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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Recently released hostage Jill Carroll on her way home from Iraq reported; details given on her retraction of her earlier statement that her captors treated her well. [“Christian Science Monitor” Richard BERGENHEIM- reads Carroll’s statement about being forced to make anti-American statements.]
(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Carroll’s statement reviewed. [BERGENHEIM- reads Carroll’s statement that things she said while in captivity are not her personal views & retracting an interview she gave shortly after her release.]
(Studio: Trace Gallagher) A US military helicopter crashing south of Baghdad reported; map shown. Sectarian violence killing at least 2 dozen people across Iraq noted.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice greeted by another day of protests against the Iraq war during her visit to Britain reported; scenes shown of Rice.
(Crawford, Texas: Wendell Goler) Rice’s comments yesterday about “thousands” of US errors in Iraq examined; video of Rice’s comment shown. [RICE- says she was trying to emphasize the importance of bigger strategic decisions.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Thousands marching in New York City to show solidarity with immigrants noted; report on border security measures in the Southwest previewed.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton leading a voter rally in New Orleans calling for more ways for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina to vote in the upcoming city elections reported; scenes shown of the rally. [SHARPTON- says what happens here will affect voter rights all over the country.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Report introduced.
(Ewing, New Jersey: Reena Ninan) Police searching 2 landfills in Pennsylvania for missing New Jersey college student John Fiocco, whose blood was found on a Dumpster near his dorm, featured; details given on Fiocco’s last whereabouts; scenes shown of investigators searching the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, landfill. [Mercer City, New Jersey, prosecutor Joseph BOCCHINI- confirms the blood is Fiocco’s.] [Student Stephanie PRICE- reacts.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Report introduced.
(Durham, North Carolina: Jonathan Serrie) The investigation into an exotic dancer’s accusations of rape against members of the Duke University lacrosse team updated; details given on the district attorney’s refusal to release pending DNA test results unless the case goes to trial. [DNA expert Brian MEEHAN- says DNA testing won’t be complicated.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Scenes shown of flooding in Hawaii, landslides in California, and tornado damage in Indiana.
(Fox Weather Center: Buzz Lopez) Tornado warnings in central Kansas tracked; national forecast noted; weather maps and data shown on screen.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Tonight’s change to daylight saving time noted.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Tonight’s stories: Fire at a junkyard in Washington; a rush hour accident at a Maryland toll plaza; an oil spill contained in Connecticut; a robot competition in Colorado.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Scenes shown of a fishing dog in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) A mumps epidemic in Iowa reported; details given on 245 reported cases so far. [Fox News medical consultant Dr. Manny ALVAREZ- comments on vaccines.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Report introduced.
(New York City: Jamie Colby) Miniature walk-in clinics in pharmacies featured; details given on services offered and pricing. [Tourist Nigel BARZILAY, nurse practitioner Alison FRAGALE, Minute Clinic Dr. Jim WOODBURN, patient PAULA- comment on the clinics.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Courtney Kealy) The timeline of journalist Jill Carroll’s kidnapping, 3 month captivity, and recent release reviewed.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Report introduced.
(Tuscon, Arizona: Claudia Cowan) Minutemen unveiling a new plan to stop illegal immigration across the US-Mexico border by stepping up their presence featured; scenes shown of the volunteer vigilantes stationed along the border. [Minuteman Stacy O’CONNELL, immigrant rights advocate Alvaro HUERTA- comment.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Report introduced.
(Washington: Steve Centanni) A Colorado high school principal banning all flags on campus because white students were waving the American flag in response to Hispanic students waving a Mexican flag featured; scenes shown of students demonstrating against the ban. [Student R.J. FOGEL, principal Tom STUMPF- comment on the situation.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Warnings from both the US and Australia that terrorists in Indonesia may be planning to attack Americans as soon as tomorrow noted.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visiting a Hong Kong company that may start screening US-bound cargo for nuclear material reported. [CHERTOFF- comments.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) A statement from Representative Cynthia McKinney’s lawyer that she is not yet pressing charges for her scuffle with Capitol police noted.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) The Final Four in the NCAA “March Madness” college basketball championships, zoo animals doing tricks with basketballs in Indiana, and a golfer from Britain hoping to break a world record for number of golf games played noted.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Scenes shown of pilgrims gathering in the Vatican to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Egypt’s travel minister laying blame for the ferry that sank in the Red Sea earlier this year on the boat’s captain noted.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) More protests in France against a new labor law that makes it easier to fire young workers, and President Jacques Chirac now promising to change the law, noted.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Tonight’s stories: Flooding in the Czech Republic; a deadly plane crash in Brazil; Kurdish protestors clashing with police in Turkey; Greenpeace activists protesting construction of an oil pipeline in Russia.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Brazil’s first astronaut arriving on the International Space Station noted.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Report introduced.
(Dallas: Kim McIntyre) Contention over a Houston, Texas, radio show geared toward prison inmates featured; details given on the program’s content, which includes recorded messages from loved ones, and victims’ families’ criticism that the show makes things too easy. [Prison Show host Ray HILL, Parents for Murdered Children Diane MARINO- defend their positions.]
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Tonight’s stories: Supermodel Naomi Campbell’s housekeeper considering a lawsuit for Campbell’s alleged attack on her; shock jock Howard Stern’s disappointment at the size of his audience on satellite radio; “The Simpsons” movie trailer debuting before “Ice Age 2”; actor Hugh Jackman on the next “X-Men” movie; April Fool’s Day jokes about actor Tom Cruise and a wedding between actors Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie; actor Brad Pitt checking out land in the Dominican Republic.
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(Studio: Trace Gallagher) Today in 1970, President Richard Nixon banned cigarette ads from TV and radio.
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