unchanging supply, and an explosion of new cars in asia. none of those trends is expected to change any time soon. rob and mike? as john was saying the latest jobless report is also a good sign. there was a big drop last week in the numbers. 388,000 people filed new claims. that s down 34,000, the lowest level in more than two years. economists say that indicates job growth is picking up. however, it s not enough to bring down the jobless rate, which is still just under 10%. the flu is making a comeback. the cdc says five states have widespread reports of flu last week, up from zero two weeks earlier. four of the states were in the south. alabama, mississippi, georgia, and virginia. the other, right here in new york. flu-related illnesses kill about 23,000 people every year. well, preparations are being made around the world to welcome in the year of 2011. but nothing compares to what will be going on just a few blocks from here, or in the studio. at new york s times sq
.or visit us on the web at parenting dot org. you know it costs us $190,000 a year for dialysis for just one patient. mississippi taxpayers ought not to be paying for that. reporter: but the sister who s donating her kidney had already agreed to do so months ago, without a reward. and the governor knew that. there s a sense here he may be trying to right a serious wrong. there are a whole bunch of people here in this state who are on dialysis right now, probably should be released. if governor barber didn t think this was a case of injustice, he wouldn t have acted. reporter: governor barber isn t commenting further. the people who marched on the state capitol and appealed to him for months say they now take pride in his grace. and say the sisters could be home in days. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. there was a shaky end to 2010 for residents of indiana, and four other midwestern states. the region was hit by a 3.8 earthquake which struck about 50 miles north o
likely the work of anarchists. two embassy workers were seriously injured when they opened the packages. miguel marquez reports from rome. reporter: the first bomb exploded around noon. an embassy employee opening a small package about the size of a video cassette. the bomb detonated in his hands, badly injuring him. the second bomb, a couple of hours later. a similar package, this time the chilean embassy. again, the only person injured, the mail room worker opening it. u.s. authorities say no suspicious packages were found at its embassy in rome. bombings are similar to others across europe. last month in athens, greece, crude package bombs were sent to the swiss, russian, german, bulgarian, and chilean embassies. none of those bombs caused injuries or major damage. but these package bombs come at a sensitive time for authorities here. like the u.s., countries across europe have remained on high alert, concerned about suicide after mumbai s holiday attack on busy streets.
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stead dissident lee zib bow is in prison in china. clarissa ward has the story. reporter: it was a bizarre scene. the recipient of the hastily created confucius peace prize didn t even come to pick up his award. instead, a youngster of no relation stepped up for the honor. if the organizers were trying to make the world forget about the nobel prize winner, jailed activist liu xiaobo, it didn t work. we will only answer questions about peace, he said. china has fought a campaign to push back against liu and the nobel prize, describing the award as an anti-china farce supported by clowns. they pressured 15 other countries into boycotting the ceremony. countries that buckled under the pressure of china s economic muscle. we visited the home where liu xiaobo s wife was under house arrest. we quickly learned we were not welcome. he s asking me again and again to call her on her cell phone. he doesn t understand the point her cell phone was disconnected some time ago. normally we