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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Consumer confidence for the month cited. Stock Market Report.
(Studio: Betsy Stark) The mystifying consumer optimism examined; unemployment and business spending statistics cited. [The Conference Board Delos SMITH - says the number one factor to Americans is the job market.] [In Georgia, Mrs. SIEVERS - comments.] [IFI Group economist Nancy LAZAR - cites the ripple effect in the economy.] The likelihood that Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan will cut the interest rates again discussed.
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Kalamazoo: Terry Moran) Bush's statements on the economy and his tax cut featured. [In Kalamazoo, Michigan, BUSH - says the economy began slowing last summer.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(No location given: Michele Norris) Judge's ruling on the University of Michigan's standards on race for admission to its law school examined; details given of the issue of minorities and affirmative action on campus. [Center for Individual Rights Terry PELL - says the victory sends a signal to the higher education community about race quotas.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty case of Johnny Penry, who is mentally retarded; statement from Attorney General John Ashcroft that he is considering seeking the death penalty for accused spy Robert Hanssen and a "Journal of the American Medical Association" study suggesting the "crack baby" phenomenon may be overblown reported.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) A closer look at the deadliest cancer for women introduced; statistics cited on women, smoking and lung cancer.
(New York: John McKenzie) Lung cancer in American women examined; details given of scientific findings about lung cancer and women's problems in quitting smoking. [Smoker/lung cancer patient Kathy CASEY - says her cancer is terminal.] [Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Thomas LYNCH - explains the boom in lung cancer.] [University of Wisconsin Medical School Dr. Michael FIORE - cites depression among women smokers.] [CASEY - talks about dying.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(New York: Aaron Brown) The tobacco industry's marketing campaign to women reviewed; early and current print ads and Virginia Slims television ads shown. [University of California at San Francisco school of medicine professor Virginia ERNSTER - describes the early 20th century ads aimed at women.] [Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Matthew MYERS - describes the marketing direction.] [American Council on Science and Health Elizabeth WHELAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The discovery in Scotland of the wreckage of one of the F-15 planes that disappeared yesterday and two explosions in Jerusalem, Israel, from a suicide bombing reported; scenes shown from Jerusalem.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced. {Note: low audio}
(London: Jim Wooten) The first clues to the start of the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Britain examined; details given of a specific case of swine fever at one farm that spread across the nation. [British minister of agriculture Nick BROWN, Royal Veterinary College professor Mac JOHNSON - comment on the source.] British Prime Minister Tony Blair's position on the epidemic mentioned.
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Further coverage of foot-and-mouth disease on "Nightline" noted.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Archaeologists' discovery of the ancient wreckage of a Greek ship in the Mediterranean Sea reported; scenes shown of clay jugs underwater.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) National Sleep Foundation study on Americans' lack of sleep reported; statistics cited.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Mt. Shasta, California: Judy Muller) Biologists' research on the hibernation patterns of black bears featured; scenes shown from Mt. Shasta, California, of the bear hunt, including the discovery of sleeping bears in a winter den. [California Department of fish and game biologist Richard CALLAS - describes his bear studies, including a scary incident.]
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