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Bulb costs $1.50, uses 75% less than the incandescent. >> reporter: that's not good enough for vocal consumers. >> i really like lights that turn on when i turn the switch. >> reporter: home design columnist marni jamison is doing a slow burn at the time it takes cfls to warm up, and the light they give off. >> it's uneven. looks unattractive. >> reporter: and the mercury inside. >> if one crashes on my counter, i've got mercury poisoning. >> reporter: not quite. glass thermometers have 100 times more mercury than a cfl according to underwriter's laboratory. jamison's not convinced. >> i'm goi...

hostages were killed. the first time u.s. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks. it was the life long dream of scott and jean adam to sail around the world. the california couple was sailing with another couple from seattle when their yacht was hijacked friday by a group of 19 pirates. the four hostages were fatally wounded during negotiations between the pirates and u.s. special ops forces. special ochlthps heard gunfire. 15 somali pirates are now in u.s. custody. nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins us live from the pentagon. we knew the pres...