CBS Saturday Evening News (September 15, 2001)

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Record delays and cancellations at U.S airports caused by cheap fares, outdated systems according to airlines. . . NTSB report says JFK Jr. became disoriented and lost control of the plane which led to crash. . . Charles Bakaly, Kenneth Starr's Spokeman during Clinton Lewinsky trial, will be tried for contempt. . . The oceans are over-polluted, over-fished and underprotected according to center for marine protection. . . San Francisco area hospitals stage a mass walkout to protest heavy workloads. . . New gun laws don't pertain to the millions of handguns already in circulation. . . Flight attendants protest increase in "Air Rage" incidents. Rowdy, dangerous airline passengers who threaten the safety of the crew. . . Royal Jordanian airliner hijacked by Syrian man who demands to be flown to Germany. Security police shoot and kill hijacker. . . School bus collides with truck killing 27 in Soria, Spain. . . Fidel Castro awards Juan Gonzalez the nation's highest civilian honor. . .

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ABC News travels to the Japanese fountain of youth -- a place that some medical researchers believe may hold the key to anti-aging remedies. In the Japanese town of Yuzuri Hara, many residents live well into their nineties. Diseases such as cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer's are uncommon. Dr. Toyosuke Komori, the town doctor who has studied and written books on longevity in Yuzuri Hara, believes locally grown starches help stimulate the body's natural creation of a substance called hyaluronic acid, or HA, which aging bodies typically lose. This may ward off the aging process by helping the cells of the body thrive and retain moisture, keeping joints lubricated, protecting the retina in eyes and keeping skin smooth and elastic.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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January 11, 1989. This was President Reagan's formal goodbye to the nation after the completion of two terms in office. President Reagan ended his farewell address to the nation by referring to a "shining city upon a hill," a phrase borrowed from the Pilgrim leader John Winthrop and by saying: "My friends, we did it. We weren't just marking time; we made a difference. We made the city stronger, we made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. And so goodbye, God bless you and God bless The United States of America."When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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Medical science has progressed exponentially in recent times, but scientists are still left with unanswered questions when it comes to the human body. "Medical Mysteries" looks at some of the rarest disorders and syndromes in medicine today. ABC News reports on Danny Ramos Gomez who, since birth, has had excessive hair all over his body due to a condition called hypertrichosis. As children, Danny and his brother -- who suffers from the same condition -- were exhibited in cages and gawked at. Despite his suffering and humiliation, Danny has learned to live with his unique appearance and tells ABC News that he would never cut his hair. Next, meet a little girl named Kasey who also suffers from a rare genetic condition called Porphyria, which makes her a virtual prisoner in her home until the sun goes down. Any direct exposure to sunlight causes third degree burns all over exposed skin. Then, what if people didn't need their stomachs at all? That's what the Bradfield family has learned after having the organ removed to stop a cancer that has claimed at least two earlier generations of the clan. It started with a grandmother, who then passed the unknown deadly genes to seven of her children. But the third generation of men and women in early middle age and younger found a doctor who was able to explain the disease and name the gene that caused it. Out of 18 Bradfield cousins, 11 tested positive for the gene. ABC News reports on the family, the medical sleuthing and the courage...

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Medical science has progressed exponentially in recent times, but scientists are still left with unanswered questions when it comes to the human body. "Medical Mysteries" looks at some of the rarest disorders and syndromes in medicine today. How could a father not recognize his own children? It's a condition known as face blindness, but people who have it can see faces perfectly well, they just can't process what people look like. ABC News reports on the neurological disorder Prosopagnosia, where people can't distinguish faces -- including their own. Until recently, most Prosopagnosia cases have been the result of stroke or brain injury, but now researchers say there may be a single gene to blame. Then, for most couples their wedding day is unforgettable, but just three days after Sean McNulty married his wife, Amy Harrison, he couldn't remember anything from his life. Sean and Amy were leaving for their honeymoon when he vanished from the airport. After days of searching, Sean was discovered by police wandering aimlessly near an abandoned hotel. But his disappearance was only the beginning of a baffling journey. He had forgotten everything from his past, including his marriage to Amy. Diagnosed with a severe case of amnesia, Sean had to get to know Amy all over again. Can doctors train a tongue to do what eyes can't? ABC News reports on a revolutionary device that could make it possible for blind people to navigate without a cane or a seeing-eye dog. The device is place...

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At the end of the 20th century, all that's left of the Ndoki rain forest in Democratic Republic of the Congo is a few scattered patches. Today, as the result of logging and deforestation, only 6 percent of the earth is covered by rain forests. But these forests contain fully half of all the plant and animal life on the planet. ABC News reports the story of one man devoting his life to preserving the way his fragile fellow creatures live theirs in a land half a world away -- a unique and beautiful place on the African continent which humans have yet to plunder. Anchor: Sam Donaldson. Correspondent: John Quinones.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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CF Martin Senior set out to build every Martin guitar as perfectly as a guitar could be built by a human being. Christian Friedrich Martin was born in Germany in 1796 into a family of furniture makers. The guitar was a new instrument and Martin learned to build them. But, there was trouble. He was not a member of the guild of musical instrument makers. In 1833, he packed up his tools and his family and like so many German immigrants before and after he emigrated to the New World where there were no prohibitions against craft. They finally settled among German immigrants in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Nazareth. From home and then from this factory, Martin evolved a completely new instrument. At first, they were European, small. Over time, as customers wanted more sound, the bodies got a little bigger. To compete with banjos and mandolins, guitar players wanted metal strings instead of gut. That meant a bigger, stronger body, a longer neck for more range. During the Depression, country musicians playing at farm shows and grange halls wanted an instrument a large audience could hear and Martin invented the big, loud Dreadnought. It now defines the American acoustic guitar. The designs have endured and continue to be considered the ultimate design. Anchor: Ted Koppel.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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Casualties of hatred, part one of the "Children of War". Before reaching the age of reason the children of Sarajevo were embroiled in the senseless. Theirs is a legacy of horror in what was Yugoslavia during the war. In this episode of Nightline politics and the geography of the war become secondary. Part two of the "Children of War" focuses on Yugoslavia and the children. At the time UNICEF estimated that 600,000 children inside Bosnia alone had experienced shelling, bombing and shooting at close range. This program examines a different form of violence that has been done to the children of Yugoslavia, the violence of families torn apart, of broken marriages, lost homes, of alcoholism and drug abuse. ...