14-year-old student, his student. she later killed herself. state prosecutors claim rambold s sentence was illegal under state law. and a woman who argued stand your ground as a defense got to spend thanksgiving with her family. marissa alexander was released on bond wednesday. a judge sentenced her to 20 years in prison last year for firing what she called a warning shot at her husband, who she claims abused her. last month, alexander won a new trial. it s set to begin in march. health officials in nevada are trying to figure out what caused nearly 100 youth football players and adults to get sick. at least 18 people staying at the rio hotel had to be taken to the hospital with flu-like symptoms. more than 7,000 kids and adults are participating in that football tournament in vegas. tomorrow night, tune into our seventh annual cnn heroes: an all-star tribute. it celebrates ten extraordinary individuals who are driven to help others. one of those being honored is
this just in. the white house is responding to the americans being held captive in north korea. national security council spokesperson kaitlin haden says we remain deeply concerned about the welfare of the u.s. citizens held in the custody of the dprk. kenneth bae has been in dprw custody for over a year. we also urge the immediate release of merrill newman, detained more recently. given mr. newman s advanced age and health conditions, we urge the dprk to release mr. newman to return home and reunite with his family. north korea accuses the 85-year-old mr. newman of spying and other subversive activities. in a new video released today by the north koreans, the korean war veteran says he s sorry for killing civilians and troops. montana is fighting to put a former teacher convicted of rape back behind bars. stacy dean rambold only served a month for sexually assaulting a
daughter s cancer treatment. it all started when the parents stopped their daughter s chemo treatments and began using alternative medicine instead. now they re claiming she is cancer-free, but with no proven track record of success with alternative treatments. doctors say the little girl s time is running out and she could soon die. montana is fighting to get a former teacher back behind bars after he served only a month for raping his student, a 14-year-old girl. she later killed herself. state prosecutors have appealed the judge s 30-day rape sentence and handed down to stacy dean rambold, arguing the sentence was illegal under state law. celebrity chef nigella lawson accused of her ex-husband of using drugs, the allegations revealed in an explosive private e-mail read in court. he s backing down saying he never saw nigella lawson taking drugs. here s cnn s max foster in lond london. reporter: out of the frying