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    PBS Names New York Public Broadcasting Exec New President

    Jan 23, 2006 09:35 PM EDT

    ... public television -- proud of its mission and confident of its future," said Mary Bitterman, chairwoman of the PBS Board of Directors and head of the search committee. "Her demonstrated leadership, outstanding operational capabilities, and proven development skills will allow her to move into this very challenging role well prepared and ...

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    Identifying Katrina's Victims

    Dec 28, 2005 05:00 AM EDT

    ... nearly 1100 bodies have been recovered, nearly half of the dead were white, half were black, and most of them were elderly. And while the search for bodies in Louisiana was officially called off on Oct. 3, emergency workers and residents returning to their devastated homes, continued to find corpses ...

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    Human Exposure to Chemicals

    Jun 24, 2005 04:00 AM EDT

    ... other tissues sampled, and agree to find out what their body is carrying, what their body burden is. BETTY ANN BOWSER: "Body burden" is a term used by environmental advocates. It describes a person's cumulative amount of industrial chemicals, often ones they've picked up from everyday life, likening ...

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    Pope John Paul II's Impact on the American Catholic Church

    Apr 04, 2005 04:00 AM EDT

    ... on Religion and Culture, and former editor of Commonweal, a Catholic opinion magazine; and Jim Davidson, sociology professor at Purdue University, and author of "The Search for Common Ground: What Unites and Divides Catholic Americans." Professor Davidson, the Roman Catholic Church in the United States represents the largest single religious ...

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    Marine Helicopter Crashes in Iraq, Killing 31

    Jan 26, 2005 05:05 PM EDT

    ... 20 a.m. near the town of Rutbah, about 220 miles west of Baghdad, while conducting security operations, the military said in a statement. A search and rescue team reached the site and an investigation into what caused the crash is under way. President Bush expressed his condolences for the ...

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    Bush Inauguration Provides Plenty of Pageantry

    Jan 20, 2005 05:00 AM EDT

    KWAME HOLMAN: The pageantry continued into the afternoon with the traditional inaugural luncheon in the Capitol's Statuary Hall with congressional leaders, members of the cabinet and Supreme Court and other honored guests. After lunch, President Bush reflected on the term ahead. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: We have one country ...

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    Series of Deadly Storms Ravages Parts of Western U.S.

    Jan 12, 2005 05:00 AM EDT

    ... BROWN: In the California seaside town of La Conchita, rescuers found the bodies of a mother and three of her children this morning as the search for the missing continued after heavy rains caused a deadly mudslide on Monday. Firefighters used listening devices to hunt for signs of life in ...

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    The Running Mate

    Sep 01, 2004 04:00 AM EDT

    ... since. Halliburton has been heavily scrutinized as a prime beneficiary of government contracts for reconstruction work in Iraq. In 2000, Cheney headed the vice presidential search team for George W. Bush and was its surprise choice. DICK CHENEY, July 2000: I look forward to working with you, governor, to change ...

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    Barack Obama's Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention

    Jul 27, 2004 04:00 AM EDT

    ... work on a bomber assembly line. After the war, they studied on the G.I. Bill, bought a house through FHA, and moved west in search of opportunity. And they, too, had big dreams for their daughter, a common dream, born of two continents. My parents shared not only an ...

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    Saudi Attack: Assault in Khobar

    May 31, 2004 04:00 AM EDT

    ... around it. GWEN IFILL: Yeah, there are some reports that they actually got lost in rush hour traffic. Was there any update today on the search? Is there a dragnet or any effort to try to track them down? NEIL MAC FARQUHAR: There is a manhunt going on around the ...