make the news much. it s called crip ton also cryptonalysis. we think the solution will come from somebody who recognizes the style of writing. it s a type of language they used to use as kids or recognize the abbreviations as something they re familiar with in their line of work. reporter: in n june of 1999 st. louis sheriff s deputies discovered the body of ricky mccormick. someone murdered the 41-year- old and dumped his body in a field. the only major clues? two coded notes found in his pocket, 30 lines of material that uses a maddening variety of letters, numbers, dashes and parenthesis. the fbi wants your help. it s not random. it s clearly communication of some type. there are characteristics in here that indicate it s a type of language. the frequency the letters suggest english, however, it s lacking vowels except for the e which appears more than any e should appear in the english language. reporter: the face of ryan regan hangs in richard olson s office.
north korean tv says the south started it but the u.n. and china side with the u.s. and have called f restraint by all parties. tensions remain high,though, and the militaries in both koreas are on high alert. chris clackum, nbcews. the crisis in korea helped push the market lower today as investors dumped risky assets. the dow clos down 142 points to end the day at 11,036. the s&p 500 down 17 poin to end the day at 1180. today s selloff puts all three indexes down for the month. volume is light ahead of the holiday. there was a bomb scare at lon s airport today. the delta airlines cargo terminal was evacuated about 12:30 this afternoon. the bags contained bedding materials, they were not hazardous. the airport passenger terminals were not evacuated. the security scare like the one in boston has the tsa on high alert during this holiday travel season. and on the eve of one of the busiest travel days of the year, a new poll shows about half of americans believe that airp
week off. so they started their holiday travel plans and ratively quiet travel weather up and down the seaboard. that s good news for everybody who is thinking about turkey and cranrry sauce andgravy. outside on a saturday morning who doesn t like gravy, outside right now beautiful clr skies out there. a little bit of a november chill. not that cold. 32 degrees down in la plata. 30 in manassas. upper montgomery county just below freezing. 38 in arlington and falls church. 37 up in theanhandle of west virginia. a few thin cirrus clouds drifting by. not going to bother anybody. nicend sunny today with temperatures a few degrees warmer than average. 59 degreesere in town today. clear skies overnight. enjoy the sunshine. today will be the nicest outdoor weather day. clouds will pick u tomorrow. not too much of a rain threat for tomorrow but today will be the prettier of the outdoor da. we ll take it. thanks. new today, a high honor for washington, d.c. catholic archdiocese.
no time for the rocking red to hang their head. virginia tech has won three in a row. we ll show you how high they have sored in the acc standing. they re cooling inday toe that to set the 43. it s the return of behind the wheel. c?c?c?c?c?c?c?c?c?c?c? the snow is finally stopped, the cleanup has been we re ready to dig into another edition of geico sportsnite. they have to dig deep tonight. they get ready to face the almost equally hot ottawa center tonight. let s take a look at last nights fall in the montreal. the caps fell behind. happened less than ha minute in. scott gomez going to get michael on the short side. it s a 1-0 canadian lead. watch them as they trail 5-2. all by dead. the league highest scored offense went to work in the third. mike green going to start the come back. it s 5-3. then with 11 minutes left. washington worses the turnover. going two on one. could have taken himself. makes it a one goal game. it is 5-4. 20 seconds left of egglation. white c
islanders fans stunned by the fewer quinton rossity of e ense cker t boston lager continues to be er. eks artebusi thathatnd oor. enty offis sob wit win allthe s pcool it srd tse o yo, duhe sen e ev yoget tigu lly just your ure. u casche nanco co thert tore ttht. joe: for these two hockey teams, the capitals-islanders, the first month of 2010 has been their best month when it comes to win totals. two teams going along very nicely. so far tonight, capitals have to jump on the isles, 4-1 after 20. craig laughlin tells us more about network hockey. craig: give us a call to see how we can help you in your career choices coming up as far as hockey goes. whether you want to play junior, college or pro, you can give us a call or check out our web site. joe, all on and off iceconditioning. programs pickup in march through august. all the necessary stuff you need to be a better player. joe: you maybe me you made me giggle the other night when you said operators are standing b