the auction of unclaimed items is an annual event. >>> how would you describe a bad day? 134g like this? sheriff deputy found himself in an uncomfortable position. >>> senate democrats could be getting close to the 60 votes they need to advance a health care bill that includes a public option. senator chuck schumer says many democrats favor a middle ground proposal that allow states to opt out if they don't want to participate. his colleague sherrod brown says he thinks such a measure is what the country wants and needs. >> i've gotten a lot of pressure from progressives saying draw a line in the sand. i don't want to do that. i want to get the best bill possible. i see the public overwhelmingly wants a public option. 70% of physicians according to a robert wood foundation wants a public option. at least 52 or 3 or 4 democratic senators have said they want a strong public option, according to tom harkin, the chairman of the committee. i think that that's the best thing for our country. >> but another democrat senator bill nelson says he's against the public option, even i

the stuff had been left behind in unclaimed safe deposit boxes and was turned over to the state. some people got themselves a bargain. >> these are early notes. some are fractional notes from the civil war. there are several confederate bills. i saved these items for my grandsons when they get older and want to go to college. maybe this will be a good investment in their college education. i was expecting to pay more. i figured this would go for over $2,000. i got it for $1,200. >> thinking about the grandkids. these items also included a 13 karat diamond ring, platinum watch and other jewelry. >>> i'm bob fischella with sports. taking the field with heavy hearts, huskies remembering number six, jasper howard, rising star who was stabbed to death a week ago. police still don't know who did t this was the scene at mountain e eer stadium in west virginia yesterday. i can't remember the last time i saw an posing team get an ovation and reception like this. fired up the huskies. fourth quarter, connecting with marcus easeley. look at him go. splits the d. 88 yards for the score. ucon

. >> reporter: 67 bodies and counting at freezing temperatures, they wait, unclaimed.for up to five years. >> this is our freezer. >> reporter: chief investigator albert samuels is in his 13th year at detroit's wayne county morgue and says he's never seen anything like it a. record number of unclaimed corpses filling the freezer at 1300 east warren street. >> i have to believe it's because of the economic problems we're having. some people don't come forward even though they may know the people here. they don't have the money. >> reporter: darryl and cheryl did come forward. and they had just identified their late aunt. but like more and more people in detroit, they left their loved one behind. >> we try to do everything we can. but the money is just not there. >> reporter: the money would usually be there, but with detroit's economic struggles, wayne county's budget for burying the unclaimed dead ran out in june. people can apply to the state for funds, but it can take weeks, sometimes months for an application to be processed. >> to be pushed to the side and say that

the stuff had been left behind in unclaimed safe deposit boxes and was turned over to the state. some people got themselves a bargain. >> these are early notes, some are fractional notes from the civil war, there are several confederate bills. i save these items for my grandsons for when they get older an they want to go to college. maybe this will be a good investment in their college education. i was expecting to pay more. i figured this would go for over $2,000, but i got it for $1,200. >> thinking about the grandkids. these items also included a 13-carat diamond ring, a platinum watch and other jewelry. >>> a 32-year-old los angeles woman outpuzzled hundreds of people to claim the u.s. national sudoku championship. tammy mccloud solved an advanced puzzle in a little less than eight minutes to claim the title in philadelphia yesterday. mccloud won 10,000 bucks and a spot on the u.s. world sudoku champion team. the world championship will be held next spring in philadelphia. >>> san francisco city college held a garage sale yesterday to try to save many of its spring classes, a

the stuff had been left behind in unclaimed safe deposit boxes and was turn over to the state. some people got themselves a bargain. >> early notes, some are fractional notes from the civil war. there are several confederate bills. i saved these items for my grandsons when they get older and they want to go to college and maybe this will be a good investment in their college education. i was expecting to pay more. i figured this would go for over $2,000, but i get it for $1,200. >> these items also included a 13-carat diamond ring, a platinum watch and other jewelry. >>> a 32-year-old los angeles woman outpuzzled hundreds of people to claim the u.s. national sudoku championship. tammy mccloud solved an advanced puzzle in less than eight minutes to claim the title in philadelphia yesterday. she won 10,000 bucks and a spot on the u.s. world sudoku champion team. the world championship will be held in the spring in philadelphia. >>> san francisco city college hold a garage sale yesterday to try to save many of its spring classes. california budget cuts forced the school sto drop 8

local budgets for buried unclaimed bodies getting cut and more cash-strached families are leaving their loved ones at the morgue in the hands of the state. recently the state of illinois had to put 12. million back into its budget to handle burials for what was a growing crisis. anne? >> you know, in a time when people are delaying medical care and other luxuries, i guess no surprise it was coming to this. since we're coming up on halloween i guess it's kind of appropriately ghoulish. >> indeed, it is. to end on a high note. there are also unseen heroes in this recession. people sacrificing to take care of each other and ed pierce is among that group. a landlord who planned to live off the income of his two rental properties but when his tenants lost their jobs, pierce took a position in the photo department of a local walgreen's for $8.50 an hour rather than kick the two families to the street. the landlord with a heart of gold working to cover the families' expenses until they are able to get back to their feet. trend or talk with the peculiar its of commerce these days? >> i think if