Episode 1
Aired Sep 10, 2004
Desperate Days in Bluejohn Canyon
Six months later, Aron Ralston returns to the canyon where he was forced to cut off his arm after being trapped by a huge boulder.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 12, 2004
Author Seymour Hersh talks about his new book "Chain of Command" and the war on terror; Raymond Chandler's book "All That Glitters"; safety tests show some SUVs and cars turn small accidents into expensive mishaps.
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Episode 3
Aired Sep 17, 2004
A report on Hurricane Ivan; a speck of DNA may provide clues to the murder mystery of seven people in a Chicago fast-food restaurant years ago.
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Episode 4
Aired Sep 24, 2004
A report on the spreading epidemic of online sexual predators; members of the online watchdog group Perverted Justice; advice to parents on how to protect their children from online predators.
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Episode 5
Aired Sep 26, 2004
A report on which restaurants are doing the best and worst job at meeting health codes; a 15-year-old charged with identity theft; an elderly woman who turns the table on a con-artist.
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Episode 6
Aired Sep 30, 2004
A man suffers through the untimely death of his wife and four house fires before he suspects foul play.
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Episode 7
Aired Oct 1, 2004
Behind the scenes of the new movie "Shark Tale"; a report on the recently separated Aguirre twins; interview with author Amy Fisher.
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Episode 8
Aired Oct 3, 2004
Pastor Rick Warren; vehicle crash tests on side-impact collisions; "Carolyn 101," the new book by Carolyn Kepcher ("The Apprentice").
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Episode 9
Aired Oct 8, 2004
The second annual Dateline Diet Challenge involves a group of friends preparing for their high-school reunion.
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Episode 10
Aired Oct 10, 2004
A new book offers details and insights into the Martha Moxley murder case; a hidden-camera investigation tests the truth in anti-aging products.
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Episode 11
Aired Oct 15, 2004
Actress Tatum O'Neal discusses her abusive childhood, her failed marriage, her self-destructive drug abuse and her long road to recovery; a report on the dangers of extreme driving.
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Episode 12
Aired Oct 17, 2004
A hidden-camera investigation into the high-tech beauty industry; rocker Rod Stewart discusses his latest musical venture, "The Great American Songbook."
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Episode 13
Aired Oct 22, 2004
Years after a wave of child molestation cases swept through Bakersfield, Calif., some people in the community are asserting that the abuse never really happened.
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Episode 14
Aired Oct 24, 2004
An unsupervised party of a group of underage teens affects the town of Harrison, N.Y.; report on an interview with presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.
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Episode 15
Aired Oct 29, 2004
A teenager is accused of conspiring to murder the sheriff of Phoenix.
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Episode 16
Aired Oct 31, 2004
Interviews with Sen. John Kerry and President George Bush.
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Episode 17
Aired Oct 31, 2004
The dominant issues of the final days before the 2004 presidential election.
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Episode 18
Aired Nov 5, 2004
Weighing the Risks
Gastric bypass surgery to correct obesity carries serious dangers as well as benefits.
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Episode 19
Aired Nov 7, 2004
Health conditions in school lunchrooms around the country; a visit to schools profiled earlier this year looks for improvements; schools with failing grades in sanitation and health requirements.
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Episode 20
Aired Nov 14, 2004
Patti Davis talks about her estrangement from and reconciliation with her father, President Ronald Reagan, and the final days of his life.
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Episode 21
Aired Nov 19, 2004
Vegas Homicide: Four Shots Fired
Cameras follow detectives, the prosecutor, the defense attorney, the judge and the defendant through the investigation and trial in a murder caught on audio tape.
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Episode 22
Aired Nov 19, 2004
Women & Sexual Pleasure
Compelling mysteries, powerful documentaries, in-depth investigations.
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Episode 23
Aired Nov 21, 2004
The McCaughey Septuplets
The McCaughey septuplets of Carlisle, Iowa, prepare to celebrate their seventh birthday; Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), discusses her breast cancer diagnosis.
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Episode 24
Aired Nov 26, 2004
Tom Brokaw: Eyewitness to History
The most significant events and social trends of the past 40 years; interviews with anchor Tom Brokaw and the newsmakers and eyewitnesses to the events of past four decades.
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Episode 25
Aired Nov 29, 2004
Diana Revealed
A previously unseen video gives a different view of Princess Diana, as she candidly discusses her marriage, her children, her struggle with bulimia, and other aspects of her life.
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Episode 26
Aired Dec 3, 2004
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese discuss their new film based on the life of Howard Hughes, "The Aviator"; the attorney-client privilege affects the case of a missing 9-year-old.
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Episode 27
Aired Dec 6, 2004
Diana Revealed
Previously unseen video of Princess Diana speaking candidly about her life offers a different view of the public figure as she discusses her marriage, her children and her struggle with bulimia.
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Episode 28
Aired Dec 10, 2004
Entertainer Billy Crystal discusses his one-man show on Broadway, "700 Sundays"; young Amish women who claim to be victims of sexual abuse.
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Episode 29
Aired Dec 12, 2004
The murder of a successful businesswoman has her family wondering if her lover was the culprit; the cast of "Meet the Fockers."
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Episode 30
Aired Dec 13, 2004
Women and Sexual Pleasure
Compelling mysteries, powerful documentaries, in-depth investigations.
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Episode 31
Aired Dec 19, 2004
A young Mexican poet with cerebral palsy; determining whether an apparent traffic accident is really vehicular homicide; Kirstie Alley talks about her career, weight issues, and new show, "Fat Actress."
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Episode 32
Aired Dec 26, 2004
The Season
Four talented young women and their coach face intense competition, academic troubles, family problems and the normal challenges of adolescence as their small-town girls' basketball team heads to the state championship tournament.
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Episode 33
Aired Dec 31, 2004
A Harvard-educated, cross-dressing doctor is accused of murdering his wife.
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Episode 34
Aired Jan 2, 2005
A successful businesswoman is murdered, and family and friends suspect her lover is responsible.
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Episode 35
Aired Jan 4, 2005
Amber Frey discusses her relationship with convicted murderer Scott Peterson, her upcoming book, and her reaction to his sentencing.
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Episode 36
Aired Jan 7, 2005
The tsunami that devastated South Asia: victims and survivors, international aid and rescue efforts, and the continuing health crisis.
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Episode 37
Aired Jan 9, 2005
A girl goes into therapy to overcome a fear of spiders; author Mireille Guiliano ("French Women Don't Get Fat").
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Episode 38
Aired Jan 9, 2005
A 15-year-old girl undergoes therapy to cure her arachnophobia; author Mireille Guiliano ("French Women Don't Get Fat").
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Episode 39
Aired Jan 14, 2005
Smuggling art and antiquities in the underground art world; Dr. A.Q. Khan, who reportedly sold nuclear secrets to enemies of the United States; a family living in Italy has a rare disease that prevents sleeping.
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Episode 40
Aired Jan 21, 2005
A call prompts police to reopen the case of a young girl's 1975 death.
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Episode 41
Aired Jan 23, 2005
A tribute to entertainer Johnny Carson, who died Sunday morning.
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Episode 42
Aired Jan 26, 2005
Teen sex.
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Episode 43
Aired Jan 28, 2005
In the 1980s the Green River Killer terrorizes Seattle by murdering prostitutes and leaving their bodies on the banks of the river.
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Episode 44
Aired Jan 30, 2005
A couple must relinquish the child they have cared for as their own for three years when the birth parents decide they want the child back.
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Episode 45
Aired Feb 2, 2005
Buried Secrets
When a high-school boy goes missing in 1982, police believe he ran away, but his family fears he was murdered.
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Episode 46
Aired Feb 4, 2005
Murder at the Palladium
Bronx homicide detectives reinvestigate the 1990 murder of nightclub bouncer Marcus Peterson, finding evidence that suggests the men currently serving time for the crime may not be guilty.
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Episode 47
Aired Feb 6, 2005
The messy divorce between a millionaire hot-dog mogul and his wife.
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Episode 48
Aired Feb 11, 2005
A member of the community makes a startling revelation, leading police to reopen the case of the decades-old murder of a couple stabbed in the grocery store they managed in Great Falls, Mont.
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Episode 49
Aired Feb 13, 2005
Dateline's Diet Challenge
Five alumni from the Class of 1979 at Edison High School in Minneapolis spent eight months on five different weight-loss plans before attending their 25th reunion.
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Episode 50
Aired Feb 18, 2005
Real-Life Murder-for-Hire
Four ordinary people try to hire hit men, including a surgeon who wanted a business associate killed and a man who wanted his ex-wife murdered.
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Episode 51
Aired Feb 20, 2005
Interview with singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge.
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Episode 52
Aired Feb 25, 2005
Finding Allen
A filmmaker disappears, and his friends document their desperate search for him.
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Episode 53
Aired Feb 27, 2005
A rescue worker says his efforts at the World Trade Center made him ill.
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Episode 54
Aired Mar 2, 2005
Anne Bird, half sister of convicted murderer Scott Peterson, talks about the reasons she believes he is guilty of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn son.
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Episode 55
Aired Mar 4, 2005
Martha Stewart's release from prison and her plans for the future.
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Episode 56
Aired Mar 6, 2005
Author Catherine Crier discusses her new book about the Scott Peterson murder case; side-impact collision tests; private investigator Brad Miller speaks out about the Michael Jackson case; tracking donations to the Benny Hinn ministry.
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Episode 57
Aired Mar 11, 2005
A teenager is accused of conspiring to murder the sheriff in Phoenix.
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Episode 58
Aired Mar 13, 2005
Revisiting restaurants to see if they have cleaned up their acts after last year's "Dirty Dining" report.
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Episode 59
Aired Mar 18, 2005
A hidden-camera report illustrates the sometimes-ugly consequences of lipo-tourism, in which travelers have plastic surgery they could not afford in the United States while on vacation in the Dominican Republic.
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Episode 60
Aired Mar 20, 2005
Actress Drew Barrymore discusses her movie "Fever Pitch"; a Marine charged with premeditated murder for shooting two Iraqis; journalist and leukemia patient Lance Williams discusses the power of prayer.
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Episode 61
Aired Mar 25, 2005
A well-educated woman who lost her family and more to drugs and alcohol tries to put her life back together and reunite with her children.
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Episode 62
Aired Apr 1, 2005
A medical examiner in Florida stands accused of killing his wife by injecting her with an undetectable poison; actor Tom Sizemore talks about his battle with drugs.
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Episode 63
Aired Apr 3, 2005
A caseworker is charged with a felony after revealing the identity of a sex offender.
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Episode 64
Aired Apr 6, 2005
Jesse James Hollywood
A drug dealer becomes an international fugitive after allegedly masterminding the kidnapping and murder of a 15-year-old.
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Episode 65
Aired Apr 8, 2005
Friends of Camilla Parker Bowles discuss her decades-long romance with Prince Charles.
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Episode 66
Aired Apr 10, 2005
Singer Ruben Studdard discusses his latest gospel album and how his life has changed since winning on "American Idol."
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Episode 67
Aired Apr 13, 2005
Secrets of the Code
The success of Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" raises questions for Christians, scholars and readers worldwide.
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Episode 68
Aired Apr 15, 2005
A custody battle that began in the 1980s, when a mother kidnapped and hid her daughter for years.
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Episode 69
Aired Apr 20, 2005
Vegas Homicide: Race Against the Clock
Detectives investigate a brutal and bizarre double-murder.
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Episode 70
Aired Apr 22, 2005
Rock icon Bruce Springsteen discusses his latest album and solo tour.
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Episode 71
Aired Apr 24, 2005
Challenging dieters' willpower with cookies and cakes to determine what conditions cause people to give in; the Oscar-winning film "Million Dollar Baby" has similarities to the experiences of former boxer Katie Dallam.
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Episode 72
Aired Apr 27, 2005
A real-life exorcism; snake handlers caught up in religious fervor.
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Episode 73
Aired Apr 29, 2005
The capture of an escaped convict who fled with the wife of the deputy warden more than a decade ago.
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Episode 74
Aired May 1, 2005
A nationwide survey on the cleanliness of school cafeterias.
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Episode 75
Aired May 4, 2005
A baby caught in a hurricane, a girl in a coma and passengers in a plane hurtling toward the ground all survive, leading some to credit divine intervention.
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Episode 76
Aired May 6, 2005
A woman is accused of murdering a police officer, even though she did not pull the trigger on the murder weapon.
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Episode 77
Aired May 8, 2005
The Hollywood success of pop singer Jessica Simpson, her path to stardom, her family support, her life in and out of the tabloids, and her plans for the future.
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Episode 78
Aired May 11, 2005
Mystery surrounds the death of a man found hanging from a bridge in London in 1982, his pockets stuffed with bricks, a phony passport and thousands of dollars.
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Episode 79
Aired May 13, 2005
A beautiful woman and her lover are accused of suffocating casino mogul Ted Binion and digging up $8 million in silver he kept buried in a desert vault.
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Episode 80
Aired May 15, 2005
Identifying some of the most dangerous roads in the United States; those thoroughfares that have the most high-speed or drunken-driving incidents; steps to make U.S. highways safer for drivers and pedestrians.
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Episode 81
Aired May 18, 2005
Exploring claims of divine intervention; people searching for modern-day miracles.
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Episode 82
Aired May 20, 2005
A former 911 dispatcher is accused of murdering her husband and her live-in boyfriend, who both died of mysterious illnesses.
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Episode 83
Aired May 22, 2005
Sleeping With the Enemy
Husbands and one wife are caught on tape plotting the murder of their spouses.
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Episode 84
Aired Jun 3, 2005
The planning of the 2004 bombing in Madrid, Spain, puts a new face on global terrorism; singer Kelly Clarkson discusses her latest album and touring; turf battles between agencies may be impeding intelligence investigations.
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Episode 85
Aired Jun 5, 2005
Actress Peggy Lipton discusses her book "Breathing Out"; U.S. fighter pilot Harry Schmidt talks about the friendly fire that ended his military career; a report on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's side-crash tests.
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Episode 86
Aired Jun 10, 2005
Actress Angelina Jolie talks about her work in Africa, her latest film and her feelings toward the press; singer Keith Urban discusses his rise to stardom; e-mail scams that play on people's sympathies; middle-class men facing murder charges.
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Episode 87
Aired Jun 12, 2005
Pet Nation
The world of pets and their devoted owners: President and Mrs. George W. Bush; pet-lovers Sharon Osbourne, Nicollette Sheridan and other celebrities discuss things they do for their furry friends.
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Episode 88
Aired Jun 13, 2005
The Michael Jackson Trial
The implications of the verdict in the Michael Jackson trial on the pop icon's life and career.
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Episode 89
Aired Jun 17, 2005
A hidden-camera investigation reveals the hours, pay and conditions of garment workers in Bangladesh; country music star Keith Urban discusses his rise to fame and his latest album.
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Episode 90
Aired Jun 19, 2005
American climbers survive after being held hostage in Kyrgyzstan; the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's latest testing of frontal crashes.
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Episode 91
Aired Jun 24, 2005
Tom Brokaw looks at the U.S. war on terror; CIA Director Porter Goss; President Bill Clinton discusses relief efforts in South Asia after the tsunami disaster.
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Episode 92
Aired Jun 26, 2005
Singer Bobby Brown discusses his marriage to Whitney Houston, recent allegations of domestic abuse and his new reality series; an interview with professional free-diver Tanya Streeter.
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Episode 93
Aired Jul 6, 2005
Tom Brokaw Reports: The Secret Man
Journalist Bob Woodward discusses his relationship with the source known as Deep Throat; journalist Carl Bernstein and Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of the Washington Post, offer their insights.
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Episode 94
Aired Jul 8, 2005
Police arrest a convicted sex offender who was found with 8-year-old Shasta Groene, and they suspect that he kidnapped her and her 9-year-old brother from their Idaho home.
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Episode 95
Aired Jul 10, 2005
In a dangerous game, teens block off streets and spin their cars in circles at high rates of speed.
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Episode 96
Aired Jul 15, 2005
Questioning the motives of a man who at first glance appears to be a true hero; a family unravels a disturbing mystery after the mother committed suicide.
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Episode 97
Aired Jul 17, 2005
Author J.K. Rowling discusses "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"; a haven for some of the most-dangerous terrorists; an update on the Dartmouth murders.
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Episode 98
Aired Jul 22, 2005
Dateline Bridal Diet Challenge
Five brides-to-be agree choose from a variety of weight loss methods in hopes of losing at least 25 pounds by their wedding days.
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Episode 99
Aired Jul 24, 2005
All in the Family
Three families deal with tragedies: a son's behavior spins out of control; a wife faces the possibility of losing her husband; a daughter may never be able to walk again.
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Episode 100
Aired Jul 29, 2005
Saving Carrick
A New York family struggles to save a daughter from her addiction to heroin.
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Episode 101
Aired Jul 31, 2005
Two parents who had become bitter adversaries in court come together to seek justice for their sons.
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Episode 102
Aired Aug 5, 2005
The role of race in television news coverage of missing persons; tracking down people who send unsolicited X-rated e-mails to millions of Americans.
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Episode 103
Aired Aug 7, 2005
A couple faces charges of third-degree murder in providing silicone injections to a woman who died later that night.
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Episode 104
Aired Aug 12, 2005
A Harvard neuropsychologist interviews Dennis Rader, who confessed to being the BTK killer that terrorized Wichita, Kan., for nearly two decades.
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Episode 105
Aired Aug 19, 2005
Four obese teens leave their families, friends and old schools behind to join the Academy of the Sierras, a boarding school that specializes in helping overweight students.
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Episode 106
Aired Aug 21, 2005
An American pastor tries to rescue children of northern Uganda who hide in the night to escape being killed or abducted by rebels.
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Episode 107
Aired Aug 26, 2005
A soldier, missing and declared dead in Vietnam, reappears decades later in New Zealand.
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Episode 108
Aired Aug 31, 2005
Hurricane Katrina
Developments along the Gulf Coast; recovering from one of the country's most destructive storms.
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Episode 109
Aired Sep 1, 2005
Katrina: Devastation in the Gulf
Developments along the Gulf Coast; survival stories; those still missing or displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
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Episode 110
Aired Sep 2, 2005
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Episode 111
Aired Sep 5, 2005
Hurricane Katrina Stories
Compelling mysteries, powerful documentaries, in-depth investigations.
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Episode 112
Aired Sep 6, 2005
Katrina: The Battle Back
Hurricane recovery efforts; the impact of the disaster on people's health.
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Episode 113
Aired Sep 9, 2005
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; what went wrong with the nation's prevention and recovery efforts; challenges presented by the daunting task of cleaning up after the storm.
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Episode 114
Aired Sep 11, 2005
Continuing coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; the Rolling Stones kick off their world tour, A Bigger Bang; interview with suspected terrorist Jihad Ja'ara.
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Episode 115
Aired Sep 16, 2005
A newlywed husband is accused of leaving his honeymoon to murder an ex-girlfriend; a groom goes missing during his honeymoon aboard a Mediterranean cruise ship.
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Episode 116
Aired Sep 18, 2005
An amnesiac becomes known as the "Piano Man" because of his affinity for the instrument.
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