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Tuesday      
August 19, 2003
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Explosion in Baghdad

A huge explosion rocked the area around a hotel housing the U.N. headquarters in northeast Baghdad. We speak to a U.N. aide who was outside the hotel at the time of the blast.

Kelly Investigation

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s aide is questioned about his role in releasing a dossier on Iraq’s weapons’ program.

Software Rules, Worm Trouble

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Old computer problems are being solved by a new approach: throwing out the rule that computers follow.

Job Change

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A top investigator from New York State’s Attorney General office has joined the very firm he was investigating.

Grubman

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Jack Grubman left his job as a stock analyst at Salomon Smith Barney a year ago. But he’s still on the payroll, even with the severance package valued at about $33 million.

Hot Microbe

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Scientists discover a microbe living at the temperature previously thought too hot to sustain any life form.

Thirteen

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We talk with the director of the new film, “Thirteen.”

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