Afternoon Edition: Thumb war on texting while driving Video

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Afternoon Edition: Thumb war on texting while driving
Created: 05/18/2010
Video description: Best Buy launches its online streaming movie service, Hotmail gets a little hotter, and thumb gloves that are meant to stop texting while on the road.

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