ROMANS: Just about 22 minutes after the hour. Watching your money this morning. Stock futures are set to open lower this morning. Stock is set to open lower. Futures are lower as investors remain jittery about the economic recovery. The Dow, NASDAQ and S&P; 500 futures are all down in future's trading. Marcus (ph) broke a losing streak, though, yesterday closing higher after six days of losses. Ford announcing this week it will soon produce a new car to compete with the Chevy Volt. The van-like compact car will come in two versions, the C-Max Energy pictured here as the plug-in. The other C-Max is a hybrid. Both are due out next year. Forget buying a lottery ticket at the supermarket. Minnesota is selling tickets online now. Other states are exploring (ph) this idea. State governments are hoping it increases much-needed revenue. And a lot of new parents are probably hoping for that winning lottery ticket because they're going to need it. Families will spend about $227,000 raising a child born in 2010 to the age of 18. That doesn't include college, folks. If you're a parent with a new baby, you can check out the Department of Agriculture website for a calculator to estimate costs based on your financial situation. Start saving now. And some teachers are actually encouraging their kids to tweet in class. They say it can help shy kids break out of their shells, but should those kids be learning more traditional social skills rather than using social media? We're going to ask the teacher who's using Twitter in his classroom, next. AMERICAN MORNING back right after the break.
Ford Launching Competitor To Chevy Volt; Cost Of Raising A Baby in 2010