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Wild Horses, an Endangered American Icon |
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288 |
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World Report cameras traveled the American West, to understand the plight of the wild horse. Though plentiful in the past, both the horses and their habitat continue to disappear as they are potentially "managed to extinction".
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United States: Finally, the Votes are In! |
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287 |
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HDNet cameras are at the headquarters for both the Kerry campaign and the Bush campaign as the results come in. Throughout the closing weeks of the contest, it seemed to draw statistically closer and closer, but now, the results are in.
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Haiti - The Poorest Nation...After the Storm |
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286 |
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World Report cameras are in Haiti as the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere tries to recover from the effects of Tropical Storm Jean. Though hundreds were killed, the biggest problem for the island nation is finding pure water for people to drink.
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Florida: Four Years Later, a Battleground State Again |
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284 |
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World Report cameras are in Florida, where the Presidential election was finally decided four years ago. The state is once again a "battleground state," and history could potentially repeat itself here on the day of the election.
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America...The Vice President Runs for Re-Election |
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283 |
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World Report cameras travel with Vice President Dick Cheney as he campaigns for re-election. Though second on the Republican ticket, many view this Vice President as the most important in his office in history.
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Pennsylvania...A Campaign Battleground |
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282 |
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World Report cameras are in the "battleground state" of Pennsylvania where the national candidates are after every vote. The number of electoral college votes from every state are crucial in this, the closest of any Presidential election.
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Texas: ABC's & Abstinence, the Texas Textbook Debate |
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281 |
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World Report cameras are in Austin, Texas, for textbook hearings. In many ways, Texas sets the standards for many American textbooks. This year, the key debate for some textbooks centers on abstinence as the key concept in sex education.
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Maine: An Unlikely New Home...Somali Immigrants Come to Maine |
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280 |
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World Report cameras are in Maine, where a community is learning to accept its most recent immigrants, a substantial number of Somalis who have traveled across the globe. A one-time Mayor of the community, however, has asked them not to invite their friends to join them.
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America: The Democratic Standard-Bearer: The Campaign of Senator John F. Kerry |
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279 |
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HDNet's cameras are on the Democratic Presidential campaign trail as it moves across America. Travel along with World Report on the busses and planes that make up Senator John F. Kerry's campaign for the White House.
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American West: When & Where for the Wildfires? |
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278 |
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HDNet cameras are in the American West, reporting on the latest developments in fighting wildfires. The latest high tech developments in the battle focus on the prediction of wildfires...something that would have seemed impossible a few years ago.
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America: Running For Re-election - The Campaign of President George W. Bush |
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277 |
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HDNet cameras hit the campaign trail across America. Travel along with World Report on the buses and the planes that make up President George W. Bush's re-election campaign in 2004.
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Colorado: A Kinder, Gentler Air Force Academy |
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276 |
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HDNet cameras are in Colorado Springs for the start of the new class year at the United States Air Force Academy. In 2003, the Academy spent a substantial amount of time responding to and confirming the fact that sexual assaults among cadets were going unreported. Now, following a widespread change in Academy leadership, there is a new and deliberate change in the student program.
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America: Step to the Head of the Line - A TSA Plan for Priority Flyers |
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275 |
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Since 9/11, security checks at America's airports have made flying more pain than pleasure. Now, World Report cameras are at the airport to observe the fine points of a new pilot program that trades personal information for easier access for flyers.
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America: Clearing the Air |
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274 |
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HDNet cameras travel to Maine to observe a multi-media experiment focused on the quality of air in the world. New science proves that all pollution is related and is never a local problem. Instead, it flows from every country on the globe and can only be bettered by international cooperation.
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America: The Power of Tomorrow |
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273 |
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World Report focuses on earth-friendly solutions to transportation pollution and building design, examining new choices available to consumers such as hybrid electric cars, clean-burning biodiesel, hydrogen fuel cells of the future and energy-efficient home designs.
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Boston and New York: A Comparison of Conventions |
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272 |
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World Report cameras covered both national political conventions this year. Delegates, protestors and some everyday Americans look back at the events to see if either or both had the desired effects, both on the faithful party members as well as on undecided voters.
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America: Edwards on the Campaign Trail |
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271 |
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World Report cameras joined Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator John Edwards on his campaign. Our high definition cameras bring a unique perspective to the candidate's style and substance.
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Hurricane Frances: Raining on the Sunshine State |
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270 |
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World Report cameras were in Florida for the arrival of Hurricane Frances. In a seemingly endless parade of major storms in the summer of 2004, Frances was unique in both her size and her speed. She spent days rather than hours in her slow and soggy march across the state.
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New York City: A Review of the Bush Convention |
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269 |
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World Report cameras attended the 2004 Republican National Convention, inside for the sessions, as well as outside with the delegates and the protestors. Now that the convention is over, we hear first hand how the people who were there feel about the convention and the campaign.
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Venezuela: Mixing Oil & Politics |
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268 |
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HDNet cameras were in Venezuela, one of the biggest oil suppliers to the United States, for the recall election of President Hugo Chavez. He promotes himself as an ally of Cuba and a champion of the poor, but his opposition says he is pitting them against the nation's poor, and that the United States should care because democracy is the big loser.
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