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this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. for the second time in three days, tornadoes are hitting america's mid-section, brought by a line of powerful storms that stretch from the gulf coast all the way up to the great lakes. this is pekin, indiana, ten miles northwest of louisville, kentucky. the police tell us this tornado caused extensive damage there. this is henryville, indiana, population 1,900. homes and businesses have been flattened. the same thing happened in nearby mariesville. a police officer there says the village is "completely gone." ...

latest report on the economy today looks like welcome news. it shows that the economy was growing in the final three months of last year at an annual rate of 2.%. that's the best showing for any quarter in nearly two years. but it's not enough to make a big dent in unemployment, and it's not the best we've done since the great recession. the left side of this graph is 2007 and you see how far economic growth fell by 2008. the best showing that we've had was the beginning of 2010. after that growth tanked again. 2011 was all about a slow struggle to get back. where are the strengths a...