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The Teaser for Wednesday, October 6, 2010
"The Teaser” is a preview of the guests we have lined up for the next day – so you know when to tune in (and when to set your alarm!). Guests and times are always subject to change.
6:05AM Michael Hudson, Author, "The Monster" and Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity, on the U.S. foreclosure crisis. Could it get even worse? Did lenders use corrupt methods?
6:40AM Dr. Jamie Grifo, OB/GYN and Program Director, NYU Fertility Center, on Robert G. Edwards Nobel Prize win and his contributions developing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Plus, a new study found that children who were conceived by IVF actually scored better than age- and gender-matched peers on a standardized test.
7:10AM Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Senior Legal Analyst, on anti-gay protests at military funerals, can they be stopped. He’ll break down a Supreme Court case that could impact free speech and privacy rights.
7:40AM Doug and Masha Shepherd, filmed footage of animal trainer being mauled by lions, on how a horrific afternoon at the circus has changed their lives.
8:10AM Gene Cranick, Home burned to ground because he did not pay $75 fee for rural fire coverage, on why he didn’t pay the fee and what it was like watching his home of twenty years burn to the ground. He’ll tell us how firefighters reacted.
8:40AM Paul Callan , Law Professor at Seton Hall University and Jeff Gardere, clinical psychologist, on what parents can do when their child is being bullied. What legal recourse does a parent have and how better to bolster your kids emotionally.
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Bullying Solutions
by Carol Costello and Bob Ruff
(CNN) – At one time or another most anyone who has ever gone to school either has known a bully, been bullied or bullied others.
Many of us are also all too familiar with bullies thanks to Hollywood films, such as "Butch" of the "Little Rascals" or, more recently, the wicked "Queen Bee" in the 2004 film "Mean Girls."
Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, of the Johns Hopkins School of Health told us that about 10% of all school children have been bullied, another 10% did the bullying, and still another 10% both bullied and were bullied themselves.
Recently we reported that the Federal Government has taken notice, holding the first-ever bullying summit in August. And they've put up a comprehensive web site called "Stop Bullying Now" . But even the Federal Government's man in charge of school safety, Kevin Jennings, told us, "it's taken us a long time to develop a bullying problem. It's going to take some time to solve it."
Until that happens, parents and their children are faced with the question: How do you deal with a bully?
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As rescue drill nears, miners in Chile still have long way to go
Copiapo, Chile (CNN) - With 160 meters to go until the Plan B drill reaches 33 trapped miners, a breakthrough to the men may be imminent.
Then what?
At Camp Hope, the makeshift tent city where hundreds of family members are living, widespread celebrations will likely break out as the miners' loved ones receive news they have waited for more than 60 days to hear.
But despite any euphoria, the rescue operation will be entering its most dangerous phase for the men.
Chilean Mining Minister Laurence Golborne made clear to reporters Saturday that the operation can only be called a success if all the men are rescued from the mine safely.
"We haven't rescued anyone here," Golborne said. "We have to be very conservative, nothing is finished."
Officials said they expect to have the men above ground between October 15 and October 30.
If the Plan B drill reaches the 624 meters (2,047 feet) to the trapped men, the miners will be closer than ever to freedom. But they will still have a long way to go before their actual rescue.
FULL STORY
Pakistan: 5 German among 8 foreign nationals killed in drone strike
(CNN) - Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed Tuesday that five German nationals were killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan a day earlier.
The Germans were among 11 suspected militants killed Monday. Three others were foreigners whose nationalities were not disclosed, said the officials - who did not want to be named. The rest were Pakistanis.
There were no immediate comments from Germany.
The strike happened in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, the officials said.
Missiles struck a building that held the eight, who are believed to have been members of the group Jihad al Islami, the officials said.
The strike comes a day after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint bulletin warning that terror attacks were being plotted against targets Europe. European intelligence officials said Monday that a group of jihadists from Germany were at the heart of the plots, but it was not immediately clear if the warning and the suspected drone strike were related.
The reported plots prompted the U.S. State Department to issue a Europe-wide security advisory for Americans traveling abroad. FULL STORY
U.S. judge bought drugs for stripper, feds say
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) - A federal judge in Georgia has been arrested on drug and weapons charges after federal agents say he bought drugs for a stripper with whom he was having an affair.
Senior U.S. District Judge Jack Camp Jr. has been charged with possession of cocaine, marijuana and the painkiller roxicodone, according to court documents. He is also charged with possessing a firearm as an unlawful user of controlled substances and with aiding and abetting the possession of drugs by the stripper, who had a prior drug conviction.
Camp was arrested Friday after federal agents said he bought drugs from an undercover agent. He made an initial appearance Monday in a federal court in Atlanta and was released on $50,000 bond.
The charges allege that Camp had been paying the stripper for sex since the past spring and was fronting money to buy drugs for both of them. Before the sting that led to his arrest, he told her, "Let me pay him, because you've already got a record," the affidavit states.
Camp, 67, is the former chief judge for the northern district of Georgia. He was appointed to the bench by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and took senior status in 2008. His lead attorney, Bill Morrison, would not discuss the facts of the case but played down his client's public office. FULL STORY
Times Square bomb plotter to be sentenced
New York (CNN) - Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American suspect in the Times Square bombing plot, is expected to be sentenced Tuesday.
Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of life in prison for Shahzad.
On Wednesday, prosecutors say Shahzad carefully selected his location as a highly populated target and intended to strike again if he wasn't caught the first time.
Shahzad is accused of attempting to set off a vehicle bomb in Times Square on May 1, according to documents filed in federal court Wednesday.
The bomb failed to detonate and he was arrested two days later while trying to leave the country on a flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport bound for Pakistan.
In a sentencing memo submitted to a federal court Wednesday, prosecutors paint a picture of a young man determined to target Americans on a large scale.
According to the memo, Shahzad used webcams accessible on the internet "as part of his effort to maximize the deadly effect of his bomb." FULL STORY
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