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good evening. a kind of gauntlet was thrown down today about taxpayer money and american health. tonight, 43 million americans are receiving food stamps. a record number increasing every month, because of the newly poor. it means 1 out of every 8 of us is getting government help with food. so, today, one of the most powerful players on the national stage challenged national policy on food stamps. in essence, saying, what if all this taxpayer money was used to reinforce national health? and ron claiborne tells us what this is all about. >> reporter: diane, at issue is whether that tax...

outside was a missing air conditioning unit. so he went outside to check it out. >> when i went downstairs i was looking in the boiler room and i noticed the ducts weren't in place. and as i started to look around at the vents that the ducts weren't attached to, there was a bag hanging from one of the vents. >> reporter: he pulled on the bag. >> in my hand were two pipe bombs and a bag. >> reporter: mark brady says they have no idea if this bomb was real or fake, but it looked like it had all of the real components to be true. they were able to use a portable disrupter to set off the...

getting any better. 2010 is already the deadliest year of the war with nearly 400 american service men and women killed in action. >> we have enemy pinned down in the south. >> reporter: operation "dra don strike" the most important in the battle so far. at least 8,000 u.s. soldiers are involved in the massive new offensive. the aim is to strike right at the heart of the taliban territory, kandahar. the white house reports afghan president has mad karzai's recent attempts to negotiate with the taliban as long as they renounce violence and cut their links with al qaeda but nobody thin...

house, outside the house, real estate agent cardinals greg contemplates what could have been, after noticing a black plastic bag in an air conditioning vent in a basement. >> curiosity. i pulled on the bag and it came right out in my hands and the bag had two pipe bombs in it. >> reporter: what did they look like? >> metal pipes, had caps on them, fused, looked like maybe drilled in the middle, and looked like the real thing. yeah, i mean, as far as i know, i watch maguyver and stuff like that. >> reporter: prince georges officials were taking no chances and calling out the bomb squa...

one of the victims, the lake and will county sheriffs are earn urging anyone with information to contact them immediately. authorities believe he is a man in his 40s driving a light colored chevy cheyenne pick up truck with indiana plates which was last seen on tuesday in lowell soon after the shootings of three men in illinois and indiana. one victim was killed. two others hospitalized. police are hoping someone will be able to identify the killer. and we heard from will county sheriff roy dominguez urging people to hopefully be able to recognize that suspect from the sketch. and so...