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Push button ignition confusion
Toyota is considering changes to its push button ignition, a feature on a growing number of cars. But as it turns out, many drivers don't fully understand how the system works, unable to shut off the car when there's an emergency. Our Deb Feyerick has the report.
Full coverage: Toyota recall
Stack's bandmates react
Authorities say Joseph Andrew Stack is the man behind the airplane attack on an Austin, Texas office building. So who was he? A father, a software engineer, and former band member of The Billy Eli Band.
Two members of the band, Billy Eli and Rick Furley, joined us on Friday's American Morning.
Read more: Officials: Texas pilot had grudge with IRS
Navy reviewing Murtha's case
The Navy is reviewing the surgery and the care it provided to the late Congressman John Murtha. Murtha had his gallbladder removed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland and died 11 days later at the age of 77.
Our own Elizabeth Cohen broke the news that surgical error was the likely cause and she joined us on Friday's American Morning with the latest in the case.
Read more: Navy to review Murtha's care
What Stack's writing reveals
"Violence is not only the answer, it is the only answer." Those words from Joseph Andrew Stack as he seethed about the government in an apparent suicide note posted on the Internet before his suicide flight into an Austin building.
What might have pushed him past the boiling point? We talked to Joe Navarro, a former FBI profiler, on Friday's American Morning to help us try to understand.
Read more: 'I have just had enough,' pilot writes
Gay conservatives sponsor CPAC event
CPAC is under way in Washington right now. It's the conservative event of the year.
The economic, foreign policy and social conservatives have turned out in force. But this year, gay conservatives also have a voice. And as our Brianna Keilar tells us, it's getting a mixed response.
'Magic happened' after she gave ex-cons a chance at new lives
By Kathleen Toner, CNN
Los Angeles, California (CNN) - At the bus terminal in downtown Los Angeles, they're easy to spot. Dressed in blue jeans, they carry boxes, bags or large envelopes with their name and a number on it. They are ex-offenders, just released from California's prison system. When they step off the bus with $200 in "gate money" in their pockets, many have hopes of making a fresh start.
But in this seedy area just blocks from Skid Row, the new arrivals are easy targets for pimps and drug dealers. For some, the temptation is too much. While not everyone succumbs to the streets so quickly, nearly 60 percent return to prison within three years, according to California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
It's a cycle that Susan Burton is striving to break through her reentry program. Having served six prison terms for drug offenses in the 1980s and '90s, Burton knows from experience how hard it can be.
"Every time I was released, I swore I wasn't going back," said Burton, 57. "But I know now that without the resources and support, it's next to impossible. ... If you don't have a new door to walk through, the only thing is the old door."
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