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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Adam Housley) The death of groundbreaking comedian Richard Pryor† reported; details given on his illness; footage of Pryor shown. Taped interview held with widow Jennifer Pryor. [PRYOR†- remembers her husband.]
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The death of former Senator Eugene McCarthy† reported; details reviewed of his multiple runs for President; historical footage shown.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Thursday's runway accident at the Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois, reviewed; details given on 6-year-old Joshua Woods, who was killed when the Southwest Airlines plane skidded into his family's car.
(New York City: Reena Ninan) The investigation into the accident featured; details given on investigators' focus on the plane's pilots & runway safety measures. [Woods family attorney Ronald STEARNEY†- describes the accident.]
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) New surveillance video shown of Rigoberto Alpizar††, who was shot by federal air marshals at Miami International Airport after claiming to have a bomb.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The trial in Iraq of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein updated; details given on Iraq's national security advisor's call to replace the judge. Sunni clerics' plea for the release of aid workers who are being held hostage noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Washington: Molly Henneberg) President Bush's administration's test of the federal response to a bird flu pandemic featured; details given on the project and its participants. [Homeland Security Secretary Michael LEAVITT†- talks about what we need to combat a pandemic.]
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(New York City: Andre Hepkins) The death of a New York City police officer when he confronted burglary suspects outside his home in the Bronx featured; details given on "A Bronx Tale" actor Lillo Brancato††'s possible involvement; scenes shown from the officer's residence. [Mayor Michael BLOOMBERG†, DETECTIVE – talk about the shooting.]
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's upcoming decision on whether or not to grant clemency to activist and former gang member Stanley "Tookie" Williams, who is on death row for murder, noted; details given on supporters urging community leaders to stay calm if Williams is executed.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) A peaceful rally held in Toledo, Ohio, by a group of Neo-Nazis 2 months after a cancelled rally that caused a riot noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The Houston, Texas, police department's use of a truck that scans license plates to catch drivers who haven't paid their traffic tickets noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Tonight's stories: Fire gutting a motel in New Jersey; a tanker truck burning on the highway in Dallas, Texas; a water main break in Utah; a "singing" Christmas dog in Florida.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Federal air marshals' shooting of Rigoberto Alpizar†† at the Miami, Florida, airport for saying he had a bomb reviewed.
(Tel Aviv, Israel: Jennifer Griffin) Security on Israel's national airline El Al featured; details given on El Al's first and last hijacking in 1968, undercover workers trained to recognize terrorists, and agents who question all passengers; scenes shown from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport. [Former El Al security chief Isaac LEVY†- says Alpizar wouldn't have lasted a second in Israel.] [Israeli national security director Maj. Gen. Giora EILAND†- says it might have been a worse mistake not to shoot.]
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(White House: Wendell Goler) Contention over the situation in Iraq updated; details given on Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean's speech on a plan for troop withdrawal, and President Bush's administration's reticence toward a timetable for withdrawal. [DEAN†- says we need to act now before more people die.]
(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Scenes shown from an anti-war protest in London, England.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) London, England, Police's shooting this summer of a Brazilian man mistaken for a would-be bomber reviewed; details given on a report that the officers involved may face criminal charges.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) House Democrats' release of a report on the failed medical response to Hurricane Katrina, and evacuees rallying in New Orleans for a voice in rebuilding the city noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Statement by Iran's nuclear chief that the country will enrich uranium and produce nuclear fuel noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency {IAEA} and its chief Mohammed El-Baradei†† reported; scenes shown of El-Baradei's acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The judge's instruction to jurors in the trial against Vioxx maker Merck to keep deliberating on whether the pain reliever was responsible for a Florida man's death noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) A plane crash in Nigeria killing all but 7 passengers on board noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The Israeli navy's killing of a Palestinian weapons smuggler off the shore of Gaza, and the Israeli army's restriction of Palestinian movements noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) The agreement by U.N. members to open talks on mandatory reductions of greenhouse gases reviewed; details given on President Bush's rejection of the Kyoto Protocol, the greenhouse treaty currently in effect.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Traffic problems due to heavy snow in the Northeast noted; scenes shown from Concord, Massachusetts.
(Fox Weather Center: Rick Reichmuth) Winter weather systems tracked; national forecast noted; weather maps and data shown on screen.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) A report by the British paper "The Daily Mail" on the reaction by the French woman who got the world's first partial face transplant upon seeing her new face noted.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Tonight's stories: A volcano eruption in Vanuatu; demonstrators clashing in Kashmir; a South Korean vigil to raise awareness of human rights in North Korea; wild elephants wreaking havoc on villages.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Seattle, Washington: Dan Springer) The question of whether protecting animals is worth the cost and inconvenience to residents featured; details given on Washington's Indian tribes asking for 44 million dollars to restore salmon runs, plans to build wildlife bridges over the freeway, critics' opinion that the groups pushing for the developments should pay for them, and Washington's already high gasoline tax. [Washington Department of Transportation Doug McDONALD†, Sierra Club Charlie RAINES†, Author Ron ARNOLD†- offer varying views.]
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Tonight's stories: Tribute to late comedian Richard Pryor†; country stars Garth Brooks† and Trisha Yearwood†'s upcoming marriage; Merriam Webster's Dictionsary's naming of the most looked-up words of 2005; singer Gloria Estefan†'s new screenplay; the Miss World pageant in China.
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) On this day in history: 1901: The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Sweden.
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