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good morning to you. this is your a.m. wakeup call for thursday, november 17th. from the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are this morning's top stories. new questions about what police knew and what they knew about it in the penn state child abuse sex scandal. a coach who's taken a lot of heat for witnessing the alleged sexual assault on a little boy and not reporting it says he went to the cops years ago. but two law enforcement agencies are now saying that's not true. the secret service catching up to the man accused of shooting at the white house with an...

good morning, it's wednesday, october 26th. i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. president obama begins his day in denver where he'll spell out his plan to make it easier for student loan borrowers to pay off their enormous debt. he'll explain his plan at the university of colorado-denver campus. the two key points of his proposal, he wants to offer relief sooner by pushing up the start date for an income-based repayment plan passed by congress. it's set to take effect in 2014, but the president wants it to begin in january. the plan reduces to 10% the maximum percent...

2009 murder conviction in the death of her roommate won't come until october. after three years of delays what's being billed at the mexx generation of air travel is finally ready to hit the skies. the first boeing 787 dream liner took off earlier this morning in washington headed for japan. the home of its first customer. united continental will be the first u.s. airline to fly the jet early next year. airlines have ordered more than 800 of these planes which are 20% more fuel efficient and can reduce noise and turbulence for a more comfortable flight for passengers. talk show host ellen de...

Government officials have been warning that the car market here will slow down but pauline, the executives here say, yes, there will be a slowdown in the car market as long as you consider 10% growth a slowdown. >> right. most other sectors would just love to be able to say that, eunice. i wanted to ask you about fuel efficiency. the price of gas is rising these days. fuel efficient cars are certainly on the radar. are you seeing anything new on that front? >> reporter: there are several new fuel efficient cars that we have seen. one of the policy goals as you know of china is to have a more e...

This was supposed to be a rebound year for toyota. the company had struggled with a string of recalls going back to 2009 that affected more than 11 million vehicles. not the least of which were problems with stuck accelerators on its cam ray models. rising gas prices put toyota in a good position with its line of fuel efficient and hybrid cars. in fact the company said earlier this week it had sold its 1 millionth prius in the u.s. but the earthquake and tsunami in japan caused production and transportation problems for toyota in japan, and that's led to shortages for both cars an parts around...