Video: Home invasion killer sentenced to death

Joshua Komisarjevsky, convicted of murdering a woman and her two daughters after breaking into their home in 2007, will be joining Steven Hayes on death row. NBC?s Brian Williams reports.

>>> in a connecticut courtroom today, a formal death sentence for the second of two men convicted in that awful murder of a woman and her two daughters after a home break-in. the jury had earlier recommended death for joshua sarjeski who blamed his accomplice for most of the crime. addressing the court about his heartbreaking loss of his own wife and daughters, dr. william petit says evil does live among us and we need to rid the world of it.

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Nintendo chief promises to do Wii U launch right (AP)

TOKYO ? Nintendo's chief is determined to get right the launch of its next game machine, Wii U, set for this year's holiday shopping season, and acknowledged Friday some mistakes with selling its 3DS handheld.

But Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata warned earnings for the fiscal year set to begin April will be the toughest ever for the Japanese manufacturer behind the Super Mario and Pokemon games.

Nintendo went against conventional wisdom with the original Wii in 2006. The quirky, cheap game console relied not on high-end graphics and complex buttons to lure in hardcore players, but on simple motion controls to lure in everyone.

Although the company successfully courted casual gamers with the Wii, it is now facing increased competition from Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other devices that offer simple games. It had hoped to win new gamers through a 3-D handheld device. But sales were slow, and Nintendo slashed prices on the 3DS within six months.

Iwata's remarks come a day after it lowered its annual earnings forecast to a 65 billion yen ($844 million) loss, much larger than the 20 billion yen ($260 million) loss projected earlier. It posted a 77.62 billion yen profit the previous fiscal year.

Iwata blamed the strong yen, which erases overseas earnings, as well as the arrival of smartphones and other devices that offer gaming.

The higher yen slashed nearly 54 billion yen ($701 million) from the company's operating profit for the April-December period.

"I can see how the red ink may be perceived as abnormal," Iwata told analysts and reporters at a Tokyo hotel. "The environment has changed."

The failure of the 3DS handheld to take off with enough momentum during the last quarter of 2011 was one of the main reasons for the dismal results, according to Iwata.

The 3DS has gradually started to sell better, but it took a price cut in August. It still lacks a strong lineup of attractive software games, a key factor for a machine to succeed in a big way.

Iwata vowed the company will be better prepared when it introduces the Wii U home console during the 2012 year-end shopping season for a strong comeback.

He declined to give details such as pricing or what the software games available at that time might be.

But he said the Wii U will come with a strong game lineup at the launch as well as secure and safe Internet services that will offer players individual accounts.

The Wii U will come with new ways of playing that will almost make the term "home console" obsolete, Iwata said. It will also offer mobile gaming. The machine has a touch-panel controller.

Nintendo has long competed against rival game makers, such as Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. These days, all face the threat from hit devices like the iPad and iPhone from Apple Inc. that also offer games.

Iwata's comments also showed Nintendo is growing less cautious about the Internet, which in the past it had brushed off as mainly for hard-core gamers.

Kyoto-based Nintendo has built its reputation on making games fun to play for casual and newcomer players.

"We are going to put to use our bitter experience with the 3DS," said Iwata.

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Dole warns about Gingrich, saying he'd hurt state and local GOP hopefuls (Washington Bureau)

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PM Saturday: Build This Rugged Iron Pipe Lamp

January 26, 2012 4:30 PM Text Size: A . A . A

1. PREP PARTS

Scrap ?-inch iron pipe and fittings make this stable, rugged lamp. Get a 12-inch nipple, three tee fittings, four 90-degree elbows, one 45-degree elbow, 11 close nipples, four pipe caps, a candelabra socket, a cord, a bulb, a worklight's shade, and a touch-dimmer switch. Use a cobalt bit to drill a 3/8-inch hole in a tee, opposite its center opening. Pull 18 inches of cord through the hole and the tee's center opening.

2. WIRE THE IRON

Screw together the 12-inch nipple, the 45-degree elbow fitting, and a close nipple. Fish the lamp cord through this assembly. Screw the open end of the 12-inch nipple into the drilled tee fitting's opening.

3. FINISH THE LAMP

Wire the lamp socket base to the cord at the nontee end of the 12-inch nipple. Make sure all electrical connections are insulated and not touching pipe. Gently pull the cord from its plug end, tightening up slack until the lamp socket base is even with the nipple's edge. Use a hose clamp to clip the worklight's shade to the 45-degree elbow.

4. GIVE IT LEGS

Assemble the lamp base using two tees, four 90-degree elbows, and 10 close nipples. Insert nipples into the openings of the tee and elbow fittings. Finger-tighten the connections. To make feet, screw the pipe-cap fittings to the nipples.

Screw in a bulb. Plug the cord into the touch dimmer and plug it into an outlet. Hit a pipe to turn it on.

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Ratings: "Idol" repeat tops the night (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) ? Though the data is extremely approximate due to coverage of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, preliminary numbers indicate that an "American Idol" repeat pushed Fox to a ratings win Tuesday night.

A repeat of Sunday night's "Idol" at 8 p.m. posted the night's highest numbers in the adults 18-49 demographic, scoring a 3.3 rating/9 share and 9.5 million total viewers. The episode was pushed out of primetime in much of the country Sunday due to the NFC championship game.

The State of the Union address, airing from 9 p.m. to 10:41 p.m. on the east coast, drew a 1.9/4 in the demographic and 5.3 million total viewers, giving Fox a top-rated 2.3/6 average in the demographic for the night.

CBS had the most-watched show, an "NCIS" repeat at 8 p.m., which scored a 2.0/5 in the demographic and 12.3 million viewers. The State of the Union address at 9 p.m. drew a 1.5/4 in the demographic and 7.1 million total viewers for CBS. Overall the network averaged 8.4 million viewers for the night.

NBC began the night with "The Biggest Loser" at 8 p.m., which pulled a 2.1/6 in the demographic and 6.3 million total viewers. The network had the most viewers in the demographic for Obama's speech. It earned NBC a 2.0/5 in the demographic and 7.1 million total viewers. Post-speech analysis scored a 1.2/3 in the demographic and 5.2 million total viewers.

ABC aired repeats throughout the night, with the exception of the address, which drew a 1.8/4 in the demographic and 7.1 million total viewers.

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Vaccination program credited in fight against whooping cough

Facing an epidemic of whooping cough that led to the deaths of 10 infants in 2010, California public health officials launched a massive vaccination effort and public awareness campaign about the disease.

And on Tuesday, they announced the payoff: no deaths in 2011, a first in two decades. The number of whooping cough, or pertussis, cases also plummeted from about 9,154 in 2010 to 2,795 in 2011, according to the California Department of Public Health.

In Los Angeles County, the number of cases dropped from 1,395 in 2010 to 520 in 2011. Four of the deaths in the state occurred locally.

"Controlling an outbreak is huge," said Dr. Gil Chavez, deputy director of infectious diseases for the state. "It really happens in a partnership."

The state worked closely with doctors, hospitals, schools and clinics to get more people vaccinated and to get pertussis identified and treated earlier, Chavez said.

Pertussis is a bacterial disease that infects the respiratory system. Children and adults may have severe coughing with a whooping sound at the end of a spasm. Infants may have a runny nose and a cough without the whoop sound.

Chavez said that the deaths can also be prevented if cases are identified and treated quickly, usually with antibiotics."To have gone through a year like 2011 with 3,000 cases and having no fatalities is pretty remarkable," he said.

Infants are the most vulnerable because they are not fully vaccinated until they are 6 months old. As a result, public health officials urged pediatricians to watch out for the disease and to get babies treated immediately after a diagnosis to improve their chances of survival.

"That is probably the most important thing," said Dr. James Cherry, a pediatrics professor at UCLA and an expert in pertussis. "If you get babies in hospitals, in ICUs, they are more likely to survive."

Babies often get pertussis from parents and others who have been misdiagnosed as having asthma or bronchitis, Cherry said. So in their vaccination efforts, state and local health departments focused on vaccinating people who were around infants, including pregnant and postpartum mothers, grandparents and older siblings.

The state also passed a law in 2010 requiring the immunization of students entering grades 7 to 12. Most children are vaccinated for pertussis, but it wanes after about five years. The vaccine is included in the DTaP inoculation, which also protects against tetanus and diphtheria.

"I don't think there was a lot of awareness of the transmission of this from older siblings," said Dr. Jonathan Fielding, Los Angeles County's director of public health.

Fielding said health officials throughout California need to continue being vigilant so the numbers don't increase again. "We have to make sure we don't let our guard down," he said.

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