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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Donna Tetreault) The continuing rain in southern California featured; scenes shown of homes that slid off their foundations & down the hill, plastic-covered roofs, rushing water, flooded streets, rockslides. [RESIDENT, Los Angeles Mayor James HAHN, red-tagged resident Leo SARAGUETA†- react.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Ted Rowlands) The plight of residents whose homes have been deemed uninhabitable featured; scenes shown of red-tagged houses on the hillside, including actual footage of slides. [Homeowners Richard GOODPASTURE†, Robert & Patricia TROLE†, Mark LaCANILAO†- describe the conditions & sounds at their homes.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Boston: Jason Carroll) The major controversy in Massachusetts over embryonic stem cells examined. [Governor Mitt ROMNEY - opposes creating new life for experimentation & research; states you don't have to cross ethical boundaries to find cures for diseases.] [Lymphoma patient Robert HARNDEN†, Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. David SCADDEN†, California Governor Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER - back stem cell research.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Denver: Sean Callebs) The inexplicable case in Denver of serial rapist Brent Brents†† examined; details given about the foul-ups that kept this convicted sex offender's DNA out of the data base & later his being let go after he was accused of a sex crime in Aurora. [Denver district attorney Mitch MORRISSEY†- promises a conviction.] [Denver councilman Rick GARCIA†- questions the city's data system.] [Victim's GRANDMOTHER - comments on the crimes.] [Aurora Mayor Ed TAUER†- reacts to the Brents case.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Dallas: Ed Lavandera) The murder in Texas of pregnant Lisa Underwood & her son, Jayden, by her former lover Stephen Barbee†† reviewed; scenes shown from her home & her bagel store. [Ft. Worth police department Lt. Gene JONES†- says the couple were once involved; states the makeshift grave has been located.] [Sgt. J.D. THORNTON†- outlines the handling of Barbee, who led us to the grave.] [Neighbor James WILSON†- reacts.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Death of a Marine in Iraq, a violent attack in Baghdad, the withdrawal of Ahmad Chalabi from his political race with Ibrahim al-Jaafari for the prime minister post in the new Iraqi government reported.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The homecoming in Paris, Illinois, for members of the 1544 National Guard unit, who had been stationed in Iraq, featured; scenes shown of the festivities; details given about the unit's casualties. [Family readiness group/Guardsman Jim COOPER†- talks about worrying; recalls dealing with the reality of the first death in the unit.] [Soldier's mother Tammy JONES†- talks about her daughter.] ["Paris Beacon-News" publisher Ned JENISON†- says the community has been behind its soldiers.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Gerri Willis) The enormous scam to steal personal information examined; details given about the data brokering ChoicePoint company, which shared personal consumer information with thieves. [Scam victim Elizabeth ROSEN†- recalls getting a letter from ChoicePoint; states ChoicePoint gave us away.] [George Washington University Daniel SOLOVE†- talks about ChoicePoint's information about every American citizen.] The records ChoicePoint has in its data base outlined on screen. [ChoicePoint CEO Derek SMITH††- makes statement.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Daniel Sieberg) How socialite Paris Hilton became a victim of information thieves when her cell phone was compromised featured; details given about social engineering by which hackers go after people like Hilton. [Inphonic CEO David STEINBERG†- points out phones are little laptop computers & people leave their devices somewhere.] [Security expert Kevin MITNICK†- comments on the "social engineers."]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Kelli Arena) The indictment of Ahmed Abu Ali† for conspiring to assassinate President Bush examined; details given about Abu Ali being held in Saudi Arabia since June 2003; courtroom sketches shown. [Father Omar ABU ALI†- says the government lied about the case.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The decision by the New York City medical examiner's office to call a halt to the identification of human remains in the attack on September 11, 2001; the case of Harvard President Larry Summers, who sparked an uproar with his words about women in science; tomorrow's opening to the public of documents at former President Bill Clinton's library in Little Rock & mixed news on teens & smoking reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The first public statements from baseball player Barry Bonds since testimony in the BALCO steroid case leaked out featured. [BONDS - says the media is rerunning stories like "Sanford & Son."]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Taped interview held with political comedian Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." [From Los Angeles, MAHER - says we live in politically correct times because we have become much more conservative due to the control by the religious right; comments on the Harvard University case, bloggers, the elections in Iraq, the Republican penchant for sentimentality, the city of Baghdad, the possible transformation of the Middle East towards freedom.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The headlines of tomorrow's morning newspapers presented; front pages shown from the papers from the Washington, DC, "Times Herald-Record"; "Christian Science Monitor"; Des Moines, Iowa; Britain's "The Guardian" & Chicago.
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