the missing nigerian girls and their family. Its time to bring back our girls. Listen to what brittains Prime Minister had to say about it wednesday in parliament. Im the father of two young daughters and my reaction is exactly the same as his and every father or mother in this land or in the world. This is an act of pure evil. Its United People to stand by nigeria, to find these people ...

Reform going forward. And the possible implications for a novembers midterms. F but first we start a new hour with our top story, that is the growing scandal surrounding the Veterans Administration health care system. The top official stepping down over allegations of potential widespread mismanagement at the department dealing with those Health Claims that may have resulted so critics say in dozens of veterans deaths. Show the agency has denied that. The resignation coming just one day after th...