Summary

A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP STORIES EXPECTED IN THE UPCOMING WEEK.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 234287
Story Slug Week -Ahead
Location Washington, D.C.
Format NATPKG
Date 07/28/2002
Archive Time 52:37
TRT 1:59
Supers Washington, D.C. - July 8 Bernard Ebbers, WorldCom Founder and Former Chairman St. Paul, Minnesota - February 11 Cleveland, Ohio - April 11 Washington, D.C. - Wednesday
Video Description WORLDCOM FILE, EXTERIORS OF WORLDCOM HEADQUARTERS, EBBERS FILE SOT, NORM COLEMAN FILE, TRAFICANT FILE, FILE OF WEIGHT LOSS SUPPLEMENTS, POPE FILE
Description A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP STORIES EXPECTED IN THE UPCOMING WEEK.
Script LEAD: THE POPE NEXT HEADS TO LATIN AMERICAN TO RECOGNIZE SAINTS. MEANTIME, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING TOUGH ON CORPORATE CROOKS. HERE'S MORE ON THE STORIES YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MAKING NEWS IN THE WEEK AHEAD. (TAKE PKG) SCRIPT: THE WEEK BEGINS WITH ANOTHER POSSIBLE CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED CORPORATE CROOKS. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS PLAN TO CHARGE FORMER WORLDCOM EXECUTIVES FOR THEIR ALLEGED ROLES IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT'S COLLAPSE. WORLDCOM FOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN BERNARD EBBERS REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE MATTER, WHEN HE APPEARED BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL PANEL EARLIER THIS MONTH. (SOT - I have been instructed by counsel not to testify." :05) EBBERS AND OTHER WORLDCOM OFFICERS FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES.. AND COULD BE ARRESTED THIS WEEK. WORLDCOM HAS ADMITTED TO HIDING OF DOLLARS IN LOSSES. THE COMPANY'S CURRENT C-E-O HAS APOLOGIZED TO STOCKHOLDERS. (NATS - CHEERS) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE ON RECESS UNTIL LABOR DAY.. WHICH MEANS MONDAY IS THE UNOFFICIAL KICKOFF TO THE CAMPAIGN SEASON. WITH MANY KEY SEATS UP FOR GRABS, LOOK FOR A MAD DASH OF PRESSING FLESH AND KISSING BABIES. ----------------------- TUESDAY IS THE SCHEDULED SENTENCING DAY FOR FORMER CONGRESSMAN JAMES TRAFICANT. IN APRIL, THE OHIO DEMOCRAT WAS CONVICTED OF TEN CRIMINAL COUNTS, INCLUDING RACKETEERING, BRIBERY, AND TAX EVASION. THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, THE HOUSE VOTED TO EXPEL TRAFICANT. PROSECUTORS IN HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL HAVE RECOMMENDED TRAFICANT SERVE SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON. ------------------------- ON WEDNESDAY THE SENATE LOOKS INTO THE CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC OF WEIGHT LOSS SUPPLEMENTS. THE SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARINGS ON WHEN DIETS TURN DEADLY. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY SOME OVER-THE-COUNTER WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS COULD LEAD ORGAN DAMAGE. ------------------------- AND FRIDAY. POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND HEADS BACK TO THE VATICAN, AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE AMERICAS. DURING HIS VISIT TO LATIN AMERICA, THE POPE WILL CANONIZE SAINTS IN MEXICO AND GUATAMALA. THE POPE'S 11-DAY TRIP BEGAN IN TORONTO, CANADA--WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN WORLD YOUTH DAY.
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