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March 24, 2004

9/11 Panel Questions Tenet, Clarke

Questioning and testimony continue today in the commission investigating the run up to the September 11th attacks. CIA Director George Tenet and former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke testify.

Iraq Power

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Will the Coalition Provisional Authority be ready to hand over power to Iraqis on June 30th? And who or what kind of governmental body will run Iraq on July 1st? We speak to Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post.

My Name is Bill

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Author Susan Cheever talks about her biography of the man who founded Alcoholics Anonymous.

Medicare Report Sees Bankruptcy in 2019

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A government report indicates that Medicare will run out of money seven years sooner than predicted.

EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million

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The EU says Microsoft is guilty of abusing “a near monopoly” and fined the software giant $613 million.

Kosovo Village Burns in New Ethnic Violence

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Nicholas Wood from the New York Times talks about a Serb village in Kosovo that was set aflame by ethnic Albanians.

TV to DVD

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People are buying whole sets of TV programs on DVD.

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