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Of boats and carted into giant freezers. >> thats what we love to do. >> reporter: but with outnd e e.j. otero, the wholesaler, inspects every batch because so much is at stake. $100 million a year industry, just in louisiana alone. >> if i was to see any sheen on the water at all, i would stop the process and have to do away with the product. >> reporter: throw it away? >> immediately. >> reporter: all of it? the whole batch? >> the whole thing. >> reporter: almost as threatening on this first ...

The samples that were tested. so heres one story that really grabbed our attention. south carolina budget and control board has approved a pilot program paying for weight loss. surgery. for some state workers. critics say that its a big waste of money, especially at a time when the state faces huge budget shortfalls, and yvonne wenger is covering this story for the post and courier newspaper. shes joining us live from columbia, south carolina. yvonne, thanks so much for coming in to be with us. ...

>> alchemy or something. >> why would a nation want -- >> it destroyed your nation, your native land, didnt it? >> it ruined us. and thats -- you know what? thats why were forced to live longer than you people. >> thats it, to make up for it. >> to make up for the horrors of socialized medicine that allow us to live on average five years longer than an american. >> in the show, the fictional town that youre from and its based from wants to host the olympics. today just coincidentally the british...

Thats why were forced to live longer than you people. >> thats it, to make up for it. >> to make up for the horrors of socialized medicine that allow us to live on average five years longer than an american. >> in the show, the fictional town that youre from wants to host the olympics. just coincidentally, the british national tourism agency released etiquette guidelines on how to handle foreign visitors during the 2012 games in london. among the tips is never mistake canadian for an american. t...

Appearing on your phone bill, that might indicate theres some bad software on there. >> reporter: some of the online stores selling these programs say they have defenses in place. if you stay alert and stay on top of your bill, you should be able to keep up with the criminals. mark ward, bbc news. >> nothing is safe. its so frustrating. keep up with your bill to make sure youre not paying too much. >> its funny how you pay for an app, then you pay for an app to stop somebody hacking into the app...

They say it is too expensive and amounts to a preelection payoff to democrats union allies. in medical news, theres a promising new test in the battle against alzheimers. researchers from belgium discovered the test can detect the disease before symptoms even appear. the spinal fluid test measures certain proteins linked to the disease. researchers say the test was accurate almost 100% of the time. the push is on to convince americans that seafood caught in the gulf of mexico is safe to eat....

The leak. crews will drill 30 feet at a time and say that work should be done by next weekend. the state of louisiana has set next monday as the official opening of the fall shrimp season. federal health authorities say theyll continue testing the safety of all seafood from the gulf but they insist all the samples theyve tested so far show no contamination. still, though, fishermen, vendors and restaurants say theyre having trouble selling their products. first lady michelle obama and daught...

All of the fish are treated as evidence. this is part of the process thats used for any of the oil spill data collected. >> reporter: from there the fish are taken to the lab to be processed into samples. shrimp are peeled, fish are filleted. information on the fish were caught is carefully logged. the samples will be sent to seattle for chemical testing. this facility focuses on sensory or smell tests. sniffing for oil in fish is a lot like trying a fine wine. >> let the head space build up and...

That chemistry test as well. on the dispersant side, what noaa has done and epa has been monitoring waters of the gulf, we collected nearly 2,200 samples. only in two samples have we detected dispersant, and it was very close to the wellhead. so dispersant has not been found in any area that were considering for re-opening for seafood. we have that piece of information. we also know from the chemical properties that dispersants do not accumulate to significant levels into the seafood. the exposu...

Of the vast majority of the fish coming out of the water? >> well, i saw whats been offered to me by d.q. and the department of health and hospitals and fda. all the samples theyve taken across the board, whether shrimp, crabs, oysters, what have you, everything is perfectly fine to eat. its clean. get over what they listen to on the news and enjoy the louisiana seafood. >> somebody was telling me a lot of these animals are incredibly sensitive. if they have any variance from oil spill or gas th...