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  • Sporting It: Amputee Vets Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 2:02 PM PST

    Sporting It: Amputee Vets

    Bob McNamara met Iraq veteran Danielle Green, whose war injury has given her a new outlook on life. Along with 600 other disabled war veterans, she took to the slopes this weekend.

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  • Celebrex Scrutiny Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 1:50 PM PST

    Celebrex Scrutiny

    In the wake of new studies that show Celebrex might pose some of the same heart dangers as Vioxx, the drug maker and FDA agree that the drug shouldn't be advertised, Elizabeth Kaledin reports.

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  • Election Officials Dead Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 1:50 PM PST

    Election Officials Dead

    Shiites in two major Iraqi cities mourn their dead in two huge bombings and election officials ask for beefed up protection for election workers, Kimberly Dozier reports.

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  • Early White Christmas Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 1:50 PM PST

    Early White Christmas

    Indiana is under 17 inches of snow, and two school busses collided in Boston - probably due to the icy weather. James Acosta reports on the White Christmas, five days early.

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  • Bush Defends Rumsfeld Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 1:51 PM PST

    Bush Defends Rumsfeld

    President Bush defends his defense secretary and admits insurgent attacks are taking a toll on U.S. troops. John Roberts reports on the president's 17th face off with reporters at the White House.

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  • Accused Fetus Stealer Stuns Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 1:38 AM PST

    Accused Fetus Stealer Stuns

    The woman accused of strangling an expectant mother in Missouri, then stealing her baby from the womb is due in court Monday. Kelly Cobiella reports.

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  • H.S. Readers Get Help Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 10:50 AM PST

    H.S. Readers Get Help

    New programs to help teenage readers got lots of support from a recently-signed omnibus. Trish Regan reports on the Striving Readers program in this 'Sunday Cover.'

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  • More Criticism For Rumsfeld Play CBS Video

    December 19, 2004 | 1:55 PM PST

    More Criticism For Rumsfeld

    More prominent Republicans express "no confidence" in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Joie Chen reports on the potential impact of such high level dissent.

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  • Retirement Benefits? Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 10:51 AM PST

    Retirement Benefits?

    The corporate bargain was to work hard for the company and it would take care of you and yours in retirement. Susan McGinnis reports how the terms are increasingly changing.

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  • Russian Oil Giant Sale Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 10:50 AM PST

    Russian Oil Giant Sale

    Russia auctioned off the most important chunk of oil-producing giant Yukos, for what many said was a fraction of its worth. Richard Roth reports on a speculated link to President Vladimir Putin.

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  • FDA & Celebrex Warnings Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 4:40 AM PST

    FDA & Celebrex Warnings

    Debate over the FDA's responsibility was revived when the agency expressed safety concerns about Celebrex, another widely used arthritis drug. Randall Pinkston reports.

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  • Business Boom Or Bust? Play CBS Video

    December 18, 2004 | 2:34 PM PST

    Business Boom Or Bust?

    What could be the biggest shopping day of the year, merchants began adding up their receipts. They're discovering that not all stores are created equal. Trish Regan reports.

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  • Surprise Vaccine Surplus Play CBS Video

    December 18, 2004 | 2:29 PM PST

    Surprise Vaccine Surplus

    There's a vaccine surplus in many places, and thousands of doses could go to waste. The centers for disease control expanded its list of who should get inoculated. Vince Gonzales has more.

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  • Fetus Abduction Arrest Play CBS Video

    December 18, 2004 | 2:34 PM PST

    Fetus Abduction Arrest

    The investigation continues into a bizarre case of murder and fetal abduction in the nation's heartland. Authorities say the baby is safe and that they've arrested a suspect. Kelly Cobiella reports.

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  • Violence And Law In Iraq Play CBS Video

    December 18, 2004 | 2:33 PM PST

    Violence And Law In Iraq

    The first phase of trials for former henchmen of Saddam Hussein began in Baghdad. Insurgents tried again to weaken Iraq's interim government ahead of next month's election. Kimberly Dozier reports.

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  • Arson Arrests Play CBS Video

    December 18, 2004 | 2:34 PM PST

    Arson Arrests

    Investigators in Maryland made three more arrests in the residential arson attack that destroyed ten new homes and damaged sixteen others. Joie Chen has more.

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  • Membership Talks For Turkey Play CBS Video

    December 18, 2004 | 2:21 PM PST

    Membership Talks For Turkey

    Turkey is celebrating the European Union's controversial decision to open membership talks with the country that bridges Europe and the Middle East. Tom Fenton reports.

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  • Smile And Say Surgery Play CBS Video

    December 20, 2004 | 10:48 AM PST

    Smile And Say Surgery

    Twenty of China's prettiest women went to the finals of the first beauty pageant of its kind. They couldn't have done it without their friends, families and plastic surgeons. Barry Petersen reports.

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    December 19, 2004 | 3:19 AM PST

    Tale Of Two Christmases

    Very Merry Christmas For Upscale Retailers; Grinch At Discounters

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  • Evening News Online Play CBS Video

    December 17, 2004 | 1:04 PM PST

    Evening News Online

    Friday: Celebrex heart dangers, Missouri horror story and cell phone list online.

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  • Celebrex Heart Dangers Play CBS Video

    December 17, 2004 | 12:45 PM PST

    Celebrex Heart Dangers

    An independent research team found the Pfizer drug Celebrex more than tripled the risk of heart attacks and stroke in some regular users, reports Wyatt Andrews.

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  • In Meds We Trust Play CBS Video

    December 17, 2004 | 12:45 PM PST

    In Meds We Trust

    Cynthia Bowers reports on a recent report that 44 percent of Americans had taken at least one prescription drug in the last month.

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  • More Lead Toys Recalled Play CBS Video

    December 17, 2004 | 12:49 PM PST

    More Lead Toys Recalled

    More toys and jewelry with dangerous levels of lead in them are being recalled, reports Mika Brzezinski.

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  • Missouri Horror Story Play CBS Video

    December 17, 2004 | 12:44 PM PST

    Missouri Horror Story

    Jim Acosta reports on a gruesome story in Missouri, where an 8-month-old fetus was cut from a pregnant woman. Amazingly, the baby is alive.

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  • 4 Killed in Mosul Play CBS Video

    December 17, 2004 | 12:47 PM PST

    4 Killed in Mosul

    Militants murdered four people in Mosul, Iraq, highlighting the growing dangers and violence in a city that had previously been more peaceful, reports Kimberly Dozier.

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