This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: John Roberts) Stock Market Report.
(Studio: Anthony Mason) The decision of the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates by a half-point reported. [Prime Charter Limited Scott BLEIER - announces cut to workers.] [CIBC World Markets Tom GALLAGHER - comments on the market.] [Mortgage Bankers Association of America Lyle GRAMLEY - says people are still buying.]
(Studio: John Roberts) The cutting of prime rates by banks reported.
(Atlanta: Mark Strassmann) The impact rate cuts may have on the economy examined; scenes shown of construction workers in Atlanta. [Real estate developer Bob SILVERMAN - comments.] [Atlanta realtor Harriet HINSON - says she sold eight homes.] [Atlanta car dealer Gary WEXLER - says the local market is good.] ["Atlanta Business Chronicle" editor David ALLISON - says a slowdown would be a good thing.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) The buying of government bonds by Japan's central bank in an effort to drop interest rates to zero and stimulate the economy reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Sandra Hughes) Rolling blackouts across California reported; scenes shown from Marin County, California, of the rescue of two people from a stuck elevator. [Representative Christopher COX - says California had a third-world experience.] [San Francisco news ANCHOR - talks about doing the news show by flashlight.] [Independent system operator spokesman Patrick DORINSON - comments.] [MidAmerican Energy Chairman David SOKOL - says the energy situation is unfair to his employees.] [Representative Jennifer DUNN - says having to share power with California is unfair.]
(Studio: John Roberts) Warnings that the entire country could face power shortages reported.
(Chicago: Cynthia Bowers) Efforts to build more power plants and problems faced in the process reported. [University of California at Berkeley Tim DUANE - says nobody wants a power plant built nearby, but everybody wants the power.] [WOMAN - speaks out against a new Michigan power plant.] [Power plant opponent Nelson SLAVIK - says companies are exploiting southwest Michigan.] [Indek senior vice president Jim THOMPSON - says people think they can have something for nothing.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) The sinking of the world's largest oil rig off the coast of Brazil reported; scenes shown of the sinking rig.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: John Blackstone) The naval court of inquiry hearing concerning the collision of the submarine USS Greeneville with a Japanese fishing boat reported; details given of the testimony of Commander Scott Waddle in spite of an inability to get testimonial immunity. [Waddle's attorney Charles GITTINS - says someone had to say what needed to be said.] [Military legal expert Earle PARTINGTON - says Commander Waddle "self- destructed" today.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) The movement of Macedonian tanks into a major city in Macedonia in an effort to prepare for possible conflict with ethnic Albanian guerrillas reported; scenes shown of weapons firing and the presence of United States peacekeepers. [Pentagon spokesperson R/Admiral Craig QUIGLEY - describes terrain on the Kosovo-Macedonia border; describes the guerrillas.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) The meeting of President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the White House shown.
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(Studio: John Roberts) The creation by several Arab countries of an emergency aid fund for Yasir Arafat's Palestinian Authority reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(New York: Byron Pitts) The arrest of Brooklyn, New York, busboy Abraham Abdallah for stealing the identities of wealthy celebrities and buying things over the Internet reported. [New York City Police Department Cmsr. Bernard KERIK - says Abdallah was innovative.] [Suspect's father Sharif ABDALLAH - says his son stole nothing.] [Identity theft expert Eric GERTLER - says identity theft can happen to anyone.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Washington: Sharyl Attkisson) Maryland study results showing the high number of murders of pregnant women reported; examples cited. [Victim's father Ken YOUNG - says his daughter Sherry Ann Culp was shot to death.] [Victim's mother Jane YOUNG - says Sherry was killed because of the baby.] [Maryland Department of Health Isabelle HORON - explains pregnancy is stressful even in the best of circumstances.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Warnings from the American Academy of Physicians concerning the overuse of antibiotics reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) The first day of spring; snowstorms across the Southeast reported; scenes shown of snow in Huntsville, Alabama.
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