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Already. the national highway traffic safety administration issued a proposed rule they be in all cars by september of 2014, year away. they're a valuable tool. the feds can get more information from black boxes in one day of u.s. crashes than in a year of crash testing. but they have no authority over who owns that data. the data done manipulated and somebody with the right electronic tool can turn back odometer readings, change the vin number, the speed when you had an accident, on and on. >> if you went to the internet and look at erasing crash data or look at the number of people making to...

Safety of the vehicles. the automakers of the cars that performed poorly tell cnn their vehicles exceed federal requirements but some, like nissan and vw, say they will review the results of the crash testing. kate? chris? >> important to review the results and particularly important because this is a really fast growing market, small cars in this country, right? >> absolutely. they are very popular, and i asked the folks there with this highway safety group how do you decide which cars are you going to test, that you're going to test and they say we look at the cars that are selling the most ...

Kurt gregory, nbc news. here's your "first look" at some of the other news going on around america today. in philadelphia a man attacked a doughnut shot clerk with a hot cup of coffee. it happened after the man argued with the woman behind the counter over whether or not he paid for a sandwich. when the woman handed him the coffee, he grabbed her arm, then hurled the scalding coffee back at her. the clerk has returned to work but of pain. police are searching for the customer. in texas, no dummies but a whole lot of crash testing going on. engineers, scientists and dense investigators got ...

Door shut so her young son could not get out. they say the boy was also deprived of food and surrounded by filth. she is pregnant, by the way, why, god? the volt create the wrong kind of spark and this is a formal investigation into the electric car over concerns the battery could pose a significant fire risk. the warning comes after a second battery fired during the crash testing and the national highway traffic safety administration says it is still too soon to tell if this will lead to recalls. the only suspect in the disappearance of the maryland woman who went missing in aruba will be a f...

Investigation. the prop comes after one battery caught fire in crash testing and another starting giving off smoke. and customers are finding savings at the gas pump. the national average dropped to $3.30 a gallon. retailers across the country are tallying up receipt, police departments are investigating several incidents. fights, shootings and a pepper stray attack. kristen dahlgren has the latest. >> reporter: on youtube, pictures of the quest for door busters again turning dangerous. in california, a woman pepper strayed fellow walmart shoppers to get at an x-box. >> kids are on the flo...