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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Steve Centanni) The uprising against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide updated; details given about barricades placed by opposition forces to deter rebels from entering Port-au-Prince and the Coast Guard’s interception of a suspected Haitian refugee boat off the coast of Miami. [President BUSH – says the US will deny entry to Haiti refugees.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) US administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer’s report about security problems along Iraq’s borders with Syria and Iran noted. [BREMER†- comments on border security.]
(Baghdad: William La Jeunesse) The problems facing border security in Iraq featured; details given about foreign fighters from the Islamic extremist group Ansar al Islam, whose members are crossing into Iraq through the unsecured Iranian border to attack US and Iraqi forces. [Border guard Umar Ali MOHAMMED†{thru translator} – addresses problems with border security.] [Ansar al Islam’s Quds Hassan ABBAS†{thru translator} – describes the ease of crossing the border.] [Ansar al Islam’s Wushyar Salah Hama AREF†{thru translator} - promotes jihad.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) FBI documents showing that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh sought help from a group of white-supremacist bank robbers reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Toledo, Ohio: Carl Cameron) The day’s events in the two-man race for the Democratic nomination for president featured; details given about the list of endorsements received by Senator John Kerry and the campaign strategies of Kerry and Senator John Edwards leading up to the Super Tuesday primaries. [KERRY – campaigns against President Bush’s tax cuts.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Campaign Cuts about Howard Dean’s debt resulting from his campaign and a push by the Punk Voter Coalition to register young Democrats to vote against Bush.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The debate over a proposed gun-maker immunity bill which would protect gun makers against lawsuits resulting from gun crimes reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The statement from the Libyan government that it regrets the recent comments from the country’s prime minister, who claimed the country was not responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Los Angeles District Attorney’s investigation into the lethal force used by police against a bank robber who ran from police and died shortly after police shot him reported; scenes shown of car chase and shots fired at robber.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) reported; The damages caused by winter weather in New Mexico and from widespread flooding in Australia reported; scenes shown from Albuquerque, New Mexico and near Gold Coast, Australia.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The resignation of National Zoo director Lucy Spelman†† after an investigation of animal deaths at the zoo reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The video from a roadside police stop where a transit authority officer was almost hit by a car in Baltimore, Maryland; an explosion at a grain elevator in Clarion††, Iowa; damages caused by a storm in Citrus County††, Florida; and the praise given to Kirk Matthews Jr., who hit the brakes on a school bus in North Carolina after the driver had fallen out of her seat, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Scientists’ discovery of a protein found in monkeys, that helps the animal resist infection from HIV and testing results from a new birth control implant for men reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Gila National Forest, New Mexico: Alicia Acuna) The legal battle in southwestern New Mexico over cattle which are trespassing on federal land featured; details given about cattle rancher Kit Laney†, owner of the Diamond Bar Ranch†† in New Mexico, who has been told to remove his cattle from federally protected land, Laney’s belief that the land in question belongs to him, and the Center for Biological Diversity’s demand for the government to remove the cattle for environmental protection. [LANEY – says if he gives up his property rights, he will have given up part of his freedom.] [US Forest Service’s Steve LIBBY†, Sheriff Cliff SNYDER†- describe the legal situation.] [Center for Biological Diversity’s Michael ROBINSON†- describes the environmental damage done by the cattle.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Washington: Greg Kelly) The government’s plan to use Secret Service officers and customs agents as air marshals while they are traveling for their current agency examined; details given about the increased number of flights that could have an armed government agent and the cost effectiveness of the plan. [Federal Air Marshals Director Thomas QUINN†- calls the plan a “force multiplier.”]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) US military’s statement that “it is only a matter of time before Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is caught”, Turkey’s indictment of suspected Al Qaeda militants for last November’s Istanbul bombings, and an Indonesian court’s conviction of a man linked to a group which helped hide one of the bombers from the 2002 attack in Bali reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Pope John Paul II’s Lenten message that focused on the needs of children reported; scenes shown from the ceremony in Vatican City.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New York City: Rebecca Gomez) The opening of Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion of the Christ” featured; details given about the capacity crowds attending the movie and the criticisms from the Anti-Defamation League. [3 PEOPLE – praise the movie.] [Anti-Defamation League’s Abraham FOXMAN†- condemns Gibson’s version of Jesus’ death.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Washington state law that bans publicly funded scholarships for students majoring in theology reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The day’s events in the trial of Scott Peterson for the murder of his wife, Laci, reported; details given about the delay in jury selection and the judge’s prediction that the trial will take 5 months once it has begun.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The decision by Michael Jackson and his second wife Debbie Rowe†† to see a retired judge to help them sort out family matters reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) 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 defense’s cross-examination of a friend of Williams, who claimed Williams, tried to cover up the actual events of the evening.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A study showing that US senators’ personal stock portfolios beat the market average by 12†† reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The monthly sales figures for previously owned homes and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System‘s {CalPERS} decision to not support the rehiring of Disney CEO Michael Eisner†† reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The rescue efforts from a deadly earthquake near Al-Hoceima, Morocco, shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The raids by Israeli troops in Ramallah†, West Bank, in an effort to stop the flow of funds to Palestinian militant groups and violent clashes in the West Bank over the continued construction of the West Bank barrier reported; scenes shown of violence in Ramallah.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Iran’s statement that yesterday’s U.N. weapons inspectors’ report on the discovery of nuclear material in Iran was based on a misunderstanding reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A fire at police headquarters in Manila, the Philippines; the military attack on a peaceful protest in northern Uganda; the discovery of two 700-year-old mummies in Peru; and the “flour war” celebration in Greece reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The indictment of football player Jamal Lewis on drug charges, college football player Mike Williams’ decision to enter the NFL draft, the upcoming destruction of the notorious “Bartman ball” to rid baseball’s Chicago Cubs of the latest curse, and the announcement that North and South Korea Summer Olympians will walk out together during the year’s opening ceremonies reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Seattle: Dan Springer) The controversy surrounding an Oregon high school’s decision to take down a Bible club display featured; details given about John Marshall High School’s removal of a “Teens Encountering Christ” bookcase display because the school could not show support of a single religion and lawsuit filed by club leader Jeff Chatterton claiming that the Portland school suppressed his free speech rights. [CHATTERTON†- says he just wants people to know what he believes.] [Portland schools’ Lew FREDERICK†- explains why the school took down the display.] [Alliance Defense Fund’s Joe INFRANCO†- claims the school is guilty of “viewpoint discrimination,” the censoring of a viewpoint, because it did not like the message.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) ESPN’s selection of actor Barry Pepper†† to portray the late NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt†† in an upcoming bio-picture; ESPN’s upcoming movie, “Hustle,” about baseball player Pete Rose; the lawsuit filed against actor Martin Lawrence†† by a woman who claims he punched her; the ratings for the FOX reality show “American Idol 3”; and singer Jessica Simpson’s plan to write a book about marriage reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Quick notes about reality shows “The Bachelorette” and “My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé”, the X-Men movie series, and this day in history noted; scenes shown.
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