This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Sharyl Attkisson) The Supreme Court ruling upholding laws that help smaller telephone companies compete against the major telecommunications corporations examined. [Allegiance Telecom chairman Royce HOLLAND - says the ruling will help keep costs low because there will be more competition.] [Consumers Union Gene KIMMELMAN - says customers were promised lower prices but never got them.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The trial of former Arthur Andersen partner David Duncan on charges of obstruction of justice related to the Enron energy company bankruptcy scandal reported; scenes shown of Duncan in Houston.
#700943
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) The agreement between the US and Russia to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles by two-thirds over the next ten years reported. [President BUSH - says the agreement is "good news".] [Representative Edward MARKEY - says the US and Russia should destroy the weapons instead of merely dismantling them.] [Former deputy Undersecretary of Energy Rose GOTTEMOELLER - explains why she opposes "mini-nukes" added to traditional missiles.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Havana, Cuba: Jim Axelrod) The visit of former President Jimmy Carter to Cuba featured; details given of Carter's tour of Cuba's Biotechnology Institute; scenes shown of Carter and Cuban leader Fidel Castro on the tour. [Undersecretary of State John BOLTON - says he believes Cuba has been doing biological weapons research.] [CARTER - says the administration had shared with him concerns about Cuban terrorist activity.] [CASTRO(thru translator) - says Carter will have free access wherever he wants to go.] [Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo ALARCON - says Bolton "knows he is lying".]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) An attack by American special operations troops on enemy fighters near Kandahar and the conclusion of the British "Operation Snipe" reported; map of Afghanistan and scenes of weapons in Paktia, Afghanistan, shown.
#700946
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Jenin: David Hawkins) The rejection of a plan for Palestinian statehood by the Likud Party and the cancellation of Palestinian Authority leader Yasir Arafat's speech in Jenin due to concerns about heckling reported; scenes shown of Arafat in Bethlehem and Nablus and of people in Jenin. [Jenin RESIDENTS - say they are disappointed that Arafat did not show up.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) South Korea's offer to take in five North Koreans who tried to get asylum at the Japanese Consulate in Shenyang, China, reported; scenes shown of Chinese guards trying to stop the North Koreans from entering the consulate.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Plans for 27 of American companies to hire more workers this summer reported
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#700952
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Kennewick, WA: Wyatt Andrews) The use of computer keystroke capture programs to monitor another person's activities on their computers examined; scenes shown of how Investigator works. [Program inventor Richard EATON - says the programs keep track of everything that is done on another computer; says the program records passwords and credit card numbers.] [Business owner John HAMMEL - says employees cannot go to porn sites while at work.] [Parent Robert COLERIDGE - says eavesdropping is an invasion of privacy, but "protection is not".] [Daughter Amy COLERIDGE - says the software scares her.] ["Privacy Times" editor Evan HENDRICKS - describes how the program can be misused.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The Supreme Court ruling upholding part of a law meant to protect children from online pornography reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The trial in Birmingham, AL, of 1963 church bombing suspect Bobby Cherry reported.
#700956
(Studio: Dan Rather) Severe thunderstorms across the country from Texas to New England reported; scenes shown.
#700957
(Studio: Dan Rather) The conditions making the battle to control wildfires north of Los Angeles difficult reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Accident at Busch Gardens in which a lion bit off a keeper's arm, which could not be reattached reported; scenes shown from near Tampa, FL.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The training of honeybees to sniff out explosives and other chemicals reported; photos shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Byron Pitts) The return of American Express employees to their offices in New York City near Ground Zero for the first time since the September 11 attack on America featured; scenes shown. [American Express chairman Kenneth CHENAULT - says the attack changed everyone forever.] [American Express Kara VLAHOS - says coming back was "overwhelming"; says "terrorists cannot defeat the American spirit".] [American Express Rayburn CHAN - says his office has a window view of Ground Zero.] [New York Governor George PATAKI - says the good guys will win.]
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