CBS Evening News (May 19, 2003)

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As NASA engineers scrambled to assess the damage to the space shuttle Columbia after its launch, Rodney Rocha knew what should be done: get better pictures. The launch had seemed "picture-perfect," in the words of senior shuttle manager Linda Ham, but the next day a routine review of the launch tapes had revealed a 20-inch piece of hardened insulation foam breaking off the huge main fuel tank and hitting the shuttle's left wing. The problem was the shots of the incident were either blurry or taken from a bad angle, so the engineers could not assess the danger to the orbiting shuttle and its seven-member crew. Analysts were left guessing. Where exactly did the debris strike happen? How big was the piece of foam? Was this a serious event? Despite the many uncertainties, several engineers arrived at the same conclusion: the piece of foam, measuring 20 inches at its widest point, appeared to be the largest debris hit of its kind in the space shuttle program's 113-flight history.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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ABC News' highlight coverage from the 1996 Republican Convention.The convention convened at the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) in San Diego, California, from August 12 to August 15, 1996. The convention nominated Bob Dole for President and Jack Kemp for Vice President. Notable speakers: former President Gerald Ford, former President George H. W. Bush, General Colin Powell, former Vice-President Dan Quayle, former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, former Secretary of State James Baker III, Robin Dole (daughter of Bob Dole). Nomimation speech given by New York Governor George Pataki and Senator John McCain.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. DNA is typically a reliable way to prove a relationship, but 30 documented cases of a rare condition show that sometimes DNA testing is not foolproof. ABC News reports on two women who are told that they are not the mothers of their children - that their genetic code proves they can't be related. Next, ABC News reports on a disturbing disease that turns normal muscle - the muscles of the neck and arms and chest and legs - into normal bone. At the age of two, Hayden Pfeif's parents noticed a swelling in his head on a camping trip - then Hayden became unable to move his neck. Strange masses were forming on the toddler, and doctors were doing a biopsy when a nurse noticed that his big toes were malformed -- a symptom of a condition called FOP. With only 2500 cases known worldwide, Hayden's doctors hadn't heard of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), where normal skeletal muscle and normal connective tissue progressively turns into bone. Finally, ABC News reports on a condition, where senses blend with each other in unusual ways. From a woman can see distinct colors for the musical notes she plays to a pub owner who tastes processed cheese when he gives customers their change, the report features several people whose brains "cr...

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Their annual battle of the bands between Southern University and Grambling State is every bit as competitive as the football game itself. For over 35 years, the Southern Marching Band has been led by the same man, Dr. Isaac Greggs. But to describe Dr. Greggs merely as a band leader or a music teacher would be to miss the point entirely. It's not so much a band as a national institution. One that has graced presidential inaugurations, five Super Bowls and the Rose Bowl. ABC News follows Southern University as it competes against arch-rival Grambling State. Anchor: Chris Bury.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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Imagine chain-locking the refrigerator or fencing in your home so that a loved one does not leave the premises to find food. That's what the Rivera family has to do to keep daughter Maribel from eating herself to death. Maribel, like 30,000 other Americans, lives with Prader Willey Syndrome, a rare disorder caused by a flaw in DNA that, among other things, profoundly affects hunger - creating a sense of never being satisfied. Maribel's hunger is unimaginable, and so is the effect on those who love her. Footage that her sister Mercedes shot for a documentary shows Maribel acting uncontrollable when the ice cream truck drives by her fenced-in house, as well as footage of her begging strangers to buy her a hot dog while at a park. Correspondent: John Donvan Airdate: April 1, 2005When 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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At a certain point -- and it tends to be a moving target even for the very rich -- money takes on a different aspect. It becomes either a means of keeping score or a tool for influencing events. For George Soros, it has long been both. Mr Soros has so much money and a proven aptitude for making even more that it is difficult to simply compare his activities or his ambitions to those of other wealthy individuals. The scope with which Soros employs his fortune is such that he is easily compared to governments, whose very survival he sometimes underwrites or threatens. This is not to say that his investments are less vulnerable than anyone else's. During the slump of Asian, European and US markets, for example, George Soros may have lost as much as $2 billion, on paper at least. There may be many people alive today with a vision of how they would like to change the world. George Soros must be one of only a handful with both the means and the determination to do so. Anchor: Ted Koppel Correspondent: Dave Marash Airdate: 11/5/1997When 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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Are trains across the country ticking time bombs? In January, 2005, when a train crashed into a small town in South Carolina, it unleashed 160,000 pounds of a deadly compound that killed nine people, injured more than 500 others, and forever changed the town. But what happened in Graniteville, SC was not an act of terrorism; it was a devastating example of what can go wrong from the millions of tank loads transporting poisonous chemicals yearly. ABC News reports on the risk of toxic train accidents in America.

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It's been more than 50 years since the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. To this day, Americans know very little about how that decision was reached. Did it shorten the war? Did it save American lives? Was it necessary? Were there alternatives? Did the United States need to be the first and the only nation to use an atomic bomb? Anchor: Peter Jennings Airdate: 7/27/1995When 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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John Kerry's service in Vietnam became a campaign issue when he was running for president in 2004. The group calling itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth alleged that Kerry had distorted the truth about what happened during the war and questioned whether he deserved the medals he received. ABC News brings viewers accounts from eyewitnesses who have not spoken before: the Vietnamese who fought against him. ABC News went to Vietnam, to the coordinates taken from the U.S. military after-action report from Kerry's battle for which he won the Silver Star. And there ABC News found several people who had either witnessed the events of that day, or in some cases, had actually fought against the swift boats. Do their accounts favor one version or the other? Can these questions be definitively settled? You'll have to judge. Anchor: Ted Koppel Correspondent: John O'Neill ...