Our shores. And fire ball. 19 tourists killed in a horrific midair explosion, the worst hot air balloon in history, the chilling tragedy raising the question just how safe are these rides. From new york city, this is nightline with bill weir. Good to be with you tonight, thanks for joining us. Imagine this as a plotline for oceans 14. Clooney, pitt and the gang turn their thieving skills towards a really juicy target, the supermarket. As crazy as it sounds, organized shoplifting rings are now selling milk, tide, and razor blades on the black market to the tune of 30 billion a year, enough to inspire retailers to form specialized undercover units. Abcs nick watt went along with one of them for a bust. Reporter we used to call it shoplifting, but now its so much more. Ive seen a person pull a razor blade and cut put. It could be nothing, it could be something. Reporter its highly organized doing big business. Theres even an acronym. O. R. C. Organized retail crime. Its just like a fortun
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slowed. the unemployment number ticked back up to the precarious level of 9.1. particularly precarious for the president. in particular there were reports on housing. the president is trying to expand an existing program. he s going to be talking about it. today. he s on his way just across the river from washington in alexandria. expanding the program that tries to match the skills that are taught and learned at community colleges around the country with the needs of the manufacturing sector. they say this is an area of growth. that a lot of people who work in manufacturing jobs, some 3 million, are going to be retiring over the next 15 years and this is a possible area of job growth. and lord knows we need it very much. the president needs it politically as well as all of the unemployed people around the country as we head toward this election year. speaking of elections, tim pawlenty, the former minnesota governor, unveiled his plan. he wants a 5% gdp growth. don t we all.