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Campaign 2000: Who Are McCain's Forces? (Campaign 2000)

As McCain and Bush fight coast to coast, the Senator's diverse following raises a big issue for the G.O.P.: Stick to its solid core, or try to expand?

Campaign 2000: On The Wild Ride (Campaign 2000)

Our correspondent John Dickerson and photographer Christopher Morris report from inside McCain's campaign

New York: Black and Blue (New York)

The four cops who killed Amadou Diallo are acquitted, but the case will go on raising questions about race and crime fighting, sending tremors right through the November elections

Los Angeles: Gangsta Cops (Los Angeles)

As the L.A.P.D. scandal keeps growing, a city asks itself, How could the police have gone so bad?

Campaign 2000: Catholic Bashing? (Campaign 2000)

Bush's visit to Bob Jones University and a fight over the House chaplain put the G.O.P. in an awkward situation

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Kids and Funerals (Personal Time / Your Family)

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My iMovie Debut (Personal Time / Your Technology)

Apple's flagship digital video-editing tool is easy to operate--unless you're trying to win an Oscar

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Hyperactive kids are being given stimulants at younger and younger ages. Can this be good?

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