This program is 27 minutes long
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NOTE: Time numerals represent seconds into broadcast, not clock time, since the telecast originated in Washington, DC.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Liz Cho) The strike by pilots at the Comair regional airlines featured. [Passenger Kathy GLARNER, Comair spokesperson Meghan GLYNN, International Airline Pilots Association Captain Duane WOERTH - comment on the labor issues.] [March 9, President BUSH - stops airline strikes.] Bush's position on the Comair strike noted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Tomorrow's crisis talks between officials from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the European Union on the unrest in the Balkans nation of Macedonia reported.
(London: Jim Wooten) The fighting in Macedonia between the government and the ethnic Albanian rebels featured; scenes shown of tanks and soldiers in and around Tetovo. [While jogging, President BUSH - comments on Macedonia.] [University of London Martin McCAULEY - assesses the situation in Macedonia.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Britain's problem of disposing of the carcasses of livestock killed in the effort to contain foot-and-mouth disease reported; scenes shown from Cumbria, England, of soldiers digging burial trenches.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The toll in Japan from yesterday's earthquake reported; scenes shown of damages in Hiroshima.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The issue of human cloning introduced.
(Jerusalem: Michael Guillen) The campaign in Israel by Dr. Panos Zavos for legalized human cloning featured. [Rabbi KADDORI - (thru translator) says God blesses the process.] [ZAVOS - comments.] Statement from the Israeli minister of justice Meir Shitrit opposing cloning quoted. [Zavos's sponsor in Israel Dr. Avi ben-AVRAHAM - says Israel is the land of innovations.] How animal cloning works detailed. [Texas A&M University cloning expert Mark WESTHUSIN - cites the chances of developmental abnormalities in clones.] [Representative James GREENWOOD - says Congress has to decide on the ethics of cloning humans.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Taped interview held with University of Pennsylvania bioethics professor Glenn McGee about Zavos. [McGEE - outlines Zavos' confusing background; offers a perspective on human cloning technology.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Senator Joseph Lieberman's call for a tax refund to all Americans reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Announcement by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill that he will sell his ALCOA stock reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(New York: JuJu Chang) The controversial "Fast ForWard" reading education program examined; examples shown of how the computer program works in teaching phonics. [Kid Joey CICCOLONE, Queen, NYC, public school 87 principal Arlynn BRODY - praise the reading program.] [Fast ForWard co- creator Dr. Michael MERZENICH - says reading skill can be improved.] [Hoskins Laboratories experimental psychologist professor Michael STUDDERT- KENNEDY - comments on the ease of the phonics program.] [Dyslexic STUDENT - offers testimony for Fast ForWard.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Conifer, Colorado: Bill Redeker) Wood-burning stoves as an alternative for home heating due to the high cost of fuel featured; details given of the popularity of wood pellet fuel, which is less polluting than wood. [Inglenook Energy Center Dorothy MATTHEWS - says business is great.] [Wood-burning stove owner Mark MILLER - cites savings.] [Homeowner Steve GREER - praises his wood-burning fireplace.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Hollywood: Judy Muller) The recent trend in sound editing in motion pictures to award loud sound or "noise" examined; examples cited and shown. ["Wall Street Journal" columnist Tom KING - says now movie sound now means "noise."] [Sound mixer Michael MINKLER - cites the impact of "Star Wars" on film sound.] [Sound editor Scott HECKER - says Oscars go to loud pictures.] [USC Film School Midge COSTIN - cites sound marketing.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Live footage shown from Los Angeles of people readying for the Oscars.
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