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as he was cranking the scooter throttle, and i just took off. >> narrator: unfortunately, annette is on course for a yankee-doodle disaster. >> oh! ooh! oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> narrator: avoiding a scooter-car collision, annette i'm gonna crash right into that car." so i pulled back on the brake and tried to veer away. as i was going over the handlebars, i'm thinking, "please, don't let me mess up my face." >> narrator: aside from a few scratches, annette's okay. she's even itching to get back on the blacktop. >> yeah, i would like to try that again -- definitely would. next time i get on anything, i'm gonna make sure that i know how it works. >> narrator: good idea. sometimes the safest district can host the wildest wipeouts... and an average avenue... could be the boulevard of broken bones. peel back the white-picket fence and peek behind the three-car garage. you'll find a ticky-tacky playground... >> get on the ground! >> narrator: so if your neighbor is no longer neighborly... >> you go to hell! >> narrator: ...and chaos invades the next cul-de-sac...

just ask annette of virginia beach, virginia. she plans to cruise this cul-de-sac in style. >> we were invited to the block party on the 4th of july. everyone was taking turns riding the scooter, and i thought, "i want to try that. i have got to try that." [ engine turns over ] >> narrator: once the engine is started, she's off on her maiden voyage. >> everything happened so fast. as he was cranking the scooter up, i pulled back on the throttle, and i just took off. >> narrator: unfortunately annette is on course for a yankee-doodle disaster. >> oh! ooh! oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> narrator: avoiding a scooter-car collision, annette flops into a painful face-plant. >> i thought, "oh, my god. i'm gonna crash right into that car." so i pulled back on the brake and tried to veer away. as i was going over the handlebars, i'm thinking "please, don't let me mess up my face." >> narrator: aside from a few scratches, annette's okay. she's even itching to get back on the blacktop. >> yeah, i would like to try that again -- definitely wo

listen to annette calling in from texas. >> i'm not calling about a celebrity tonight. i'm calling about somebody way better. brooke anderson, this is for you. just wanted to say how happy i was for you and your husband. congratulations on your precious little baby. and although i was glad to have a.j. all to myself all these months, i'm glad that you're back and that i can see you every day again. >> we appreciate your calling in. and be clear, brooke, a celebrity in her own right. we also her from debora calling in to "showbiz on call" from washington. >> caller: i just wanted to welcome brooke back. you look absolutely beautiful and you were missed by so many viewers, i'm sure, and it's just wonderful to have you back and your beautiful little kate is just -- she's gorgeous, she's absolutely gorgeous. so welcome back and i look forward to seeing you every night on my tv. >> thanks for your call. isn't it nice, brooke. not just on facebook, people are calling us saying they're so glad you're back. and of course, i'm included in that. >> it's so nice, and the warm welc

also, it was haleigh's great grandmother, annette, ronald's grandmother who saw her. she saw little haleigh after she was picked up from school. >> okay that's what we know leading into the night. you went over it, misty's story. they went to bed by 10:00. right? >> yes. you got it. >> then we come to 3:00 in the morning. she wakes up. haley is gone. 911 call. here is the 911 call. let's listen as we remember that ill-fated night. >> there you go. you have been talking about that phone call. ron cummings distraught. do you think he knows something? >> i don't know. you know, they say he's been cleared. but, i don't have a problem with the fact that he just happened to be pulling in the drive way when she finally got in touch with him, supposedly. tommy says ron tried to call, you know, made 21 calls, no answer. where was she? who knows what the real story is. the problem is, why didn't misty call 911 right away? you know, she went around looking around the house, lifting up beds. no bed frames, on the floor. you would see a lump. come on. it's not adding up. >> it cir

also got an e-mail from annette -- i am a legal immigrant and am proud to speak my new country's language. when in rome, do as the romans do. anything less is unpolite no matter where you are from. learning english unites people all over the world. we appreciate your e-mails phone calls facebook, all that good stuff. "prime news" starts at the top of the hour. check them out at cnn.com/primenews. >>> you see this commercial maybe? it is this new directv commercial. executives and david spade are defending the appropriateness of this. we'll show it to you. it is this re-edited scene from the movie "tommy boy." >> richard? >> is this your coat? >> don't do it. >> great. i'm here with tons of fun when i could be at home watching direct tv. no matter what i want to watch, it is in sweet, beautiful hd. but, no i'm stuck with either cable or that. >> richard, what's happening? >> never -- >> it kind of threw some people when they first saw it. hln "showbiz tonight" got a statement from david spade. it says "when directv came to me and the farley family with this idea about "tommy boy," we talke