COSTELLO: Checking some top stories for you at 56 minutes past the hour. NTSB investigators looking into the crash of Virgin Galactic Spaceship 2 are focusing on a system that helped slow the craft. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson tells CNN that, despite the co-pilot's death, the project will go on.</s>RICHARD BRANSON, FOUNDER, VIRGIN GROUP: Yes, the risk is worth it. And as I say, Mike would have been the first to say that. I'm sure his parents and his wife and his sisters would not say that, but test pilots would say that because they know the risk they're taking.</s>COSTELLO: The pilot survived the crash and is now talking with his family and doctors, but not yet with investigators. Maine's governor says it could take several days for power to be restored after a rare early November snowstorm hit the state. More than 137,000 homes lost electricity. That's of last night. Now the storm dumped more than a foot of heavy, wet snow. NASCAR brawl. Jeff Gordon confronted Brad Kozlowski at the end of last night's Sprint Cup race in Texas. Gordon's car had spun out of control. All of the punches seemed to be thrown by crew members. Wow. The next hour of CNN NEWSROOM after a break.
Branson: Virgin Galactic Project Goes On