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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(El Cajon, California: Chip Reid) The school shooting at Granite High School in El Cajon, California, featured; details given about several injured people, including the shooter; scenes shown from the school. [Two PEOPLE - describe what happened.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Stock Market Report.
(New York: Anne Thompson) The buyers' activity saving the Dow Jones index from becoming a bear market reported; details given of the day's activities; statistics cited. [Bear Stearns Elizabeth MacKAY - says people were selling their stocks.] [State Street Global Advisors Ned RILEY - says the psychology is negative.] [Investor Bruce SCHULMAN - says he will keep re-investing.] [Challenger, Gray, and Christmas John CHALLENGER - says people can find jobs quickly.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(New York: Ron Insana) Commentary given concerning the stock market's dips into bear market territory given.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The expulsion of 51 United States diplomats from Russia the day after 50 Russian diplomats were expelled from the United States reported; details recalled of spying by FBIA agent Robert Hanssen. [Secretary of State Colin POWELL - comments on Russian intelligence.] [Former FBI agent Skip BRANDON - says many Russian spies do economic espionage.] [President BUSH - says he did the right thing.] [Russian Foreign Minister Igor IVANOV(thru translator) - criticizes the American action.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(New York: Kelly O'Donnell) The problems faced by people preparing for retirement due to the stock market declines examined. [Professor and wife Randall and Carolyn PACKARD - say they wanted to know when he could retire early.] [Certified financial planner Elizabeth JETTON - says some assets went into the stock market.] [The Vanguard Group CEO John BRENNAN - describes what some people near retirement did with investments.] [Certified financial planner Mark McGORRY - says people will have to wait for investments to come back.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The collapse of a scaffold onto the red carpet used for the Oscar awards ceremony reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The development of a wristwatch that can be used to measure blood sugar levels of diabetics noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Jim Avila) Concerns about the abuse of the painkilling drug Oxycontin {synthetic morphine} reported; statistics cited. [Patient Fran WILSON - says she had trouble functioning because of pain.] [Maine US attorney Jay McCLOSKEY - says Oxycontin is heavily misused in high schools.] [Addict Joshua ROBESCHELD - talks about getting high on Oxycontin.] [Purdue Pharma, manufacturer Dr. David HADDOX - says he is outraged about the abuse of the drug.] [Methodist Comprehensive Pain Institute Dr. Daniel BROOKOFF - asks why the drug cannot be made safer.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Dana Lewis) Preparation for the intentional crash landing of the Russian space station Mir into the South Pacific reported; details given about the 200 million insurance policy in case anything goes wrong. [Russian Mission Control Nikolai ANFIMOV - says much of the space station will melt; says the descent will be uncontrollable.] [Voice of albacore fisherman Jack SLATER - says he hopes the space station lands on target.] The problems on Mir reviewed. [Astronaut Jerry LININGER - talks about the fire on Mir.]
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