Input: A Russian diver has found the bodies of three of the 118 sailors who were killed when the nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea.

Russian

three

Kursk

the Barents Sea


Input: The diver entered the sub after a Russian and Norwegian recovery team cut a hole wide enough for him to enter a rear compartment.

Russian

Norwegian


Input: The drilling and cutting effort took several days.


Input: Navy officials do not expect that all 118 bodies can be recovered.

Navy


Input: The Balkan Stability Pact has admitted Yugoslavia as a full member marking Belgrade's return to the international community after years of isolation under ousted President Slobodan Milosevic.

The Balkan Stability Pact

Yugoslavia

Belgrade

years

Slobodan Milosevic


Input: The head of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Bodo Hombak announced the decision as representatives of member countries met in the Romanian capital Bucharest.

Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

Bodo Hombak

Romanian

Bucharest


Input: A special envoy of Yugoslavia's new President Vojislav Kostunica reaffirmed his country's commitment to peace in the region.

Yugoslavia

Vojislav Kostunica


Input: The Balkan Stability Pact was established last year in response to the Kosovo crisis.

The Balkan Stability Pact

last year

Kosovo


Input: Here in the United States, it's just a week and a day before Americans go to the polls to fill offices from local school boards to Congress and the President.

the United States

a week and a day

Americans

Congress


Input: In the latest daily CNN USA Today Gallup popular opinion survey, George W Bush, the Governor of Texas, the Republican nominee, holds a 49% to 42% advantage over his Democratic opponent Al Gore, the Vice President, but two other major surveys gave Mr. Bush only a one - point lead.

daily

CNN

USA Today

Gallup

George W Bush

Al Gore

Bush

Texas

Republican

Democratic

two

one


Input: On Sunday, several major newspapers weighed in with their endorsements and VOA's Peter Hymline has that story.

Sunday

VOA

Peter Hymline


Input: In its Sunday editions, the New York Times calls Vice President Gore, the man best equipped for the presidency by virtue of his knowledge of government, his experience at the top levels of federal and diplomatic decision making and his devotion to the general welfare.

Sunday

the New York Times

Gore


Input: The Times editorial says Mr. Gore has, in its words, struggled impressively and successfully to escape the shadow of the Clinton administration's ethical lapses.

Times

Gore

Clinton


Input: The paper's editorial board goes on to say, we believe Mr. Gore would never follow Bill Clinton's example of reckless conduct that cheapens the Presidency.

Gore

Bill Clinton's


Input: The Times also praise Republican candidate George W Bush for running what was described as a largely positive inclusive campaign but the writers said they had concluded Mr. Bush's agenda was harsh on issues such as women's rights, guns, and law enforcement.

Times

Republican

George W Bush

Bush


Input: The Times joins the Washington Post newspaper, which earlier gave its backing to Mr. Gore.

Times

Washington Post

Gore


Input: Other major dailies throwing their support to the Vice President Sunday included The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Denver Post and The San Jose California Mercury News.

Sunday

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Denver Post

The San Jose California Mercury News


Input: Mr. Bush also picked up some key endorsements Sunday including both major Chicago papers.

Bush

Sunday

Chicago


Input: In its editorial, The Chicago Tribune called Mr. Gore a decent man but concluded that, in its words, his penchant for enhancement has become something of a running joke.

The Chicago Tribune

Gore


Input: The Tribune endorsement says this is an election about honesty, about restoring bipartisanship, about fostering government that will nurture a booming economy without getting in the way of American ingenuity.

Tribune

American


Input: The paper concludes that there is one candidate who will do that and that is George W Bush.

one

George W Bush


Input: The battle of the editorials reflects what many political analysts predict will be one of the closest Presidential races in decades.

one

decades


Input: Most opinion polls give Mr. Bush a slight lead but a just released survey by Newsweek magazine puts the text.

Bush

Newsweek


Input: The Newsweek poll indicates voters consider Vice President Gore the more intelligent candidate, but they see Governor Bush as more honest.

Newsweek

Gore

Bush


Input: Peter Hymline, VOA News, Washington.

Peter Hymline

VOA News

Washington


Input: Meanwhile, in Philadelphia the Phillies have hired Larry Bowa as their new manager for the 2001 season.

Philadelphia

Phillies

Larry Bowa


Input: The fiery Bowa helped lead the Phillies to the franchise's only World Series Championship in 1980, as a player.

Bowa

Phillies

World Series Championship


Input: The 54 - year - old Bowa signed a two year deal with a club option for the 2003 season.

54 - year - old

two year

Bowa


Input: He replaces Terry Francona who was fired on October the 1st.

Terry Francona

October the 1st


Input: A Venezuelan Ford executive says Firestone hid information about tyre defects from Ford and should be held responsible for more than one hundred traffic accidents in the South American country.

Venezuelan

South American

Ford

Firestone

Ford

more than one hundred


Input: Hector Rodriguez told the hearing of the Venezuelan Consumer Protection Agency that Bridgeton Firestone knew about the tyre defects for many months and should be held responsible for the accidents.

Hector Rodriguez

the Venezuelan Consumer Protection Agency

Bridgeton Firestone


Input: In a letter to the consumer panel a spokesman for Firestone said the company's appearance at Wednesday's hearing would have implied fault, which it denies.

Firestone

Wednesday


Input: The Venezuelan government panel wants both Ford and Firestone to compensate victims of accidents caused by Ford vehicles equipped with Firestone tyres.

Venezuelan

Ford

Firestone

Ford

Firestone


Input: Some 46 people have died on Venezuelan highways in accidents caused by the vehicles.

Some 46

Venezuelan


Input: Brazilian officials say an oil tanker has crashed into a pier in a resort area, spilling more than 86,000 liters of crude oil into the ocean.

Brazilian

more than 86,000 liters


Input: The state - owned Petro Basque tanker hit the concrete pier in San Sebastian, a popular resort south of Sao Paulo.

Petro Basque

San Sebastian

Sao Paulo


Input: Workers sealed the leaking hull and contained the spill, but authorities say the oil is still threatening local beaches.


Input: Saturday's incident was the sixth Petro Basque spill this year.

Saturday

this year

sixth

Petro Basque


Input: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has sent his second - in - command to the United States for talks that could see new steps towards ending the Cold War animosity between the two nations.

North Korean

Kim Jong Il

second

the United States

Cold War

two


Input: Vice - marshall Jo Myong Rok is to meet President Clinton and other top US officials during a 4 - day visit.

Jo Myong Rok

Clinton

US

4 - day


Input: He is the highest - ranking North Korean official ever to visit the United States.

North Korean

the United States


Input: The United States has lifted some of the economic sanctions it imposed on Yugoslavia two years ago.

The United States

Yugoslavia

two years ago


Input: As VOA's Eve Cornet reports from Belgrade, a US special envoy gave the news to President Vojislav Kostunica.

VOA

Eve Cornet

Vojislav Kostunica

Belgrade

US


Input: Balkans advisor James O'Brien and President Kostunica met for the first top - level talks between the United States and Yugoslavia, since the break of diplomatic relations on the eve of Nato air strikes in 1999.

Balkans

James O'Brien

Kostunica

first

the United States

Yugoslavia

Nato


Input: President Kostunica said he was ready for dialogue with the West, but stressed that territorial accords reached with international negotiators in the Balkans should be respected.

Kostunica

West

Balkans


Input: Balkans envoy O'Brian stressed that the US would begin lifting sanctions against Yugoslavia and that only technical issues remain an obstacle to reestablishing relations.

Balkans

O'Brian

US

Yugoslavia


Input: However, key sanctions which directly target ousted Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic and his allies remain in place.

Yugoslav

Slobodan Milosevic


Input: Meanwhile, parties in Slobodan Milosevic's socialist coalition are making it clear they plan to hold onto control of the Serbian government, despite calls for new elections.

Slobodan Milosevic's

Serbian


Input: Eve Cornet, VOA News, Belgrade.

Eve Cornet

VOA News

Belgrade


Input: A leading expert on international finance, Johns Hopkins University economist, Steve Hanky says Yugoslavia's new President Vojislav Kostunica only has a few weeks to reassure financial stability in the dominant republic of Serbia by stabilizing the inflation - prone Yugoslav dinar.

Johns Hopkins University

Steve Hanky

Vojislav Kostunica

Yugoslavia

Serbia

a few weeks

Yugoslav


Input: VOA's Barry Wood spoke with Mr. Hanky, who recently returned from several weeks in Europe.

VOA

Barry Wood

Hanky

several weeks

Europe


Input: Mr. Hanky says that President Kostunica has only two options for achieving financial stability in Serbia.

Hanky

Kostunica

two

Serbia


Input: He can either abandon the dinar and adopt the German mark as the Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro has done or, Mr. Hanky says, Serbia can adopt a currency board system under which a new currency would be issued under conditions of utmost financial discipline.

German

the Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro

Serbia

Hanky


Input: I think if Kostunica does not move in a direction decisively within the next month of abandoning the dinar completely or going to a deutsche mark based currency board where we have a foreign governor on the board, the chances for economic unification in the area and economic recovery in Serbia are slim at best.

Kostunica

the next month

Serbia


Input: Mr. Hanky says it's essential that President Kostunica embrace the principle of sound money, something Mr. Hanky believes is as important as the rule of law.

Hanky

Kostunica

Hanky


Input: Last week, the new acting head of the Yugoslav Central Bank devalued the dinar, bringing it to 30 to the dollar, compared to the previous official rate of 20.

Last week

the Yugoslav Central Bank


Input: Mr. Hanky, who regards the dinar as the world's worst currency, says the deutsch mark is becoming the de facto money in the entire Balkan region.

Hanky

Balkan


Input: If they use the d mark in Serbia, obviously there would be essentially the same system that they have in Montenegro and if they had a currency board with a foreign national running the thing, like Bosnia, it would essentially mean that they had a unified system was what they have in Montenegro because with Montenegro, they would still have the d mark as legal tender, but they would also use this new currency board money from Serbia and there would be absolutely no problem, and furthermore, from a regional point of view, you'd have essentially most of the Balkans in a unified currency zone because Bulgaria has a currency board that's d mark based.

Serbia

Montenegro

Bosnia

Montenegro

Montenegro

Serbia

Bulgaria

Balkans


Input: Bosnia has a currency board that's d mark based.

Bosnia


Input: Kosovo has a d mark, Montenegro has a d mark.

Kosovo

Montenegro


Input: Mr. Hanky was instrumental in developing the deutsche mark based currency systems throughout the region.

Hanky


Input: Advisors to Mr. Kostunica say they are considering a currency board system for Serbia.

Kostunica

Serbia


Input: Barry Wood, VOA News, Washington.

Barry Wood

VOA News

Washington


Input: President Clinton called for all weapons in Northern Ireland to be put away forever.

Clinton

Northern Ireland


Input: Mr. Clinton said Wednesday the United States would intensify cooperation with Britain and Ireland to fight groups seeking to undermine the Good Friday power showing agreement.

Clinton

Wednesday

Good Friday

the United States

Britain

Ireland


Input: He was addressing a large gathering of people in East Belfast.

East Belfast


Input: This is the last chance I will have as President to speak to the people of Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland


Input: Let me say to all of you that I have tried to be pretty straightforward today in my remarks and not nearly as emotional as I feel.

today


Input: Mr. Clinton spoke at the end of his third official trip to Northern Ireland after holding talks with the province's leaders.

Clinton

third

Northern Ireland


Input: President Clinton has telephoned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a bid to restart Israeli - Palestinian peace negotiations.

Clinton

Yasser Arafat

Palestinian

Israeli


Input: An Arafat advisor told reporters the two leaders agreed to work together to try to reach an agreement.

Arafat

two


Input: The United States is exploring the possibility of hosting new peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Washington as early as next week.

The United States

Israel

Washington

Palestinians

next week


Input: The United Nations says nationalist parties are the apparent winners in Saturday's general elections in Bosnia - Herzegovina.

The United Nations

Saturday

Bosnia - Herzegovina


Input: The outcome disappointed Western officials who had hoped the balloting would signal an end to the country's ethnic divisions.

Western


Input: I am Dave Deforest VOA News.

Dave Deforest

VOA News


Input: President Clinton will host a meeting at the White house Saturday with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who are holding talks in Washington.

Clinton

the White house

Saturday

Israeli

Palestinian

Washington


Input: Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben - Ami and lead Palestinian negotiator Sayeeb Erekat are coming to report to the President and to meet with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Israeli

Palestinian

Shlomo Ben - Ami

Sayeeb Erekat

Madeleine Albright

State


Input: On Friday Ms. Albright joined the two negotiators at the peace talks at Bowling Airbase in Washington.

Friday

Albright

two

Bowling Airbase

Washington


Input: The talks are aimed at putting the peace process back on track after three months of violence.

three months


Input: Mark Rengav, a spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Washington told VOA, the security of the Israeli state is key to reaching a settlement with the Palestinians.

Mark Rengav

Israeli

Israeli

Palestinians

Washington

VOA


Input: If Israel is going to offer a substantial compromise, passing over the overwhelming majority of the West Bank and Gaza to full Palestinian control and there will be a Palestinian state next to us, then we have to have an understanding that for such a historic compromise, that it is the end of the conflict, that there are no longer Palestinian claims against Israel and that the two states will be living together in peace.

Israel

the West Bank

Gaza

Israel

Palestinian

Palestinian

Palestinian

two


Input: Israeli spokesman Mark Rengav.

Israeli

Mark Rengav


Input: Prime Minister Ehud Barak defends Israel's bombardment of Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a bomb attack on a school bus in Gaza that killed two Jewish settlers and injured at least nine, some of them children.

Ehud Barak

Israel

the Gaza Strip

Gaza

Palestinian

Jewish

two

at least nine


Input: VOA correspondent Eve Connan in Jerusalem reports.

VOA

Eve Connan

Jerusalem


Input: Dozens of people are reported injured in the air raids which Palestinian leaders are calling an act of criminal aggression.

Dozens

Palestinian


Input: As night fell, Israeli combat helicopters fired dozens of missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip, striking near the office of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Israeli

Palestinian

dozens

the Gaza Strip

Yasser Arafat


Input: Targets included a police station and security headquarters.


Input: Parts of Gaza were plunged into darkness as electricity went off during the raids.

Gaza


Input: Following the strikes, Prime Minister Ehud Barak warned Israel would use all force necessary with no restraints to end weeks of violence.

Ehud Barak

Israel

weeks


Input: He described the bombing of a school bus traveling from a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip early Monday, as a barbaric and terrorist act, and said no negotiations were currently underway with the Palestinian leadership.

Jewish

Palestinian

the Gaza Strip

early Monday


Input: Earlier, the Palestinian authority issued a statement denying involvement in the school bus attack.

the Palestinian authority


Input: Palestinian leaders accused Israel of choosing a path of war by launching the strikes and called for international intervention.

Palestinian

Israel


Input: Eve Connan, VOA News, Jerusalem.

Eve Connan

VOA News

Jerusalem


Input: I am Jeff Finch VOA News.

Jeff Finch

VOA News


Input: Democratic reformers are claiming victory in Saturday's parliamentary elections in Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia.

Saturday

Serbia

Yugoslavia


Input: Mr. Kostunica told Serbian television today that the election victory will allow the reformers to move swiftly to start building a democratic government in what he called a socially oriented market economy.

Kostunica

Serbian

today


Input: VOA's Barry Wood reports from Belgrade that the elections come less than three months after Slobodan Milosevic was ousted from power when he lost to a reformer in a presidential election.

VOA

Barry Wood

Slobodan Milosevic

Belgrade

less than three months


Input: Reformist Democratic Opposition of Serbia, the DOS, proclaimed victory only hours after the polls closed.

Democratic Opposition of Serbia

DOS

only hours


Input: Unofficial results suggest that the reformist coalition will obtain about 65% and a clear majority in the 250 seat Serbian Parliament.

about 65%

Serbian Parliament


Input: The Socialist Party of ousted strong man Slobodan Milosevic, appears to be getting 13% of the vote and is likely to be the largest single party in the Parliament.

The Socialist Party

Parliament

Slobodan Milosevic


Input: Vote counting continues with official results likely no sooner than late Sunday.

late Sunday


Input: Voter turnout was about 60% less than had been expected.


Input: Reformist leader Zuan Jinjich, who is said to become Serbia's Prime Minister, called the election a popular mandate for democracy and the free market economy.

Zuan Jinjich

Serbia


Input: He promises to bring Mr. Milosevic to justice and rid the police and judiciary of Milosevic loyalists.

Milosevic

Milosevic


Input: Barry Wood, VOA News, Belgrade.

Barry Wood

VOA News

Belgrade


Input: Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic won a landslide victory Saturday as he was re-elected leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia.

Yugoslav

Slobodan Milosevic

Saturday

the Socialist Party of Serbia


Input: A defiant Mr. Milosevic made his first public appearance since being deposed in a popular uprising last month.

Milosevic

first

last month


Input: He told the SPS conference in Belgrade, those who sought his downfall are traitors and agents of Western countries.

SPS

Belgrade

Western


Input: Meanwhile, 200 people from North and South Korea are taking part in the second round of family reunions.

North

South Korea

second


Input: The story from VOA's Alicia Reu.

VOA

Alicia Reu


Input: As in August, communist North Korea is allowing 100 relatives to travel to South Korea's capital Seoul to visit loved ones they have not seen for five decades.

August

five decades

North Korea

South Korea's

Seoul


Input: One hundred South Koreans will be in the northern capital Pyongyang, to meet their North Korean relatives, but South Korean officials say media interest for the upcoming event has dropped substantially.

One hundred

South Koreans

North Korean

South Korean

Pyongyang


Input: The government has also cut back on cost and allotted days for the reunions.


Input: Officials say they have reduced the reunion schedule from four days to three and will spend some $800,000 to bring the families together, compared to the nearly $1.6 million it spent for the August event.

four days

August

three

some $800,000

nearly $1.6 million


Input: Nevertheless, the reunions represent one of the most tangible signs of thawing between the two cold war enemies.

two


Input: The North and South Korean leaders agreed to the reunions as part of a broader reconciliation policy at an unprecedented summit in June.

North

South Korean

June


Input: Alicia Reu, VOA News, Hong Kong.

Alicia Reu

VOA News

Hong Kong


Input: The United States responded cautiously Monday to a declaration by Iraq that it would resume oil exports to fulfill existing contracts.

The United States

Iraq

Monday


Input: State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said there is no confirmation as yet that Iraq has in fact begun allowing the loading of oil tankers.

State Department

Richard Boucher

Iraq


Input: The UN overseers report that Iraq is not allowing loadings into tankers.

UN

Iraq


Input: We reiterate Iraq is the one who has chosen to suspend oil exports, even though, the Security Council agreed to allow shipments to continue while the UN and Iraq concluded a pricing mechanism to reflect a fair market value for December exports, and once again we make quite clear we continue our work with other governments and with the International Energy Agency, and we are ready to take action to add supply very quickly as this situation should warm up.

Iraq

Iraq

the Security Council

UN

the International Energy Agency

December


Input: On Sunday Iraq backed away from an oil export halt that it had called two days earlier.

Sunday

two days earlier

Iraq


Input: It's now official, former star Mario Lemieux is coming out of retirement to play for the National Ice Hockey League team that he owns, the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Mario Lemieux

National Ice Hockey League

the Pittsburgh Penguins


Input: Lemieux was the first NHL player to become a team owner.

Lemieux

first

NHL


Input: Now, he is the first owner to become a player.

first


Input: In a news release, Friday, Lemieux said he missed the game and missed the challenge of competing.

Friday

Lemieux


Input: He added that he was excited by the challenge of attempting a comeback and looks forward to the chance to get back on the ice with the players.


Input: The 35 - year - old Lemieux retired as a player three and one half years ago with 613 goals in 745 regular season games.

35 - year - old

three and one half years ago

Lemieux


Input: He won three most valuable player awards and led the Penguins to two Stanley Cup championships in 1991 and 92.

three

Penguins

Stanley Cup


Input: Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has called on Israeli leaders to stop talking about war and to make peace with the Palestinians and Syria.

Egypt

Syria

Hosni Mubarak

Israeli

Palestinians


Input: In an interview with Israeli Television Monday, Mr. Mubarak said Israel knows what is necessary for peace, the return of lands captured in the 1967 Middle East war.

Israeli

Monday

Mubarak

Israel

the 1967 Middle East war


Input: He also acknowledged the Palestinian refugees' right of return.

Palestinian


Input: In another Israeli TV interview, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said the Israelis and Palestinians had made real progress in their talks at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Taba.

Israeli

Palestinian

Israelis

Palestinians

Egyptian

Yasser Arafat

Red Sea

Taba


Input: A US poll shows President Clinton and his wife, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton are the man and woman most admired by Americans.

US

Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First

Americans


Input: The Gallup poll places New York Senator - elect Hillary Clinton clearly ahead in the contest for most popular woman with 19% of the total.

Gallup

New York

Hillary Clinton


Input: Tied for second are television talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, both with 4%.

second

Oprah Winfrey

Margaret Thatcher

British


Input: President Clinton finishes with 6% of the men's popularity poll, good enough for a first place tie with Pope John Paul.

Clinton

Pope John Paul

first


Input: The Clintons are also in the news after signing a 2.85 million dollar contract to purchase a five - bedroom Brit - colonial home in northwest Washington DC.

Clintons

2.85 million dollar

five

Washington DC


Input: the first couple moves out of the White House on January 20th.

first

the White House

January 20th


Input: Meanwhile Prime Minister Ehud Barak told Israeli television he doubts a peace deal can be reached before Israel's February 6th election.

Ehud Barak

Israeli

Israel

February 6th


Input: He said he will now focus on suppressing Palestinian violence.

Palestinian


Input: Unidentified gunmen in north western Colombia have massacred at least twelve peasants in the second such incident in as many days.

Colombia

at least twelve

second

as many days


Input: Local police say it's not clear who was responsible for the massacre.


Input: Defense lawyers in the Lockerby trial said Thursday, that prosecutors ignored crucial evidence and failed to prove even the basics of their case against the two Libyan defendants.

Lockerby

Thursday

two

Libyan


Input: In a last chance to persuade a Scottish court that the defendants did not bomb Pan Am Flight 103, defense attorney William Taylor said even the prosecution's best evidence fails to prove that the men were involved in any criminal activity.

Scottish

Pan Am Flight 103

William Taylor


Input: Meanwhile Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has held talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben - Ami in Cairo, but no breakthroughs toward a peace deal were reported.

Palestinian

Israeli

Yasser Arafat

Shlomo Ben - Ami

Cairo


Input: The meeting, which lasted about two hours, followed Cairo talks earlier Wednesday between Mr. Ben - Ami and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

about two hours

earlier Wednesday

Cairo

Ben - Ami

Hosni Mubarak

Egyptian


Input: Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have been trying to revive the peace process and reduce Israeli - Palestinian violence that has killed more than 365 people since late September.

Israeli

Palestinian

Israeli

more than 365

late September


Input: Former President Clinton drew cheers from admirers at a US Air Force base outside Washington today before departing for his home in New York, and although Mr. Clinton is out of office, he says he'll still be around.

Clinton

Clinton

US Air Force

Washington

New York

today


Input: So you see that sign there says, `` Please don't go''.


Input: I left the White House, but I'm still here.

the White House


Input: Go anywhere.


Input: Prior to leaving office today Mr. Clinton issued more than one hundred presidential pardons.

today

Clinton

more than one hundred


Input: Among those pardoned was Susan Mcdoogle, a former business partner of Mr. Clinton who became a key figure in the White Water Real Estate investigation that plagued the Clinton presidency.

Susan Mcdoogle

Clinton

Clinton

White Water Real Estate


Input: Make this final port call for some of these men and women on board who have been there for ten months at sea.

ten months


Input: Chad Myers joining me on the set.

Chad Myers


Input: Typical perfect day in San Diego waiting for these men and women to come home.

San Diego


Input: Raining in L.a., raining in San Francisco but nice in San Diego.

L.a.

San Francisco

San Diego


Input: It's a picture perfect place to live.


Input: 72 and sunny just about every day.

just about every day


Input: Have you ever been down there?


Input: No, I have not.


Input: It is quite stunning.


Input: It is beautiful out there.


Input: I just think about all the family members sitting at home, sitting on the dock looking at this boat coming in.


Input: It's just amazing.


Input: They were not on vacation.


Input: They were in danger.


Input: Your loved ones are in danger for ten months.

ten months


Input: Is he okay today?

today


Input: Is she okay today?

today


Input: Incredible sight to see these young men and women.


Input: They are children.


Input: They are 18, 19, 20 years old.

18, 19, 20 years old


Input: Think about when I was 18, I was thinking about going to college.


Input: These guys are running ships.


Input: Some of these, as you say, are children.


Input: Some of these had children while they were out at sea and this is first opportunity to get home and meet and hold them.

first


Input: We've seen the reunions for the past week or so.

the past week


Input: It brings a lot of emotion.


Input: It's going to be hard for me to hold back tears.


Input: We're watching from the sidelines.


Input: You can just imagine what these people must be thinking and how antsy they must be.


Input: Got to think the last five minutes must feel like five days as they've spent ten months on the water.

the last five minutes

five days

ten months


Input: Just about to come home.


Input: Sense the anticipation there beginning to build on those docks.


Input: Friend of mine in Richmond, Virginia, on the radio up there WRBA.

Richmond

Virginia

WRBA


Input: His son was on one of the ships that escorted a carrier, although this came home by itself from Hawaii.

Hawaii


Input: There are so many other ships out there that escort this ship as it goes out.


Input: It's just not one ship, not just 5,000 people.


Input: It is a battle group that goes out.


Input: Eight, nine, ten ships and a submarine.

Eight

nine

ten


Input: While some of these ladies and gentlemen are going to be joining their families half of them are going to stay on board because the `` Lincoln'' is going to be docked in Everett, Washington.

half

Lincoln

Everett

Washington


Input: That's where the home base is.


Input: It's going to have to make a trip up the coast.


Input: They won't get to see their loved ones until Tuesday or Wednesday.

Tuesday

Wednesday


Input: I wonder who gets to get off first.


Input: Is there a drawing?


Input: Was there a raffle?


Input: We've got to deal with the person who's going to be getting off here.


Input: As you've been watching throughout the morning, you've been seeing that balloon, just getting back from spending a tour in Kuwait during the war.

Kuwait


Input: Betsy is going to be leaving us.

Betsy


Input: She is jumping ship.


Input: She is going on her own.


Input: She was one of the water skiers.


Input: We have to let her go.


Input: She is going to be leaving us.


Input: we do wish you the best, Betsy.

Betsy


Input: You know that.


Input: It's been a blast having you, been a pain in the butt sometimes, been big part of our group the entire time.


Input: Love you, Betsy.

Betsy


Input: Thank you, Leon.

Leon


Input: We're going to say good-bye to Betsy.

Betsy


Input: Some of these ladies and gentlemen are going to be saying hello to their families, standing on the side of the ship, can't wait to get off there.


Input: We'll have that for you live.


Input: These reunions.


Input: That should be happening any moment now.


Input: Stay with us.


Input: The slogan makes for a powerful bumper sticker -- guns don't kill people, people do! but this next story makes the case the slogan doesn't go far enough.


Input: A better one might be, people do and people die and still other people search their souls and struggle for redemption.


Input: The story from `` Newsnight's'' Beth Nissen.

Newsnight

Beth Nissen


Input: Reporter:


Input: It was the lead story across Connecticut in early April.

Connecticut

early April


Input: Police say Jennifer O'Conner, a Connecticut woman with a history of psychiatric problems confessed to shooting her daughter 7, while the 7 - year - old girl lay sleeping.

Jennifer O'Conner

Connecticut

7 - year - old


Input: O'Conner told police she could no longer cope with her daughter's learning, disability Prps Sara Dade three days later.

O'Conner

three days later


Input: Thomas, owner a local gun and motorcycle shop, said he felt gutted when he saw the news reports of O'Conner's arrest on murder charges.

Thomas

O'Conner


Input: As soon as the police officers pulled the gun out and held it up, I knew it was my rifle.


Input: Reporter:


Input: Had sold O'Conner the rifle a few months before.

O'Conner

a few months before


Input: She explained to me she.


Input: Ed a lighter, smaller caliber hunting gun for deer hunting, for medium - size game hunting.


Input: Reporter:


Input: Followed the letter of law.


Input: He sent O'Conner's information to the state authorities for a background check.

O'Conner


Input: Once she was cleared, he made O'Conner wait for a minimum.

O'Conner


Input: Two weeks.

Two weeks.


Input: He --


Input: From Texas politics now to Chinese censorship.

Texas

Chinese


Input: China today blacked out a CNN interview that was critical of the Chinese government's handling of the SARs epidemic and of the country's health care system.

China

today

CNN

Chinese


Input: China requires foreign broadcasters to use a Chinese satellite to serve their country.

China

Chinese


Input: Until last month it was routinely blocking almost all reports about Sars in China, a practice that has produced intense global criticism.

last month

China


Input: The British Broadcasting Company has also faced the censorship in China.

The British Broadcasting Company

China


Input: In 1993 Rupert Murdoch bought a controlling stake in China's Star TV satellite system.

Rupert Murdoch

China

Star TV


Input: In 1994 the BBC World Service broadcasts were pulled from Star.

BBC World Service

Star


Input: China was offended by the BBC's news content and demanded that STAR TV remove it or lose permission to broadcast in China.

China

China

BBC

STAR TV


Input: A year later Murdoch bought the rest of Star TV that he did not own.

A year later

Murdoch

Star TV


Input: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has an extensive presence, of course in this country.

Rupert Murdoch's

News Corp.


Input: That presence may be expanding soon, if the FCC eases some of its broadcast rules.

FCC


Input: Murdoch has lobbied hard for those changes.

Murdoch


Input: They would allow him to buy even more U.S. television stations.

U.S.


Input: Next month the FCC is likely to accommodate him.

Next month

FCC


Input: Murdoch today promised that if the rules are changed he will limit future purchases to a few of what he calls sizable markets.

Murdoch

today


Input: Let's talk a little bit more about what the Navy does to prevent such tragedies.

Navy


Input: We were talking about it this morning and we put together some graphics for you.

this morning


Input: I'll try to explain it the best I can from what I remember from being on the `` USS Abraham Lincoln''.

the `` USS Abraham Lincoln''


Input: This is an amphibious ship, rather, but this is what the Navy does with regard to prevention.

Navy


Input: , every sailor that's entering the Navy does take a swim test.

Navy


Input: They learn how to tread water and do the dead man float and they have to pass that in order to continue on.


Input: Also drills take place before sailors get on to any ship, before any deployment.


Input: Usually twice a day, they're practicing man overboard drills, knowing where to go, where to report to if indeed a man overboard takes place and as the deployment begins, those wane off, but they know where to go quickly.


Input: They also wear float coats.


Input: You can see them here.


Input: The yellow shirt is wearing a yellow float coat.


Input: Everything is color coordinated.


Input: You see the gentleman here wearing a brown one and they have toggles to pull and inflate.


Input: They also have a manual device so if the toggles don't work they can blow air into the inflation device.


Input: They have dive goggles and they're able to find them.


Input: It also has a strobe light and a whistle.


Input: Also such location devices, some ships have smoke floats they can toss out so the man overboard will be able to use smoke signals as a way of trying to, let the rescuer locate them.


Input: Also 24 / 7 there are individuals on watch, all throughout the ship, all around the ship, and indeed, there is netting on most parts of the ship, not all around the entire ship, but on most parts there is a very thick netting.


Input: Now let's talk about the man overboard rescue and when indeed there is a man overboard situation.


Input: You will hear a P.A. announcement around the entire ship, there is a man overboard so everyone knows they have to react quickly.


Input: A ship - wide search will happen if they don't see that person go overboard, but if indeed they do see someone go overboard, the ship starts to circle that area continuously.


Input: Also small boats sometimes go out into the water, but even more importantly, helicopters are launched immediately.


Input: Inside those helicopters rescue swimmers.


Input: If indeed the man overboard is located, well the hoister is dropped down with usually a torso harness.


Input: If the man overboard is injured then they may use a basket, but more than likely those swimmers will go right into the water and try and help the swimmer hook up on that harness and pull them up into the helo and pull them back on to the ship for treatment and usually a search takes about 24 hours.

about 24 hours


Input: The search crews will go 24 hours before calling off that search.

24 hours


Input: Why call it off?


Input: There's a number of reasons to look at.


Input: Depending on the water temperature, it's very common in cold water that someone will not survive a certain amount of time.


Input: Also the reason for the 24 - hour search is they fail they've exhausted all resources by that time.

24 - hour


Input: Anyway, we'll continue to follow what's happening on the `` USS Nassau'' as those investigations continue for the two missing sailors.

the `` USS Nassau''

two


Input: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas scheduled to meet today, their second chance now to discuss the Bush administration's road map for Mideast peace.

Israeli

Palestinian

Ariel Sharon

Mahmoud Abbas

Bush

today

second

Mideast


Input: Both sides will meet with President Bush when he arrives in the Mideast next week.

Bush

Mideast

next week


Input: Our Jerusalem bureau chief Mike Hanna standing by with more and that.

Jerusalem

Mike Hanna


Input: Mike?

Mike


Input: Now Saddam Hussein's regime is no more, the focus in Iraq is turning from military action to rebuilding which means the coalition's role in the country will have to change.

Saddam Hussein's

Iraq


Input: Military analyst and retired Army General Claudia Kennedy joins me with a look at possibilitys.

Claudia Kennedy


Input: Good to have you with us.


Input: In the African nation of Nigeria, an Islamic court delayed the appeal of a woman condemned to death by stoning.

African

Islamic

Nigeria


Input: The court says it will not hear this case until late August.

late August


Input: The 31 - year - old mother of three was convicted in March of having sex outside of marriage.

31 - year - old

March

three


Input: Three other Nigerians also face stoning deaths for the same crime.

Three

Nigerians


Input: The prosecution of premarital or extramarital sex is not quite as rare as you might think.


Input: Our next guest this morning faced 100 lashes for premarital sex in Pakistan.

this morning

Pakistan


Input: She was there as a journalist in the wake of the 9 / 11 attacks.

9 / 11


Input: She has written about her experience in the book `` Tantrika'' Traveling the Road of Divine Love.

`` Tantrika'' Traveling the Road of Divine Love


Input: A traveling reporter now on leave and joins us to tell her story.


Input: Thank you for coming in to share this with us.


Input: As I understand it, you say you were facing a sentence of 100 lashes, had not yet been sentenced that?


Input: Stocks sold off on Wall Street today, ending a two - session rally.

Wall Street

two


Input: One catalyst rose to the highest level in more then a year.

One

more then a year


Input: The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 75.62.


Input: The Nasdaq lost almost nine.

almost nine


Input: The S&P 500 down almost eight.

almost eight


Input: The 11th executive of Health South charged with two counts of bank fraud.

Health South

two


Input: The former chief financial officer became the 50th executive anybody corporate America to be charged since Enron's collapse.

America

Enron


Input: Seven Enron executives have also been charged, 507 days since Enron filed for bankruptcy.

Enron

Enron

507 days


Input: The SE KRE held a closed door meeting on the settlement over conflict of interest in stock research.

The SE KRE


Input: Sources tell us a final deal will be announced Monday in Washington.

Monday

Washington


Input: Regulators and research firms promised that the $1.5 billion settlement would be finalized two months ago.

$1.5 billion

two months ago


Input: No settlement in the Dixie Chicks dispute.

Dixie Chicks


Input: The singers fighting back now about the criticism of their remarks against President Bush, and the material girl, she's fighting her own past, criticizing Americans for values she once espoused.

Bush

Americans


Input: Bill Tucker has the story.

Bill Tucker


Input: Back in this city, a courthouse in Manhattan.

Manhattan


Input: Sam Waksal, founder and former CEO of ImClone is scheduled to be sentenced today.

Sam Waksal

ImClone

today


Input: He pleaded guilty earlier this year to insider trading, bank fraud and tax evasion.

earlier this year


Input: Waksal could be fined $3.5 million, facing a maximum of 75 years in prison, expected, though, to receive about six to seven years.

Waksal

$3.5 million

75 years

about six to seven years


Input: That's the early indication we've been given.


Input: A friend of his, Martha Stewart, pleaded not guilty last week.

Martha Stewart

last week


Input: The charges related to her sale of ImClone stock.

ImClone


Input: She sold the share a day before bad news about the company sent the stock price falling, considerably.

a day


Input: Sam Waksal, sentenced, 10:00 a.m., local time here in New York.

Sam Waksal

10:00 a.m.

New York


Input: Now an update on a story that touched all our lives.


Input: Remember Ali Abbas who lost both his arms, his home, many of his relatives in a bombing on Baghdad?

Ali Abbas

Baghdad


Input: As you might imagine, his will to live was not very strong at first.

first


Input: Mark Webster of ITN has an update for us.

Mark Webster

ITN


Input: Reporter:


Input: After so much suffering, his gentle smile said it all.


Input: Two weeks in hospital and Ali is recovering fast, happily watching Tom and Jerry on his mini television, his transformation from the pain - wracked boy who left Baghdad.

Two weeks

Ali

Tom and Jerry

Baghdad


Input: With the encouragement of his doctors, we visited him in the intensive care unit.


Input: They're confident he won't be here much longer.


Input: I will say he will come out of the burn unit in three weeks time, but he will be, you know, in Kuwait until we find him really constructive plan that takes into consideration all aspects of his needs, psychological, social and future plan.

three weeks

Kuwait


Input: Reporter:


Input: Since Ali is an ardent football fan, we gave him a Manchester United shirt specially signed by all the players.

Ali

Manchester United


Input: Pride of place went to his favorite player, David Beckham, who surprised everyone with his response.

David Beckham


Input: Thank you very much.


Input: Reporter:


Input: Gifts --


Input: Going to use it in those patients.


Input: His dandruff shampoo wasn't tough enough for Black, so I bought him maximum strength Selsun Blue.

Selsun Blue


Input: It's doctor recommended and works fast.


Input: Selsun Blue.

Selsun Blue.


Input: That have riveted the nation.


Input: First, a big hearing tomorrow in the Scott Peterson case.

First

tomorrow

Scott Peterson


Input: Punishing prosecutors.


Input: It could all be up for grabs.


Input: Then the Texas woman accused of hitting a man with her car, driving home with him stuck to her windshield and leaving him there to die.

Texas


Input: And Andrew Luster, grandson of cosmetic legend Max Factor, what drove him to become a serial rapist and to jump bail in the middle of the trial, only to be captured in Mexico by a bounter hunter after five months on the Roun.

Andrew Luster

Max Factor

Mexico

five months


Input: That's all next on `` Larry King Live.''

Larry King Live


Input: We begin first with the extraordinary case of Andrew Luster, and the guests are here in Los Angeles, Roger John Diamond, he is Andrew Luster's attorney, in Chicago, the well known Bill Curtis.

first

Andrew Luster

Roger John Diamond

Andrew Luster's

Bill Curtis

Los Angeles

Chicago


Input: The special report will air tonight at 10:00 Eastern, A Twisted Mind, The Andrew Luster Story on A&E produced by CBS News Productions for A&E and Bill Curtis is the producer and director.

tonight

10:00 Eastern

A Twisted Mind, The Andrew Luster Story

A&E

CBS News Productions

A&E

Bill Curtis


Input: In New York is Nancy Grace, a former prosecutor, in Atlanta Chris Picksly, defense attorney, and in New York, Dr. Michael Wellner who published the research study on drug facilitated rapists.

New York

Atlanta

New York

Nancy Grace

Chris Picksly

Michael Wellner


Input: He's a professor of psychiatry at NYU, chairman of the forensic panel and fellow of the depravity scale that considers sensational crimes for sentencing.

NYU


Input: He was arrested in June after he -- jumped trial on bail.

June


Input: Freddie Mac is giving golden parachutes to two of its ousted executives.

Freddie Mac

two


Input: Our Rhonda Schaffler is near New York Stock Exchange with the latest on this unfolding story, certainly one we have been hearing a lot about.

Rhonda Schaffler

New York Stock Exchange

one


Input: Reporter:


Input: That's right.


Input: There's a new development out.


Input: This particular scandal has really captivated Wall Street this month.

Wall Street

this month


Input: Before I tell you how big those parachutes are, let me tell you what the U.S. Treasury Secretary is saying about it now.

U.S. Treasury


Input: John Snow making some comments a short time ago saying he backs tougher oversight for the company.

John Snow


Input: He also says his department is trying to determine if it has implication for the nation's financial system.


Input: Freddie Mac stock is down another 6.5% today.

Freddie Mac

another 6.5%

today


Input: It has lost more than 207% -- or about 20% since Monday.

about 20%

Monday


Input: Monday, of course, is when the company fired its President for not cooperating with efforts to restate earnings for the last few years.

Monday

the last few years


Input: Freddie Mac's Chairman and CEO forced out the same day.

Freddie Mac's

the same day


Input: Investors learned last night the CEO is getting a severance package worth $24 million.

last night

$24 million


Input: The ousted President is going to walk away with more than $6 million in vested openings.

more than $6 million


Input: Yesterday Federal Prosecutions announced a criminal probe into the company.

Yesterday


Input: Probably tough number for the rest of the company employees to hear.


Input: I want to ask you a little bit about cell phones now.


Input: All of us use our phones, I think, maybe too much.


Input: The companies that we pay for probably love it.


Input: Who talks more?


Input: Men or --


Input: Off the coast there was a dramatic rescue by a cruise ship ship.


Input: Canada TV has the story and some dramatic pictures.

Canada TV


Input: Reporter:


Input: With winds bliping at more than 100 kilometers an hour, three men desperately cling to their sinking fishing boat.

more than 100 kilometers

three


Input: The crew sent out a distress call after it started taking on water.


Input: Suddenly we realized water came into the engine room and it was rising and they started to pump, of course, and they pumped and pumped and the water came more and more and more.


Input: Reporter:


Input: The ship was sinking by the second, and as the waves pounded against them, waiting for help was their only option.


Input: Their life raft had already been snitched away by the high seas.


Input: When we got the information, it was only 23, 25 miles off, so we were quite close.

23, 25 miles


Input: Reporter:


Input: Still it took the Royal Caribbean cruise ship `` Raidience of the Seas'' almost an hour to reach the scene and despite the rough ocean, the captain immediately sent a boat in to save them.

Royal Caribbean

Raidience of the Seas

almost an hour


Input: They see them.


Input: They see them.


Input: They were jumping in the sea when they saw the rescuers were on the way.


Input: They were swimming toward the boat.


Input: I pulled out the youngest guy first and then I wanted to pull out the captain, but the captain said take --


Input: Dog Chapman was in the same truck you saw.

Dog Chapman


Input: At one point, the Mexican police busted both Andrew Luster and Dwayne Dog Chapman, because they don't like bounty hunters in Mexico.

one

Mexican

Andrew Luster

Dwayne Dog Chapman

Mexico


Input: Chapman remains behind bars as we speak in Mexico.

Chapman

Mexico


Input: Andrew Luster, though arrived yesterday at Los Angeles International Airport on a commercial flight from Mexico.

Andrew Luster

yesterday

Los Angeles International Airport

Mexico


Input: As soon as he arrived -- thoom being walked by the FBI to a van belonging to the Ventura County sheriff's folks.

FBI

Ventura County


Input: He was taken to a prison in Kearn County, California, about 100 miles from Los Angeles, a place mostly known for its grapes.

Kearn County

California

Los Angeles

about 100 miles


Input: Make of that what you may.


Input: Heidi?

Heidi


Input: Thanks for joining us.


Input: Here's our story this half hour --

this half hour


Input: There's dancing in the streets of Belgrade as angry demonstrations have turned into celebrations.

Belgrade


Input: Tens of thousands of people crowded the streets of the Yugoslavian capital today after the apparent overthrow of President Slobodan Milosevic.

Tens of thousands

Yugoslavian

today

Slobodan Milosevic


Input: Yesterday, protesters stormed key government buildings and seized Serb state television in Belgrade.

Yesterday

Serb

Belgrade


Input: Russia has joined the West in its support of opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica.

Russia

West

Vojislav Kostunica


Input: Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov congratulated Kostunica on his election victory.

Russian

Foreign

Igor Ivanov

Kostunica


Input: He also gave him a letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian

Vladimir Putin


Input: Putin says he hopes the opposition leader will do `` everything possible to overcome the internal political crisis'' in Yugoslavia.

Putin

Yugoslavia


Input: Russia was the last European power to withhold support for the opposition.

Russia

European


Input: The man who lost power in Yugoslavia finally surfaced today.

Yugoslavia

today


Input: Slobodan Milosevic met with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov.

Slobodan Milosevic

Igor Ivanov

Russian

Foreign


Input: Ivanov says Milosevic told him he plans to remain in Serbia and continue to run its largest political party.

Ivanov

Milosevic

Serbia


Input: Indeed Milosevic still considers himself to be President, according to his brother Borislav.

Milosevic

Borislav


Input: In an interview with CNN, Borislav Milosevic accused Western nations of supporting the demonstrations and said his brother has no plans to leave the city.

CNN

Borislav Milosevic

Western


Input: Regardless of how many votes Mr. Kostunica received, the actions that took place last night are vandalism.

Kostunica

last night


Input: It's violence.


Input: It shouldn't have happened.


Input: That's not democracy.


Input: The opposition didn't accept the ruling of the constitutional court and began to storm the parliament, which was not being defended, and inflicted huge material damage, but it also did more damage to our institutions.


Input: The next step in the transition to a new government is for the Yugoslav parliament to convene.

Yugoslav


Input: A commission set up to ensure the transfer of power is attempting to call lawmakers to Belgrade for a special session.

Belgrade


Input: Alessio Vinci reports that may not happen until tomorrow because some members of parliament will have to travel to Belgrade from Montenegro.

Alessio Vinci

Belgrade

Montenegro


Input: What is going on right now is intense negotiations with all the members of parliament that were elected on September trying to get the majority needed in order to swear in Vojislav Kostunica as the next President of Yugoslavia.

September

Vojislav Kostunica

Yugoslavia


Input: With the events of the past week in Yugoslavia, the world is getting to know the name of Vojislav Kostunica.

the past week

Yugoslavia

Vojislav Kostunica


Input: Jonathan Mann takes a look at the man and his politics.

Jonathan Mann


Input: Unlike President Milosevic, he was not a Communist in the long years when party membership was the key to power.

Milosevic

Communist

the long years


Input: He was not among the prominent opposition figures who have struggled against each other almost as hard as the regime.


Input: He is an orthodox Serb nationalist, but he supports truer democracy for his country and better relations with its neighbors and the West.

Serb

West


Input: Kostunica is a soft - spoken and uncharismatic figure who spent years building the Democratic Party of Serbia and gathering only modest support.

Kostunica

the Democratic Party of Serbia


Input: After ten years, people know what are the differences between Milosevic's policies and ours, what Milosevic was saying and promising and what the opposition parties and I myself was saying in these years and how I was behaving.

ten years

these years

Milosevic

Milosevic


Input: Kostunica is 56, an expert on constitutional law who lives with his wife and pets in a Belgrade apartment.

Kostunica

Belgrade


Input: He was fired from his job teaching law in 1974 for his opposition to the policies of the Tito government.

Tito


Input: He refused an offer to return in 1989 because of his opposition to the Milosevic regime, and he rejects much from the West as well -- the Dayton peace accord, Western sanctions on Yugoslavia, and the war crimes tribunal.

Milosevic

West

Dayton

Yugoslavia

Western


Input: In the months before the election, he was careful to distinguish between his support for European aid projects tied to reform and U.S. efforts, which he describes as unhelpful, even to the opposition.

the months

European


Input: I know what the support means when we get from European Union, the programs like energy for democracy, school for democracy.

European Union


Input: Those small projects.


Input: Here we get nothing in advance, just a political support which consists of nothing, and which is mostly used and abused and manipulated by the regime, saying they are just NATO parties, as is often said by regime, they are not having their own policy.

NATO


Input: Jonathan Mann, CNN.

Jonathan Mann

CNN


Input: We'll be following the events in Yugoslavia all day.

Yugoslavia

all day


Input: To learn more about the situation, just click on our website at headlinenews.com.


Input: 216 sailors from the `` USS Cole'' are back in their home port of Norfolk, Virginia.

the `` USS Cole''

Norfolk

Virginia


Input: Cheering family members greeted the crew with flowers and waving flags yesterday.

yesterday


Input: A few `` Cole'' crew members are staying with the ship.

Cole


Input: It will begin its five - week trip home on the deck of the rescue ship `` Blue Marlin'' today.

five - week

today

`` Blue Marlin''


Input: 17 crew members were killed and 39 injured in last month's apparent terrorist bombing of the warship.

last month's


Input: The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution condemning what it calls `` acts of violence, especially the excessive use of force against Palestinians.''

The United Nations Security Council

Palestinians


Input: U.S. diplomats had opposed wording which apparently blamed the new round of clashes on an Israeli opposition leader's visit to a shrine venerated by both sides.

U.S.

Israeli


Input: The Security Council vote was unanimous, with the United States abstaining.

Security Council

the United States


Input: President Clinton may travel to North Korea in an attempt to improve relations with that country.

Clinton

North Korea


Input: The announcement comes after two days of talks between American and North Korean leaders in Washington.

two days

American

North Korean

Washington


Input: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has accepted an invitation to visit North Korea and meet with leader Kim Jong - il.

State

Madeleine Albright

Kim Jong - il

North Korea


Input: She made the unexpected announcement at a dinner last night in Washington.

last night

Washington


Input: North Korea's top defense official hosted the event.

North Korea's


Input: The country is on a U.S. list of nations that sponsor terrorism.

U.S.


Input: The Clinton administration is trying to persuade North Korea to halt its ballistic missile program as a way it can get off the list.

Clinton

North Korea


Input: There's no word yet when Albright's trip will take place.

Albright


Input: U.S. Navy divers recovered the bodies of 6 of the 17 sailors killed in the apparent attack on the `` USS Cole'' in Aden, Yemen.

U.S. Navy

the `` USS Cole''

Aden

Yemen


Input: Earlier today, the Pentagon had reported seven bodies were found.

Earlier today

Pentagon

seven


Input: The investigation into who was behind the apparent suicide attack is being headed by the New York office of the FBI.

New York

FBI


Input: Two amphibious assault ships are on the scene to offer security and logistical help in the recovery effort.

Two


Input: A third ship will arrive tomorrow along with a Navy tugboat.

third

tomorrow

Navy


Input: 28 of the 33 wounded sailors have been released from the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia, and four of the most seriously wounded sailors are flying home from Germany for additional treatment.

four

the Portsmouth Naval Hospital

Virginia

Germany


Input: The FBI says its New York office will lead the agency's investigation into the Cole bombing.

FBI

New York

Cole


Input: It's the same office that's investigated similar terrorist attacks, including those linked to ex-Saudi millionaire Osama Bin Laden.

ex-Saudi

Osama Bin Laden


Input: Yesterday, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban denied Bin Laden's involvement in the Yemeni attack.

Yesterday

Afghanistan

Taliban

Bin Laden's

Yemeni


Input: Bin Laden, who has been living in exile in Afghanistan, is of Yemeni descent.

Bin Laden

Afghanistan

Yemeni


Input: Investigators do not say whether they have found a link between him and the attack, but say they're looking at a range of possible suspects.


Input: Hello, everyone.


Input: I'm Holly Firfer, sitting in for Judy Fortin.

Holly Firfer

Judy Fortin


Input: Here's our top story --


Input: As Palestinians bury their dead, the violence in the streets of the Mideast continues, and Arab leaders begin a meeting in Cairo, trying to develop a unified position on the whole situation.

Palestinians

Arab

Mideast

Cairo


Input: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak opened the emergency Arab League summit with a statement blaming Israel for adopting a belligerent attitude which threatens the essence of peace.

Egyptian

Hosni Mubarak

Arab League

Israel


Input: Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat accused Israel of `` mass killing and barbarian bombing.''

Palestinian Authority

Yasser Arafat

Israel


Input: He called on the Arab leaders to take a stand `` befitting the sacrifices'' of the Palestinian people.

Arab

Palestinian


Input: Our choice is the choice of permanent, comprehensive and just peace, and our aim is to liberate our land and to create our independent state in Palestinian blast land with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of our refugees to their homes.

Palestinian

Jerusalem


Input: While leaders and spokesmen for both sides talk, the fighting goes on.


Input: Richard Blystone reports on the latest round of violence in the Mideast.

Richard Blystone

Mideast


Input: The studied words of the diplomats and the cries in the street seem to come from two different worlds.

two


Input: Fresh clashes in the Gaza Strip on the Mediterranean coast and in the West Bank.

the Gaza Strip

the West Bank

Mediterranean


Input: Fighting springs from the funerals for at least nine Palestinians killed Friday in some of the worst clashes in this three - week conflict.

at least nine

Palestinians

Friday

three - week


Input: A new intifada, successor to the four - year street campaign that ended with Palestinian / Israeli negotiations a decade ago, according to a leader of Yasser Arafat's Fateh movement.

four - year

a decade ago

Palestinian

Israeli

Yasser Arafat's

Fateh


Input: A counterview from Dan Meridor, chairman of Israel's defense and foreign affairs committee.

Dan Meridor

Israel


Input: When I hear the Palestinians saying on television we are at the war of independence of Palestine, I understand they prefer war to peace.

Palestinians

Palestine


Input: A stupid and difficult historic mistake, but we have to face it.


Input: Overnight, a new development on Israel's northern border.

Overnight

Israel


Input: The defense reports an attack at the border fence.


Input: One body was found after Israelis responded with small arms, tanks and helicopters from Lebanon.

One

Israelis

Lebanon


Input: The Hezbollah movement which waged a war of attrition with the Israelis before they withdrew from south Lebanon in May, says its fighters were not involved.

Hezbollah

Israelis

Lebanon

May


Input: As the weeks wear on, the words of diplomats and leaders seem more and more irrelevant.

weeks


Input: Reaction follows reaction.


Input: The initiative is in the streets.


Input: Richard Blystone, CNN, Jerusalem.

Richard Blystone

CNN

Jerusalem


Input: The U.N. General Assembly has passed a resolution that is critical of Israel's use of force against Palestinians.

The U.N. General Assembly

Israel

Palestinians


Input: It also condemns Israeli excessive use of force by Palestinians.

Israeli

Palestinians


Input: It calls Israeli settlements in the occupied territories illegal and an obstacle to peace.

Israeli


Input: 46 nations abstained from the vote.


Input: Six others oppose the measure, including Israel and the United States.

Six

Israel

the United States


Input: They say it sends a negative message.


Input: One of the last bastions of the Cold War is the scene of some diplomatic thawing today.

One

the Cold War

today


Input: North Korea opened its doors to the U.S. today, welcoming Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for unprecedented talks with leader Kim Jong - il.

North Korea

U.S.

today

State

Madeleine Albright

Kim Jong - il


Input: Albright is laying the groundwork for a visit by President Clinton.

Albright

Clinton


Input: She says her visit is a good start, but the road to normal relations remains uphill.


Input: The U.S. remains concerned about North Korea's missile development program and its exports of missiles to Iran and Syria.

U.S.

North Korea's

Iran

Syria


Input: President Clinton is waiting for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to respond to his latest peace initiative.

Clinton

Israeli

Palestinian


Input: He's inviting both sides to Washington for separate meetings with him.

Washington


Input: Aides say the President spoke by phone last night with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, after talking earlier in the day with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

last night

earlier in the day

Israeli

Palestinian

Ehud Barak

Yasser Arafat


Input: In Gaza, there is no end to the unrest.

Gaza


Input: The funeral of a Palestinian youth turned into a rally against Israel.

Palestinian

Israel


Input: Chanting protesters vowed to avenge the death of the 16 - year - old, who was shot by Israel troops near the crossing between Gaza and Israel.

16 - year - old

Israel

Gaza

Israel


Input: Venezuela's leftist President has awarded Fidel Castro the key to the city of Caracas.

Venezuela

Caracas

Fidel Castro


Input: The Cuban President is on a five - day visit to Venezuela to sign an oil - supply deal.

Cuban

five - day

Venezuela


Input: Hundreds of Venezuelans lined the streets of the capital to welcome Castro.

Hundreds

Venezuelans

Castro


Input: Opposition legislators boycotted Castro's speech in the Venezuelan Congress to protest human rights abuses in Cuba.

Castro

the Venezuelan Congress

Cuba


Input: A week after these pictures surfaced, and after saying he'd fight for his job, Larry Eustachy resigned as basketball coach at Iowa State.

A week

Larry Eustachy

Iowa State


Input: The damage to his credibility was too much after Eustachy admitted he partied with students at rival schools, and that he's an alcoholic.

Eustachy


Input: He seeped a $960,000 buyout from the university.


Input: Tens of thousands of people are greeting Pope John Paul II in Croatia.

Tens of thousands

Pope John Paul II

Croatia


Input: In the port city of Dubrovnik, he beatified a nun who dedicated her life to serving the poor.

Dubrovnik


Input: Her life to the poor.


Input: Marija Petkovic founded a religious order of nuns in the 1920s that cared for impoverished children in Croatia and South America.

Marija Petkovic

Croatia

South America


Input: She is the first Croatian woman to be beatified, which is one step before sainthood.

first

Croatian

one


Input: The pope also said Mass before a crowd of 70,000 people.


Input: At least ten people have been injured and at least five homes have burned in Benton Harbor since the rioting began.

At least ten

at least five

Benton Harbor


Input: Police are still looking for the arsonists, but city officials say several people have been arrested on civil disobedience charges.


Input: One person was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.

One


Input: The morning papers, because morning papers around the country and around the world are remaking their front page to include the Elizabeth Smart case, and we end with that tonight.

morning

morning

tonight

Elizabeth Smart


Input: With her family on a day when their miracle finally came true.

a day


Input: She looks very, very healthy.


Input: She's grown a lot, and I'm just so absolutely thrilled.


Input: I couldn't believe it.


Input: In fact, I had to take a double take and pull her back away from me and say, `` is it really you?''


Input: All of the children out there deserve to come home to their parents the way Elizabeth has come back to us, and I just hope and pray that Congress will quickly pass the Amber Alert so that those children will have a better chance because they cross the state line and they're out of commission, and we need to have this here, we really do.

Elizabeth

Congress


Input: But I just am so grateful and so thankful.


Input: Thank you very much.


Input: Reporter:


Input: Can you describe Elizabeth's demeanor?

Elizabeth


Input: You said she looked good, she was bigger, but she's been through this horrible ordeal.


Input: Is she still scared?


Input: She excited?


Input: Happy?


Input: I don't know.


Input: I mean, I'm sure she was just thrilled to be back.


Input: such happiness and such love.


Input: And I just held her, held her the whole way home.


Input: I just brought her little brother William in, and as William and she saw each other, it was such a wonderful reunion for them to just hug, and he would hug her and look at her and hug her and look at her, and couldn't believe, I think, as a 4 - year - old now that his sister is home.

William

William

4 - year - old


Input: With the darkness that surrounds us in these times of the possibility of war that could be coming upon us and a miracle that has been brought to us, an incredible miracle that has been brought to our family, words can not express how grateful we are for the prayers around the world.


Input: Do miracles still exist?


Input: And the answer is yes.


Input: And we have Elizabeth back.

Elizabeth


Input: This neighborhood, the Federal Heights neighborhood, everybody's been ripped up, everybody's helped, everybody's prayed to do whatever they can.

Federal Heights


Input: We thank God for all the searchers, for all the people.

God


Input: In the history of the world I don't think a little girl's been prayed for more than Elizabeth Smart, and we thank you for answering those prayers.

Elizabeth Smart


Input: Thank you.


Input: It's a nice day to have this job.


Input: We'll see you tomorrow, 10:00 Eastern time.

tomorrow

10:00 Eastern time


Input: Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com.

VITAC


Input: A CEO is about to announce Employee of the Year.

Employee of the Year


Input: Earlier, several go - getters prepared to accept their award.


Input: And when I began this journey ... when I started this journey ... me? I had no idea I'd --


Input: We're getting late word tonight that Geraldo Rivera may not be be kicked out of Iraq after all.

tonight

Geraldo Rivera

Iraq


Input: Originally the Central Command said the veteran Fox News correspond was being expelled because he compromised the location of the unit he's been embedded with.

the Central Command

Fox News


Input: Now a spokesman from the Central Command is saying and I'm quoting `` Frankly, we have bigger and more important things to do.''

the Central Command


Input: During a live broadcast Geraldo drew a map in the sand showing the location of the unit in relation to Baghdad.

Geraldo

Baghdad


Input: Says he's not aware he's being expelled but says if so, it is because some bitter former colleagues of his at MSNBC blew the whistle on him.

MSNBC


Input: It sounds to me like some rats at my former network, NBC, are spreading some lies about me.

NBC


Input: You know, they can't compete fair and square on the battlefield so they're trying to stab me in the back.


Input: It is not first time.


Input: The Central Command on the other hand says Rivera is being kicked out of Iraq because `` he gave away the big picture stuff.''

The Central Command

Rivera

Iraq


Input: All of this now under review, whether or not Geraldo stays or goes.

Geraldo


Input: We'll continue to monitor that front on the store yix another veteran war correspondent is being fired for his controversial conduct in Iraq.

Iraq


Input: NBC is terminating freelancer reporter Peter Arnett for statements he made to the Iraqi media.

NBC

Peter Arnett

Iraqi


Input: We showed you the statements yesterday.

yesterday


Input: He said the coalition's first war plan had failed because of Iraqi resistance.

first

Iraqi


Input: Today he appeared on NBC's `` Today'' show and said he was sorry.

Today

NBC

Today


Input: I want to apologize to the American people for clearly making a misjudgment over the weekend by giving an interview to Iraqi television.

American

Iraqi

the weekend


Input: Now, I said in that interview essentially what we all know about the war, there have been delays in implementing policy, there has been surprises, but clearly by giving that interview to Iraqi television, I created a firestorm in the United States, and for that I am truly sorry.

Iraqi

the United States


Input: Arnett had been covering the war for National Geographic, which also fired him as TV reports were given exclusively to NBC and MSNBC.

Arnett

National Geographic

NBC

MSNBC


Input: Late word from London that the tabloid the Daily Mirror just hired Peter Arnett to be its correspondent in Baghdad.

London

Baghdad

the Daily Mirror

Peter Arnett


Input: But the question remains Did Peter Arnett and Geraldo Rivera cross the line? or were they within their rights as reporters?

Peter Arnett

Geraldo Rivera


Input: We posed that question to Michael Wolf, a contributing editor for `` New York'' magazine, a media columnist, an important article in the new issue of `` New York.''

Michael Wolf

`` New York''

`` New York


Input: He's joining us now live from Qatar.

Qatar


Input: What do you say to the question, Michael?

Michael


Input: Well, you know, I think I'm --


Input: We turn now to an Iraqi --

Iraqi


Input: First of all, before we tell you about this story, we were going to, these are live pictures from Baghdad.

First

Baghdad


Input: There's been some activity in the last few moments.

the last few moments


Input: Looks like tracer fire we're looking at, anti-aircraft guns firing at what they sense is some sort of threat coming from the skies.


Input: Baghdad has had sporadic episodes of this tonight.

Baghdad

tonight


Input: No major explosions we're aware of, but just, apparently, in the last few moments, there has been activity.

the last few moments


Input: You can see it there just now.


Input: We've been reporting, the city has begun to see its electricity turned back on.


Input: We don't know that all of it is back, but at least some of it is.


Input: We also know that 12 miles southwest of the city, coalition forces remain largely in control of what was formerly Saddam Hussein International Airport, now renamed by the coalition Baghdad International Airport, but the coalition is quick to point out that they do not have control of the area immediately surrounding the airport.

12 miles

Saddam Hussein International Airport

Baghdad International Airport


Input: Again, these are live pictures of Baghdad, where it is well into the night.

Baghdad

the night


Input: We're, of course, going to keep monitoring the situation there and bring you up to speed on anything we learn.


Input: In northern Iraq, U.S. warplanes hit targets including a ridge east of Mosul, where Iraqi troops have been entrenched.

Iraq

U.S.

Mosul

Iraqi


Input: Two F Tomcats struck the targets.

Two

F Tomcats


Input: The same area was a site of heavy bombing yesterday.

yesterday


Input: After today's air strikes, 13 Iraqi soldiers abandoned their posts and surrendered to Kurdish fighters.

today

Iraqi

Kurdish


Input: Until southern Iraq, another symbol of Saddam Hussein's regime is in ruins tonight.

Iraq

Saddam Hussein's

tonight


Input: Saddam Hussein's private yacht and quite a yacht it is or was, it was hit by coalition bombs and missiles and then burned and looted by Iraqis.

Saddam Hussein's

Iraqis


Input: The boat was one of the world's most luxurious yachts when it was launched some 20 years ago.

some 20 years ago


Input: Now the scorched hulk floats aimlessly in the Arab waterway next to Basra's dock yards.

Arab

Basra


Input: People in Baghdad celebrate the fall of a leader whose fate is unknown tonight.

Baghdad

tonight


Input: We'll be talking with an expert on Saddam Hussein, author Andrew Coburn about whether Saddam Hussein is dead or alive and where in the world is he.

Saddam Hussein

Andrew Coburn

Saddam Hussein


Input: Also, the long journey of the marine who covered the statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag, Bill Tucker will have a special report on the life of marine corporal Edward Chin, and actress Jane Fonda is now questioning freedom of the United States, and she has a few thoughts about ignorance.

Saddam Hussein

Bill Tucker

Edward Chin

Jane Fonda

American

the United States


Input: So do we.


Input: Stay with us.


Input: Time now to check the business news with Carrie Lee in New York.

Carrie Lee

New York


Input: Carrie.

Carrie


Input: A you said it, Renay.

Renay


Input: The Dow was in negative territory much of the day.

the day


Input: A couple stocks losing ground.


Input: Coca Cola, down 6.1%.

Coca Cola


Input: They did okay on the profit quarter, but the taste vowel came in late for all the regions that's why it is selling off today.

today


Input: You can see the Nasdaq.


Input: Pretty nice gains holding steady throughout the day, mainly due to Intel and Microsoft.

the day

Intel

Microsoft


Input: They're influential on thed?


Input: They had better than expected profit reports for the recent quarter.

the recent quarter


Input: They both had good things to say going forward upping or reiterating 2003 guidance.


Input: Good solid reports.


Input: Motorola, cutting another 3,000 jobs by the end of the year.

Motorola

the end of the year


Input: Profits for the end of the year did see profit as well.

the end of the year


Input: Motorola and Texas Instruments both in the chips base as well swinging to profits as well, with sales up 20%.

Motorola

Texas Instruments


Input: Finally AMR.

AMR


Input: The stock gained 15% yesterday.

yesterday


Input: Today's shares up another cent 8%.

Today

another cent


Input: The flight attendants have until 6:00 today to ratify labor concessions.

6:00 today


Input: The pilots' union and ground crew did so yesterday.

yesterday


Input: The flight attendants came in with a close vote rejecting these concessions so the CEO has extended the deadline today.

today


Input: If they don't ratify these agreements, AMR will have to file for bankruptcy.

AMR


Input: Investors are betting they will agree.


Input: 16.8% to the upside is certainly a vote of confidence.


Input: Back to you, guys.


Input: The U.S. is considering its legal options now that it has custody of terrorist Abu Abbas.

U.S.

Abu Abbas


Input: He was captured in Baghdad late Monday night.

Baghdad

late Monday night


Input: He was convicted of hijacking the `` Achille Lauro'' in 1985.

the `` Achille Lauro''


Input: Disabled American tourist Klinghoffer was on board.

American

Klinghoffer


Input: He was shot and thrown overboard.


Input: More coverage continues now.


Input: Nine years ago today, allegations of infidelity almost derailed Bill Clinton's journey from hope to the White House.

Nine years ago today

Bill Clinton's

the White House


Input: Bob Glascoff tracks the life of the `` other woman'' in today's edition of `` Headliners.''

Bob Glascoff

Headliners


Input: On January 1992, Gennifer Flowers claims she had a 12 - year affair with Bill Clinton.

January 1992

12 - year

Gennifer Flowers

Bill Clinton


Input: Former nightclub singer, television anchor and Arkansas State employee, Flowers' allegations threatened to torpedo Clinton's presidential chances.

Arkansas State

Flowers

Clinton


Input: Although Mr. Clinton denied having a relationship with Flowers, he did speak of bringing `` pain'' to his marriage during a joint television interview with his wife, Hillary.

Clinton

Flowers

Hillary


Input: Flowers went on `` Larry King Live'' in 1998 at the height of the impeachment proceedings against Mr. Clinton.

Flowers

Clinton

`` Larry King Live''


Input: She said she felt vindicated when he admitted under oath that he'd had an affair with her after denying it for years.

years


Input: Flowers has written two books, both of which are for sale on her website, along with private - label cigars and signed photos.

Flowers

two


Input: A federal judge recently dismissed a defamation lawsuit she brought against Hillary Rodham Clinton and two former presidential aides.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

two


Input: With `` Headliners,'' I'm Bob Glascoff.

Headliners

Bob Glascoff


Input: There's no let - up in clashes between rock - throwing Palestinians and Israeli troops in the West Bank and Gaza this weekend.

Palestinians

Israeli

the West Bank

Gaza

this weekend


Input: Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian in the West Bank today.

Israeli

Palestinian

the West Bank

today


Input: Four Palestinians died in the West Bank and Gaza yesterday.

Four

Palestinians

the West Bank

Gaza

yesterday


Input: The violence is marring Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's search for a peace agreement.

Israeli

Ehud Barak


Input: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat met with his cabinet last night.

Palestinian

Yasser Arafat

last night


Input: The council issued a statement vowing not to give in to what it calls Israeli aggression.

Israeli


Input: It also wants an international fact - finding commission to look into the bloodshed.


Input: A return to Soviet - era symbolism in Russia is gaining favor.

Soviet

Russia


Input: The Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, has voted to adopt the old Soviet national anthem as the new Russian anthem.

Duma

Russian

Soviet

Russian


Input: The song now in use was introduced in 1993.


Input: The issue sparked demonstrations, pitting supporters against those who fiercely oppose a connection with what they consider a murderous regime.


Input: The Upper House must next approve the measure.

The Upper House


Input: President Vladimir Putin has pledged his support, but has called for different lyrics.

Vladimir Putin


Input: Two months after a bomb blasted its hull, the `` USS Cole'' is back in the United States.

Two months

the `` USS Cole''

the United States


Input: The damaged ship was carried from Yemen aboard a Norwegian transport ship.

Yemen

Norwegian


Input: 17 sailors were killed when the ship was attacked by suicide bombers in the port of Aden.

Aden


Input: A temporary patch has already been made to cover the 40 by 40 hole in the ship's hull.


Input: It will be welded to the ship before it is unloaded from the carrier.


Input: Repairs in Mississippi are expected to cost more than $150 million and last a year at a ship - building facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

Mississippi

Pascagoula

Mississippi

more than $150 million

a year


Input: The `` Jingle Cats'' are putting a new twist on the term `` Meow Mix.''

The `` Jingle Cats''


Input: Denise Dillon introduces us to a group of singing felines with several under their collars.

Denise Dillon


Input: If nine caroling cats crooning Christmas classics doesn't put you in the holiday mood, maybe nothing will.

nine


Input: Yes, it's that time of year.

that time of year


Input: The Jingle Cats are back, and can be found just about anywhere.

The Jingle Cats


Input: They have cassettes and and their very own video, which is also out on DVD.


Input: The man behind the music, creator Mike Spalla, says he owes it all to his cat, Cheesepuff, and her finely tuned vocal cords.

Mike Spalla


Input: I was hired to do some Christmas music, and it was just `` Jingle Bells,'' and I brought my cat with me to the studio, and I was working on the song and the cat jumped up into the record booth and started meowing along, meowing to me.

Jingle Bells


Input: Cheesepuff and friends first clawed their way onto the music charts in 1993 with the release of their `` meowy Christmas'' CD, featuring 20 classic Christmas hits.

`` meowy Christmas''


Input: It was such a success, the following year, the feline group released another holiday song collection, `` Here Comes Santa Claws.''

Here Comes Santa Claws


Input: Spalla says they have a following of some very unique fans.

Spalla


Input: There's a certain kind of person that's in tune with a cat.


Input: They're thoughtful.


Input: They must be more intelligent or something.


Input: The cats are such a hit, Spalla has taken on a couple of new groups.

Spalla


Input: `` Jingle Babies,'' and, of course, `` Jingle Dogs.''

Jingle Babies

Jingle Dogs


Input: Denise Dillon, `` Headline News.''

Denise Dillon

Headline News


Input: Now, you know it is the holidays.

the holidays


Input: 16 years of experience and ten months of training are paying off for a sheep shearer from New Zealand.

16 years

ten months

New Zealand


Input: Rodney Sutton broke a seven - year - old world record by shearing 839 lambs in nine hours.

Rodney Sutton

seven - year - old

nine hours


Input: A crowd of hundreds watched him accomplish the feat.

hundreds


Input: Sutton says he has been dreaming of completing the task for years.

Sutton

years


Input: President Clinton is questioning the legitimacy of George W. Bush's election victory.

Clinton

George W. Bush's


Input: Speaking last night to Democratic supporters in Chicago, the President said Bush won the election only because Republicans stopped the vote - counting in Florida, and Mr. Clinton praised Al Gore's campaign manager, Bill Daley, for the way he handled the election.

last night

Democratic

Republicans

Chicago

Florida

Bush

Clinton

Al Gore's

Bill Daley


Input: I want to thank Bill Daley for his exemplary service as Secretary of Commerce.

Bill Daley

Commerce


Input: He was brilliant.


Input: I think he did a brilliant job in leading Vice President Gore to victory myself.

Gore


Input: Al Gore is spending the Thanksgiving holiday in Washington with his family.

Al Gore

Thanksgiving

Washington


Input: Yesterday, he and his wife, Tipper, made their annual visit to a local food bank.

Yesterday

annual

Tipper


Input: The Vice President joked whether volunteers ought to recount the boxes of food.


Input: Gore also says he's focusing on building a possible administration, a move he thinks George W. Bush should make as well, in spite of the election uncertainty.

Gore

George W. Bush


Input: Hi.


Input: Thanks for looking in.


Input: Our top story this half hour -- sources tell CNN President Clinton and independent counsel Robert Ray have reached an accommodation that would end the long - running investigation of the Clinton White House.

this half hour

CNN

White House

Clinton

Robert Ray

Clinton


Input: Details are to be announced at this hour by the White House.

this hour

the White House


Input: Mr. Clinton is expected to admit when he gave sworn testimony in August 1998, he knowingly misled investigators looking into the Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky matters.

Clinton

Paula Jones

Monica Lewinsky

August 1998


Input: In return, sources say Mr. Clinton will not be indicted that is he would avoid being indicted.

Clinton


Input: He also would accept a five - year suspension of his Arkansas law license.

five - year

Arkansas


Input: The deal would bring an end to seven years of investigations, covering the Whitewater land deal, Travelgate, and the sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky which led to Mr. Clinton's impeachment.

seven years

Whitewater

Travelgate

Monica Lewinsky

Clinton


Input: A fire in a Bangladeshi garment factory has left at least 37 people dead and 100 hospitalized.

Bangladeshi

at least 37


Input: Most of the deceased were killed in the crush as workers tried to flee the blaze in the four - story building.

four


Input: Witnesses say the only exit door was on the ground floor, and that it was locked when the fire broke out.


Input: Most of the victims were women and children.


Input: In the waters off the coast of Yemen, two urgent missions tonight collecting evidence from the suicide bombing and retrieving bodies still buried in debris.

Yemen

two

tonight


Input: 316 were aboard the `` USS Cole'' when the terrorists struck.

the `` USS Cole''


Input: Dozens were injured.

Dozens


Input: 17 were killed.


Input: Our coverage begins with NBC's Joe Johns.

NBC

Joe Johns


Input: A plane carrying the bodies of five dead American sailors from the `` USS Cole'' arrived today at Dover Air Force Base, as the first wave of forensics experts and investigators from the Department of Defense and the FBI arrived in Yemen.

five

American

the `` USS Cole''

Dover Air Force Base

first

the Department of Defense

FBI

Yemen


Input: Their mission -- to continue the search for evidence and suspects in the explosion.


Input: Also on the way, equipment to lift the `` Cole'' out of the water and specialists to help retrieve the bodies of those trapped and presumed dead.

Cole


Input: We know there are spaces that are inaccessible.


Input: We know there are some remains in those spaces.


Input: We need to get in those and locate the remains that we anticipate finding there.


Input: Though the work was only beginning, a top Justice Department official in Washington predicted the outcome of the investigation.

Justice Department

Washington


Input: I'm confident that we will be able to determine who was behind the bombing and that those people, those organizations, will be held accountable, they will be punished.


Input: This critical phase of the investigation must be conducted both above and beneath the water on a tight time line.


Input: They'll want to get in there quickly because one of the problems when you're dealing with seawater is that it will have an adverse effect on your evidence.

one


Input: To further speed up the process, the FBI has now activated the Strategic Information and Operation Center in Washington, conceived after the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, ensuring the fastest possible exchange of information between investigators and the decision makers.

FBI

the Strategic Information and Operation Center

Washington

U.S.

Kenya

Tanzania


Input: On the diplomatic front, the U.S. said the government of Yemen is cooperating with the investigation, though that country's President disputes charges that his nation is a haven for terrorists.

U.S.

Yemen


Input: The Justice Department says no group or individual has been ruled out as a suspect, though many expect that whoever gets the blame will eventually be tied to the terrorist Osama bin Laden.

The Justice Department

Osama bin Laden


Input: And the grieving continued today at the Naval Academy's football game against Notre Dame.

the Naval Academy's

Notre Dame


Input: A moment of silence to remember the victims of this terrorist act.


Input: Joe Johns, NBC News.

Joe Johns

NBC News


Input: The `` USS Cole'' is on its long journey home tonight, sitting atop a rescue ship, and now, for the first time, its open wound fully visible.

The `` USS Cole''

tonight

first


Input: NBC's Jim Miklaszewski tonight at the Pentagon with an exclusive report on the damage done and the difficulty in finding those responsible.

NBC

Jim Miklaszewski

tonight

Pentagon


Input: Jim?

Jim


Input: What's the latest there?


Input: New pictures reveal the sheer power of that terrorist bomb that ripped through the `` USS Cole.''

the `` USS Cole


Input: For the first time, with the `` Cole'' out of the water, the full impact of the catastrophic blast clearly visible.

first

Cole


Input: In these photos obtained by NBC News, the damage much larger than first imagined, extending well below the water line.

NBC News

first


Input: Workers on deck dwarfed by the 40 x 60 - foot gaping wound.

60 - foot


Input: Large sections of the hull buckled inward.


Input: Crewman Sean Powell, back home in Florida, says inside the `` Cole,'' it was chaos, it got dark, we lost power, ship started to list, that's what scared everybody.

Sean Powell

Florida

Cole


Input: Despite the devastating damage, Navy officials predict the `` Cole'' can be repaired for about $150 million, and put back into service.

Navy

Cole

$150 million


Input: Justice Department officials say in Yemen, the FBI's investigation is dead in the water.

Justice Department

FBI

Yemen


Input: Senior U.S. officials tell NBC News the Yemen government has all but shut down all cooperation in finding those behind the `` Cole'' attack.

U.S.

Yemen

NBC News

Cole


Input: Evidence is either withheld or tampered with.


Input: A surveillance video of the harbor at the time of the attack was so heavily edited, it didn't even show the blast itself.


Input: Why?


Input: Yemen is a terrorist hotbed, and some members of President Saleh's own cabinet have direct ties to radical Islamic extremists and terrorists.

Yemen

Saleh

Islamic


Input: It's hard to see exactly why it is that the President there would ever want to cooperate with the United States and possibly put himself in jeopardy.

the United States


Input: Reporter:


Input: And even though cooperation from Yemen is at a standstill, U.S. officials tell NBC News that they are making substantial progress in the investigation and are fully confident they will get enough evidence to retaliate against those responsible.

Yemen

U.S.

NBC News


Input: Tom?

Tom


Input: Thanks very much, NBC's Jim Miklaszewski tonight.

NBC

Jim Miklaszewski

tonight


Input: The nation's highest court will take up the case next week.

next week


Input: That development may not be as significant as it seems.


Input: Joining me now is law professor Rick Pildes, a consultant to NBC News.

Rick Pildes

NBC News


Input: Could a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court settle this case once and for all?

the U.S. Supreme Court


Input: At this stage, any decision from the U.S. Supreme Court is almost certainly not going to provide a final resolution of this election dispute.

the U.S. Supreme Court


Input: Indeed, the issue is so narrow now before the Supreme Court that whichever way the court rules, it will likely have only the most marginal impact on what's going on in Florida.

the Supreme Court

Florida


Input: Even if the Bush campaign prevails before the Supreme Court, it simply means we will move more quickly into the contest phase of the litigation or the next stage of the litigation.

Bush

the Supreme Court


Input: But you believe the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court just decided to hear this case is a partial victory for both Bush and Gore.

the U.S. Supreme Court

Bush

Gore


Input: It is a partial victory for both sides.


Input: For the last two weeks, the central constitutional argument the Bush campaign has been making to the federal courts is, stop these manual recounts now, they violate the Constitution.

the last two weeks

Bush

Constitution


Input: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear that part of the case, agreeing with all the other federal judges who have unanimously held that this is not the proper time for federal court intervention.

The U.S. Supreme Court


Input: So in that sense, a victory for the Gore campaign.

Gore


Input: For the Bush campaign, a victory in the willingness of the Supreme Court to play some role in overseeing the Florida system and the Florida judicial decision making process.

Bush

the Supreme Court

Florida

Florida


Input: Whatever the Supreme Court decides this time, you say this case could come back before the U.S. Supreme Court again?

the Supreme Court

the U.S. Supreme Court


Input: John, if the Supreme Court of the United States is to play a final and decisive role in this dispute, that role is going to come at the end of the Florida judicial process, not at this stage.

the Supreme Court

the United States

Florida


Input: Law professor Rick Pildes, thank you.

Rick Pildes


Input: It will be one of the first election returns on Tuesday.

one

first

Tuesday


Input: It will also be among the most important.


Input: As we continue our coverage of presidential politics with a look at the last - minute battle to win a crucial swing state, Florida.

last - minute

Florida


Input: 25 electoral votes.


Input: It's being fought over hard.


Input: With a look at how the candidates are getting out the vote there, here's NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders.

NBC News

Kerry Sanders


Input: The image of Florida, both fact and fiction.

Florida


Input: A great getaway, a state where a mouse wields more power than a tropical paradise.


Input: While the mild winters make this comfortable living for almost three million seniors, the largest elderly population in the United States, this year it is not the weather drawing Al Gore and George W. Bush to the Sunshine State.

almost three million

the United States

the Sunshine State

Al Gore

George W. Bush


Input: Both candidates list 25 reasons to keep coming back, Florida's 25 electoral votes.

Florida


Input: Polls show Florida is still up for grabs.

Florida


Input: Both candidates have been here almost equally.


Input: In fact, it's almost I dare you politics.


Input: Each of them dares the other one to spend less time, money, and energy than they are at their own peril.


Input: Elderly voters once again in Florida, the most important voting bloc because they actually vote more than any other group.

Florida


Input: In this election, 45% of those going to the voting booth are expected to be over the age of 65.

the age of 65


Input: The issue most important to them, Social Security.

Social Security


Input: Pay down the nation's debt, strengthen Social Security, cut taxes for middle class family, save our environment.

Social Security


Input: Experience.


Input: Vision.


Input: Values.


Input: Al Gore.

Al Gore.


Input: Why does Al Gore say one thing when the truth is another?

Al Gore


Input: His attacks on George Bush's Social Security plan, exaggerations.

George Bush's

Social Security


Input: The truth, nonpartisan analysis confirms George Bush's plan sets aside $2.4 trillion to strengthen Social Security.

George Bush's

$2.4 trillion

Social Security


Input: Both candidates repeatedly talking about that one issue, but in Florida where there are more than 550 children born every day, families drive the other campaign issues.

one

more than 550

Florida

every day


Input: Polls show education, the environment, and the candidate's character will influence who voters choose.


Input: And in this diverse state with a 15% Hispanic population, both candidates courting their votes in ways not seen in any previous election.

Hispanic


Input: Following both conventions, Gore and Bush granted their first live TV interviews to this man.

Gore

Bush

first


Input: His name, Jorge Ramos, the Tom Brokaw of Spanish language news.

Jorge Ramos

the Tom Brokaw

Spanish


Input: The race gets really, really close, and let's suppose that states like Florida and Illinois might decide the election.

Florida

Illinois


Input: maybe, maybe Hispanic votes might decide, too, who would be the next President of the United States.

Hispanic

the United States


Input: The largest Hispanic voting bloc of Florida, Republican voters who do not seem to be crossing the party line.

Hispanic

Republican

Florida


Input: Gore wanted the young Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez to stay in this country.

Gore

Elian Gonzalez

Cuban


Input: Joe Lieberman brings Gore support he probably would have gotten here anyway.

Joe Lieberman

Gore