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Simple as a way to open up a whole new channel for how they sell their product. they are stuck in the home depot-lowe's channel which is a big channel but a low margin -- dangerous to have one big customer. we sell to the contractors out there and they get it very quickly. >> consumers too are taking notice. the online design software makes the selection process faster and easier than the traditional chore of running from store to store. >> i have three middle school kids and i don't have the time. just this whole idea intrigued me. that's how i got started. >> from the manufacturers to the co...

Boost yesterday morning, that ended up fading. the dow losing three points, nasdaq and s&p also closing down. overnight, the u.s. army corps of engineers blew up a levee where the mississippi and ohio rivers meet. the river swollen 20 feet above flood stage right now, threatening to wipe out towns upstream, including cairo, illinois. the breached levee will send water flowing into missouri farmlands, a controversial move but one allowed to happen. national guardsmen hope to use infrared cameras in arkansas to locate six missing boy scouts and their two troop leaders, all believed to be str...

1937 is the last time we have seen the river this high. desperate times calls for de desperate measures. closer to the boot hill of massachusett mismissouri, there is more water heading that way. checking on news across country, arkansas rescue workers have found a group of missing boy scouts. six boy scouts and two leaders were camping in a remote area have o of a national forest. they were camping near a fatal area that killed 20 people. they are fine now. a california company is recalling grape tomatoes because of salmonella contamination. they were sold by six big retail chains in 13 w...

The united states refuses to purchase from a supplier who's known to be using child labor, who isn't part of goodweave, then they're losing business. >> reporter: the cost of participating in goodweave adds about a half a percent of the price of a rug. an average of $10 to $20. showroom owners and designers say so far consumers have been enthusiastic. >> our customers are very concerned about child labor in the carpet industry. i hear them talking in the elevator in my own building where i work, saying that they don't want to go to a showroom that sells rugs that are made with child labor. and...

>> good point. good point to point out there. i want to talk, though, about the retail chains because they're having mr. success, linda, in selling generic alternatives which is cheap, which is bringing in more business, but is it actually good for the consumer? >> well, what's good for the consumer is usually they get the best price and they get the medication that their doctors believe is the best for them. what we found with the mail order prescription system is that there are side deals that we are not familiar with because there's no transparency in this industry. we do not know what drug...