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Wednesday      
August 30, 2006
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Pendleton Eight Hearing

Examining the case that could lead to the death penalty for eight American servicemen accused of kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi civilian.

Back to School in the Big Easy

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Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University, explains how his university has managed to get up and running again.

Diary of Rehab

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A teenage girl explains undergoing treatment for substance abuse.

Flat Dads

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A story in the Boston Globe introduced us to the concept of “Flat Daddy,” that is, lifesize cut-outs of parents that help ease the pain of seperation due to war.

Robin Cook

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The physician who writes mysteries fills us in on his latest thriller, “Crisis.”

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