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oregon expressway. we have learned that this is an accident involving a car and a pedestrian. it's been out there since about 2:45 this morning so chp is out there investigating right now. what we know is that as you mentioned one fatality confirmed, sounds like it was a pedestrian in the roadway. but again, chp is out there investigating the exact details. we know that three left lanes have been shut down for a couple of hours since about 2:45 this morning and they don't have any estimated time when they are going to re-open the freeway but it is slow for about an exit in that area....

we also think that mr. olson is simply wrong when he suggests that the baker case did not involve a claim to classification based upon sexual orientation, just gender. here is what the plaintiffs in baker said. this is the route the jurisdictional statement. >> there is no discrimination and the law against homosexuals. appellant of being denied a numerous right, they have been denied numerous rights order to assemble -- others similarly situated. this was clearly a case where they charge the classification is one based on sexual orientation as well as one based on gender. the levin ...

ground? we hurd from the president, a little bit from the gop. they went head-to-head over hot topics that could hit your wallet pretty hard. >> and something many of you may have been spending hundreds of dollars on for years may have been a big waste of money. i'm going to tell you about that shortly. in just about an hour, the pentagon is expected to give opponents of "don't ask, don't tell" some long awaited ammunition. it's a report on military attitudes. whether troops themselves think military readiness, cohesion or morale would suffer if openly gay men and women were allowed ...

written. senator lisa murkowski goes back to washington and last night she claimed victory over tea-party backed joe miller. >> although it's not official yet, it looks like murkowski will be the first successful write-in for senator since 1954. that's more than four years before alaska became a state. >> they told us that this could not be done. and we all heard it. you heard kevin say, you know, he's the guy that we're putting in charge, for crying out loud, an he's not 100% sure. what a wild, wild thing that we were doing. what a chance. what a risk. but for the right thing. to he...

Take a hit as consumers cut back on spending because of job worries. >> the slow economy with a high unemployment rate that is only coming down gradually. the old normal was the u.s. consumer was spending at a rapid rate in excess of his or her income. the u.s. consumer can't go back to that. >> reporter: new data suggests the overall economy is still expanding, but barely. it's got people on main street and wall street wondering if the new normal is a stalled recovery. dan arnall, abc news, new york. general motors profit picture appears so bright it could announce a public stock offering a...