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we begin with breaking news. a report the phone hacking scandal that's already ruined careers caused a popular british tabloid to explode may be on the brink of claiming its biggest victim. i'm talking about the news corp ceo, rupert murdoch himself. the man in charge of a global network that owns the tv challenges. book publishers and newspaper. a report says news corp is considering replacing murdoch. they say it's not a done deal but it depends on what happens when murdoch appears in front of the british parliament tomorrow and he'll answer questions of hacking phones of royal fam...

when murdoch appears in front of the british parliament tomorrow and he'll answer questions of hacking phones of royal family members, slibties and hacking done by "news of the world." if murdoch is replaced it will be a bombshell on the scandal. and the latest, a whistle blower found debt in his home, john hoare and the british police say his death is being treated unexplained but not thought to be suspicious suggesting it was a suicide. this scandal is rocking britain but seems ready to explode here in the united states. the fbi investigating whether a news corp journalist tried to...

Flowers. a couple billion dollars spent on that. apparel, accessories, jewelry sales are up as well. which is a positive sign for the economy. $3 billion on jewelry. $1.6 billion on gift cards. and then another $1.2 billion on other things such as spa services, personal services falls into that category. spas and whatnot. >> the thing i find surprising, tricks. you don't think about mom as being active in tricks. >> they're becoming much more tech savvy. more people are buying their mom tricks, e-readers, digital cameras. only 9% of us last year were going to buy mom electronics. this year it'...

About the power button, engadget said it's possible to find and feel and once located it's difficult to activate. pretty scathing reviews there, pauline. >> yes. that's a problem if you can't find the power button. nina, it may be a bit too soon to write off the paperback book but for the first time, ebooks have passed those of paperbacks. e book sales hit $90.3 million. adult paperback lag behind at 81.2 million. sales of e-readers and tablet computers have surged and consumers want to use them. nina, i'm fascinated whenever i see someone in the airport with a kindle or sony e-reader. i'm tem...

And picking up e-readers. they rose 130% in november. by contrast paperback sales plummeting 19%. here with me now is karen hunter. thanks for being here. >> thanks, alex. >> i hear about all this. these are some of the books i've gotten in the past peek weiks. you keep these things, but you know, i'm getting them all the time. this is like a quarter of the stack, a fifth of the stack of the books i have the at home. at home it's worse. what about the reality of this? do you think these are going away? >> no, not completely. i think, you know, i'm ipua pur at my heart. i love the smell of a bo...