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#766872
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(New York City: Terry Keenan) The day’s events in the Martha Stewart trial for charges relating to her sale of ImClone stock featured; details given about the damaging testimony from Stewart’s friend, Mariana Pasternak††, that Stewart knew that Imclone CEO Sam Waksal was selling his stock when she sold her stock; testimony of Pasternak quoted; courtroom sketches shown.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The arrest of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling on fraud & insider trading charges featured; scenes shown of Skilling being led to the courthouse in Houston. [FBI Director Robert MUELLER†- says that executives will be held accountable when they abuse their positions.] [Skilling’s lawyer Dan PETROCELLI†- says his client has nothing to hide.]
#766874
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Vaughan, Mississippi: Jonathan Serrie) The case of the missing Mississippi family of Michael & Rebecca Hargon and their son updated; details given about the FBI joining in the search; scenes shown from investigation at the Hargons’ house. [Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s Warren STRAIN†- comments.]
#766875
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The support of the US decision to keep the deadline for the transfer of power in Iraq noted. [US administrator in Iraq Paul BREMER†- says Iraq will be a single unified country.]
(Baghdad: Todd Connor) The day’s events in Iraq featured; details given about the U.N.’s backing of the US deadline for handing over power, the agreement that elections cannot take place before the handover, and bomb attacks against US soldiers. [BREMER†- comments on transfer of power.]
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The US decision to send a military team to Haiti to assess security at the US embassy and the statement from the Pentagon that this does not signal a US plan to stop the violence in Haiti reported; scenes shown of protests in Gonaives††, Haiti.
#766877
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) U.N. nuclear inspectors’ discovery in Iran of equipment for processing uranium that is more sophisticated than previously disclosed reported.
#766878
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The counter lawsuit filed by San Francisco against the state of California over same-sex marriages and the statement from Chicago Mayor Richard Daley†† that he has no problem with same-sex marriage reported.
#766879
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Denver: Carol McKinley) The latest developments in the football scandal at the University of Colorado featured; details given of a sixth rape allegation that along with comments made by head football coach Gary Barnett have led to his being placed on paid leave, and about the independent panel that has until April 30 to investigate the accusations. [Former University of Colorado football player Scott NEMETH†- supports Barnett.]
#766882
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(New York City: Jonathan Hunt) The discovery in New Jersey of murder victim Maria Cruz featured; details given about finding her body stuffed into a suitcase that was buried in concrete at the home of her suspected killer Dan Faiello†† and the theory that she might have died during a botched plastic surgery procedure performed by Faiello, a fake physician; scenes shown of investigation in Newark, New Jersey.
#766883
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The suicide of Manuel Gehring††, who was accused of killing his two children while driving cross-country, reported.
#766886
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) A shooting death at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans reported; scenes shown from the parade.
#766887
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The promising results from an experimental lung cancer vaccine from a study from Baylor University; the FDA’s decision to add this year’s deadly flu strain into next year’s flu vaccine; and the government approved hospital use of an experimental blood substitute on victims without their consent reported.
#766888
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The results from a study by the American Highway Users Alliance of increased traffic problems in the US reported.
#766889
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The explosion of a house from a car that ran into its main gas line in Greenville, South Carolina; a truck that crashed into a plumbing store in Warren, Michigan; the roof collapse at an old National Guard armory in Brigham City, Utah; and the rescue of a pregnant horse stranded in a frozen lake in North Dakota reported; scenes shown.
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#766892
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: William La Jeunesse) The creation of a torture survivors clinic in Iraq for those tortured during the rule of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein featured; details given about the mission and founders of the clinic and the clinic’s documentation of torture that occurred for the future prosecution of Saddam; scenes shown from a video of Saddam’s enforced torture of Iraqis. [Saddam torture victims Farhan SAAD†, Ali Hussein ALI†- describe the torture they endured.] [Torture clinic director Dr. Badea KHALAF†- describes the importance of therapy for tortured citizens.]
#766894
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Redwood City, California: Trace Gallagher) The day’s events in the trial of Scott Peterson for the murder of his wife, Laci, featured; details given about hearings surrounding the defense motion for taped telephone calls to be tossed out of the trial and the defense claims that the prosecution is withholding evidence; courtroom sketches by Vicki Behringer shown.
#766895
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The day’s events in the manslaughter trial of former basketball player Jayson Williams, who is charged with shooting a limo driver and attempting to make the incident appear to be a suicide, reported; details given about the medical examiner’s testimony that the limo driver was trying to protect himself before he was shot.
#766896
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The lawsuit filed against Michael Jackson by travel agent Cynthia Montgomery who claims Jackson never paid her back for air flight expenses reported.
#766897
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The US block of the assets of a charity that is accused of helping Al Qaeda, the release of five British citizens from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the plans of 5 European countries to begin using armed air marshals on certain commercial flights reported.
#766898
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The endorsement of Senator John Kerry by the AFL-CIO, the statement from Senator John Edwards that US trade is a moral issue, and a judge’s decision to keep Al Sharpton off the Democratic primary ballot in Louisiana due to incorrect filing procedures reported; campaign scenes shown.
#766899
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) President Bush’s claim that his tax cuts are helping the economy and his push for Congress to make the cuts permanent reported. [BUSH – says that war is not conducive for investment.]
#766900
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The monthly Index of Leading Economic Indicators, jobless claims, and mortgage rates, and the retirement of the Coca-Cola CEO reported.
#766902
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) NASA’s change in launch procedure by having a backup shuttle ready in case a rescue mission is needed reported.
#766905
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) A new computer device that is able to release various smells into the air based on user actions shown.
#766906
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Adam Housley) The government’s launch of a new effort to stop digital piracy featured; details given about placing a government seal outside movie theaters as a warning and of cameras placed in movie theaters to catch people illegally recording movies with hand-held video cameras. [FBI’s Jana MONROE†- comments.]
#766907
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The government shutdown of two newspapers in Iran that were critical of the Ayatollah on the eve of national elections and the identification of bodies from the train derailment & explosion near Neyshabur, Iran, reported; scenes shown of mourners.
#766908
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) A riot over the lack of access to higher education at a university in Colombia; a series of avalanches in a northern province in Russia; the call for citizens living on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, which is feared to erupt soon, to move, in Pompeii, Italy; and a ghost-exorcising festival by Buddhist monks in China reported; scenes shown.
#766911
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The decision to allow Georgia teachers to use the word “evolution”, after previous attempts to block the word from the curriculum, reported.
#766912
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) A federal judge’s upholding of a ban on school nativity scenes in New York City reported.
#766913
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Boston: Alisyn Camerota) The controversy over a planned sexually explicit magazine by Harvard students featuring naked undergraduates examined; details given about the magazine “H-Bomb”, the continued debate over what is art versus pornography, the ban on taking naked photographs on university property, and the planned release of the magazine at the beginning of the spring term; response from Harvard University quoted. [Magazine co-creators Camilla HARDY† and Katherina BALDEGG†- describe the magazine.] [Harvard student Matt ANDERSON†- says the magazine runs a fine line of objectifying women.]
#766916
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The update of “American Idol 3”, the recording contract offered to singer William Hung; the fear from singer Ozzy Osbourne†† that he will never be able to perform again following his ATV crash, the announcement of a new boxing reality show by actor Sylvester Stallone†† and producer Mark Brunett††, a reality segment on NBC’s “Today”; and the request from the government of Botswana for those who are contemplating suicide to hang themselves from trees instead of jumping in front of trains reported; scenes shown.
#766917
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Quick notes about singers, “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard†† and the Beastie Boys, and this day in history noted; scenes shown.
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