She spent nearly two decades locked up. A mother of three set free from prison after serving 17 years for a murder she did not commit. A judge overtrning her conviction. Now shes sharing her story. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter in court, tears of joy. A judge exonerating this 59yearold mother and grandmother of murder. Outside, an embrace 17 years in the making after nearly two decades in prison. Susan mellon walks free. I even wrote freedom an the bottom of my shoes because i believe i was going to be free. Reporter mellon and her family sitting don with katie couric. God gave me strength in my three kids. Reporter in 1997, she was accused of killing an exboyfriend. Police arresting her at a mcdonalds. She was going to buy her youngest daughter a happy meal but she never did, until now. I got my happy meal yesterday. So i was really stoked about that. Reporter perhaps most precious, this moment, meeting her grandson aiden for the first time. He took to me like hes been in my life this whole time. Reporter time. Something susan now measures and treasures in a new way. Gio benitez, abc news. She lost a lot of time. Thats sad. And how different the world is. She was saying people with iphones. Seeing them don the street. That was one of the big shocks. She couldnt imagine all these people with their phones. You think about that family and what they went through. She never gave up hope. She wrote freedom an her shoes. Thats great shes out. Man, you just hate to s mistake like that made. Someone loses that much time. Maybe shell get to go to a movie soon. Were going to head there in just a moment. Announcer world news now cont welcome back. Time to talk about the movies and what we can all look forward at the theaters in weeks to come. Here with her Fall Movie Preview is grey drake. Hello. Good sosee you. Weve got the incredible franchise of hunger games. This one has a new twist . This time no creepy games in it. The hunger games has officially become a war movie. Jennifer lawrence is now being used as a symbol of the war of the resistance. Theres going to be an extra dose of spirit in this one. You think it will do well . I think its going to be crazy huge. It will be really interesting to see how people react to the shift because the first two films are all about the games. Everybody loved them. I think this franchise is really rare bird because see what i did there . Mocking jay bird. Because the movies are actually better than the books. Really . Yeah, these were bestselling books but somehow theyve made these scripts even more compelling with even more great opportunities for the actors to really nab us with that thing that makes them great. Its usually the reverse. We say the book is better than the movie. Dumb dumber coming back . It is finally coming back. Is this a movie that anybody really wanted to come back . Oh, boy. I know people say yes in theory, but it was a long time ago when dumb dumber came out. They finally got the guys together. Jim carrey, jeff daniels. Why would this second one work . What do you think . I dont know if its going to. These movies live and die on the writing specifically. The trailer came out. I think reviews of the trailer were pretty mixed from fans. The people who are excited seem dead set an loving it, and i hope that they are right because this is a very cherished memory from when i was younger. I know, i know. Now interstellar. Its this years gravity. Its set in space, directed by christopher nolan. It seems like everything he touches turns to gold. Batman franchise. Of course. We loved memento back in the day. Hes released so many great movies and now is pairing up with the phenomenal matthew mcconaughey. Theres a lot of opportunity in that one to capture everyones attention. Tell us about fury. Hes a lesser known director but will impress us with this because brad pitt, four other dudes, all great actors in a taunk. What else could you ask for. Come on, im there. Nothing. I think this movie will be tense, really interesting and very true. Its based an true stories and true accounts of what happened in world war ii. Gone girl has been out a couple of weeks. I have to talk about it. That woman knocked it out of the park. We look at her like who is this new girl. Shes not a new girl. Just the mention of her name strikes both fear in my heart but also gets me really, really psyched in a good way for her oscar chances. Really . You think its a nobrainer . I think weve seen the first oscarworthy performance of the year in wide release in theaters because she is so captivating. You cant take your eyes off of her. I want to stay in the Movie Theater and continue watching her. 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Bleeding all over the place. The frightening stories and questions about a bus company known for its topnotch record. And later, workplace debate. Two giant hightech Companies Offering to pay female employees to freeze their eggs. More companies will see how great this is for women in general. Is this a real perk . The debate heating up on this wednesday, october 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Okay. Good morning. Im reena ninan. Im t. J. Holmes. Thanks for spending time with us an this wednesday. Around here its called day three. Day three. Do you have rain boots . Oh, god. Rain jacket, rain boots. I would bring them in tomorrow. I dont have those just yet. It sounds pretty bad. This is extreme weather were dealing with. Its going to be a mess the next couple of days. A deadly outbreak of tornadoes moving overnight into parts of the south. A number of states are on alert at this hour. The cleanup goes on after more than two dozen twisters touched don. Josh haskell with the detailed. Reporter a giant tree crashing right through the ceiling. I thought we were dying. At times it seemed like an eternity before anyone ever realized we were under all of the rubble. Reporter in alabama, fran simpson and her husband needed oxygen because they were pinned down. It took two hours for them to be rescued. The same storms brought an ef1 tornado near atlanta early tuesday and left this jumbled mess of power lines and debris in starkville, mississippi. Are you all okay in there . Yes. Reporter late tuesday afternoon, North Carolina became the target. A tree falling on this rv trapping two people inside. Another tree coming to a rest an this home. Roads completely shut down. I heard just like a loud bang, and i was kind of scared to go outside. I went outside and see it. Reporter in asheville, a car turned upside don in this river. Two people were rescued and taken to a hospital. And thats not the only weather headline this morning. Hurricane gonzalo is taking aim at bermuda this weekend. And hawaii is bracing for what will become hurricane ana. T. J. And reena . Has hawaii really taken a beating this Hurricane Season . Yes, ana would be the second landfall for hawaiis big island which could hit an sunday. And weekend events are already being cancelled. Emergency operations are being put in place. Josh haskell, we appreciate you as always. Thanks so much, man. Timing is everything as they say. As that big storm moves towards the northeast, timing will be a really big deal. Jim dickey updates us on that storm and the tropics from accuweather. Good morning, jim. Good morning. A rainfilled day on tap across much of the east. Heavy rain heads for new york, pennsylvania, all the way down into the carolinas. Not quite the Severe Weather threat the past couple days of with this system further west dld ward. Still heavy rain which will lead to flash flooding. Here is hurricane gonzalo. Continues to move north and westward away from puerto rico. Its going to stay away from the u. S. Mainland turning north and northeast but likely staying a major hurricane as it heads toward bermuda. Similarly, keeping very close attention here an ana which will move westward across the pacific and head towards hawaii into the weekend, likely strengthening here, too. Back to you. Jim, thank you. The texas nurse battling ebola is doing better this morning. Nina phams condition has been upgraded to good. She was good enough to call the dallas Animal Shelter to thank workers for taking care of her dog. The head of the cdc admits phams illness may have been prevented if more help arrived when Thomas Eric Duncan was first diagnosed. In retroro spect we could have sent a more robust Hospital Infection Control Team and been handsan with the hospital from day one. And another grim prediction from the World Health Organization. It says west africa could face up to 10,000 new ebola cases within two months. And it adds the death rate in the current outbreak has risen to 70 . President obama met with military chiefs from more than 20 nations to coordinate plans for the war against isis. He repeated his mag this will be a longterm campaign but one that will ultimately be successful. The u. S. Has stepped air strikes around kobani. 21 air strikes on monday. Thats the most weve seen in a single day. Thousands of refugees are still pouring out of that city. Clashes between police and protests in hong kong seem to have turned vilent once again. Officers with riot shields and pepper spray dragged away protesters and tore down barricades. The prodemocracy demonstrations have entered a third week. In south africa, new r revelations about Oscar Pistorius have surfaced in court. We know pistorius has been making methodly payments of 530 to reeva steenkamps family since she was killed. Apparently as a show of remorse. Prosecutors say the family plans to pay it all back and they rejected an additional 34,000 offered by pistorius calling it blood money. A 10yearold pennsylvania boy remains behind bars charged as an adult in the brutal beating death of an elderly woman. Tristan corilla held a cane against the throat of the woman and repeatedly punched her. The fifth grader allegedly became enraged because she yelled at him for going into her room. Police in indiana say a double decker bu eer bus that c yesterday had no preexisting mechanical issues. Its still raising questions about longdistance bus travel. Abcs alex perez has more. Reporter it happened in seconds. This double decker megabus rolling over n landing on its side. More than 50 passengers on board tossed like rag dolls. This cell phone video taken by marriage craig shows the chaos outside the bus right after the rollover and the damage inside. The bus flipped an its side. First responders helping startled passengers. Some sleeping when the bs crashed. Many injured by shattered glass. The other gentleman that was next to me, he had cuts and bruises an his face, bleeding all over the place. Reporter the bus traveling from atlanta to chicago. The interstate near greenwood, indiana, slick from the overnight downpour when the driver struck a car that veered toward the side of the road, causing the bus to flip. Megabus is cooperating with investigators. According to the department of transportation, the company has its highest safety rating. Last year alone the department shut don more than 100 other Bus Companies it deemed inn safe. In indiana, 18 passengers were hospitalized. The others eventually getting on another bus to complete the trip to chicago. All those injured expected to make a full recovery after surviving a frightening ordeal. Alex perez, abc news, chicago. Our Health Headlines this morning, starting with a warning about energy drinks. United nations researchers are sounding the alarm. Significant Health Problems could result among young people unless caps on caffeine are put in place. Along with prestrctions on sales and marketing. They claim the adverse effects are only made worse when mixed with alcohol. T. J. , you just poured that Certain Energy drink i did not know we were doing this story before you just downed that energy drink. We have these mugs. Im not a coffee drinker. Ive been struggling with some thoef hours here. Fine. Ill deal with it. I tried a red bull. Thats whats in here. I didnt know we were doing this story. You put ten packets of sugar in your tea. There was no alcohol in his drink. Thats the scariest story weve done. The people who are marketing orange juice wish it was as popular as those energy drinks. They are trying to do something about it. The Florida Department of citrus has now paid Marvel Comics 1 million to design a superhero mascot who is powered by orange juice. His name is captain citrus. Captain citrus. You like that . They can come up with a better name. 1 million, yes. You need a better name. Sales of orange juice down to a 16year low falling 40s since the 1990s. Im going to orange juice tomorrow. Im from florida. I have orange trees in my backyard back home. We had fresh squeezed orange juice in the morning. I love orange juice. You should go natural. Im going back to orange juice tomorrow. Maybe ill bring my juicer and ask mom to ship up some oranges. The Holiday Season will be upon us. Plenty of shopping to do. Heres a unique Shopping Experience from soth korea. Some unsuspecting customers are checking out this is a popup northface store. The floor starts retracting into the wall. Okay. Yeah. They are forced to hold on to the rock climbing holds. They start climbing. Theres only one way down. Grab a jacket. Plenty of them brought it down. Others, well, not so much. I wish they had that Shopping Experience. A little girls tantrum is going viral. Why was she so upset . Because she found out summer is over. Id cry, too. The flavors of fall. One chefs take an comfort food. Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. But wait until you hear about the very surprising ingredient. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by resolve. Ugh. Does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty . Dont avoid it. Resolve it. Our new formula with a special conditioning ingredient softens your carpet with every use. Because its resolve, you know it cleans and freshens, but now it also softens. So your carpet is always inviting. Resolve. A carpet that welcomes you. Weve got some big news coming from apple and facebook, but its not what you might be thinking. Its actually about a perk the tech giants are now offering their female employees. The companies are covering the cost of freezing their eggs. Its starting a debate. Is this generosity or enkorgement to put off motherhood. Heres abcs mara schiavocampo. Reporter a new perk for working women. Tech giant facebook and apple confirming they will pick up the tab for female employees who freeze their eggs, becoming two of the first and Biggest Companies to cover costs for this expensive fertility treatment. 10,000 to 15,000 on average plus 500 a year for storage. A benefit some working women wish theyd had. It cost me about 13,500. Reporter last year the 36yearold style expert paid out of pocket to freeze her eggs. After realizing her professional success had delayed her dream of starting a family. I know at some point i want to have my own biological children as well as adopt. Reporter its part of the new benefits package that includes in vitro fertilization. But does it send the message that work comes first and family can wait. Would you like your employer to do Something Like this . Automatic in favor of things that level the playing field. Put their career in front of starting a family. I hope it will catch an and more companies will see how great this is for women in general. It empowers women and gives them more choices. The bad is it communicates a message to women that their workplaces may not be tolerant to women who decide to have children on the job. Reporter new options for women who worry about clocking in and their biological clock. Doctors say fertility drops dramatically with age and advise women who have decided to freeze their eggs not to put it off. Mara schiavocampo, abc news, nork. That is going to be a debate for some time. I have to say, theres i would like to see more emphasis with fertility treatments. Its such a big issue for a lot of women who are trying to get pregnant and cant and its very expensive. But this is this is an up side. To see a company willing to offer that. That should be a positive. A lot of people are concerned about it tells sends the wrong message to women. Wait, wait. Work comes first. You can also its not necessarily true. I would like to hear from our viewers. Go to our facebook page. Well tweet this stuff ot. Wed love to heari your reactio to this. Turning to fall, this season. You always start seeing what show up . Pumpkin this, pumpkin that. I saw pumpkin beer. You did . It was delicious. I will drink any flavor of that. Were going to show you how to do the seasonal thing in our insomniac kitchen. They dont have pumpkin red bull. Moms to be working out right up to delivery date but is an intense workout Luke Crossfit safe . Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now Pumpkin Spice lattes. The coffee that tastes like a candle and and i dont mean it tastes look a candle smells. Pumpkin spice lattes taste luke a candle tastes. Theres some truth to that for some people. John oliver clearly, obviously, not a fan but there are some others who enjoy pumpkin without the spice. There are ways to enjoy that. Well go into insomniac kitchen for that. Tina trenh with a seasonal twist an an old favorite. Reporter were in harlem today visiting a chef in his own home. Its a little chilly outside. Its definitely fall. Hes going to make something that will warm us right up. Lets go. Were inside with chef george duran is going to show us how to make an oldie but goody. Tomato soup with Grilled Cheese but you have a twist. Pumpkin Grilled Cheese to go with it. Now the smell everyone is talking about tump kin. This is extra special. The sweetness of the pump condition goes well with the Grilled Cheese. First the Creamy Tomato soup. Add a little bit of this oil in there and sauteing some onions and some carrots. To that well add some chopped garlic. Well add some water. The flavor of the soup comes from the tomatoes. Were going to use some of this tomato sauce and have two cans of tomato paste. Youre going to let that simmer for about 15 minutes. 15 minutes simmering and straight into the blender. Go ahead and close that up. Were going to add a little bit of evaporated milk. Its going to trn from a nice dark red to kind of pink. Okay. Done. So what does that need now . A Grilled Cheese sandwich. I agree. Lets make one with pumpkin. Takior knife and put some of the fresh butter and put it directly an the hot gritle. Well add some cheese. I like mozzarella. Some of this wonderful cheddar. Youre going to like double down. You want extra cheese in this one. And the other side, were going to use canned pumpkin. Just lay it down flat with the pumpkin side in. If you want that cheese to melt extra fast, cover it up. Well serve the Grilled Cheese sandwich on the plate. Im serving some of this hot soup. You dont have to use a spoon. Add a little Parmesan Cheese on top. Its very creamy and kind of just melts in your mouth a little bit. And it needs something with it. What does it need . It needs this. A pumpkin Grilled Cheese sandwich. Lets see. Oh, man. You first. Okay. All right. Mm. These are really good. Is it really . Or are you justice saying that because youre on tv right now. You want to dip it . Im going to have yours, too. Oh, sure. Youre not into this . Ive been eating a roast beef sandwich under the table. I like to save the food for the crew, but its good. Its good, though. All right. Its really good. Why is this the only time . Once we get to november, nobody wants pumpkin anymore . Uhhuh. Uhhuh . Weve got the mix coming up. Really, im going to share this with the team. Weve got an epiing mix coming your way. I took the trash out. I know. And thank you so much for that. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . [ male announcer ] whether youre new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. Its up to you to pay the difference. So think about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. 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But shes done girls just wanna have fun and some others. Shes doing well. She might have a future here. Pint sized gal with tights. I like that. Shes got a future. So this is a little kid, this little girl is thinking what many of us think in our head. The sad reality but, yes, maddie, Everyone Needs to know this. I dont like fall. Why . You get to play with the leaves. I dont want to. And pumpkin picking. No. Shes having a meltdon because her mother tells her summer is over. She doesnt want to go pumpkin picking. She doesnt want the Pumpkin Spice. Just give her Grilled Cheese. With pumpkin inside . Thats what the mom should have done. Everyone wants their dream home. What if you get to build it from the ground up, design it and put it in florida. Thats the end result. Thats your dream home you paid 700 grand for and then somebody tells you, no problem. Its in the wrong place. That home was built an the wrong lot. It was just a lot or two over that its kind of a big deal. That home has been built an somebody elses land. They blame it an the land survey. This happens more often than youd realize but they dont know what theyll do, how this missouri couple will resolve this morning on world news now dire predictions about the ebola crisis. The skyrocketing number of illnesses, as the cdc admits it should have done more to contain the virus in dallas. Relentless storms. The powerful system making its way to the northeast today. The stories of survival as the tropics heat up. Amazing rescue. A womans car plunges hundreds of feet off a ravine. How a common Smartphone App turned into a real life saver. And legal battle. Serious accusations from the singer kesha. Shes taking aim at her producer. And hes fighting back. The war of words in the skinny on this wednesday, october 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Thank you for spending time with us. Im t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. We have to start, a grim new warning from the World Health Organization about ebola. West africa could face up to 10,000 new ebola cases a week within the next two months. It adds the death rate in the current outbreak has risen to 70 . Here in the u. S. , the texas nurse infected said to be doing better. Abcs Marci Gonzalez reports. Reporter nurse nina phams health improving. Her condition upgraded to good as Health Officials continue trying to figure out how, despite wearing full protective gear, she contracted ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan. We are surging resources into dallas to examine what exactly has happened that ended up infecting the nurse there. Reporter the head of the cdc admitting this might have been prevented if theyd sent more help when duncan was first diagnosed. In retrospect with 20 20 hindsight we could have sent a moire robust Hospital Infection Control Team and been more handson with the hospital from day one. Reporter the cdc ready to deploy Ebola Response teams to hospitals as soon as a patient is diagnosed to offer oversight and guidance to Health Care Workers. More training also being offered as the cdc tries to calm fears nationwide. Our nurses are concerned, and they should be. Reporter the cdc still concerned that other Health Care Workers could have been infected here in dallas. They are now monitoring 76 of them who may have had contact with duncan here. Were told so far theyve not shown any symptoms. Meanwhily phams dog and the one person believed to have close contact with pham just before she was admitted here are also being monitored as a precaution. Reena and t. J. . Marci, thank you. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are joining the fight against ebola donating 25 million to address the epidemic. The money from the foundation is going to the cdcs Ebola Response effort in west africa where the disease has claimed more than 4,000 lives. Zuckerberg says we need to get ebola under control to keep it from becoming a Global Health crisis like hiv or polio. As the Ebola Outbreak spreads, demand for lifesaving protective gear has spiked. A suburban Chicago Company called medline says hospitals are buying stuff in bulk. They are putting together kits that include impenetrable gowns and masks, goggles, face shields and full body coveralls. The company says about 150 calls are pouring into them every single day. Now to the mornings other big story the tornado watch across the southeast at this hour. This week has already been deadly with damaging storms and more than two dozen tornadoes. Today could be more of the same. Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano has the story. Reporter the storms started before dawn in atlanta. High winds, hail and at least one confirmed tornado. It was quite a spectacle. It was in here and out of here as quickly as it came. It was blinding fast. Reporter wesley and Heather Kagel are lucky to be alive. With just minutes warning, they rushed their family downstairs to shelter as the tornado roared over the top of their home. Just a growling sound. The angry, scary, hair standing up on you kind of sound. Ive never heard anything like it in my entire life. Reporter over 350 reports of Severe Weather. At least a dozen confirmed tornadoes from the midwest to the south. The National Weather service in greenvillespartanburg has issued a tornado warning. Reporter in chattanooga, morning mudslides closing a highway. In alabama, storms turned deadly. A falling tree killing one woman and injuring her husband. Neighbor kelly lane saw the womans husband run from the house. I heard the tree, and it fell, and he started screaming, help, help, help. I tried everything i could to get her out, but there was a tree on top of her. Reporter in starkville, mississippi, a jumbled mess of power lines and debris. Thankfully, no injuries here. Are you all okay in there . Yes. Okay. Reporter and the tornado that did this was an ef1. That means winds were up to 110 miles an hour. Thankfully today, now that system has passed off to the east, should be much quieter. Rob marciano, abc news, milton, georgia. This huge storm system is now taking aim at millions of people in the northeast. Forecasters are watching two major storms in the tropics as well. Accuweathers jim dickey with the latest for us. Good morning, jim. Good morning. The storm system that brought widespread Severe Weather across the nations midsection and southeast the past 48 hours heads for the northeast and midatlantic today. Not expecting the widespread severe storms but still soaking rain. Flooding a possibility from new york city south and west to wilmington, North Carolina. Meanwhile, tracking hurricane gonzalo. Continues to churn north and westward. Will come very close to bermuda into the weekend. Also watching ana which will head towards hawaii this weekend as well. Reena and t. J. , back to you. Jim dickey, thank you so much. We turn to boston where a park ranger suffered lifethreatening injuries and his partner also is recovering from his injuries after they were attacked in boston common. Witnesses say the rangers approached a man sitting on a monument, and he lunged and stabbed them both repeatedly. Police arrested the suspect in the nearby public garden. They say hes a homeless man with a violent record. One airline is giving a thumbs up to new technology that would mean shorter lines for travelers. A Pilot Program launched by Alaska Airlines in seattle is allowing passengers to use their fingerprint instead of a boarding pass. The biometric scanners are not only quicker but safer and they have come up with a way to keep hackers from stealing your fingerprints. The fingerprint isnt actually stored, but a deconstructed alpha numeric character is stored securely. The scanners would have to be foolproof to be accepted by the tsa. For now, most will be forced to show drivers license and other forms of i. D. You say foolproof . Technology foolproof . Technology foolproof. Hacker foolproof . And im supposed to take that womans word for it that my fingerprint will not be scored, no risk or threat of anything being taken . Yeah. All right. I worry about all the germs from people touching the same little thing. Theyre going to have sanitizers nearby. I dont know if thats enough. Everybody would have to do it before. Imagine cold and flu season. Oh, yeah. Im not so sure that was kind of nasty. I told you. Have they thought about that . Give me a call, tss tsa. Tss is times square. Yes, it is. Our abbreviation for times square. I know. Give me the red bull. Tax revenue from the sale of recreational marijuana, which we have not been using this morning, is on a Rocky Mountain high right now. Recreational users spent 34 million in august up from the 29 million the month before. Thats mostly around denver. Stores across the state are still coming online. Between recreational and Medicinal Marijuana sales, colorado earned 7. 5 million in august. 45 million since the law changed back in january. Some developments in the legal battle of Minnesota Vikings star adrian peterson. Court documents obtained by nfl. Com says peterson has entered a not guilty plea to the felony child abuse charges hes facing. A hearing into whether a texas judge will continue overseeing the case against peterson, which is supposed to happen today, has been pushed back a week. Once that issue is settled, a motion to revoke petersons bond for alleged marijuana use will be considered. Meanwhile, Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle is free on bond after being arrested for allegedly stealing cologne and underwear. Thats right. You have to smell good and need some clean drawers. Glad we have our priorities. From a suburban dallas store is where he stole it. Hell face a misdemeanor theft charge. The cost of the items hes accused of stealing was just under 124. Wow. Expensive underwear. Im sure it was the cologne. Could be good underwear. 22yearold base salary for the season was 495,000. Its sad that given a lot of what weve seen out of the nfl lately that i dont feel so bad a guy is stealing underwear. 124 worth of cologne and underwear. They didnt tell us what the cologne or rnd wear was. That would be the question if i was on this case. Id like to know. A couple of nascar drivers here, they have a lot of money as well. They arent necessarily stealing drawers and cologne, but they are lighter in their wallet because of what they did over the weekend. Tony stewart was fined 25,000 for intentionally backing up into the car of brad keselowski. Stewart made headlines over the summer after this scene here. His car hit and killed a young driver. Now look at this. Stewart has been cleared in that case. For his part, keselowski was fined 50 grand but, you know, this is what a lot of people like about nascar. They like the beef. They get into it on the track and off the track. Personalities, testosterone, engines. You throw all this in and this is what you get sometimes. After all that, we need a little fun. We know just the group of people to provide it. The harlem globetrotters. Ive been waiting to see this video. They posted it yesterday. Nine members of the World Famous Team riding the new york subway from queens to times square. A lot of riders got involved on the act. You know, just a classic trick. Spin the ball on your fingertips. They were here for their annual twoweek training camp. The subway ride was a way to celebrate the end of that camp and a great way to put smiles on plenty of faces. Coming up in the skinny, surprises from beyonce as she rocks a new look and skips the private jet and takes the train. 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But initially finding her was not easy. Authorities tried to use the onstar navigation system. We had onstar turn on the vehicles horn. We also had officers turn on sirens at different locations nearby to see if onstar could hear the sirens to try to triangulate the location. Reporter but as the hours passed, vasquezs family reported her missing. Then officers went to her house, cracked the password on her ipad and used the find my phone feature. Im getting a hit on a gps from the find my iphone app. Reporter it led them to this hidden location in the ravine. The Sheriffs Department was called and she was rescued tuesday morning. Vasquez has been getting xrays and other tests at that local hospital in san jose. Police are expecting her to survive. T. J. , reena . Pretty remarkable. Some people dont want to be tracked, though. Every once in a while, technology pays off. Ive used that app before. Have you lost your iphone . They told me exactly which hotel lobby i had left it in. Are you serious . I kid you not. I should probably explain that a little more. Thats was my next question. Well get into that. Coming up, robin thicke may be getting a divorce but that doesnt mean he cant have a good time with some attractive models. Leo dicaprio, right . Hes not a model, but hes good looking. Sound like fun. Yeah, that sounds like a great night. Also some fashion choices here that some are calling questionable from beyonce and pharrell. Everyone is talking about it in skinny so skinny were going to start with serious stuff, some allegations made by a pop star and her producer. Two new lawsuits. Shes accusing him of sexual and emotional abuse. She said the abuse made her develop a serious eating disorder that required a stint in rehab. Hours later after her lawsuit, dr. Luke called her claims defamatory saying her suit is an attempt to defame him and end her contract with him. Hes worked with other stars like katy perry and miley cyrus and others. Keshas Attorney Says kesha is finally well enough to confront him after nearly a decade. Geragos will be on gma later this morning to talk about this case. Next up, robin thicke. His wife paula patton recently filed for divorce. It appears now its truly over. The blurred lines singer was on a campaign to get her back, but she aint coming back. Seems hes completely abandoning that now. Page six reporting thicke threw himself a bit of a divorce party. What that is, he went out for a night. Hes rich and famous. This is how they get down. He invited, after his night out, some select models and other attractive models back to his pad. They were then met by leo dicaprio and danced the night away. Paula patton has already moved her new boyfriend into her home so robin thicke pulling up his boot straps and moseying on. She has a boyfriend already . I didnt know that piece of information. Now to a woman who can do no wrong, beyonce. Shes on a european vacation. With her hubby and daughter. She was seen sporting a new hairstyle, and a lot of people are talking about this. Yep, its all about the very, very short short bangs. The 32yearold superstar got some praise from fans with that love everything she does. Many took to twitter to call her out saying it looked like her daughter cut it. Thats a wig, right . I thought it was a wig. One fan saying, same thing happened to me in seventh grade when my mom swore she could trim my hair. Thats a wig. To another look, Pharrell Williams has a new style called the guy liner. Thats eyeliner there. 41yearold pharrell stepped out in paris wearing a thick coating of eyeliner. The blue jacket on, lots of other accessories, the stylish hat. Hes nearing the end of his dear girl tour. He even entertained jayz and beyonce when they were in town. I dont think jayz can rock that. Eyeliner . Back in the day. I cant talk. Every day i go to work, i end up wearing makeup. I dont wear eyeliner, but maybe you should consider eyeliner. I will not. 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Not all that long ago, pregnant women were told to stay in bed, get some rest. Now some women are bellying up to the bar, literally. Let us explain. Theyre lifting weights and doing an intense workout called crossfit. Many are wondering, is that safe . Abcs linsey davis with the story. Reporter these are the pictures thats got everyone talking. A pregnant woman in her ninth month doing strenuous lifting, pushups while standing on her head. All part of her grueling crossfit workout. Ramirez started doing crossfit two years ago. When she became pregnant with her second child, she saw no reason to quit. My doctor always said being pregnant is not being sick. Reporter the only real change she made was dropping the amount of weight she was lifting from 65 pounds to 50 pounds and maintaining that throughout the pregnancy. She says she worked closely with a trainer. When she showed her doctor videos of her workout, she was assured it was safe to continue. For women at this level of physical fitness before pregnancy, they can listen to their bodies and safely continue to work out at that level throughout their entire pregnancy under the supervision of their health provider. Reporter she suffered terrible morning sickness during her first pregnancy but says she felt wonderful during this one, and she continued her crossfit routine until four days before she delivered. With this one, i didnt feel like i was pregnant. It was so normal. I mean, i did everything i always do. Reporter another benefit of her crossfit workout . During her first pregnancy, she gained 30 pounds. Average for a one baby pregnancy. But this time, only 16. Id like to say, pregnancy is an athletic event. You have to train for it. Its very strenuous physically as well as emotionally. I think the better shape a woman is going into her pregnancy, the better shell feel. Reporter she says she is finished having babies but not finished with crossfit. She plans to be back at her routine in just a few weeks. I already have my girl and my boy. If i have another baby, i would do it just the same way. Reporter linsey davis, abc news, new york. She delivered a healthy baby boy. Doctors say its okay . I think just the pictures are shocking. Its pretty shocking, but i think exercise is wonderful. Dr. Ashton is right. Dr. Jen ashton said it best. You have to train for it. Were just not used to seeing it. Youre supposed to keep working out. If you did it before you were pregnant, thats the key. You shouldnt just pick up crossfit. I think you should pick up crossfit. Am i out of shape . Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. Making news in america this morning. Ebola crisis. The american nurse infected with the virus now talking about her recovery as the cdc makes a surprising admission about how it handled the first case. Plus troubling allegations from other nurses at the hospital where the infected woman worked. Severe storms. A powerful system with tornados and heavy rain, still on the move. Tracking it and the major hurricane setting sights on land. Phone fire. A woman tries to change her cell battery on a bus and something unexpected and very dangerous unfolds. And cutting loose. The first lady uses a popular tune to get her point across. And its going viral this morning
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