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More areas in the business, hire more people. invest in the software and fuel that growth. >> from the study of startup firms, economist laurie concludes the business creation is job creation. the government won't be able to nourish gazelles until they take notice of them. >> thanks, james. it's been a quiet day on the oil and gasoline front. gasoline rose three-tenth of a penny. shuttle commander kelly tells cbs news his wife gabrielle giffords has been cleared to travel to florida to watch the launch. giffords was shot in a head in constituent meeting in arizona in january. friday's launch i...

Across the plains. futurecast, snow back across the rockies. snow in the northern plains sunday. here you go, you start to see these reds and oranges and yellows monday afternoon. you will see severe weather here across parts of that mississippi valley monday, tuesday, just a little bit farther toward the east and a lot of rain again for tuesday afternoon across much of the northeast. >> shepard: that look as little more seasonal. rick, have a good weekend. >> you too. >> shepard: space shuttle endeavour final mission later this month. the six astronauts took part in a mock countdown and pract...

Man. finally this half hour, the end of an amazing 27-year career. we're talking about the shuttle "discovery," which touched down wednesday for its last time. >> this is the world's most flown spaceship and it will now be retired. it will spend the rest of its days at the smithsonian. kevin oliver has more on the end of an era. >> down and locked. >> reporter: you might see "discovery" again but never like this. never again will it fly on its own. nasa's oldest shuttle touched down, ending its 39th and final mission. >> to the ship that has led the way time and time again, we say farewell, ...

Every day. man. finally this half hour, the end of an amazing 27-year career. we're talking about the shuttle "discovery," which touched down wednesday for its last time. >> this is the world's most flown spaceship and it will now be retired. it will spend the rest of its days at the smithsonian. kevin oliver has more on the end of an era. >> down and locked. >> reporter: you might see "discovery" again but never like this. never again will it fly on its own. nasa's oldest shuttle touched down, ending its 39th and final mission. >> to the ship that has led the way time and time again, we say...

Jon: we froze the shot there. there's been some kind of a loss. that's a live broadcast, that's the cockpit view that the shuttle commander sees, now live. >> final approach to the kennedy space center, more than 30 seconds to go. landing gear is down and locked. touchdown, the nose of the shuttle being rotated down toward the flight deck, parachute being deployed. and nose gear touchdown, and the end of an historic journey, and to the ship