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and aol to sell internet ads. i was so excited when i heard that, i immediately called my friend who lives in the '90s. [ laughter ] you won't even believe this. wait, microsoft, yahoo! and aol. that sounds like the tech version of a celebrity rehab cast. [ laughter ] "yahoo!'s on the roof!" [ light laughter ] "where's microsoft?" "she locked in the room." [ light laughter ] i just saw this, in an interview with abc news, michele bachmann said that she would like to add james garfield to mt. rushmore. she was like -- [ as bachmann ] "and if you put garfield up there, you can't leave out odie. you have to put odie as well." check this out, this week a deer jumped through the window of a taco restaurant in georgia. or as taco bell put it, "hey, sometimes the ingredients just deliver themselves. [ audience ohs ] [ applause ] it's a miracle! it's a miracle." did you see this yesterday? brad pitt and angelina jolie were spotted arriving in japan with all six of their children. and today, they were spotted leaving japan

their christmas album, they did a second one and you can stream already at aol music. so aol will carry that and next tuesday they will release the christmas album to itunes. >> i like christmas. >> bring on the christmas music early. >> any other juicy gossip we need to know? >> sam's character is coming back december 2. we'll have a little -- i'm sorry, december 6. and tanya clark is going to play his mom. so we'll find out why he has been mia. >> and sarah, you gave it all to us in a little bit of time. >> thank you. brian, back upstairs to you. >>> rapper heavy d has died. he was found unconscious around 11:30 pacific time this morning. tmz reports someone called 911. he was alert and talking, but he died a short time later at hospital. the cause of his death is under investigation. there's no obvious signs of foul play. he was 44. >>> a local high school making history all by going green. we are taking you inside one of the newest solar powered schools. next. >>> today's five-day forecast is brought to you by your local dodge jeep and chrysler dealers. r te iha >>

aol's ceo says the company won't be buying any of yahoo's assets and plans to stay independent. americans bought slightly more new homes in october, but the average sales price fell to a low for the year. using unusually harsh language, a judge struck down a $285 million settlement between citigroup and the securities and exchange commission over toxic mortgage securities. he sent a july trial date, calling the settlement neither fair nor reasonable nor adequate. finally, a seattle sears manager says an elderly man came in and repaid, with interest, cash he said he stole from a register back in the '40s. the store will use the money to help needy families during the holidays. >>> coming up, the buckeyes find their man. a top ranked overtime thriller in college hoops. and two old foes go at it once again. plus, the new orleans saints make the new york giants look like munchkins on monday night football. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> since we talked about the rain and snow for today, what about tomorrow? we'll get you set for the middle of your week.

microsoft and aol have partnered to fight google and microsoft's online ad dominance. each company will help sell unadvertised inventory. they don't expect issues with the government over reduced competition or price fixing. a judge ordered raj rajaratnam, insider trader to pay a record $92 million civil penalty. finally, the suffolk county new york santa we told you about yesterday laid off due to budget woes has been rescued. a radio station and other donors raised money to keep the retired world war ii vet who plays st. nick on the job. a great gift to kick off the holiday season. >>> coming up. while the nba only makes air waves for lockout highlights, hockey highlights. and what is said to be the perfect example of hanging ten. early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> well, the big storm that produced severe weather yesterday is now moving through the great lakes. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports with a month of the nba season already lost, there is

microsoft and aol have partnered to fight google and microsoft's online ad dominance. each company will help sell unadvertised inventory. they don't expect issues with the government over reduced competition or price fixing. a judge ordered raj rajaratnam, insider trader to pay a record $92 million civil penalty. finally, the suffolk county new york santa we told you about yesterday laid off due to budget woes has been rescued. a radio station and other donors raised money to keep the retired world war ii vet who plays st. nick on the job. a great gift to kick off the holiday season. >>> coming up. while the nba only makes air waves for lockout highlights, hockey highlights. and what is said to be the perfect example of hanging ten. >>> well, the big storm that produced severe weather yesterday is now moving through the great lakes. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports with a month of the nba season already lost, there is no sign of any movement or change in the nba owner

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. >> joining me now are howard fineman, editorial director for the aol "huffington post" media group and msnbc analyst. and former chief of staff to congresswoman michele bachmann. ron carey, first of all, did you see anything in this debate tonight that would change the lineup as we now see it in the cnn poll? >> i don't believe so. really there are two races going on now. there's mitt romney who has a stable 20% to 25% support. mitt romney did a fantastic job tonight. every debate he does incredibly well, looks presidential and says the right things for the republican conservative electorate. three out of four republicans don't trust mitt romney and that's probably not going to change. the other battle, the non-romney candidate that's going to emerge and get down to a two-pym=9ñ race between romney and somebody else. newt gingrich did a fine job tonight. it was interesting to see michele bachmann is the one person who did take a swipe at him on the immigration issue and challenged him going down the same path that torpedoed rick perry's campaign a few months ago. newt took a body

. >> joining me now are howard fineman, editorial director for the aol "huffington post" media group and msnbc analyst. and former chief of staff to congresswoman michele bachmann. ron carey, first of all, did you see anything in this debate tonight that would change the lineup as we now see it in the cnn poll? >> i don't believe so. really there are two races going on now. there's mitt romney who has a stable 20% to 25% support. mitt romney did a fantastic job tonight. every debate he does incredibly well, looks presidential and says theç right things for the republican conservative electorate. three out of four republicans don't trust mitt romney and that's probably not going to change. the other battle, the non-romney candidate that's going to emerge and get down to a two-person race between romney and somebody else. newt gingrich did a fine job tonight. it was interesting to see michele bachmann is the one person who did take a swipe at him on the immigration issue and challenged him going down the same path that torpedoed rick per perry's campaign a few months ago. newt took a

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and microsoft and aol have partnered to fight google and facebook's online ad dominance. each will sell the other's unsold inventory. the companies don't expect issues with the government over reduced competition or price fixing. >>> a judge ordered raj rajratanam sentenced to 11 years in prison, to pay a record $92 million civil penalty. >>> and finally, some good news here, the suffolk county new york santa we told you about yesterday, laid off due to budget woes has been rescued. we love this story. a radio station and other donors raised money to keep the retired world war ii vet who plays saint nick on the job. >>> coming up, while the nba only makes the air waves for lockout updates, hockey highlights dominate. >>> plus what's said to be the greatest example ever of hanging ten. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. whoa. whoa. how do you top great vacations? whoa. getting twice the points on great vacations. whoa! use chase sapphire preferred and now get two times the points on travel, and two times the points on dini

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. >>> aol's ceo says the company won't be buying any of yahoo's assets and plans to stay independent. >>> americans bought slightly more new homes in october, but the average sales price fell to a low for the year. >>> using unusually harsh language, a judge struck down a $285 million settlement between citigroup and the securities and exchange commission over toxic mortgage securities. he set a july trial date, calling the settlement neither fair nor reasonable nor adequate. >>> and finally, this is a feel-good story for the holidays. a seattle sears manager says an elderly man came in and repaid, with interest, cash that he says that he stole from the register back in the 1940s. the money will now be used to help needy families during the holidays, so that's great there. >>> well, senate democrats are pushing payroll tax cuts they say will benefit about 160 million workers with an average $1,300 in additional take-home pay. the cost, they say, would be offset by a surtax on income over $1 million. last night, on "the ed show," senator charles schumer, a democrat from new york, told

it's bad news for aol. they review for plumbers and house painters will go public, trading on the nasdaq for the first time. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >>> it's 5:26. still to some on "today in the bay." a major ruling in the prop 8 appeal that could determine if sax-sex marriages will soon start up again. >>> and we have rain on the way. that's coming up. first where is scott mcgrew? that's the question. maybe you know. >> just walked by this. that's your traffic report for in the studio. and i have a look at the effects of the fog christina will tell i about think.owing. i think. we'll check it out coming up. >>> for the first time ever faculty at csu east bay will be calling for a general strike fay. walking out on class. >>> and santa clara county education leaders give the green light for charter schools in san jose. i'll have that story. plus why not everyone is happy with the decision, coming up. >>> and a live look outside. the bay bridge. a little bit of traffic. christina will fill us

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that is bad news for aol. he was one of their smartest executives. secretary of energy steven chu will testify before the house, energy and commerce committee at 7:00 our time. the secretary's office sent us a copy of the testimony he intends to give. he the sticks to script he will say, quote, i want to be clear over the course of solyndra's loan guarantee i did not make any decision based on political consideration. that's the crust of the accusation against the obama administration that it treated solyndra special because it had a rich investor also a obama supporte supporter. >> we continue to follow police moving in to the cal campus and also on wall street trying to disrupt the opening bell there. we'll catch it in just a few minutes to see what happens. >>> and police moving in on the occupy cal movement there. we'll keep you posted on all the details coming up. >>> good morning. we'll tell you where to slow it down. snow on the way to the sierra just in time for opening day at many resorts. your forecast is coming up effeg just fine without t

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