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Who killed Ronni Chasen?
Little information is known about the murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen. She was gunned down on Sunset Boulevard early November 16th, just minutes after she left a star-studded party to celebrate the premiere of the movie "Burlesque," police said.
After a person of interest killed himself, the gun used in the suicide is not a match to the gun used to murder Chasen. William Bratton, former L.A. police chief and former NYC police commissioner spoke to American Morning about the mysteries of the case Monday.
Facebook's got a new look
Facebook is streamlining its look this morning, giving users a new way to tell their story.
What's new? There's more pictures on a user's homepage and highlights of a user's relationships with Facebook friends.
Want the new look? Get it here: http://www.facebook.com/about/profile/
Jeff Gordon reveals shiny, red racecar for 2011
We're seeing candy apple red with NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon this morning.
Gordon gives American Morning's Kiran Chetry an exclusive look at his newest racing car today.
The number 24 car has a new paint scheme for 2011. Hendrick Motorsports and the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion are teaming up with AARP's Drive to End Hunger. The initiative will be Gordon's primary sponsor for the next three years.
For more information on the charity, go to http://www.drivetoendhunger.org. Send a text donation by typing 'hunger' to 50555.
Bumble Bee chicken salad recall
The Suter Company, Inc., a Sycamore, Ill., establishment, is recalling approximately 72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The products subject to recall include:
– 8.2-ounce packages of "BUMBLE BEE LUNCH ON THE RUN CHICKEN SALAD COMPLETE LUNCH KIT." The package contains a 2.9-ounce can of Bumble Bee Chicken Salad along with crackers, mixed fruit, a cookie and a spoon. The package label indicates the product is "Mixed and Ready to Eat." The product package indicates a "Best-by" date of 07/11.
– 3.5-ounce packages of "BUMBLE BEE CHICKEN SALAD WITH CRACKERS." The package contains a 2.9-can of Bumble Bee Chicken Salad and crackers. The package label indicates the product is "Ready to Eat." The product package indicates a "Best-by" date of 01/12 or 02/12.
The cans of chicken salad bear the establishment number "P-169" inside the USDA mark of inspection and the lot code "0225XXQBC" printed on the package. The chicken salad products were assembled between Aug. 14 and Aug 28, 2010, and shipped to distributors and retail stores nationwide.
The problem was discovered after consumer complaints about finding hard plastic in the product. FSIS has not received any reports of injury at this time. Anyone concerned about an injury from consumption of this product should contact a physician.
Read the full release on the USDA website
Modern-day Golden Girls: Grandmas move in together to save money
Twenty-five years after "The Golden Girls" went off the air, the real-life version is unfolding across the country. In recent years, thousands of single women in their 50s, 60s and 70s have chosen to share houses or apartments — to have a roommate, maybe for the first time since college.
It’s a move often born of financial need — or in some cases, from a desire to keep up a more robust standard of living. According to one home-sharing agency in San Mateo, Calif., 58% of people looking for a roommate were women ages 50 and older in fiscal year 2009-2010 — up from 48% in 2006-2007. In Baltimore, a similar program has seen a 23% increase in women over 50 looking to share a home in the past two years.
The trend is so strong that its given rise to a cottage industry, including roommate-finding services that have niche areas devoted to older women, as well as firms, like St. Paul, Minn.-based Golden Girl Homes, that specialize in home-sharing for older women.
AM’s Alina Cho interviews two roommates.
Will Washington ever tackle the deficit problem?
President Obama's deficit commission released a final report Wednesday that recommends sharp cuts in military spending, a higher retirement age and reforms that could cost the average taxpayer an extra $1,700 a year. The panel's 18 members – 12 of them sitting lawmakers – are scheduled to vote on the report Friday.
Though many agree that the deficit is too high, why is it so hard to get everyone on the same page about fixing the problem?
Michael Crowley, TIME Magazine's deputy Washington bureau chief, joins American Morning's John Roberts to talk about why it's so hard to come to an agreement on a debt plan.
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