one vessel failed to break through the ice yesterday. a second was released earlier today. officials say those on board that ship are safe. a federal judge rules the nsa s phone surveillance program is legal. judge william paulie said there s no evidence the agency abuses authority. the aclu which brought the case said it would appeal. meanwhile, you might remember another federal judge ruled earlier this month that the agency s plan was, quote, largely unconstitutional. p.i.n. security, target now admits that the massive cyber attack also includes personal id numbers. why the store says there s still no risk to consumers. plus, a year of victory, from new laws to new stars, even homecoming queens, the transgender community earned mainstream attention this year. so what s next for 2014?
degrees. quick stop one cold front across new england another one across the midwest. thank you so much maria. now to stories you can bank on this morning. if you have an iphone, ipad or ipod hackers say they got their hands on millions of unique user id s. joining us is lauren simonetti. this effects most of our viewers. members of the hacker group said they broke into a lap top and found it contained the id numbers of 12 million iphones i pads and i pods. they dumped that data on to the internet to show the world the fbi is using your device information and tracking you. fbi officials deny the claims and some security experts say it could come by data use and apps. auto lenders giving money to less qualified borrowers. sub prime borrowers like auto
that sounds like a record. yes. and other refineries had there s a pipeline shutdown in the midwest and refinery they shut down another refinery somewhere in the midwest. that was driving up the prices in early august. those prices were actually coming down until when isaac hit. when isaac hit, that drove up the prices ten cents. anl sifts are saying that will come down now that isaac is on the way out. what about the boom in back to school shopping? back to school shopping is interesting because what analysts are saying is that parents spent less over the summer in anticipation of spending more for september. so what you re seeing now are the retailers having better than expect d numbers. for example, nordstrom, target, better than expected numbers there. it s because they were holding back. in addition to the fact there s a new fashion cycle happening. you walk down the street and see these store windows with bright
in one case nearly 24,000 tax refunds totaling more than $46 million went to a single address in atlanta. now irs employees say their bosses discouraged them from investigating. steve centanni is live in washington with this bizarre story. hello, steve. reporter: hi, shannon. that report from the treasury department found 154 mailing addresses that were each used a thousand times or more in filing applications for these individual taxpayer identification numbers. these are the id numbers that usually go to nonresident workers. the result, millions in fraudulent refunds were sent out. for example, the case you mentioned, from one single address in atlanta, georgia, 23,994 returns were filed, and refunds were issued totaling more than $46.3 million. in another case, an address in oxnard, california, was used and more than 2500 returns were mailed for refunds totaling