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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Brett Baier) The situation in Iraq updated; details given on apparent terrorist propaganda involving an insurgent attack in Ramadi, and a report that the US military is paying Iraqi papers to print favorable stories about the war. [Maj. Gen. Rick LYNCH†- says there was no attack.] [US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay KHALILZAD†- says he doesn't know the details of the newspaper allegations.]
(White House: Carl Cameron) Criticism of President Bush's war policies featured; details given on Senator John Kerry's call to bring home 20,000 troops over the holidays, and contention over when and how withdrawal should happen; Kerry's online petition shown. [KERRY†- says this isn't World War II.] [White House spokesman Scott McCLELLAN†- says we can remove some troops after the December 15 elections.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The 50-year anniversary of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' historic Montgomery, Alabama, bus ride noted; scenes shown of the parade in Montgomery.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A rise in consumer spending, a slowdown of the manufacturing growth rate, a new construction spending record, a surge in 3rd quarter home prices, retailers' reports of a mixed start to the holiday shopping season, and a loss by Delta Airlines in the first few weeks of its bankruptcy noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Scenes shown from World AIDS Day events in India, Germany, China, and Botswana. President Bush's pledge to expand the fight against AIDS noted. [BUSH – talks about the value of life.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The sentencing hearing in Florida for Joseph Smith, convicted of the rape & murder of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, updated; details given on arguments for and against the death penalty for Smith.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The search in Wisconsin for Christine Rudy††, who is pregnant and has been missing for 3 weeks, noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The guilty plea by the boyfriend of alleged "cell phone bandit" Candice Martinez†† in connection with Martinez's 3 Virginia bank robberies reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Washington: Steve Centanni) A string of jewelry store heists on the east coast featured; details given on the FBI investigation and special task force; surveillance video from a Pennsylvania mall shown. [FBI Assistant Director Chris SWECKER†- expresses concern about the holiday season.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The appeals court battle over President Bush's push for mandatory anthrax vaccinations for military personnel noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) President Bush's summons for jury duty in Texas noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A woman's citation in Houston, Texas, for misleading rescue workers into thinking her child had fallen down the sewer when the "baby" in question was actually a kitten reported; scenes shown of the rescue. [Houston Fire Department Capt. Keith ELLERY†- says we don't normally rescue kittens.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A Wisconsin cat's first- class flight home after somehow having found her way to France noted; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Tonight's stories: A fatal collision of 2 cars in North Carolina; a Texas man caught on tape breaking into a woman's apartment and trying on her underwear; the search for a missing elderly woman in Colorado; the demolition of a bridge in Texas.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The court battle for the Boston Red Sox to be able to keep the baseball from their 2004 World Series win noted.
#818552
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(East Fishkill, New York: Jonathan Hunt) A growing trend across the country of gyms for toddlers featured; details given on parents' fears of obesity in their children, and hopes for healthier lives as the children grow up. [The Little Gym owner Dariane MIRANDO†, Fitness advocate John McCARTHY†, Gym kid's father Chris DIONISIO†- comment.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New Orleans: Jonathan Serrie) The reopening of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the area with the most Hurricane Katrina damage, featured; details given on residents returning to collect whatever they can salvage; scenes shown. [Resident Marion JOHNSON†- talks about her destroyed home.] [Resident Joan COLLINS†- says she doesn't trust the levee anymore.]
(New York City: Erik Liljegren) Katrina survivors finding new ways to celebrate the holidays featured; details given on separated families making the best of what they have. [Katrina evacuee Scymentress DAVIS†- describes the flooding in the house she lost; says she resolves to start over.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) A drop in jobless claims to below pre-Katrina levels, and upcoming layoffs of New Orleans teachers noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Winter storms causing heavy snow across the Northwest and Midwest noted; scenes shown of snow.
(Fox Weather Center: Janice Dean) Winter storm systems tracked; national forecast noted; weather maps and data shown on screen.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Yesterday's wild ride for 2 Denver, Colorado, window washers whose scaffold was caught in high winds reviewed; scenes shown of firefighters' rescue.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Yesterday's police chase of armed robbery suspects by California police reviewed; details given on the "pepper balls" the police shot at the suspects to make them surrender; scenes shown of a demonstration. [Murrieta, California, Police Department Sgt. Rob FIRMES†- describes the non-lethal ammunition.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's statement that Israel must have settlers in the West Bank, and a statement by the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas that it won't renew its treaty with Israel noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A pledge by the US of a 5.5 billion dollar aid donation to Afghanistan's government noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Tonight's stories: The crash of a helicopter carrying several politicians in Spain; riots in Seoul, South Korea, in protest of changes in import laws; the auction of a Beethoven manuscript in London, England; a trade show for robot manufacturers in Japan.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Tonight's stories: The birth of actress Jennifer Garner's baby; the death of actress Wendie Jo Sperber†; comedian Tracy Morgan's new sitcom; talk diva Oprah Winfrey's upcoming appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman"; NASCAR's agreement with romance novel publisher Harlequin for racing-themed bodice rippers; NBC's temporary cancellation of "Joey"; actress Mariska Hargitay†'s pregnancy.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Roosendaal, Holland: Greg Palkot) The question of whether legalizing same-sex unions would lead to more polygamy presented; details given on Victor de Bruijn, a Dutch man with 2 wives under Holland's civil union law, concerns about jeopardizing the institution of marriage, and the Dutch justice minister's decision that the union could stand; scenes shown of the De Bruijns. [Wives Mirjam DE BRUIJN†, Bianca DE BRUIJN†, SGP Party policy adviser Evert-Jan BROUWER†- offer varying views.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) On this day in history: 1990: Workers in France and England finished digging the Channel Tunnel.
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