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Tonight, a special 360 investigation into the popular website craigslist, the largest classified advertising website in america. its an amazing website, helps you find just about anything anywhere. what you might not know is that a large chunk of its revenue comes from one type of ad alone, adult service ads. craigslist has claimed that they screen all adult service ads and reject those that appear to be selling sex. but weve been hearing from law enforcement officers that say that the website i...

This work by his garage today did not want to appear on camera, but let us tape the story on his property. what he told us was i didnt ask whether he was legal or illegal. i just knew he was a good worker. >> gary tuchman, appreciate it. coming up, what could be the beginning of the end of the worst offshore oil spill in history. or maybe the end of the beginning. the latest on the static kill effort in the gulf and whether it will seal the ruptured well once and for all. is craigslist profiti...

voices on the right calling for an investigation on the muslims behind the center. keeping them honest, that is where we start tonight. should a group of muslims be allowed to build an islamic center near ground zero? nine years after the worst attack on american soil, most of the area is still under construction. it is an open pit, open wound. it is hallowed ground. not for away, take a look, two blocks north, one block east on park place is where the islamic center and mosque would b...

arizona taking to the streets and a federal judge blocking the most controversial aspects of arizonas new tough illegal immigration law. the state is appealing a federal judges ruling. some lawmakers are advocating drastic action. a hearing to look into changing the united states constitution itself. senator jon kyl from arizona wants to hold hearings to consider altering the 14th amendment, which among other things defines who gets to be an american citizen. the 14th amendment which w...

In the gulf of mexico, millions of gallons of oil have spilled from bps broken well. theres no way all of it can ever be collected. the question now is how much damage has the oil done to marine life? amber lyon took a voyage to this the bottom of the sea to find that out. >> should be good. >> roger that. you guys need to stay back. >> we are just being lowered into the water right now. about 88 miles off the coast of florida. were here with a group of scientists from florida atlantic universit...

Back up to the boat and analyzed them and something that was almost similar to, i guess, a csi crime lab, they took tissue samples of the corals, and also water samples. those are still being analyzed and the scientists estimate they wont have the results of those for at least a couple months. >> amber lyons, thanks so much for joining us from st. petersburg, florida. lets talk about nasty weather further north. five inches of rain fell in some places and ten towns issued disaster declarations...

There is no reason we couldnt put this on your phone or computer and say, this is what im doing today. >> he dreamed up the interactive mirror two years ago. from touch screen technology to augmented reality, the mirror recognizes an object in the real world and reacts by displaying information tied to that object. >> we have a sort of simple hello, world animation here, but this could be almost anything. you could be at a music store and wearing a u-2 t-shirt and we recognize its a u-2 logo and...

From bp. for now a company spokesman says hayward has, quote, the full support of the board, which, by the way, meets tomorrow. hayward has been under fire for his response to the gulf oil disaster. day 97 of the gulf oil spill and still concerns about marine life, our amber lyons in florida about a unique view of whats been going on under the surface. amber? >> thanks, fredricka. we did have an amazing opportunity to head out with the harbor branch oceanographic research institute. it looks l...

youre in the cnn newsroom. im rachel whitfield. were learning more about the two sailors shot down in afghanistan. sources say they have located the body of one of the service members. cnns pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us on the phone from washington. what happened, barbara? >> reporter: well, the information is being very closely held by u.s. military officials, but according to what they have said, these two u.s. navy sailors friday night for some reason left their comp...

who is still missing and believed to be in taliban hands. afghan government officials in the province south of kabul, the capital, says the body of one of the sailors has been found, that he was apparently, by all accounts, killed in the fire fight that broke out. the other sailor may be wounded, but at this hour, in fact, they are still searching urgently for him. posters have been put up, rewards have been offered, and they are scouring that region south of the capital looking for an...