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We've all seen the images of joyful homecomings from the war in Iraq. The little girl running into the arms of her father who's back safely, the young couple kissing on the tarmac, awash with tears of happiness and relief. What we don't see in many of those homecomings are the deep psychological scars that are affecting, according to medical researchers, one in six American servicemembers. These are injuries that don't get much attention, partly because the injured so rarely talk about their problems. It's taboo. ABC News shows viewers an exclusive window into that world. You'll see American servicemen and servicewomen dealing with those hidden scars. Actually talking about them. It's painful and poignant. A unique portrait of what it's like to be at home, with a war living inside your mind. Anchor: Ted Koppel Correspondent: John McWethy Airdate: 12/15/2004When 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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Venus and Serena Williams are on top of the tennis world after battling it out center court. ABC News talks with their father and takes a closer look at the two sisters who have been captivating the crowds at Wimbledon and across the globe. Airdate: 7/6/2000When 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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If there are two ways to tackle divorce, one is to get mad and the other get even. Ivana Trump, whose ex-husband is Donald Trump, has a few pointers for everyone on how to settle the score. Raking in $46,000 a minute selling her dresses, her jewelry, and her perfume, Ivana Trump has garnered a successful business with the Home Shopping Network and her line, "The House of Ivana." Anchor: Diane Sawyer Correspondent: Nancy Collins Airdate: 4/12/1995

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Standardized tests. They were supposed to be the key to improving the performance of our schools. But what do you do when a quarter of a grade fails the test, and has to be flunked? Where do you put them? How do you deal with the stigma for all of those kids? And what about the high school kids already accepted to college who now may not graduate? These days, standardized tests have become much more important. They are used to measure how effective the schools are. Funding is allocated based on the scores. And there has been a real push to increase their use, and importance. But there is the age-old debate. What about the kids that just don't test well? How effective are the tests? And is too much importance being placed on a test, rather than classroom performance? Like mandatory sentencing, standardized tests remove any consideration of the intangible. Airdate: 6/5/2003When 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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His name is Perry Reese Jr. When he came to Berlin, Ohio, it was a closed community of Amish and Mennonites, the largest in the world. Not everyone accepted Reese when he arrived. It wasn't just that he was black or an outsider, he was taking over the Hiland Hawks, the town's basketball team. But in the early 80s, they needed a coach and he needed a job. Elizabeth Vargas speaks with students of Perry Reese Jr. about the lasting life lessons they learned from the first black resident of the small Mennonite community. How he not only taught the game of basketball but broadened the horizons of those he taught. His legacy of kindness and tolerance has made him a true hero. This "Primetime" show contains the following additional stories: Coast Guard Mini-VansWhen 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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They start out like most kids - innocent, loving and eager to please -- until something goes terribly wrong. Across the country, more than 100,000 troubled teens are locked up in juvenile correction facilities. ABC News goes inside two juvenile facilities near Phoenix, AZ, and meets a group of kids at a critical turning point - they have one last shot to either change their ways or face the prospect of doing time in an adult prison. ABC News was granted unprecedented access in Arizona's system for juveniles and spent nearly six months following these teens' journey in and out of the system. Along the way, they share their shame, their secrets and their dreams. They show their pride and promise. Also in this episode, ABC News checks back with the kids a year later to see what life is like now that they are out.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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It's a hot zone and it's not in a lab, it's in your kitchen. ABC News uses special lights to show what you can't see lurking in your food, on your counters, even near your child's mouth. Renee Poussaint tells you what you should do to protect your family. Anchor: Diane Sawyer Correspondent: Renee Poussaint Airdate: 7/17/1996When 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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Childhood obesity is a national health crisis and one shared increasingly by other nations. Take Britain for example. Jamie Oliver, the celebrity chef and best-selling cookbook author known as "The Naked Chef," is also a young father. Last year, he grew fed up with the junk food being served to British school children and embraced the issue as a personal mission. He spent the year doing everything he could to get the public's attention including dressing up like an ear of corn and shamed Tony Blair into making this an election issue. He redesigned British school lunches to include more locally-grown produce and retrained cafeteria workers to cook the food, not just simply to microwave frozen preparations. And Oliver, whose energy is infectious, seems to have succeeded in attracting attention. The U.K. Education Secretary Ruth Kelly soon after announced that junk food high in fat, salt or sugar would be banned in schools across England within a year. Next, Oliver turned his attention to American schools. He came to the U.S. to stir up the same attention to nutritionally-challenged school lunch programs here.ABC News reports on Jamie Oliver's shenanigans in trying to convince both Brits and Americans that school lunches need a redesign. ABC News will also speak to Marian Nestle, a nutritionist who has spent a lot of time examining these issues. Anchor: John Donvan Correspondent: Sue Ellicott ...

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Extreme speed bike riding, skateboarding off the back of a car, jumping from building to building... for some teenagers, risk-taking is a cure for boredom. But sometimes this not-so-innocent fun is injuring and even killing teens in search of the elusive buzz. "I do it for the rush. There's no other feeling like it," says teenage BMX rider Kalin Law. But what causes this addiction to risky business, and why are some teens more out of control? ABC News talks to experts and doctors about the teenage brain.As ABC News reports, there are some kids just plain born to take dangerous risks. "Thrill seekers are low in arousal in the nervous system. And they want to get their arousal up, so they seek stimulation... They love intense experience," says Dr. Frank Farley of Temple University, who has studied such behavior for more than 30 years and calls such thrill seekers T-types. He tells ABC News what parents should look for in kids as young as two, so that they can channel them properly. "We wouldn't have created the modern world without our T-types. Because they're the creative, innovative, entrepreneurial, inventive people... The object is to engage them, it's to provide stimulation to compete with the top of the car phenomenon."This "20/20" program also contains the following stories:SambucksPheromonesAnchors: Elizabeth Vargas and John StosselCorrespondent: Jim AvilaAirdate: 12/9/2005When 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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The Enron collapse, the biggest bankruptcy filing in U.S History. ABC News' George Stephanopoulos interviews former Enron employee Roger Boies, Attorney William S. Lerach, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) chairman of the subcommittee on investigations and former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt. Anchor: George Stephanopoulos Airdate: 1/13/2002When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.