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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: Campbell Brown) A rise in the unemployment rate to the highest levels since August 1994 reported; details given about more companies beginning to hire. [Economics From Washington Douglas LEE - says labor markets normally lag behind the rest of the economy.] [Senator Jon CORZINE - criticizes the tax cut.] [White House economic advisor Lawrence LINDSEY - says the economy is growing.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Martinsville, VA: Anne Thompson) The economic woes faced by Martinsville, VA, due to the departure of textile companies featured; scenes shown from Martinsville. [Deborah PLASTER - says she has not worked since October.] [Carter's Office Manager Carrie HAIRSTON - says locals are trying to pay off bills.] [Business recruiter Tom HARNARD - talks about ideal companies to bring to town.] [Virginia Workforce Center director Joyce SNEAD - says serving the area is difficult.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The refusal of the Catholic Church to agree to a multi-million dollar settlement for the victims of abusive priest John Geoghan reported.
(Boston: Rehema Ellis) The court appearance of Father Paul Shanley and plans to send him back to Massachusetts to stand trial for child rape reported; scenes shown of Shanley in court in San Diego. [Public defender Fred SMALL - says Shanley did not challenge extradition.] [Alleged victims' attorney Roderick MacLEISH - says adults who knew what was happening did nothing to stop the abuse.] [Middlesex County, MA, district attorney Martha COAKLEY - says there is no way to hold anyone else in the archdiocese of Boston criminally liable.] [Massachusetts Governor Jane SWIFT - says people in contact with children should report all cases of abuse.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Myers) Multiple investigations of Army Secretary Thomas White reported; details given of accusations of insider trading, dubious accounting, misleading the Senate and behavior at the Pentagon. [Pentagon spokesperson Victoria CLARKE - says Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wants to get to the bottom of any inappropriate behavior.] [May 2001, SENATOR - praises White for his work with Enron energy company.] [WHITE - says he received no insider information from Enron.] [Hofstra University professor Monroe FREEDMAN - says White has been less than candid.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The lack of a paper trail in America or Afghanistan with information that could have been a warning about the September 11 attack on America examined; details given of efforts to improve border security and security at major events. [FBI director Robert MUELLER - says the September 11 hijackers contacted no terrorist sympathizers and committed no crimes.] [Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force Steve McCRAW - describes the difficulty of finding terrorists.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The explosions of pipe bombs placed in rural mailboxes in Iowa and Illinois reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Dallas: Jim Cummins) The decoration of a nursing home to resemble the 1950s in an effort to improve the quality of life of Alzheimer's disease patients examined; scenes shown from Grace Presbyterian Village in Dallas. [Grace Presbyterian Village CEO Godwin DIXON - says "old-time" themed rooms were the most popular rooms in some nursing homes; says inappropriate environments scare patients.] [Husband Wendell STEPHENS, daughter Becky STEPHENS - say the home has been good for wife and mother Sarabeth.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Louisville: Roger O'Neil) The creation of special homes for thoroughbred horses who would otherwise be slaughtered featured; scenes shown from one home in Kentucky; scenes shown of thoroughbred race horse Secretariat. [Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation John STUART - says owners of old or unprofitable thoroughbreds will sell them at livestock markets.] [Secretariat owner Penny CHENERY - says very few horses get an idyllic life.]
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