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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jack Smith) The White House plan to install a computer system to monitor all information on the Internet in order to thwart the threat of cyber-terrorism examined. [National Security Adviser Samuel BERGER - gives examples of computer systems that need to be safe and secure.] The privacy concerns about broad government monitoring powers noted. [Center for Democracy and Technology James DEMPSEY - cites the chilling effects on computer systems.] The vulnerability of the national computer system detailed. [Center for Strategic and International Studies Frank CILLUFFO - says computer networks need protection.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The continuing heat wave reviewed.
(Cincinnati: Bob Jamieson) Heat-related deaths and dangers in Cincinnati, Ohio, featured; scenes shown to illustrate the weather conditions in the Midwest. [Mayor Roxanne QUALLS - says shut-ins need help.] [Chicago Department of Aging Tanya MITCHELL - notes the dangers of heat.] [ISO New England Jim SINCLAIR - calls for electricity conservation.] The impact of the drought in the Northeast on the supply of electrical power noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The Senate debate of a tax cut bill reported.
(Capitol Hill: Linda Douglass) The income tax "marriage penalty" examined; tax deduction examples cited. [Marrying taxpayer Elizabeth LAUBER - questions the tax code.] The pressure of family values on Congress noted. [Senator William ROTH, Family Research Council Janet PARSHALL - cite examples of tax penalties.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Call from Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan for Congress to put off a tax cut until the budget surplus actually materializes reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Corporate profits figures reported. Stock Market Report. Report on Americans' commissioning of megayachts noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Judy Muller) California Supreme Court ruling that the press and public have the right to access civil trials examined; details given of the civil trial of actress Sandra Locke's suit against Clint Eastwood that was closed to the public. [First Amendment attorney Doug MIRELL - assess the state court's ruling giving the public access.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) "Nature" study on scientists' creation of a cancerous human cell in the lab reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The launching of the Surgeon General's campaign against suicide reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) United Nations report that no environmental catastrophe was caused in Yugoslavia by the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) bombings reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The recovery of bodies of those killed in the crash of a United States Army plane in Colombia reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Interlaken, Switzerland: Sheila MacVicar) The search in Switzerland for the dead from a flash flood that struck sports adventurers who were "canyoning" on a river featured; scenes shown from the site in Interlaken, Switzerland. [Survivor's mother Ann HALL - recounts her son's adventure.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The last spacewalk on the Russian space station Mir, which will soon be abandoned, shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) NASA's discovery of three holes in an engine nozzle on the space shuttle Columbia, which leaked hydrogen during the launch last Friday, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) The controversy over the "New England Journal of Medicine" that came to a head with the firing of journal editor Jerome Kassirer examined; details given of the profit versus medical credibility issue. [Harvard School of Public Health Dr. Walter WILLETT - says the Massachusetts Medical Society's leadership wants more money.] [Boston University professor Ellen Ruppel SHELL - says the journal is first and foremost a profit maker.] The issue of providing medical information in these changing times noted. [Massachusetts Medical Society Dr. Jack EVJY - offers a defense.] [Medscape.com Dr. George LUNDBERG - says medical publishing is a high-stakes business.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Pope John Paul II's views on Hell stated.
(No location given: Bill Blakemore) The Catholics' view of Hell examined; famous "hellish" art work shown. ["Dante's Inferno" translator Robert PINSKY - comments on Dante's imagination of hell.] The version of heaven and hell in the movie "What Dreams May Come" shown.
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