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(Butte La Rose, Louisiana: Anne Thompson) The uncertainty among residents in the Morganza Spillway area in Louisiana about when the floodwaters will arrive featured; scenes shown of the flooding from the Atchafalaya River in Butte La Rose. [Butte La Rose residents Michelle McINNIS‡, Tommy GIROUARD†- comment.] [US Army Corps of Engineers Col. Ed FLEMING†- says the water is not flowing as fast as it should.] [Stephensville Elementary School principal Dan RAWLS†- comments on his decision to end the school year early.] [Representative Jeff LANDRY††- says we take it on the chin but we get up and go on.]
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(Los Angeles: Miguel Almaguer) The fallout from the Schwarzenegger scandal reviewed; scenes shown of media gathered outside the woman’s house and of Arnold leaving his office. [NEIGHBOR – says it’s sad for the boy.] [Crisis relations consultant Howard BRAGMAN†- says somebody will run a picture of the kids.] [Los Angeles County Democratic Party chair Eric BAUMAN†- calls for an investigation.]
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(Paris: Michelle Kosinski) The reaction in France to the sexual assault charges against International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn featured; details given about prior claims of misconduct and the trend in France to ignore such allegations. [Historian Nicole BACHARAN††- says people could sense he was an aggressive womanizer.] [French WOMAN – says it’s good to speak about sexual harassment.]
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(Washington: Lisa Myers) A report on the sex abuse scandal involving Catholic priests examined; details given about the blaming of the permissive sexual culture of the 1960s and 70s and the dispute over what makes a “pedophile priest.” [Principal investigator Karen TERRY†- says the increase in sexual abuse in the Church was consistent with other patterns of behavior.] [US Bishops’ Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People Bishop Blase CUPICH†- says the study shows that what we are doing works.] [Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests Barbara BLAINE†- says the bishops are using this moment to push responsibility off on someone else.] [Investigative reporter Jason BERRY†- says bishops are not punished and cardinals are not removed.]
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(Stone Mountain, Georgia: Rehema Ellis) The waiting game for parents and students who enter lotteries to attend charter schools featured; scenes shown from the drawing for Dekalb Academy of Technology and Environment near Atlanta; details given of concern about whether charter schools are better; study findings cited. [Parents Tricie EVANS†, Linda HENDERSON-SMITH†- comment on the process.] [D.A.T.E. headmaster Maury WILLS†- says we have the freedom and the innovation to do so much.] [NYU education historian Diane RAVITCH†- says charters do not get better results than regular public schools.]
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(Nashville: Kevin Tibbles) The return of the 13-year cicadas to the South featured; scenes shown from Nashville of the bugs. [University of Tennessee entomologist Frank HALE††– calls them bio-acoustic instruments.] [Anderson Design Group Joel ANDERSON†- comments on cicada-related merchandise.] [8-year-old cicada hunter Thea WILLS‡- comments.]
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