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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wyatt Andrews) A federal investigation into whether the oil industry is manipulating gasoline prices previewed; details given of plans to monitor gas stations in 36 states; scenes shown of drivers pumping gasoline. [Federal Trade Commission Bill KOVACIC - says the FTC wants to know what causes changes in gasoline prices.] [Public Citizen energy analyst Tyson SLOCUM - says withholding gasoline is a legal way to drive up prices.] [Attorney Tim COHELAN - says the oil industry is making "monopoly profits."]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Claims from majority leader Senator Thomas Daschle that Enron illegally manipulated energy prices reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Tom Fenton) An apparent end to the standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the likelihood of an Israeli retaliatory attack in Gaza in response to the suicide bombing in Rishon Letzion reported; details given of plans to exile 13 Palestinians to Cyprus until other countries can be found to accept them; scenes shown of Israeli troops preparing for military action. [Israeli military analyst Ron BEN-ISHAI - says Gaza is a difficult place for Israeli troops; says the residents have been preparing for Israeli troops since the West Bank retaliation.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The bombing of a Kentucky Fried Chicken and Hardee's restaurant in Tripoli, Lebanon, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The explosion of a remote-controlled bomb at a southern Russian military parade near Chechnya reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The flight out of Pakistan for the wounded French victims of a suicide bombing in Karachi, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) The search for Al Qaeda fighters and terrorist Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan examined; details given of the discovery of evidence of recent Al Qaeda activity; scenes shown of British troops in southeastern Afghanistan and Canadian troops searching in Tora Bora. [British Royal Marines Brig. Roger LANE - says munitions were found outside a cave.] [Canadian SOLDIER - says he hopes to find the corpse of bin Laden.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The arrests of 58 people in 13 states accused of helping people get illegal student visas reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The impact of a possible tornado in Centralia, IL, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Welch, West Virginia: Mark Strassmann) The second 100-year flood in Welch, West Virginia, in ten months reported; scenes shown of Welch residents trying to salvage belongings from damaged homes. [Flood victim Kelly BAILEY - says her family is out of options; says the flooding came so fast.] [West Virginia National Guard Col. Richard STARCHER - says the public water system could be damaged for a year.] [McDowell County, West Virginia, flood victim Earl KENNEDY - says he watched a two-story home wash away.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Cynthia Bowers) The investigation into the mailbox pipe bombings by college student Luke Helder reported; details given about Helder's bombing pattern. [Father Cameron HELDER - says he told his son he loves them.] [Assistant US attorney Craig DENNEY - says Helder made pipe bombs in his apartment and in a Nebraska hotel room.] 911 call about spotting Helder's car played. [College classmate Alena SWANSEN - says she never thought Helder would have tried to hurt anyone.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Predictions that the El Nino weather system forming in the Pacific Ocean will be mild to moderate reported.
(Los Angeles: Bill Whitaker) An exploding crab population due to the warmer waters brought by El Nino and of hopes that El Nino will bring rain to drought-stricken areas in the West noted; computer animation of El Nino shown; scenes shown of crabs in San Diego. [WOMAN, MAN - say the crabs look like little lobsters.] [NOAA Climate Prediction Center Vern KOUSKY - says the conditions indicate that El Nino will be weak.] [NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center Klaus WOLTER - says this El Nino is not what people in the Southwest hoped for.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Satellite photo shown of a large new iceberg broken off of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Middle Island, NY: Jim Axelrod) Reasons why people with good credit can find themselves paying sky-high interest rates on "low-rate" credit cards examined; statistics cited. [Mark LOPEZ - says he used several credit cards.] [Bankruptcy lawyer Charles JUNTIKA - says "loan sharks are more honest" than credit card companies; says the companies look for that first late payment.] [American Bankers Assn. James CHESSON - defends risk-based pricing.] [Borrower Ira BRICKMAN - says he had to pay high interest rates in spite of an excellent credit rating; asks why the credit companies made it harder to pay the bills.]
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