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(Studio: Sanjay Gupta) Live discussion held with former drug company sales representative/whistleblower Angie Maher, ProPublica reporter Charles Ornstein† and Harvard medicine professor Dr. Thomas Stossel about doctors collaborating with drugs companies. [MAHER - says her role was to get doctors to write prescriptions for her company's drugs; says she became a whistleblower because she complained to Johnson and Johnson about the side effects of drugs she was selling; states she was paid bonuses to identify "thought leader" doctors to carry out clinical drug trials.] [ORNSTEIN - says many of the paid doctors were guilty of crimes; states we are concerned about undisclosed information.] [STOSSEL - explains why he supports the doctor-drug company system; states the settlements played out in the press are not reality: that companies have to settle in lawsuits; comments on drug costs versus hospital costs and how transparency is played out in the matter.] Other material: A statement from PhRMA spokeswoman Kate Michael about "dollars for docs" quoted.
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(South Korea: Stan Grant) The artillery fire exchange between the Koreas reviewed; scenes shown of the island that was hit by North Korean fire; details given about who is in charge of the North Korean government with Kim Jong Il being ill and Kim Jong Un set to succeed his father.
(Studio: Sanjay Gupta) Live discussion held with USC US-China Inst. fellow Mike Chinoy about the Koreas. [CHINOY - assesses this confrontation and the context of the bad relations between the Koreas; comments on the military alternative to sanctions against North Korea and what the US may say to the Chinese.]
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(Studio: Susan Hendricks) The finding that the jawbone found in Aruba is not from Natalee Holloway; a loaded gun clip found on a plane; the date for Britain's royal wedding next year of Prince William and Kate Middleton reported.
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(Studio: Sanjay Gupta) CNN's documentary on toxic towns noted.
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(Los Angeles: Anderson Cooper) CNN's exclusive interview held with the Chilean miners for CNN Heroes. [Several rescued miners Juan ILLANES†, Jimmy CHAVEZ†, Mario GOMEZ†, Mario SEPULVEDA†, Jose OJEDA†- {thru translator} recount what happened right after the mine collapsed, which was each man's worst day, promises they made to themselves if they got out, what they will do now, their reactions.]
(Studio: Sanjay Gupta) The CNN Heroes show announced.
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(Studio: Susan Hendricks) A new HIV/AIDS drug study; the NATO report on the fooling of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai by a fake Taliban leader; Stock Market Report and an Oxford University study that dogs are more intelligence than cats reported.
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