>>> PRESIDENT BUSH FENDS OFF
CRITICISM AT THE U.N. WHILE
ASKING MEMBER NATIONS
FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN IRAQ.
>>> A NEW PANEL OF JUDGES
DECIDES WHEN CALIFORNIA'S RECALL
ELECTION WILL BE HELD.
>>> PLUS SOME GOOD AND BAD NEWS
ABOUT FLU VACCINES.
IT'S 4:00 P.M. ON TH
ST COAST
AND 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON OUT
WEST.
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON "CNN
HEADLINE NEWS."
IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF FALL.
I'M CHUCK ROBERTS.
>> AND I'M LINDA STOUFFER.
>>> THERE IS SOME DISTURBING
INFORMATION OUT TODAY THAT ALL
NEW MOTHERS AND MOTHERS TO BE
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
COMING UP, WE'LL TELL YOU HOW
A SAFETY DEVICE FOUND IN MANY
HOUSEHOLDS COULD POSE A DANGER
FOR BREAST-FEEDING WOMEN
AND THEIR BABIES.
>>> FIRST, LET'S GET TO OUR TOP
STORY.
>>> PRESIDENT BUSH IS HOPING
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN
PUT PAST DIFFERENCES BEHIND IT.
TODAY HE ADDRESSED THE U.N.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ASKED
FOR MEMBER NATIONS' HELP
IN REBUILDING IRAQ.
MANY STILL ARE UPSET THE U.S.
REMOVED SADDAM HUSSEIN
FROM POWER WITHOUT U.N.
APPROVAL.
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDED
THE INVASION, SAYING IT WAS
INTENDED TO DEFEND THE PEACE
AND CREDIBILITY OF THE U.N.
M
USH INSISTS IRAQ IS NOW
BETTER OFF.
>> THE PRIMARY GOAL OF OUR
COALITION IN IRAQ IS
SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE
OF IRAQ REACHED BY ORDER AND
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
THIS PROCESS MUST UNFOLD
ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF
IRAQIS.
NEITHER HURRIED NOR DELAYED B
THE WISHES OF OTHER PARTIES.
H8>>> FRANCES AMONG THE OTHER
PARTIES TO WHICHHE PRESIDENT
IS REFERRING.
LEADERS THERE HAVE BEEN URGING
FOR A SWIFT HAND-OVER OF POWER
TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE.
IN HIS ADDRESS TO
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TODAY,
FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC
CRITICIZED THE U.S.-LED CAMPAIGN
IN IRAQ.
HE SAYS IT FORCED THE U.N.
INTO THE WORST CRISIS
IN ITS HISTORY.
SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN
ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERNS TODAY
OVERHE U.S. HANDLING OF IRAQ.
>> THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO CONSIDER
HOW IT WLD DEAL WITH THE
POSSIBILITY THAT INDIVIDUAL
STATES MAY USE FORCE PREEM TIFL
AGAINST PERCEIVED THREATS.
ITS MEMBERS NEED TO BEGIN A
DISCUSSION ON THE CRITERIA FOR
AN ALLIED AUTHORIZATION OF
COERCIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS
CERTAIN TYPES OF THREATS.
FOR INSTANCE, TERRORIST GROUPS
ARMED WITH WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
>>> THERE ARE MANY CON STIT
WENCYS ON THIS SPEECH.
REACTIONS OVER THE WORLD AND ON
CAPITAL HILL.
LET'S SEE HOW IT IS PLAYING OUT
AMONG LAW MAKERS.
HERE IS JONATHAN AIKEN.
>> Reporter: REACTION TO THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ALONG PARTY
LINES.
SOME REPUBLICANS LIKE SENATOR
JOHN McCAIN INSISTS THE
PRESIDENT DOES NEED TO BRING
MORE TROOPS INTO THE PROCESS IN
IRAQ.
GENERALLY, THEY FEEL IT WAS A
GOOD SPEECH.
THE ATTITUDE IS IT WAS GOOD AS
FAR AS IT GOES.
WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE
WORLD COMMUNITY ON BOARD WITH
THE UNITED STATES, IT MAY NOT BE
GOING ANYWHERE.
SENATOR TED KENNEDY SPEAKING
ALONG THOSE LINES EARLIER TODAY.
>> IN ADDRESSING THE UNITED
NATIONS, THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR
HIS ADMINISTRATION'S MISTAKES IN
GOING TO WAR WITHOUT THE BROAD
SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO INVOLVE THE UNITED
NATIONS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY IN
THE TRANSITION IN IRAQ.
OUR POLICY CANNOT BE ALL TAKE
AND NO GIVE.
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD WORK WITH
THE UNITED NATIONS AS LONG AS IT
TAKES TO GET AN AGREEMENT TO
HELP OUR TROOPS AND BRING
STABILITY IN IRAQ.
OUR TROOPS ARE DOING THEIR JOBS
IN BAGHDAD.
NOW, PRESIDENT BUSH MUST DO HIS
JOB IN NEW YORK.
>> Reporter: KENNEDY UNDER HEAT
FOR HIS COMMENTS THAT THE
PRESIDENT, AND I'M PARAPHRASING,
PERPETRATED A FRAUD ON THE
PUBLIC IN CITING THE WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION WAS THE REASON
TO GO INTO IRAQ.
SUPPORT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S
POINT OF VIEW IN STRONG SUPPLY.
THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
SAYING HE BROUGHT NEEDED
PRESSURE.
THE PRESIDENT GIVE ASTRONG
STATEMENT TODAY IN TERMS OF
PRINCIPALS GOING BACK TO EXPLAIN
WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
MOST OF US TEND TO THINK IN
SHORT-TERM HORIZONS.
AMBASSADOR BREMER HAS DONE A
WONDERFUL JOB TO PAINT THIS
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
THE PRESIDENT TODAY SPEAKING TO
THE UNITED NATIONS AND UNITED
STATES AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY
ARTICULATED THE PRINCIPLES WELL.
IT IS THE POLICIES WE'RE DEALING
WITH.
>> Reporter: YOU GET THE TASTES
OF BOTH SIDES AND IT IS SOFTLY
EXPRESSED FROM REPUBLICANS LIKE
McCAIN.
THE PRESIDENT DID LACK SPECIFICS
LIKE A POLICY PLAN OR TIMETABLE
TO GET THE WORLD COMMUNITY ON
BOARD.
THE ADD STRATHS WOULD ARGUE THE
SITUATION IS FLUID AND THE
SPECIFICS WILL COME AS THE
SPECIFICS ARE WORKED OUT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC
HOPEFULS?
>> Reporter: JOE LIEBERMAN
SPEAKING IN A PUBLIC FORUM SAID
THAT THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS
WERE HALF-HEARTED.
IT WAS AN 11th HOUR APPEAL FOR
HELP, DELIVERED WITH AN I TOLD
YOU SO TONE THAT WOULD NOT BE
HELPFUL.
CONGRESSMAN GEPHARDT, I BELIEVE
IT TOOK THE PRESIDENT TOO LONG
TO MAKE A COMPELLING CASE TO THE
U.N.
HOPE HE DOESN'T RETREAT TO THE
WHITE HOUSE BUT ENGAGES IN
SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS WITH THE
ALLIES.
YOU NEED TO SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT IN INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
YOUR CON AT THIS TIME WENTS ARE
CALLING FOR SOMETHING IN THE
MIDDLE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> THE SHOW MUST GO
ON IN CALIFORNIA.
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
THE RECALL ELECTION SHOULD TAKE
PLACE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY
AS SCHEDULED.
THE JUDGES SAID WORRIES
ABOUT PUNCH CARD BALLOTS IN SOME
COUNTIES WERE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY
A DELAY.
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION HAD SUED TO STOP
THE ELECTION BUT SAYS IT WILL
NOT APPEAL TODAY'S RULING.
THE MAN IN CHARGE OF CALIFORNIA
ELECTIONS SAYS THE DECISION IS
A GOOD ONE, ESPECIALLY
FOR THE 600,000 VOTERS WHO HAVE
ALREADY SENT IN ABSENTEE
BALLOTS.
>> THEIR DECISION ELIMINATES THE
UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER THIS
SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD
TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
WE'RE VERY GRAT FIED THAT THEY
APPRECIATED THE IMPORTANCE OF
NOT INVALIDATING THOSE NOW
670,000 VOTE THAT IS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN CAST IN THIS
ELECTION.
>> THE MAN WHO BANKROLLED
THE RECALL EFFORT NOW SAYS
THERE'S A CHANCE HE MIGHT
FLIP-FLOP AND START URGING
VOTERS TO KEEP GOVERNOR DAVIS
IN OFFICE.
CONGRESSMAN DARRELL ISSA SAYS
HE'LL DO THAT UNLESS ONE
OF THE TOP TWO REPUBLICANS
IN THE RACE DROPS OUT BY THE END
OF THIS WEEK.
HE THINKS ACTOR
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND STATE
SENATOR TOM McCLINTOCK WILL
SPLIT THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE.
THAT WOULD ALL BUT GUARANTEE
A VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATIC
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
CRUZ BUSTAMANTE.
>>> THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE ARE
BEGINNING TO TURN IN THE DEADLY
NIGHTCLUB STAMPEDE IN CHICAGO
LAST WINTER.
FOUR MEN, INCLUDING THE OWNER
OF THE E-2 NIGHTCLUB,
HIS ALLEGED PARTNER, A PARTY
PROMOTER AND A CLUB MANAGER,
MADE THEIR FIRST COURT
APPEARANCE TODAY.
EACH PLEADED NOT GUILTY
TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
THEIR NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS
IN NOVEMBER.
21 PEOPLE WERE KILLED
DURING A STAMPEDE THAT BROKE OUT
AFTER SOMEONE SQUIRTED PEPPER
SPRAY TO BREAK UP A FIGHT
ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
>>> A GEORGIA CREMATORY MANAGER
ACCUSED OF STASHING HUNDREDS
OF BODIES INSTEAD OF CREMATING
THEM SAYS HE'S NOT GUILTY.
19 MONTHS AFTER INVESTIGATORS
FOUND THEM, RAY BRENT MARSH WAS
IN COURT TODAY.
HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY
TO 122 CHARGES BUT WITHHELD
PLEAS ON 200 OTHERS.
PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED MARSH
WITH 787 FELONY COUNTS OF BURIAL
SERVICE FRAUD, MAKING FALSE
STATEMENTS, ABUSE OF A DEAD BODY
AND THEFT.
RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS ALSO
HAVE FILED A CLASS ACTION
LAWSUIT AGAINST MARSH
FOR FAILING TO PERFORM
CREMATIONS.
>>> WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO A
QUICK BREAK.
THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING
GAINING MOMENTUM.
HOPEFUL HOWARD DEAN VENTURED
INTO BOSTON.
>>> COMING UP IN A MOMENT, THAT
MAY BE VI VALUE CANDIDATE JOHN
KERRY TERRITORY.
KERRY DID GET A CHANCE TO MAKE
NEWS.
WE'LL BRING YOU AN UPD
>>> A BRIGHTENING OF MOOD ON THE
WALL STREET IN THE LATE GOING.
LET'S GET A WRAP.
THE MARKETS HAVE CLOSED.
JENNIFER WESTHOVEN ON THE FLOOR
WITH THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: IN THE STOCK MARKET
IT MANAGES TO CLOSE HIGHER,
DESPITE WEAKNESS.
IT WAS A WARNING FROM VERIZON.
THE DOW UP 40 POINTS TO 9576.
IT IS NOT A HUGE GAIN BUT
REASSURING TO TRADERS
CONSIDERING YESTERDAY'S TRIPLE
DIGIT SLIDE FOR THE DOW.
THE NASDAQ JUMPS FAIRLY SHARPLY
UP MORE THAN 37 POINTS, MORE
THAN A PERCENT IT CLOSES OUT,
JUST ABOVE THE 1900 MARK.
THE NASDAQ FOR THE YEAR SO FAR
IS UP MORE THAN 40%.
THAT MAY BE COLD COMFORT, OF
COURSE, TO PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER
WHEN THE NASDAQ WAS AT 5,000,
MORE THAN DOUBLE WHERE IT IS NOW
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT YOUR 401 K AND WHEN YOU WERE
DREAMING ABOUT EARLY RETIREMENT.
THE AARP SAYS ABOUT 45% OF
AMERICANS ARE ASSUMING THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK PAST THE
AGE OF 65.
27% THINK THEY'LL WORK INTO
THEIR 70s.
18% INTO THEIR 80s.
OF COURSE, THE LIFE EXPECTANCY
HAS GOT LONGER.
PEOPLE SAYING IT IS BECAUSE OF
THE BIG FALL IN THE STOCK MARKET
AND THE SKY ROCKETING HEALTHCARE
COSTS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THE PLANS HAVE CHANGED.
THANK YOU.
>>> HOWARD DEAN VENTURED
ONTO JOHN KERRY'S HOME TURF
TODAY, HOLDING A CAMPAIGN RALLY
IN BOSTON.
DEAN USED THE APPEARANCE
TO BLAST THE WHITE HOUSE
AND REPUBLICANS IN GENERAL.
HE SAYS HIS CAMPAIGN ISN'T
REALLY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
BUT ABOUT PROTECTING DEMOCRACY
ITSELF FROM THE
BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
>> THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO BEAT
GEORGE BUSH IS STAND UP TO HIM
AND OPPOSE WHAT HE'S DONE TO
THIS COUNTRY, WHAT HE'S DONE TO
THE MIDDLE CLASS, WHAT HE'S DONE
TO THE POOR, WHAT HE'S DONE TO
THE ENVIRONMENT, WHAT HE'S DONE
TO OUR SCHOOLS.
WE'RE GOING TO OPPOSE GEORGE
BUSH BECAUSE GEORGE BUSH DOESN'T
REPRESENT US.
HE REPRESENTS A SMALL HANDFUL OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TAKING FROM
AMERICA, AND WE WANT A PRESIDENT
WHO WILL GIVE BACK TO AMERICA.
WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK.
>>> FOR HIS PART, SENATOR KERRY
WILL BE GETTING SOME HELP
FROM A PROMINENT NEW ENGLAND
FIGURE.
TODAY HE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO ANNOUNCE
FORMER GOVERNOR JEANNE SHAHEEN
WILLE HIS CAMPAIGN'S NATIONAL
CHAIRPERSON.
SHAHEEN IS THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER
DEMOCRAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SHE HAS STEERED CLEAR
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE SO FAR,
BUT HER ENDORSEMENT OF KERRY IS
NO SURPRISE.
HER HUSBAND, BILL SHAHEEN, IS
RUNNING THE SENATOR'S
NEW HAMPSHIRE CAMPAIGN
SHE MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF
IN 1996 WHEN SHE BECAME THAT
STATE'S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR.
>>> FLU SEEN IS AROUND THE
CORNER.
AMERICA'S TOP HEALTH EXPERTS ARE
URGING PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED
WITHOUT DELAY.
WITH 85 MILLION DOSES READY TO
GO THERE IS PLENTY FOR ALL.
INFLUENZA KILLED 36,000
AMERICANS.
ONLY TWO-THIRDS WHO SHOULD GET
THE VACCINE ACTUALLY DO.
>> WE NOW HAVE THE LOWEST VAC
NATION RATES AMONG HIGH-RISK
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.
IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT 9 TO
25% OF CHILDREN WITH MODERATE TO
SEVERE ASTHMA RECEIVE INFLUENZA
VACCINE ANNUALLY.
WE ABSOLUTELY MUST DO A BETTER
JOB OF VACCY NATURING ALL
HIGH-RISK GROUPS, BUT,
ESPECIALLY, YOUNG GROUPS.
>>> EXPERTS SAY GETTING THE
VACCINE CAN REDUCE THE CHANCE OF
DYING BY 50%.
>>> IF YOU'RE A BREAST-FEEDING
MOM, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS
STORY.
A TOXIC CHEMICAL KNOWN AS PBDE
IS SHOWING UP IN MOTHERS' MILK.
IT'S A FLAME RETARDANT USED
IN FURNITURE, FOAM
AND ELECTRONICS.
A STUDY REPORTED IN "USA TODAY"
SHOWS AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE MUCH
HIGHER LEVELS OF THE CHEMICAL
THAN EUROPEAN WOMEN.
THE EFFECT OF PBDE ON HUMANS ISMA
NOT YET KNOWN, BUT IN RATS
AND MI
, STUDIES SHOW
THE SUBSTANCE MAY CAUSE
DEVELOPENTAL PROBLEMS.
EXPERTS SPECULATE THE CHEMICALS
ENR THE ENVIRONMENT
DURING MANUFACTURING OR WHEN
PRODUCTS BREAK DOWN.
>>> A CHECK OF THE TOP STORIES
AWAITS AHEAD.
>>> ALSO, IT ONLY MAY HAVE BEEN
A CATEGORY 2 STORM.
EXPERTS SAY THE DAMAGE BILL FROM
HURRICANE ISABEL COULD BE ONE OF
THE STEEPEST IN HISTORY.
>>> EVEN A FEW CIGARETTES A DAY
ARE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A RECENT
STUDY FROM THE AMERICAN JOURNAL
OF EP DEEM OLG.
DECREASE THE NUMBER OF
CIGARETTES BY HALF DIDN'T REDUCE
A SMOKER'S CHANCE OF DYING FROM
LUNG CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE.
SMOKERS W QUIT ALL TOGETHER
LOWE
>>> WELCOME BACK, I'M
LINDA STOUFFER.
>> AND I'M CHUCK ROBERTS.
NOW IT'S TIME TO CHECK
ON TODAY'S TOP STORIES --
PRESIDENT BUSH IS LOOKING
TO THE UNITED NATIONS FOR HELP
IN REBUILDING IRAQ.
HE ADDRESSED THE MEMBER NATIONS
-- THAT'S THE WRONG VIDEO.
TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT.
TODAY, BASICALLY SAYING IT IS
NOW UP TO THEM TO HELP RESTORE
ORDER AND ESTABLISH DEMOCRACY
IN THE COUNTRY.
SORRY ABOUT THE MIXUP.
>>> MR. BUSH ALSO SPOKE WITH
FRENCH
PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC.
FRANCE OPPOSED THE WAR,
BUT CHIRAC SAYS HE WON'T
INTERVENE WITH THE U.S. TRYING
TO GET A NEW U.N. SECURITY
COUNCIL RESOLUTION FOR HELP
IN IRAQ.
>>> AND THE ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR RECALL
ELECTION IS BACK ON AGAIN.
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT TODAY
DECIDED TO PUT ASIDE THE EARLIER
DECISION OF A SMALLER PANEL
OF ITS JUDGES TO DELAY
THE ELECTION.
THE VOTE WILL NOW TAKE PLACE
AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED,
OCTOBER 7th.
THE NEXT BIG EVENT IN THE RECALL
IS THE DEBATE TO BE HELD
TOMORROW EVENING, THE ONLY ONE
IN WHICH ACTOR ARNOLD
SCHWARTZNEGGER HAS AGREED TO
TAKE PART.
>>> A U.S. AIR FORCE AIRMAN NOW
FACES A LAUNDRY LIST OF CHARGES,
INCLUDING ESPIONAGE AND AIDING
THE ENEMY, IN CONNECTION
WITH THE POSSIBLE MISUSE
OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
THAT'S THE FACILITY WHERE
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS ARE BEING
HELD.
A MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAYS
THE SUSPECT, SENIOR AIRMAN AHMED
AL HALABI, WORKED AS AN ARABIC
LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR
AT GUANTANAMO.
SOURCES SAY HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN
WHY HE HAD CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUANTANAMO
FACILITY ON HIS LAPTOP COMPUTER.
SO FAR, THERE'S NO WORD WHETHER
AL HALABI IS LINKED TO ARMY
CHAPLAIN JAMES YEE, WHO WAS
ARRESTED THIS MONTH WHILE
CARRYING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
ABOUT THE CAMP.
>>> THERE'S NO REST FOR VICTIMS
OF HURRICANE ISABEL IN PARTS
OF MARYLAND.
LOW-LYING AREAS FLOODED AGAIN
AFTER HEAVY RAIN FELL LAST
NIGHT.
30 ROADS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY
WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF STANDING
WATER.
UPROOTED TREES FELL ACROSS POWER
LINES, KNOCKING OUT ELECTRICITY
AFTER IT HAD JUST BEEN RESTORED.
AUTHORITIES NOW SAY ISABEL
CAUSED 40 DEATHS, 23 OF THEM
IN VIRGINIA.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS
IN SEVEN STATES AND THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA STILL DON'T HAVE
POWER.
THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY SAYS
PROPERTY LOSSES COULD EXCEED
$1 BILLION.
THAT WOULD MAKE ISABEL ONE
OF THE COSTLIEST HURRICANES
IN U.S. HISTORY.
>>> TROPICAL STORM MARTY STILL
IS DOING SOME DAMAGE IN SPITE
OF BEING DOWNGRADED
FROM A HURRICANE.
SO FAR, ITS 65 MILE PER HOUR
WINDS HAVE SNAPPED PHONE LINES,
KNOCKED OUT POWER AND FLOODED
STREETS ON MEXICO'S WESTERN
COAST.
THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.
THE STORM MAY KICK UP SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO.
>>> THERE'S MORE FALLOUT TODAY
FROM THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE SHUTTLE "COLUMBIA"
DISASTER.
NINE SAFETY EXPERTS AT THE SPACE
AGENCY HAVE QUIT.
THIS COMES AFTER A FLOOD
OF CRITICISM FOLLOWING
THE "COLUMBIA" ACCIDENT.
THE NINE MEMBERS OF
THE AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY
PANEL ALL SENT LETTERS
OF RESIGNATION TO NASA
ADMINISTRATOR SEAN O'KEEFE.
THEY SAID THEIR RESIGNATIONS
WILL GIVE O'KEEFE THE FREEDOM
TO REVAMP THE PANEL AND RESHAPE
ITS CHARTER AND MISSION.
>>> CHINA IS PLANNING TO LAUNCH
ITS FIRST MANNED SPACE FLIGHT
BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
A FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN IS
OFFERING FEW DETAILS
ABOUT THE MISSION EXCEPT TO SAY
THINGS ARE MOVING VERY SMOOTHLY.
AND DON'T CALL THEM
"ASTRONAUTS."
THE CHINESE SPACE TRAVELERS WILL
BE CALLED "TAIKONAUTS," USING
THE MANDARIN WORD FOR SPACE.
IF SUCCESSFUL, CHINA WILL BE
THE THIRD NATION TO LAUNCH
A MANNED SPACEFLIGHT, FOLLOWING
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF RUSSIA
AND THE U.S.
>>> THE LIGHTS ARE SLOWLY COMING
BACK ON IN DENMARK AND SOUTHERN
SWEDEN.
4 MILLION PEOPLE IN PARTS
OF SCANDINAVIA SUFFERED A RARE
POWER OUTAGE TODAY.
UTILITY OFFICIALS BLAME A FAULTY
TRANSMISSION LINE SEPARATING
DENMARK AND SWEDEN.
POLICE SAY THEY DO NOT SUSPECT
SABOTAGE OR TERRORISM.
IRONICALLY, AS THE BLACKOUT
OCCURRED, SEVEN EMERGENCY
EXPERTS FROM DENMARK, SWEDEN
AND NORWAY LEFT FOR
A FACT-FINDING MISSION TO CANADA
AND THE U.S., STUDYING LAST
MONTH'S BLACKOUT IN
NORTH AMERICA.
>>> WHICH COUNTRY'S RESIDENTS
HAVE THE MOST SEX?
DON'T ANSWER IT.
THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
WE'LL HAVE RESULTS OF A NEW
SURVEY AFTER THE BREAK.
>> WE KNEW YOU WOULD BE CURIOUS.
>>> ALSO JUST AHEAD, BEING A MOM
AND A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE CAN BE
QUITE A BALANCING ACT.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHICH
COMPANIES PROVIDE THE BEST
ENVIRONMENT FOR WORKING MOTHERS.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
IRAQI OFFICIALS ARE CELEBRATING
THE RETURN OF ONE OF THE
COUNTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT
ARTIFACTS.
IRAQ'S MINISTER OF CULTURE
DELIVERED THE MASK BACK TO THE
MEE SEE YUM IN BAGHDAD.
IT DATES FROM 3100 B.C.
IT WAS TAKEN FROM THE MUSEUM
DURING THE FINAL DAY OF THE
SADDAM HUSSEIN REGIME.
ON A TIP POLICE FOUND IT LAST
WEEK BURIED IN A SUSPECT'S LAST
YARD.
>>> THINK YOU'RE HOT STUFF?
CHANCES ARE YOU'VE GOT NOTHING
ON THE HUNGARIANS.
CONDOM-MAKER DUREX HAS RELEASED
ITS ANNUAL GLOBAL SEX SURVEY.
IT FOUND HUNGARIANS HAVE SEX
AN AVERAGE OF 152 TIMES A YEAR,
OUTSTRIPPING THE FRENCH,
SO TO SPEAK, WHO ONLY MANAGED
144 TIMES A YEAR.
THAT'S STILL BETTER THAN SPANISH
AND ITALIAN LOVERS.
AMERICANS HIT THE SHEETS
A MIDDLING 118 TIMES A YEAR.
SINGAPORE IS AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE SURVEY WITH JUST
96 SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS PER YEAR.
>>> BILLED THE SUCCESSOR
TO "FRIENDS" AND "SEX
AND THE CITY," A NEW NBC COMEDY
IS UPSETTING SOME
OF THE NETWORK'S AFFILIATES.
WNDU IN INDIANA AND SALT LAKE
CITY-BASED KSL TV ARE DROPPING
THE SERIES "COUPLING."
THEY SAY IT'S TOO HOT FOR SOME
OF THEIR VIEWERS TO HANDLE.
"COUPLING" IS THE U.S. VERSION
OF A HIT BRITISH SITCOM.
BEFORE IT EVEN AIRED,
ADVERTISERS SHELLED OUT BIG
BUCKS FOR COMMERCIALS
IN ANTICIPATION OF ITS SUCCESS.
NBC ADMITS THE SHOW IS
PROVOCATIVE, BUT IT SAYS IT IS
DISMAYED BY THE AFFILIATES'
DECISION.
>>> SOME COMPANIES ARE BETTER
FOR OTHERS FOR WOMEN JUGGLE A
FAMILY AND JOB.
WORKING MOTHER MAGAZINE IS OUT
WITH ITS 100 TOP EMPLOYERS.
ELI LILY FOLLOWED BY ABBOT LABS
TOP THE LIST.
ALL OF THE TOP COMPANIES OFFER
FLEX TIME.
MOST HAVE ELDER CARE PROGRAMS
FOR PARENTS WHO MAY BE ILL AND
MANY OFFER CHILD CARE FOR OLDER
CHILDREN.
>>> IF YOU'RE A BASEBALL PLAYER,
THE LIST OF BEST COMPANIES
TO WORK FOR PROBABLY WOULD NOT
INCLUDE THE DETROIT TIGERS.
THE TIGERS SET AN
AMERICAN LEAGUE RECORD LAST
NIGHT BY LOSING THEIR 118th GAME
OF THE SEASON.
THEY'RE NOW JUST TWO LOSSES AWAY
FROM MATCHING THE INFAMOUS
1962 NEW YORK METS, WHOSE
120 LOSSES SET A MODERN STANDARD
FOR FUTILITY.
TONIGHT, THE TIGERS WILL SEND
THEIR BEST PITCHER TO THE MOUND.
MIKE MAROTH LEADS THE TEAM
WITH 7 WINS -- AND 21 LOSSES.
>>> BRITAIN'S PRINCE HARRY IS
GOING TO BE A JACKAROO.
THAT'S AUSTRALIAN FOR COWBOY.
BEFORE TAKING ON HIS NEW CAREER,
HARRY VISITED THE SYDNEY ZOO
AND POSED WITH BABY KANGAROOS
AND KOALAS.
FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, HARRY
WILL WORK AS A COWBOY
ON AN AUSTRALIAN CATTLE RANCH
IN THE OUTBACK.
HE'S WORKING ON THE RANCH
IN THE INTERIM YEAR BETWEEN
SCHOOL AND MILITARY STUDIES.
>>> AFTER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
OF RIDING IN SWEDISH LUXURY,
THE POLICE FORCE OF VAIL,
COLORADO IS GOING AMERICAN.
BUDGET CRUNCHES ARE FORCING
THE VAIL PD TO GIVE UP
ITS TRADEMARK SAAB PATROL CARS
IN FAVOR OF THE MORE AFFORDABLE
FORD EXPLORER.
FOR 25 YEARS, THE SWEDISH
CARMAKER HAD SOLD THE LUXURY
SPORTSTERS TO THE NATION'S MOST
POPULAR SKI TOWN AT A LOSS,
BUT NOW, BOTH SAAB AND VAIL SAY
THEY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD
THE UNIQUE ARRANGEMENT.
>> WHAT A SHOCK.
>> IT'S OVER.
>>> ARE YOU READY TO LAUGH?
IN TEN MINUTES, DAVE BARRY WILL
JOIN US TO GIVE US HIS UNIQUE
VIEW OF THE WORLD.
I'M LINDA STOUFFER.
>> I'M CHOUK ROBERTS.
WE'LL UPDATE THE STOP STORIES.
>>> POLITICAL ANALYST BILL
SCHNEIDER WILL BE JOINING US
ANALYZING THAT ADDRESS.
THIS IS "CNN HEADLINE NEWS."
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