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jim what is the latest on this search? >> reporter: hi, fredricka. that's right. the national guard with the fbi, local police have been researching this wooded area here. just around the bend is the neighborhood where baby lisa lives, where she was last seen. that's just around there. this is the road that leads out of the neighborhood, back towards downtown or on to the freeways and all of these areas have been searched already. this pawnshop and the area around it have been searched. they wanted to be sure they could get a fresh set of eyes on it. they don't have a lot of other le...

Is going to be pushed farther into the future. >> shep: every down slope, there is something to come. what is the thinking about when that happens? >> not for a while. the job picture has to improve here and it is improving slowly but surely. but remember, a lot of construction jobs were lost here over the last several years. hardly any big cranes on the strip these days. those in real estate say construction stopped when the banks stopped lending money. they have yet to really resume giving people loans. >> it's going to have to come from the government to go to the lenders to put the pressur...

Millions in lost income due to online retailers such as amazon and overstock not charging local sales tax. now, how can they do this? well, a 1992 supreme court ruling prohibits a state from forcing the collection of sales tax unless it has a physical presence in that area. so, for example, target has a presence in your state, you pay taxes online with your online purchases. amazon, no presents in your state, no sales tax. amazon only charges sales tax in five states. not charging sales tax is a huge advantage for online shoppers because in effect, it's a discount. in los angeles, for example,...

He almost night want to look at a nevada company that sells shoes. it's rewriting the book on internet business. tom foreman has our building up america report. >> reporter: 24-7, two by two, zappos.com is moving shoes. more than a billion annually in internet sales, fueled by a wide selection, free shipping and money back guarantied. not bad for a company started a dozen years ago with a radical concept. success is about service. >> okay, no problem. >> reporter: not selling. >> for us, culture isn't just important but it's the number one priority of the company. >> reporter: the culture is r...

It's rewriting the book on internet business. tom foreman has our building up america report. >> reporter: 24-7, two by two, zappos.com is moving shoes. more than a billion annually in internet sales, fueled by a wide selection, free shipping and money back guarantied. not bad for a company started a dozen years ago with a radical concept. success is about service. >> okay, no problem. >> reporter: not selling. >> for us, culture isn't just important but it's the number one priority of the company. >> reporter: the culture is raw kus, infectious and everywhere. employees decorate as they choos...