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(Studio: Dan Rather) Record high gasoline prices reported.
(Chicago: Cynthia Bowers) Concerns about gasoline PRICES and shortages reported; scenes shown of a refinery fire near Saint Louis, Missouri. [Oil Price Information Service Tom KLOZA - says prices have skyrocketed in the Midwest.] [MOTORIST - says people want to make more money.] [Senator Richard DURBIN - addresses reporters.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) The efforts of a White House task force to find ways to deal with the energy crunch reported; details given of the criticism of energy plans from environmentalists. [Vice President Dick CHENEY - says the country demands more energy but does nothing to increase supplies.] [Natural Resources Defense Council Dan LASHOF - criticizes the idea of drilling for oil on protected land.] [Senator John BREAUX - talks about those who restrict oil drilling then expect adequate resources.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) The talks between the United States and China concerning the retrieval of the United States surveillance plane from Hainan Island reported; details given of debates about how much and for what the United States will pay China in order to get the plane back and of hack attacks by the Chinese on United States government Websites. [US Ambassador to China Joseph PRUEHER - talks about getting the airplane back.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) An increase in the number of deaths worldwide due to terror attacks reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Miami: Bobbi Harley) The investigation into the death of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt reported; details given of claims from a rescue worker that Earnhardt's seat belt was intact after the fatal accident during the Daytona 500 race. [Daytona Speedway EMT Tommy PROPST - talks about going to the crash site; says the belt was intact; explains why he spoke up.] [NASCAR technical director Gary NELSON - says the belt was separated.] [Daytona Speedway EMT Patti DOBLER - comments on the seat belt.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Elizabeth Palmer) The activities of space tourist Dennis Tito on the International Space Station reported; details given of the request of "Titanic" director James Cameron to be the next space tourist. [TITO - says he adapted well to space.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Special investigative series on managed care introduced.
(Hartford, Connecticut: Sharyl Attkisson) Questions about mismanagement of HMO patient care examined; details given of a lawsuit filed by doctors against HMOs for denying needed medical care. [Patient Anthony CAPASSO - says he was shocked when his HMO (Blue Cross) refused to pay for hospitalization.] [Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kevin LYNCH - says Capasso should not have been sent home after knee replacement surgery.] [Connecticut State Medical Society Tim NORBECK - says the health care system is out of balance.] [Connecticut Association of Health Plans Keith STOVER - says having patients get sicker is not in an insurance company's best interests.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Tomorrow's segment previewed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The ruling in federal appeals court that Morgan Wise must pay child support to his ex-wife's children although they are not biologically his reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The deaths of an estimated three million people during Democratic Republic of Congo's three-year-old civil war reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Jim Axelrod) The investigation into the facts surrounding former Senator Bob Kerrey's admission of killing civilians during the Vietnam War reported; details given of the statements from Kerrey and five other squad members concerning the mission. [KERREY - says he believes soldiers were in the area.] [Former United States Navy SEAL Gerhard KLANN - says there was no gunfire.] [Vietnam War correspondent A.J. LANGGUTH - says some questions will never be satisfactorily answered.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The re-establishment of contact by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) with the tiny Pioneer 10 spacecraft, now 7 billion miles from Earth, reported.
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