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(Studio: Brian Williams) Stock Market Report.
(New York: Anne Thompson) The third triple-digit drop in the Dow Jones index in nine sessions of the stock market reported; details given of the declines of specific stocks and of layoffs at Procter and Gamble reported. [INVESTOR - says he pulled out his investments.] [A.G. Edwards Mark KELLER - talks about reaching the panic stage.] [Investor Michael DOWLING - talks about getting safer investments.] [Trim Tabs.com president Charles BIDERMAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Jim Avila) The rush to refinance mortgages after three interest rate cuts reported. [First Home Mortgage Corporation Ron BAXTER - says he is getting a lot of calls about refinancing.] [Homeowner Wanda MELTON - talks about refinancing.] [Homebanc Mortgage Corporation Patrick FLOOD - says this could be the biggest year in history.] [Homeowner Elizabeth THOMASON - talks about freeing up more money by refinancing.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Lisa Myers) Efforts to speed up action on President Bush's tax cut proposal reported. [Majority leader Representative Dick ARMEY - talks about sending a message to America.] [Majority leader Trent LOTT - talks about acting sooner.] [Minority leader Senator Tom DASCHLE - talks about phasing in a tax cut quickly.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The refusal of President Bush to sign any of the patients' bill of rights legislation currently being proposed reported. [BUSH - says he will not sign a bad patients' bill of rights.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The results of a nationwide CDC (Centers for Disease Control) study showing that chemicals from common household products contaminate our bodies reported. [George Washington University Dr. John BALBUS - says some chemicals have unusual effects on humans.] [CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Dr. Richard JACKSON - talks about the reduction of exposure to cigarette smoke.] [Mother Nina CORTON - says she is concerned for her children.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: Campbell Brown) The repealing of environmental legislation passed during the President Clinton's administration reported; details given of concerns about arsenic levels in the water supply. [EPA administrator Christie Todd WHITMAN - says the cost-benefit analysis was not appropriately done.] [In Florida, BUSH - says he supports a "common sense environmental policy."] [National Environmental Trust Philip CLAPP - says Bush's decisions benefit businesses.] [Competitive Enterprise Institution Fred SMITH - says Bush takes environmental and economic issues seriously.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The Supreme Court ruling forbidding drug testing of pregnant women without their consent reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Fred Francis) Extra charges hidden on residential telephone bills examined; examples cited, such as touch-tone fees. [Customer Jessica BOYLE - talks about using her cell phone.] [Consumers Union co-director Gene KIMMELMAN - says there is not much competition.] [Atlanta resident Izzy VERELLA - says touch-tone use is a necessity.] [US Telecom Association Lawrence SARJEANT - defends touch-tone fees.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The controversial confiscation of a flock of sheep in Vermont due to fears about mad cow disease reported; scenes shown of the animals.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Dan Lothian) The meeting of Terri Rose and Vietnamese immigrant Min Dinh after she donated a kidney to him featured. [University of California at Irvine Medical Center Dr. David IMAGAWA - says Rose wanted to donate a kidney.] [ROSE - says her mother did not want her to donate.] [MINH - says he was getting weak; says Rose is his "angel".]
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