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My pimp advertised me on line at back page.com. that's how these guys buy me. that ad tells the true story of a 13-year-old girl who was repeatedly advertised for sex by her pimp on back page.com. it was produced by fair girls, with i is a nonprofit joining forces with lawmakers, attorneys general and clergy across the country to try and force back page's parent company, village voice media, to shut down the adult section of the site. village voice media makes an estimated $27 million on sex ads per year. we reached out to them for comment and got this response from their lawyer, quote, this...

Every girl we see in d.c. who's being sold for sex is being advertised on back page.com. >> wow. you mentioned that the rates had 2kub8d. what's behind that increase in traffic? is it a recession air ri thing or is there some other factor that you're seeing, andrea? >> what i think is happening, 10, 15 years ago a pimp would get a girl, put her on the streets and five, ten, maybe even 15 men would see her in a night. but when you have a girl in a hotel room who's being advertised online, the pimp can get away with it much easier. he can hide behind the curtain, if you will, the hotel. and a ma...

about what was really in the budget. so they wasted time writing something and then voting on something that absolutely nobody ever wanted. so what are we, the people supposed to say? hey, at least they agree on something like not having a functioning government? no, no, this was a fail. it's fails like this that send the americans hurtling closer o instingz. >> we cling to hope about a very special lunch that happened today where something may have gotten done to help our country avoid it. the president bought hoagies for himself and the other men needed to get a deal done, house sp...

Jobs. it will chronicle his rise from a hippie in northern california to co-founder of apple. how do you greet that news, alicia? >> when you look at jobs, jobs was so esthetically focused. i think he would be happy someone so beautiful was playing him. i'm serious. i there -- whether or not the intellect is there, i think the sheer beauty of ashton -- >> not impugning ashton kutcher, but the intellectual heft of steve yobs jobs, his life filling those shoes. >> he's reading from a script though. >> "two and a half men" goes to -- okay, we're going to move on to another little tidbit. goldman ...

more now on that coast guard yacht rescue. the yacht was headed from china to san francisco during the race around the world when stormy weather swept away the vessel's communication and steering equipment. now the coast guard is coming to the aid of the crew. four of which have injuries. moments ago i spoke to an agency official about exactly what that means. >> once the coast guard helicopter makes its way to the vessel, it will lower a rescue swimmer just as my rescue lowers to shore would. he is an emt trained person. he will do medical evaluation, check the injuries, treat the i...