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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Howard Dean’s firing of his national campaign chairman Steve Grossman noted. [DEAN – claims that President Bush doesn’t care about middle class citizens.]
(Green Bay, Wisconsin: Carl Cameron) Campaigning in Wisconsin by the Democratic presidential candidates featured; details given about the pressure on Dean to quit the race, his firing of Grossman, the strategies of Senators John Kerry and John Edwards, and the report that Ralph Nader plans to run a third party candidacy for president. [DEAN – praises Grossman.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The call from President Bush on Congress to make his tax cuts permanent reported.
(White House: Jim Angle) Bush’s appearance at NASCAR’s Daytona 500 analyzed; details given about Bush’s campaign strategies including his attempt for the “NASCAR” vote. [In Daytona, Florida, BUSH – campaigns.] [KERRY – criticizes Bush.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The rush in San Francisco by gay couples to get married before a court steps in to rule against them and the attempt of Georgia legislature to outlaw same-sex marriage reported; scenes shown from San Francisco city hall.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The statement from US Administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer that he will block any move to make Islam the basis of the country’s new constitution reported. [In Karbala, Iraq, BREMER†- says there is a real hunger for democracy in Iraq.]
(Baghdad: Rick Leventhal) The day’s events in Iraq reviewed; details given about an accidental explosion at a Baghdad elementary school, the arrest of suspects in the assassination of an Iraqi government council member, the deaths of 2 US soldiers by separate roadside bomb explosions, and the murder of US missionary John Kelley††; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The proposed delay of elections in Afghanistan due to safety concerns reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The upcoming peace talks between India and Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, previewed; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The US refusal to offer concessions to North Korea before the scheduled 6-way nuclear talks in Beijing, China, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The reopening of a US-Canada border crossing in Blaine†, Washington, after security guards found a car with a grenade inside reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The problems caused by snow and ice in North Carolina and Tennessee reported; scenes shown.
(Fox Weather Center: Terry Casey) National weather forecast reviewed; weather maps shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A crane support collapse at an interstate construction site in Toledo, Ohio, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The ballistic confirmation linking Saturday’s Ohio highway shootings to earlier serial shootings and a criminologist’s statement that the shooter is becoming bolder reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The arrest of two teenage boys charged with murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A Baptist church fire in Livonia††, Michigan; a car crash into a house in Pennsylvania; a terrorism response drill by emergency workers in Salt Lake City, Utah; and mountain-top marriage ceremonies in Loveland††, Colorado, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The trade of baseball player Alex Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Ft. Carson, Colorado: Alicia Acuna) The efforts of US soldiers who are training for the Olympics Games while preparing for possible deployment to the war in Iraq featured. [S/Sgts. Keith SIERACKI†, Torrence DANIELS†- talk about their Olympic goals.] [Capt. Anita ALLEN†- says her Olympic dream is not important when compared with what is going on in Iraq.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Jonathan Serrie) The push to keep judges from being allowed to rule on religious displays featured; details given about the proposed Constitution Restoration Act of 2004 that states public religious displays are a constitutional right and are not subject to interpretation or review by any federal court. [At press conference, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy MOORE†- explains proposed legislation.] [Representative Robert ADERHOLT†- talks about penalties that judges could face if they “did not act appropriately.”] [Anti-Defamation League’s Deborah LAUTER†- says the proposed legislation is “completely unnecessary.”] [Senator Zell MILLER†- condemns previous court rulings.] [Emory Law School’s Robert SCHAPIRO†- says the legislation is a way of amending the constitution without going through all of the formalities.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New York City: Jamie Colby) The debate over the use of a video located on PETA’s website that allows students to skip live dissections of frogs featured; details given about the “digital frog” that lets students watch a simulated dissection and the negative educational effect that eliminating live dissections from class could have. [Science teacher Dora BARLAZ†- comments on the “digital frog” and says students should be given a choice.] [Assn. for Biomedical Research’s Mary HANLY†- explains the importance of animal research; says that by allowing kids to skip dissections, “we may be losing a future scientist.”]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The preparation of President Bush for a more “active” phase in his campaign and the endorsement of Senator John Edwards for the Democratic nomination by the largest newspaper in Wisconsin reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Michael Jackson’s agreement with Debbie Roe, the mother of his children, to distance himself from the Nation of Islam to avoid a custody fight reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) University of Idaho scientists’ display of the first cloned mules to ever be created shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The online sale of a former Blue Angels fighter jet; the monthly sales figures for Wal-Mart; the national gas price average; and the bidding war over AT&T Wireless reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New York City: Rebecca Gomez) A new system that allows phone calls to be made over the Internet analyzed; details given about the claims that the system is better and cheaper than traditional phone lines; statement supporting the new system from the FCC quoted. [Vonage Holdings Corp.’s John REGO†, Time Warner Cable’s John BILLOCK†- describe the new system.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A Hubble Telescope picture of a galaxy that is 13 billion light years away from Earth shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Paris: Greg Palkot) The report that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had oil dealings with 11 members of the French government featured; details given about the requests for a U.N. investigation. [Iraqi Oil Ministry spokesman Asim JIHAD†- says that Saddam gave wealth to his foreign supporters instead of Iraq.] [Roland Berger Strategy Consultants’ Claude HANKES-DRIELSMA†, “L’Express” magazines’s Vincent HUGEUX†- comment.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The statement from Russian President Vladimir Putin that those responsible for an indoor water park roof collapse in Moscow, Russia, will be punished reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The goring of a matador by a bull in Medellin†, Colombia, shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A protest by aborigines in Sydney, Australia; a chlorine gas leak at a swimming pool in Belgium; a thoroughbred horse race on a frozen lake in Switzerland; a liquid vapor machine that allows UK bar-goers to inhale vodka through a tube reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A white-only scholarship given by the College Republicans at a university in Bristol, Rhode Island, as a statement against affirmative action reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Seattle: Dan Springer) The debate over sending students to private colleges and universities with public funds featured; details given about the current Washington state system which allows students to receive money to attend public universities, the problems caused by students not being allowed admittance to public universities because the schools are full, and a proposed system that would allow students who should be receiving money to attend public universities vouchers to attend private institutions. [Independent Colleges of Washington’s Violet BOYER†- claims the state has the capacity to serve an additional 10,000 students by using the proposed voucher system.] [Representative Phyllis GUTIERREZ†- says the state’s universities are not at capacity and any taxpayer money should be spent on improving them.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The lawsuit against Fox because the title of “My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé” is a little too close to that of the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”; the series debut of Fox’s “The Littlest Groom”; the cancellation of WB’s TV show “Angel”; the “R” rating given to Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ”; the Weekend Movie box office figures; a TV show pilot with Chris O’Donnell††, the appearance of talk show host Conan O’Brien on “The Simpsons” DVD; and the request of a Moscow, Russia, zookeeper for TVs to be placed into gorilla cages to increase the animals learning reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Quick notes about “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”, singers Beyonce Knowles†† and David Bowie, and this day in history noted; scenes shown.
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