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cynthia bowers has more. >> reporter: it's an annual trip the band members look forward to all summer. >> it was going to be a good day and it turned into such a terrible day. >> reporter: two buses, the first one filled with girls, the second with boys, were headed for six flags amusement park when they were caught in a horrific collision, a chain- reaction crash, witnesses say, that happened in the blink of an eye. >> i seen it, but i didn't see it, it happened so fast. >> reporter: the highway patrol sais a semi-truck traveling east slowed as it approached a road destruction and a gmc pickup traveling behind slammed into it. the driver of the first school bus was changing lanes and didn't see that accident when she crashed into the back of the pickup truck. seconds later, the trailing bus collided with the first, crushing the pickup. the 19-year-old driver in the pickup was killed, as was one student on the girls' bus. >> we believe she was in the last seat of the first bus on the right. >> reporter: incredibly, the other injuries were not life threatening. >> what's hurting on you

cynthia bowers reports. >> reporter: on a ride around her family's bloomington factory, linda shows off employees making the metal parts that go into some of america's biggest machines. >> basically, these are the machine center line down this row. >> reporter: what's holding her machine shop back -- >> you actually could be doing a lot more work than you're doing? >> yes. >> reporter: isn't a shortage of work, it's a shortage of workers, whom she's willing to pay $13 to $18 an hour. if you could find the skilled workers, how many people could you take on right now? >> 30 to 40 we could use right now because -- >> reporter: she's not alone. the government says there are 2 27,000 open manufacturing jobs, more than double the number a year ago. 183,000 have been created since december. the strongest seven-month streak in a decade. fillingham says it's hard to fill these jobs because they require people who are good at math, good with their hands and willing to work on a factory floor. >> that system only has to be clocked in. >> reporter: so, she had to resort to paying people to learn on

cynthia bowers, cbs news, columbus, ohio. >> glor: of course not all bugs are bad. scientists investigating the gulf oil spill said they've discovered a new type of back bacterium that thrives in deep water and gobbles up oil like the kind you see here. unlike other microbes this one doesn't significantly deplete the water's oxygen level. scientists believe it's helping to break down the spilled crude. in chile, those 33 miners have been trapped under ground for 20 days. they're safe and receiving food and medicine through a long tube. but rescuing them could take four months and the major concern now is claustrophobia. today nasa confirmed chile's government has asked for help on how to help those men cope during their long confinement. we'll be right back. have been . sometimes life can be, well, a little uncomfortable, but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go... it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool softener. make yourself comfortable. they had 30 people and an idea. me

but as cynthia bowers tells us, there are jobs to be had for skilled workers. >> reporter: on a ride around her family's bloomington, illinois, factory, linda fillingham shows off employees making metal parts that go into america's biggest machines. >> the center line is down this row. >> reporter: what's holding her machince shop back-- you could be doing more work than you're doing. >> yes. >> reporter: it's not a shortage of work, but a shortage of workers she's willing to pay $13 to $18 an hour. if you could find the skilled workers, how many people could you take on right now. >> 30 to 40 we could use right now. >> reporter: she's not alone, the government says there are 227,000 open manufacturing jobs, more than double the number a year ago. 183,000 have been created since december, the strongest seven- month streak in a decade. fillingham said it's hard to fill these jobs because they require people who are good at math, good with their hands, and willing to work on a factory floor. >> that system only has to be clocked in. >> reporter: so she's had to resort to paying people

cynthia bowers is in chicago tonight. cynthia, i know some experts think this signals big trouble for the prosecution. >> reporter: definitely good news for the defense, katie. when jurors came to court and said we can only decide on two of the 24 counts right now. we're deadlocked on others and have yet to even take a vote on wire fraud charges. meantime, fans and curiosity seekers have been out in full force, eager to be part of the circus that has surrounded the former governor since his arrest in december 2008. he seems to enjoy the attention, often playing to the crowd. now, as you mentioned, court watchers say the only thing that has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt so far is that the government did not present a strong case. the charges may have been too complicated, and despite hours of audio recordings of blagojevich's conversations, there is no real smoking gun. the judge sent the jury back to work but told them they don't have to reach a unanimous decision on every count. their deliberations will resume on

cynthia bowers will have our authorized biography. >> reporter: if you want the dirt on the famous and powerful, kitty kelley has dug it out. her best-selling biographies include jackie o, liz, frank, nancy, and the entire bush family. her latest book sets its sights on oprah. you will acknowledge that people do buy the book for the so-called dirt? >> no, no. >> reporter: they do. you're not going to go there? >> oh, no. i will go there. >> reporter: oh, we'll go there later on sunday morning. >> smith: it may be a little he willy for a shot of tequila but never too early for seth doane's look at this hugely popular liquor that gives us our most popular drink. the marguerita. >> all right, tequila. tequila. >> reporter: tequila. just the word can make some shudder. and others swoon. >> for a lot of people tequila equals headache in their mind. >> probably the worst one ever. >> reporter: americans import more tequila than any other nation in the world. and that's changing the landscape south of the border. we take a spiritd journey to tequila, mexico, later on sunday morning. >> smith:

cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >>> to the manhunt for john mccluskey and his fiancee. the twous s the two suspects changed their looks. he has grown out his hair and dying it black. his fiancee has blond hair. officials were searching for them in arkansas but it turns out they did not rob a beauty salon there. they could be anywhere at this point. >>> steven slater, jetblue flight attendant who famously quit after a confrontation with a passenger, has been hailed by many as a working class hero these days. here is a live look at his home in queens. that's now a media encampment. there are new details emerging this morning that may indicate otherwise on slater. >> hi. >> reporter: refy where he goes, steven slater is being chased by cameras. he is being called the new face of workplace misery. >> what do you have to say to the people that are calling you a hero? >> it is so encouraging and special. really great people out there. getting a glimpse of that. >> reporter: according to today's "wall street journal," slater's story of suffering at the hands of rude, abusive p

cbs news correspondent cynthia bowers reports. >> reporter: if there were problems in the henhouse newly released documents may indicate just how deep those problems went. >> outside access doors to manure pits were pushed out by the weight of manure which was piled in some cases 4 to eight feet high. >> reporter: the fbi released the results of inspections monday afternoon. inspections turned up a series of violations linked to the salmonella outbreak at wright county egg and hallendale farm. among them live rodents and mice, at wright county egg, manure piles so deep it was seeping through a building's foundation. also maggots were found and countless flies near the egg belts. >> there were live flies crushed underfoot when the employees walk in the aisles at work. >> reporter: at hillandale salmonella turned up. >> we confirmed salmonella in a water sample collected in one of the plants from hillandale. that is water that is used to wash the exterior of the eggs. >> reporter: the new charges fueled more calls to shut the farms down in, particular wright county egg which has a history