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Today's lead stories:
A Power-less North East
Radio Ads Criticize Walmart Labor Practices
South Koreans Independence Day
Ugandans Dilemma Over Episcopal Gay Bishop
Government Policy Drives Gang Violence in DC
FSRN Headlines Produced by Pauline Bartolone
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Microsoft's Patch Insuffient? - Leigh Robartes
Physicians Push for Universal Health Care - James Collum
A Power-less North East (2:57)
Complete power outages throughout the north east, which
hit yesterday around 4.30pm, threw NYC and many other major
centers including Detroit, Michigan, Cleveland, Ohio, and
north to Canada into complete darkness for a minimum of 15
hours. Many areas are still without power. The power-outage
is reminiscent of the California energy crisis in 2000. And
as public officials bicker over who is to blame, environmentalists
say the power outage is proof of the need to improve federal
policies on energy conservation and renewable energy. Yet
many worry that the outage will give the Bush administration
the pretext to build more fossil fuel and nuclear power plants.
Mitch Jeserich reports from DC.
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Radio Ads Criticize Walmart Labor Practices
(3:43)
Retail giant Walmart threatened legal action this week against
St. Louis radio stations airing an advertisement critical
of the corporation's labor practices. But the labor union
responsible for the ads says it has no intention of backing
down from its message that Walmart is an awful employer. John
Hamilton has the story.
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South Koreans Independence Day (3:50)
South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun today called for a massive
increase in domestic defense spending which he said would
help make the US Army's 37 thousand troop presence in South
Korea less important. But he also said that he envisioned
the American Army continuing its half-century old role in
Northeast Asia. On this - the 58th anniversary of Korea's
independence from Japan-- correspondents Aaron Glantz and
Ngoc Nguyen look at South Korea's military relationship with
America, attending massive rallies in Seoul for and against
the United States.
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Ugandans Dilemma Over Episcopal Gay Bishop
(4:02)
Controversy continues to escalate over the appointment recently
by Episcopal leaders of its first openly gay bishop. Immediately
following the decision, a top Roman Catholic official issued
a statement citing “serious implications” in relations
between the two churches. One place where the bishop’s
appointment has been a particularly bitter pill to swallow
for conservatives is Uganda, where churches are currently
organizing to campaign against the appointment. Many Christians
are even calling on the Church of Uganda to cut any ties with
the Universal Church. Joshua Kyalimpa reports from Uganda.
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Government Policy Drives Gang Violence in DC
(4:30)
DC Mayor Anthony Williams and Police Chief Charles Ramsey
were among those to attend a community forum on gangs and
juvenile crime hosted by DC Council member Adrian Fenty Tuesday.
The nation's capitol has been engulfed in rising tide of gun
violence involving youth that has left 5 people dead and wounded
13 others. Police have linked much of the recent violence
to members of 4 Salvadoran gangs active in Northwest DC who
they charge are responsible for murdering four of the victims
and injuring five others. In this report- we take another
look at the Federal program “Weed and Seed” aimed
at stopping gang violence in DC, yet as Tom Gomez reports,
the program seems to only aggravate relations between communities
and local police.
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