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I must have done physical therapy six separate times. I had tried holistic, acupuncture. Reporter in 2010, when her back pain began to turn her arm cold and blue, maria says she was forced to give up her job. For the first time in my life, i was not in control. The pain kind of controlled me. Reporter finally maria saw a doctor that suggested a spinal cord stimulator. Planted near the spine, it sends electrical pulses to the spinal cord. In theory, the pulseless interfere with the nerve impulses that make you feel pain. Its been around for decades, but with doctors moving away from the use of painkillers, newer, technically improved devices are in demand for patients suffering from chronic back pain. I think spinal cord stimulation is an excellent option especially for people who failed other therapies. Reporter because it is experimental, maria got hers for free. But many are concerned that 35,000 is a lot to pay for a surgery which, like any surgery, comes with risks. And some experts said there are serious questions about the effectiveness in the long term. Some doctors believe the pain relief maybe a powerful placebo effect. We found in our story and others that most patients take narcotictype painkillers after this device is implanted. And the literature suggests that the benefits tend to wear off after six months to a year. Reporter after two months maria says it has given her a new lease on life. To not be in pain is a blessing, but to be a part of my kids lives, to go to the playground with them, i was never able to do that before. Reporter juju chang, abc news, new york. You have back pain pretty often, dont you . I do but it is from a previous injury. It is my sciatic. It is my lower back, like my butt muscles. Comes and goes. Im one of the lucky ones. There are americans that have it all the time. Do you get back pain . Once in a blue moon but it is the second cause of going to the doctor besides upper respiratory infection. So many people have this. Anything but to stay off the painkillers, man. You get addicteded to those things. 50 billion a year is spent on chronic back pain to find relief and when you cant find it sometimes you turn to the pills. 35,000 for the operation, though, whoa. A lot of money. If you havent bought your pumpkin for your jackolantern it may not be too late. We will have tips for you. Some places have their Christmas Trees out. Are retailers getting out of hand and rushing the season . And ahead in our next halfhour, german bishop now under fire. What he did to get on the wrong side of pope francis. You are watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. E watching world news now. That might be the most obnoxious jingle ever. Like frenetic. What was that . In many places the christmas bells are already jingling. And the retailers are increasingly pushing the calendar. Rob hayes is in Southern California where scarecrows and pumpkins are being pushed aside by santa and reindeer. Reporter the skies are blue, the sun peeking through the trees. Its the perfect setting for Holiday Shopping. Oh, wow reporter oh, wow is right. Look at south coast plaza. That is a Christmas Tree being installed and it is still october. Halloween is another two and a half weeks away. Thanksgiving is more than six weeks away. And christmas, the holiday that lays claim to this tree, its more than 70 days away. Id say anything before halloween is out of the question. You have to focus on one holiday at a time. Reporter the retailing rush to the Holiday Shopping season comes earlier each year. Most big box retailers do business on thanksgiving. The chicago suntimes is reporting one of the last holdouts, macys, will open some of its stores on turkey day as well. The Holiday Shopping season is the most important time of the year for retailers accounting for as much as 40 of their annual sales. Those early starts may be working. The National Retail federation is predicting sales in november and december this year to jump nearly 4 . And well above the tenyear average growth in sales. It is good for people that like to plan ahead. When im in the mood for it, im in the mood for it. So i will shop when it is that time of the year. Reporter stores are looking to snag more Online Shoppers but getting shoppers in to the stores is the bread and butter for retailers. Some see the sense in shopping well before the lines start forming. It can never be too early. You dont want to get too expensive at the end of the year. Reporter lets hope the Christmas Trees are still green by the time the actual holidays get here. Rob hayes reporting for abc news. Our facebook question of the day, what would be your biggest holiday purchase this year . Let us know at wnnfans. Com. I havent made a single thought yet. I can barely think of halloween yet. Im thinking of pumpkin pie and chocolate candy. Im not thinking of christmas yet. It will get here. It will get here no matter how quickly you go shopping, right . Exactly. Christmas yet. It will get here. It will get here no matter how quickly you go shopping, right . Exactly. Eating and drinking. Crest prohealth has always done that. Its clinically proven to fight plaque and gingivitis. Rinsing with prohealth after brushing can take your oral health to a new level. Now thats the new you need. Right from the beginning i could really feel it changing something for the better. I know theres been an improvement. My pearly whites, they feel really good. [ male announcer ] go pro. With the brand you can trust, crest prohealth. Welcome to the mix. Yesterday we had dog videos that went viral. All fairness to cats now. Cat lovers, here we go. Love for everybody. Love for everybody. This is funny. A woman who has a cat named flam. She has some kind of app that allegedly translates human talk into cat talk. She says inner to app on her iphone presumably this is a humantocat translator. Watch what happens when the cat hears the translation and watch what she does. This is a humantocat translator. Here we go. [ meow ] wow she has a sense of humor. Clearly it is her cat. The cat does not like the humantotranslator. Dont trash in front of flam, the cat. Didnt like it. Cat is like, i dont need anybody talking to me. Anybody else, just me. Im king cat. So there is a pair of sisters who are singing this song. They are already a little famous for a couple of videos they posted on you tube. This is adorable because they are essentially saying if you are in a tight spot all you have to do is look to all the internetobsessed people who are posting pictures of their cats. Take a look. Youre breaking up just send a text send some cat pictures cats are always cute therefore so are you live vicariously through your cat is what you are saying. Breaking up, late for work, getting evicted, put up a picture of a cat. I dont want to go out anymore. Look at this cute cat. I dont know. Well, some of these guinness book of world records, i wonder why, in fact, they are kept. But heres one, the Worlds Largest bowl of applesauce. This clocked in at 716 pounds. It was october 12th, a few days ago. Baltimore running festival. Runners dumped a cup in to the big bowl of musselman applesauce. In fact, they set the world record 716 pounds. There you go. They need pork chops now. And applesauce. A survey has found if you are dieting, you shouldnt cut out chocolate because if you cut out things from your diet, you are less likely to be successful in your diet. So chocolate can stay. Thats why the chocolate is on the desk. I knew this was a prop in some way shape or form. Thats why it is on the desk for us to enjoy. We need to lose weight. Help you to stay awake. In some way shape or form this morning on world news now, making a deal. This morning on world news now, making a deal. The senates negotiations over the Government Shutdown and a pending freeforall. Closer to a deadline. Caught on camera. Controversial exchange between Police Officers and two men. The embarrassment for bigcity police force and the promise of a full investigation. Dangerous drug. The flesheating drug similar to heroin. The users who put their lives at risk and challenges for doctors. Magical moment. Two of the biggest actors in hollywood recreate Something Special from a classic film. Tom hanks and Sandra Bullock in the skinny. This tuesday, october 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Apparently a dream brought back to life. Man, that was a great scene. Well show you the whole thing. It was special. Well begin with the makings of a deal to end the fiscal crisis. Statistics are being worked out in the senate. All right. Investors liked what they heard. Stocks closed higher on wall street. Theyre up in early overseas trading. Despite the shutdown, if you filed an extension on your taxes in april, the payments are still due today as the political noise continues. Heres abcs jonathan karl. Reporter its hard to imagine these guys would like what they see. At least mt. Rushmore reopens. The state of south dakota footing the bill until politicians get their act together in washington. What government buildings are still closed and trash is piling up, the Government Shutdown now in week three. After closed door meetings on capitol hill, a tentative deal is at hand. It would reopen the government, but only until january 15th, and avoid default but just for now, extending the governments ability to borrow money until midfebruary. The first sign of hope came when the top democrat and Top Republican in the senate stopped calling each other names. My good friend and majority leader, weve had the opportunity over the last couple of days to have very constructive exchanges. I deeply appreciate my friend, the minority leader, for his diligent efforts to come to an agreement. Reporter it looked Like Washington was on the brink of total breakdown. A weekend of talks had produced nothing, and it was announced the president would be summoning congressional leader to the white house. If republicans arent willing to set aside some of their partisan concerns in order to do whats right for the country, we stand a good chance of defaulting. Reporter from day one of the shutdown, most of the public has blamed republicans. Its gotten worse for the gop. In the last abc News Washington post poll, 75 blamed republicans. But republicans or at least their leaders in the senate, appear to have backed down. The deal includes no major change to obama care, the republican demand that started the crisis in the first place. The fate of this tentative deal almost certainly lies in the house. The big question will be whether or not Tea Party Republicans who will almost certainly hate this deal will be able to kill it. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. The suspected terrorist grabbed by the u. S. In libya this month is in new york. Abu al liby expected to be arraigned later today. He was brought to the u. S. Earlier than expected because he was suffering from a severe case of hepatitis c and needs medical treatment. T the report revealing the nsa collected millions of emails and personal messages looking for terror links. The Washington Post saying the spy agency intercepted hundreds of thousands of email address books every day from private accounts on yahoo , gmail, facebook, and hotmail. It learned of the activity because of documents leaked by edward snowden. In the philippines, a deadly earthquake striking overnight. The powerful 7. 2magnitude quake collapsed buildings and is responsible for at least 20 deaths. The number is expected to rise. One man captured his chandelier swaying as the quake hit. And a 17th Century Stone Church crumbled to pieces because of all the shaking. Luckily todays a National Holiday in the philippines. Offices and schools were closed. That may lower the casualty numbers. New hope for families of six americans in the men that vanished at sea six months ago. An object that looks like the missing yacht has been found drifting near australia and new zealand close to where it disappeared. Investigators called off the search in july. Relatives hired a private search group to look in to the boat and crew. We have a heartbreaking family tragedy aboard a Carnival Cruise ship in the caribbean. A 6yearold florida boy and child model drowned in a Swimming Pool while playing with his brother. Quinton hunter pulled was pulled from the water. They administered cpr but could not revive him. The ship doesnt have lifeguards, and one of the boys parents was with him when he drowned. To a new tape sparking outrage. What began as a runin between two cops and two pedestrians in philadelphia. Pierre thomas is taking us through the tape. Reporter it happened on a north philadelphia street late last month. Two africanamerican men allegedly stopped for saying hello to someone. You have i. D. . You live around here . Im going to work. Why are you talking to him . I was just saying hi to him. Why . You dont say hi to strangers. Why not . Not in this city, not this neighborhood. Im not asking for you consent. [ bleep ] because i told you to. Put your phone in your pocket. I didnt do nothing. Reporter the video was posted anonymously, shot by someone as they dealt with police. Get your hands on the car dont come to [ bleep ] philadelphia. Stay in new jersey. We dont want you here anyway. All you do is weaken the country. Yeah, i weaken the country by working . No, freeloading. I thought it was very disturbing. There was no legal justification. Reporter Reggie Shuford said the pennsylvania aclu stopped Philadelphia Police over stopping the man and retained a Consent Order that required a report on any stopandfrisk incident. According to the aclu, 40 of stopandfrisk cases by Philadelphia Police have been without justification. In a statement, the Philadelphia Police said the Department Takes this very seriously, and we dont tolerate unprofessional and distasteful behavior. The Philadelphia Police are promising a full investigation and vowing not to allow the poor judgment by a few to taint an entire department. Pierre thomas, abc news, new york. Theres a dangerous new drug hitting the streets around chicago called crocodile. The drug eats the users flesh from the inside out. At least three patients have been seen with symptoms of that drug at a hospital near joliet, illinois. And this is one of them i had to go see the infectionist disease doctor in two weeks. And were going to in two weeks well decide how far its progressed. Theyre going to have to wind up doing skin grafting in the end. The drug became popular as a cheap substitute for heroin, providing the same high for 1 10th of the price. Incredible side effect