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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The White House’s statement on the crisis in Haiti quoted.
(Port-au-Prince: Steve Harrigan) The rebellion against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide updated; scenes shown from the streets of Port-au-Prince, where killing & looting go on.
(Studio: Jane Skinner) A “history lesson” on Haiti’s past reported; details given about Aristide, who was the nation’s first democratically elected leader, accusations of widespread human rights abuses, and the continuing rebel revolts against the Haitian government; “CIA World Factbook” numbers on Haiti quoted.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Report introduced.
(New York City: Rebecca Gomez) The case of the missing Mississippi family of Michael & Rebecca Hargon and their son updated; details given about the police interrogation of family member Earnest Hargon and the growing evidence that the family’s disappearance is linked to a dispute over a family inheritance; scenes shown from the Hargon house.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Senator John Edward’s campaign stop in Georgia and Mario & Andrew Cuomo’s endorsement of Senator John Kerry as the Democratic nominee for president reported.
(New York City: Carl Cameron) The day’s events in the two-man race for the Democratic nomination featured; details given about the campaign strategies of Kerry and Edwards in advance of the Super Tuesday primaries; campaign scenes shown. [EDWARDS – campaigns.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The battle between Pakistani troops and unidentified gunmen near the Afghan border and Interpol’s statement that terrorists may have purchased thousands of stolen passports reported.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: William La Jeunesse) The day’s events in Iraq featured; details given about the struggles facing Iraq’s governing council to finish an interim constitution, a list of constitution “sticking points,” including the role of Islam in the national government, the structure of the new presidency, the teaching of the Kurdish language in schools, and the number of legislative seats reserved for women. [Iraqi Governing Council member Mouwafak al-RUBAIE†- says the council is learning to compromise.] [Iraqi Governing Council member Samir Shaker MAHMOUD†- says failure is not an option.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The FDA debate on implementing tougher restrictions on the prescription of Accutane, a medication used to treat severe forms of acne, reported.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Report introduced.
(Seattle: Dan Springer) The decision by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau {TTB} not to allow beer makers to place the reported health benefits that beer can provide on product labels featured; details given about studies that show drinking beer in moderation can help prevent heart attack and stroke and the government’s attitude toward alcohol-labeling polices. [Pike Brewing Co.’s Craig HARTINGER†- comments.] [MAN – says that beer makers should be allowed to show consumers that beer can be healthy.] [Alcohol Policies Project’s George HACKER†- says beer is probably the nation’s most used drug and responsible for thousands of deaths.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The search for a possible sniper in the San Francisco area after a woman’s car window exploded from a gun shot along an interstate in Hayward, California, reported.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The fight after a high school basketball game in Metropolis†, Illinois, shown.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The restoration project at a cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana; the destruction of a coal hopper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the annual Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous in Elk County††, Pennsylvania; and the rescue of a suicidal man on top of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Report introduced.
(Simi Valley, California: Trace Gallagher) Technology’s effect on the game of golf examined; details given about golf clubs which are designed with bigger club heads, stronger materials, lighter weight, and golf balls made to travel farther distances, which some argue is compromising the spirit of golf and making famous golf courses obsolete. [Golf coach Eddie MERRINS†, golf course architect Howard SWAN†, Rivera Country Club head pro Todd YOSHITAKE†, Lost Canyons Country Club head pro Jay COLLIATIE†- comment.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Report introduced.
(Miami: Orlando Salinas) The reaction of Haitian immigrants in the US to the difficult times in Haiti featured; details given about the continued uprising against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; protesters shown from Miami’s “Little Haiti.” [Aristide’s lawyer Ira KURZBAN†- says the president and his wife have no plans to leave Haiti.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The attack on Fox reporter Geraldo Rivera’s convoy in Iraq shown.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The workers’ strikes by employees of Air France and members of California’s Union of Food and Commercial Workers, and the failed attempt by Pfizer to discover why Viagra does not work on women reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Prince Charles’ support of funding for homeopathic medicine in Britain reported.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Report introduced.
(Manila, Philippines: Mike Cohen) The dangers facing the health care system in the Philippines examined; details given about the lack of doctors and nurses in Manila due to the decision by Philippine health care workers to fill job vacancies in the US. [MAN – comments.] [Female NURSE – describes the understaffed conditions.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) A fire at a supermarket in Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania, shown.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) President Bush’s call for increased drug testing in US schools in his weekly radio address quoted.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The discovery of over 24,000 pounds of cocaine from a drug bust at a farm in Puerto Ordaz†, Venezuela, shown.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Germany’s debate over adding a speed limit to the Autobahn reported.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) An update from the 6-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program in Beijing, China and a humanitarian group’s warnings about an aid crisis in North Korea reported.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Todd Connor) An Iraqi’s home that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein confiscated and turned into a torture chamber for political prisoners examined; details given about former home owner Dhia al-Hariri and his return home; scenes shown from inside the house. [HARIRI†- comments about his brother’s death from torture at the house.] [Former PRISONER – describes his captivity at the house.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) An Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Gaza and Israel’s decision to bulldoze business shops in Erez, Gaza Strip, which were accused of helping Palestinian gunmen, reported.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The collapse of a covered parking garage in Moscow, Russia; the Afghan police force’s decision to add women to it’s force; a protest in Taiwan over fears of a Chinese invasion; and the cash given to families who have children in Italy due to low birth numbers reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) The decision by the International Olympic Committee to allow Iraqi athletes to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and the victories by US snowboarders at a competition in Joetsu-Kokusai†, Japan, reported.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) A two-legged dog at an animal hospital in Blaine, Minnesota, shown.
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Steve Brown) The controversy surrounding a planned study by the Illinois state university system to measure the productivity of the state’s professors examined; details given about the proposed study which is designed to see what taxpayers and students are receiving from funding that pays professors’ salaries. [University of Illinois at Chicago professor Susan LIEBMAN†- says she is doing almost more work than she can do.] [Illinois Board of Higher Education’s James KAPLAN†- says there have been no guidelines set for what a productive teacher is.] [University of Illinois at Chicago Dean Stanley FISH†- says most professors he knows work 65-80 hours a week.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Joan Rivers’ search for love on an Internet dating site; the Australian celebration for three Oscar nominated movies; and a preview of the Oscars reported; scenes shown. [Best actress nominee Charlize THERON†- comments.]
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(Studio: Jane Skinner) Quick notes about the movie “Gigli”, talk-show host Ricki Lake†, and this day in history noted; scenes shown.
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