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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Austin, Texas: Maureen Maher) The Supreme Court ruling allowing police to arrest people for minor offenses that normally only carry fines examined. [Parent Gail ATWATER - says she never thought she would go to jail for not wearing a seat belt.] [Atwater's attorney Robert DeCARLI - says the decision has eroded Fourth Amendment rights.] [Constitutional law expert Jonathan TURLEY - says the Supreme Court will not change laws.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Sharyl Attkisson) Another recall of Firestone Wilderness tires not already affected by the last recall reported. [The Center for Auto Safety Clarence DITLOW - says the attention given to the Decatur, Illinois, Firestone plant was an effort to avoid a larger recall.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Wholesale gasoline prices at a ten-year high reported.
(Los Angeles: Jerry Bowen) An explosion at an oil refinery in Los Angeles reported. [Oil industry analyst Andrew ROSENFELD - says every oil refinery accident makes the market more nervous.] [Two PEOPLE - complain about gasoline prices.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Huntington Beach, California: Sandra Hughes) The declaration of an electrical emergency in California reported; details given of questions about easing environmental standards in Huntington Beach, California, in order to bring an old power plant back on line. [Surfer Rachel LOUW - says another power plant is not needed.] [Surfrider Foundation Christopher EVANS - says easing environmental standards is a mistake.] [AES Huntington Beach Ed BLACKFORD - says nobody wants to live near a power plant but everyone wants their lights on.] [Huntington Beach city council Ralph BAUER - calls the city a "poster child" for the power plant issue.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) A decline in consumer confidence reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Davenport, Iowa: Bob McNamara) The floods in the Midwest along the Mississippi River featured; details given of the cresting of the river in Davenport, Iowa. [Flood victims Jim KEEVEN, Sue WONDERLICH - comment on the flooding.] [Davenport Mayor Phillip YERINGTON - says people in his city do not complain about helping victims of other natural disasters.] [Flood victim Bob KLEINSMITH - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The victory of Junichiro Koizumi as president of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party and his guaranteed selection as the next prime minister reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) The sale of older military technology to Taiwan despite protests from China reported; details given of plans not to sell destroyers with the sophisticated Aegis radar system. [President BUSH - says he upheld his obligation to Taiwan.] [Taipei Representative to the US C.J. CHEN - says there is no way that Taiwan could threaten China.] [Minority Leader Representative Richard GEPHARDT - says he questions whether the right decision was made.] [Former United States ambassador to China James LILLEY - says the Chinese have made the arms sales into a nationalistic issue.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Study results showing a high rate of medical mistakes involving children as hospital patients reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Study results highlighting biological differences between men and women which must be taken into account when testing new medications reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The return to the United States of the bodies of American missionary Veronica Bowers and her infant daughter Charity reported; details given of the investigation into the shooting down of their plane over Peru.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Cynthia Bowers) The efforts to fight the drug war in Peru and Colombia examined; details given of the support given to anti-drug efforts from private citizens and corporations and of criticism from Congress concerning the use of anti-drug aid programs to fund private military action. [Representative Janice SCHAKOWSKY - says an aid package is being used to fight a secret war.] [Private military contractor retired Lieutenant General Ed SOYSTER - explains how the aid packages and business contracts work.] [Electronic Privacy Information Center Wayne MADSEN - says private companies are involved in combat operations.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The rescue mission in progress to retrieve ailing physician Dr. Ronald Shemenski from the South Pole and the successful mission to retrieve 11 Americans from the McMurdo Base reported.
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