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the latest victim of new york's bedbug epidemic, niketown.lk to those on the front lines of the latest bedbug battle. >>> and we'll tell you about the search for the latest member of the "gma" family. this is a real job here at "good morning america." anyone can apply. we'll tell you how in a little bit. >>> in mere minutes. just now, a horrifying crime hits home for a north carolina police chief. his daughter was found murdereded. and now there's an intense manhunt under way for the suspect. yunji de nies has the latest. >> reporter: valerie hamilton was a swim coach who loved her students. a 23-year-old with a shining smile. >> she was somebody everyone wanted to be around. she'd light up a room when she walked in. >> reporter: but on sunday, investigators found hamilton's body stuffed in a storage locker. >> i'm very sad to report that we've recovered the body of miss valerie hamilton. >> reporter: hamilton's father is a police chief with 23 years on the force. valerie hamilton went missing on wednesday after a late night at a bar in charl

joining a growing list that includes wake forest university, and the flagship niketown store at new york city which was forced to shut its doors this weekend. in croatia high drama on a raging river. a helicopter dropped a rescuer to a sinking boat but the man on board argued that he did not need to be saved. just then the boat took on water at the stern filling quickly. the rescuer gathered up the man just in time. take a look. both were safe. in the english channel a frenchman who had lost both arms and legs in an accident more than a decade ago set off from england yesterday to swim to france. the man using prosthetic legs with special fins completed the channel crossing today. it took him just 14 hours. >> and no rome is not burning. it just looks that way. the ancient coliseum is going up in flames every night thanks to a danish artist who is using video projections to urge the public to be more aware of the fragility of europe's cultural heritage. >> and up next on tonight's "cbs evening news", wanted, a few good dogs for the war against terror. >> mitchell: finally this sunday, th

problems, taking another bite in the big apple this past weekend when an infestation shut down niketown'sagship store in new york city. the latest addition to a growing list of retailers, corporations, even the empire state building overrun by bedbugs. according to a study by termin inix, new york city is the highest infestation, ohio the lowest number of bugs. >> there are many more places where bedbugs will be found. it's been building up for years. >> reporter: experts say it's a pandemic building for years with no end in sight. >> how many cities in america have bedbugs? >> how many cities are there? [ laughter ] >> reporter: phillip cooler is ceo of bedbug central, which is hosting the first annual north american bedbug summit in chicago a sold-out event. why so many bedbugs? >> nobody knows. >> reporter: in the past year, 95% of pest control companies have encountered bedbug infestation. i'm in hotels every week. what are my chances that i'm bringing home bedbugs? >> huge. you are going to. >> reporter: on display here in chicago, the all-out assault against bedbugs. from bags for y

nike's flagship niketown store in new york city is the latest to temporarily close because of an infestation. the store owner hopes to reopen soon. several new york city businesses have been hit by the beds bug infestation in recent months including an abercrombie and fitch, a times square movie theater, google's manhattan office and the empire state building. >>> we have all heard the stories of many americans being sleep deprived but a recent bret issue study shows the old are we get, the less sleep we may need. we have a report. >> i'm a massage therapist so i know i need my sleep. >> reporter: when it comes to sleep, for many it starts with the bed. >> i like something with really good support, something that conforms to my body. >> reporter: jamie works hard at helping her patients sleep better, especially the elderly. >> as it gets older, it deteriorates. >> reporter: for years it has been taught and believed by many that sleep goes downhill as you get older. new research contradicts that theory. >> there are many people in their 80s and 90s that sleep perfectly normally. >> reporter:

percentage of that then has to be either sand blasted, or have like little dots on it, like the floors at niketown at union square, when you walk on it, it has raised dots so that you aren't skidding. >> that's a requirement primarily in the disabled access regulations of chapter 11 of the california building code and national ada requirements, which gives it a index of -- what is it called? slip resistant index, coefficient of friction. that's in a path of travel open to the public. there would not be a requirement for slip resistance in a private dwelling. >> the good news is that there's a new product, which is totally, totally clear, and it's slip resistant. it's like a coating that goes on, you don't know it's there, so the glass can remain totally clear, and you can walk on it, but you don't slip. >> do you have to reapply it? >> no. >> the reapplication is a problem. so when they opened the san francisco center, nordstro nordstrom's downtown, they have ramps on the ground floor, very gentle ramps but highly polish polished. the inspector said this is a slipping hazard and they said we will

an infestation forced niketown to close down. >> ohio holds the distinction of the most bed-bug infested>> one bed bug can grow to 30,000 in six months' time if you're not careful. >> it is topping $658 million in 2009. the senate is pitching expensive ways to detect that jug. and these plastic interceptors. >> as they travel, they can't get out. >> preventive gadgets like this. but experts admit, once they're in, there are no easy solutions, and extermination could run into the millions of dollars. >>> bed bugs were nearly nonexist ept. but apparently, they have been carrying this back with them. and they are, as you saw, back in force. >>> sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene of a vehicle that has apparently gone into a home. let's go to captain mike perry with more. this is edgewood, harford county. where it looks like a utility work vehicle has collided with a house. but apparently not before striking a pole. this is all causing fire officials to remain back a little bit. you see substantial damage. looks like the driver of the vehicle has gotten out of the vehicle. and police are ma

. >>> now to news we hate to hear in new york, a bedbug infestation has closed the flagship niketown store here in the big apple. as shoppers were turned away over the weekend after the creepy critters were discovered inside. nike is doing everything it can to eradicate the problem and expects the store to reopen soon. bedbug infestations recently closed a fifth avenue clothing store as well as a movie theater in times square. >> my husband and i were turned away from that store, we saw the sign. scary. >>> ready, set, balance. a mass display of speed and grace. for a megatip. >> more than 100 competitors took to the streets of brussels to see who would be crowned belgium's fastest waiter. each contestant had to carry a tray with three glasses and a bottle of wine in one hand for one and a half miles spilling as little wine as possible. >> a 25-year-old waiter from brussels came in first for the second straight year. his prize-winning tip, $500 in cash. >> that's a hard-earned tip. >> i used to be a waiter and that is hard, having spilt an entire bottle and two glasses on a couple be

nike's niketown store in new york city is the latest to temporarily close because of an infestation. the stores hope to reopen soon. several businesses in new york have been bit by the bed bug infestation. including abercrombie and fitch, a google movie theater and the empire state building. >>> we've heard the stories of many americans being sleep deprived. but a recent british study shows that the older we get the less sleep we need. so what is the real deal? scott wasserman talks to experts for the answers. >> well i'm a massage therapist so i need my sleep. >> reporter: for many it starts with the bed. >> i like something with good support, something that conforms to my body. >> reporter: as a massage therapist, jamie works hard as helping her patients sleep better, especially the elderly. >> as it gets older it deteriorates and that's why you take more naps because at night you don't get a whole night's sleep. >> reporter: for you'res it's been taught that sleep goes downhill as you gets older but new research contradicts that. >> there are many people in the 80s and 90s that sl

this time nike's huge flagship store niketown.says it's trying to get rid of the problem quickly and hopes to reopen soon. the bed bugs have also caused big problems at other manhattan businesses, including a movie theater in times square and the empire state building. wisconsin. 200 people in milwaukee going wild and throwing rotten tomatoes at each other. >> it's skweshy tomatoes at people's faces that you know. >> okay, here is the story, it's part of the fourth annual tomato rot put on a business district and the day started with a bloody mary from local bars. >> you can't get hurt, you can't do-- tomato the, we thought we could kind of own. >> julie: and own they did. that's a fox watch across america. mourning in san bruno california. the scene of a deadly gas explosion. families prepare to lay to rest one of the youngest victims of the disaster. a winter wonderland. snow making an unwelcomed appearance, you're not going to believe where. we'll tell you where next. yellowbook has always been crucial to your business, but now

. >>> nike's flagship niketown store in new york city is the latest to temporarily close because of aed bug infestation. the store hopes to reopen soon. several new york city businesses have been hit by the bed bugs in recent months including a times square movie theater, google's manhattan office and the. pyre state building. >>> the blown-out well in the gulf of mexico is finally dead this morning, five months after an explosion started that leak. the government declared the well dead after one last zest head to shoed that the cement plug is holding. president barack obama says it is an important milestone but the region does not have an easy road ahead. payouts to people hurt by the spill may have gone way up since ken feinberg took over the payments. bp set up the $20 billion fund to come been say the fishermen and businesses devastated by the disaster. >>> let's take a look at wall street. look to build to last week's steady modest gains, adam asian- pacific ear is with fox business network is live in new york with this morning's business beat. modest gains like we said last week

niketown in new york, various college campuses. even camp lejeune has been hit with bedbugs.here to explain to us the various ways to zap them, discover them, freeze them, freeze-dry them, fry them, however you want to describe it. but the bottom line is that these guys are here to help you get rid of them. there's even a dog yapping in the background. his job is actually to sniff them out for you, savannah. >> i was going to say, maybe attract them or something, throw them off the trail. but kevin, the experts you've been talking to, do they anything about why suddenly we're seeing this infestation? >> reporter: well, there are probably two answers. the one that is most given is the fact that we travel more as people. we are heading out of the country on business more than ever and on vacation, and unfortunately, these little critters, they're extremely hungry. they can drink three times their weight in blood. and they stick on you, they get into your luggage, and the next thing you know, you come home and you've got them at your house. there are even people here, for exampl

niketown is now the late toast temporarily shut down because of the creepy crawling infestation. bed bugs have forced the empire state building and several offices to temporarily close. fikey said they are taking proactive action and announced the closure as soon as they were discovered. so bed bug town is closed down for a little while. >> what is going on up there? >> i don't know. >> new york. stay away. >>> we want to get outside if we can because it's a nice one. >> going to be a good one today. pleasant conditions outside. i think today and tomorrow. >> let me say happy birthday to spence -- whoiss turning 6 today. >> have a great day at school. here are the headlines. the week starts with more sunshine. middle part of the week it will get hot and humid and into the latter part of the week too. very little chance for any rain this week. it does not look like we'll get any. maybe we'll throw a shower in there for wednesday and thursday. we'll see. meanwhile igor is still a hurricane but a category one at this point. here is a look at the satellite radar for our region. there

taking another bite in the big apple this past weekend, when an infestation shut down niketown's flagship city. the latest addition to a growing list of retailers, corporations, even the empire state building, overrun by bed bugs. according to a study by terminex, new york city tops the list of the 15 most bed bug infested cities in the country, with ohio holding the lowly distinction of the most bed bug infested state. >> there are just many more places where bed bugs will be found. it's actually been building up over many, many years. >> reporter: experts say it's a pandemic. building for years, with no end in sight. how many cities in america have bed bugs? >> how many cities are there? >> reporter: philip cooper is ceo of bed bug central. which is hosting the first annual north american bed bug summit in chicago. a sold-out event. why so many bed bugs? >> nobody knows why there's so many bed bugs. >> reporter: in the past year, 95% of pest control companies have encountered bed bug infestations. the cost of eradicating the bugs has soared. topping $258 million in 2009. i'm in hotels e

nike says they're taking the necessary steps to fix the problem and expect to reopen soon but niketown is not alone, bed bath & beyond was recently affected, hollister, a movie theater and the empire state building. bill! bill: i mean, in this economy? cutting back on the shopping what's every 15-year-old kid going to do in this town? >> go to nike, go to the movie theater. bill: so how much are you counting on your pension for retirement, folks? new warning over looming pension problems that has several states looking to cut back their expectations for returns on the investment. look at some of these states: california, texas, new york. also oregon and colorado. but texas, california and new york, they're as big as we get in this country. will the tax force be forced to bail them out? good morning to you, steve. what are we going to do in this mess? >> probably bail them out. i hate to say that, bill. but what do we do any time we get into financial distress with banks or insurance companies or auto companies? we bail them out. and my prediction, bill, is that the peng funds, especial

the creepy-crawlies, bedbug, ooh, invade niketown.st front line in escalating battle against the little critters. the infestation of nike's flagship store is big enough to prompt the athletic clothing and shoemaker to close shop. really close shop. indlechbtly. windows covered in brown paper as the store prepares to exterminate the bugs. company execs say they're primary concern is the well-being of consumers, and sales associates. bed burgs have been discovered recently in other new york stores. a theater. office buildings, housing projects and posh apartments. cnn kate bolduan reports on the federal government's effort to tackle the problem. >> i feed them once a week. >> reporter: you're one of the rare people who wants healthy bedbugs? >> to test. if they're sick -- >> reporter: the sight of them, even the thought of them can make anyone's skin crawl that would qualify as a lot of bedbugs. >> reporter: bedbugs are making a big comeback. according to a survey by the national test management association, 95% of pefk control companie

over the weekend nike closing its popular niketown store here in new york city because of infiltration. the company says all proper steps are being taken to get rid of the bedbugs and, of course, it hopes to reopen soon. >>> here's katie couric with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> good morning. steve hartman's mission to prove everybody in the world has a story, lands him in argentina introducing you to a boy who ran away from home just to the stay in school. so that and more tonight only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." >>> and we want to check in now with dave price with another check of the weather. dave, the weather's nice here in new york city. not exactly like it was for you in waikiki? >> not at nice as in waikiki. no way, no how. in just a little while we'll take you there and i'm going to give away this nice "hawaii >> thiea >>> this weather report sponsored by priority mail flat rate boxes. only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> all right. you have to live under a rock not to know that "hawaii five-0" is premiering tonig