a.j. burnett had a meltdown of epic proportion. he failed to record an out in the third inning! carlos beltran hit a three-run upper deck home run in the cardinals seven-run third and his 15th postseason dinger tying him for babe ruth for eighth all-time. st. louis had an easy time of the pirates and won the game 9-1. playoffs continue today on tbs with a triple-header. the rays and red sox get things going at 3:00 eastern and that game is followed by game two between the dodgers and the braves and the nightcap is game one between the tigers and the a s. the cleveland browns traded their best player running back trent richardson three weeks ago. most people assumed they were mailing it in. since the trade, the team has won three in a row! josh gordon has a 37-yard touchdown in the third quarter and that tied the game. the browns win 37-24. they are now on top of the afc north division at 3-2.
watching the games. like an idiot. i couldn t turn the texans/tigers game off. it was incredible. great game all the way to overtime. so i didn t get to bed until 5:00 last night. what did i say? lions. see, that s how tired i am. we re doing baseball. yes, lions/texans. sorry about that. it s okay. we ll get you more coffee this morning. we ll have the winners and losers from the triple-header of all the nfl action for you as well. later a big holiday brawl at halle berry s house, her fiance and ex, mix it up. police had to get called in. there s been an arrest even. we ll have all the details coming up in the skinny. wow. weird strange episode there. speaking of pushing, though, we re going to begin with the crush of holiday shoppers hitting all the extra early store bargains this year for all the door-buster deals. the bargains were apparently hot enough for people across the country to abandon the family dinner and they re at it again this morning. more now from abc
today s primary triple-header. that s in wisconsin, maryland and the nation s capital. but romney s rivals say even a clean sweep won t knock them out of the presidential race. nbc s tracie potts has more from washington. tracie, good morning. reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everybody. f newt gingrich and rick santorum say they re hanging in there even though their numbers don t look good in the primaries today. when newt was asked, he d be glad for anyone to support him to get him out of debt to live the american dream. rick santor whoum has been the closest competitor to mitt romney has continually and again yesterday brought up the fact that he is face, as he calls it a money machine. but he claims that his campaign is getting stronger the longer he s able to hang in there. but mitt romney is the clear favorite, at least going into these primaries today. big 25-point lead on average in maryland. no competition from santorum in
the royal ascot horse racing course says ladies can wear hats but no fascinators in certain areas. they re also banning some types of dresses. and in mexico, archaeologists have found the remains of bears including skulls that may be 11,000 years old. they were in underwater sinkholes inside caves in the yucatan peninsula. now here is your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,578 after gaining 96 points yesterday. the s&p added 14 points. and the nasdaq climbed 41. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei rose 89 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng rose 256. a triple header of key economic reports are due out today. and that s going to include consumer price index. we re also going to get the latest weekly update on unemployment claims, plus the latest data on new housing starts. earnings reports are due this morning from bank of america and
surrendered. it appears the nba will provide its annual christmas day treat, barring complications, they are looking to tip off the 66-game season, beginning with a christmas triple header, including the finals rematch between the mavericks and the heat. and those are the top stories right now. back to you. so chris humphreys will have something to do for christmas. reporter: i guess. we ll be watching, peter. though newt is on fire in a number of polls, he is also catching heat for his position on immigration. one of his rivals for the g.o.p. nomination, michele bachmann, says it s a matter of amnesty. but newt gingrich says it s a matter of finding a humane response to a complex problem. joe desantos for gingrich and allen stewart for bachmann are