CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2005-12-06

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[0:00] I'm Bob Schaefer and welcome to the CBS

[0:02] Evening News online edition. Just ahead,

[0:05] 43 police officers and cadets are dead

[0:08] in a suicide bombing in Baghdad.

[0:10] Authorities fear it was an inside job.

[0:13] David Martin with details on that. Also,

[0:15] we'll have the story of a comeomaos

[0:18] 11year-old and the bizarre criminal case

[0:21] that's swirling around her. And we

[0:23] report on what you should know about

[0:25] important differences between

[0:27] antipersperants and deodorants. It's all

[0:30] starting now on the CBS Evening News

[0:32] online edition.

[0:36] In a war where there have not been very

[0:39] many good days, this was surely one of

[0:41] the worst. 43 Iraqis dead, 70 others

[0:44] wounded in one of the deadliest suicide

[0:47] bomb attacks of the war. This one

[0:49] incredibly inside Baghdad's main police

[0:53] academy. And another American has been

[0:56] kidnapped by terrorists in Baghdad. We

[0:58] go first to national security

[1:00] correspondent David Martin.

[1:03] >> Ambulances brought in the victims after

[1:05] two more in the seemingly endless supply

[1:08] of suicide bombers blew themselves up

[1:10] inside the Baghdad Police Academy,

[1:13] killing 43 officers and cadets and

[1:15] injuring 73 more. Abu Musab al-

[1:19] Zarqawi's network claimed credit for the

[1:21] attack which appeared to be an inside

[1:23] job. Disturbing evidence the terrorists

[1:26] have infiltrated the police forces that

[1:28] are supposed to take over the fight

[1:30] against the insurgents. It was the

[1:32] highest death toll in 10 months, a sign

[1:34] the insurgents will try hard to derail

[1:36] next week's national elections. They

[1:39] have also gone back to seizing Western

[1:40] hostages. The latest was displayed with

[1:42] an American passport. Another American

[1:45] is one of four peace activists seized

[1:47] more than a week ago. Kidnappings get

[1:50] attention, even the presidents. We uh of

[1:54] course don't pay ransom

[1:56] uh for any hostages. Uh what we will do,

[2:00] of course, is use our intelligence

[2:01] gathering to see if we can't help locate

[2:04] them.

[2:04] >> Despite the increased violence, Pentagon

[2:06] officials are increasingly confident a

[2:08] draw down of US forces will begin soon,

[2:12] beginning with the reassignment of about

[2:13] 10,000 troops. Speaking to soldiers in

[2:16] upstate New York, Vice President Cheney

[2:18] [music] made clear the US withdrawal

[2:20] plan is designed not just to reduce

[2:21] troop levels, but casualties as well.

[2:24] Getting the remaining soldiers and

[2:26] Marines off the streets and away from

[2:28] deadly roadside bombs.

[2:30] >> We'll move out of Iraqi cities, reduce

[2:32] the number of bases, and conduct fewer

[2:34] patrols and convoys. Some days it's hard

[2:37] to look past the violence in Iraq and

[2:39] see progress. But bringing troops home

[2:42] and reducing casualties would go a long

[2:44] way toward convincing Americans the US

[2:46] is headed in the right direction. David

[2:49] Martin, CBS News, the Pentagon. Back in

[2:52] September, an 11-year-old Massachusetts

[2:54] girl was beaten so severely doctors now

[2:57] say she will never wake from a coma. But

[3:00] in a strange twist, a man who has been

[3:02] charged in the girl's beating has asked

[3:05] a court to block officials from

[3:07] disconnecting her life support. Here's

[3:10] Sharon Alonsy with that story.

[3:13] >> This is Holly Boutree before before her

[3:15] teeth were broken, before her tiny body

[3:18] was burned, and before she was beaten,

[3:20] doctors say, into a vegetative state.

[3:23] You're her mother.

[3:24] >> Yes.

[3:24] >> What do you want for her?

[3:25] >> I want her to rest.

[3:28] >> And right now,

[3:31] >> she's not.

[3:33] Being kept like that is is it's not a

[3:36] life. But Alison gave up her parental

[3:38] rights years ago and now she has no say

[3:41] in what happens to Harley who's been in

[3:42] a coma for 3 months. Police say the

[3:45] 11-year-old was beaten by an adoptive

[3:47] aunt and her husband Jason Strickland.

[3:50] The aunt was later found dead, leaving

[3:52] Strickland to face criminal charges

[3:54] alone. And now he's fighting to keep Hie

[3:56] on life support.

[3:58] >> Why do you think Mr. Strickland's

[4:00] fighting to keep her alive right now?

[4:04] So he doesn't face stiffer penalties or

[4:07] charges.

[4:08] >> Murder charges.

[4:09] >> Yes.

[4:10] >> The Massachusetts Department of Social

[4:11] Services wants to remove Holly's life

[4:14] support. Strickland is the only one

[4:16] petitioning to keep her alive. His

[4:18] attorneys insist he's not trying to

[4:20] protect himself.

[4:21] >> But if this child passes away at some

[4:24] time in the future, he's going to be

[4:26] exposed to whatever charges the

[4:27] Commonwealth chooses to bring. It

[4:29] doesn't protect him from that. It's an

[4:30] unusual end of life dispute involving

[4:33] not only who should decide what happens

[4:35] to Hie, but what should be done.

[4:37] >> Well, the fact she's 11 makes it

[4:39] extremely unlikely that she's ever had

[4:41] any serious discussions about how she'd

[4:43] want to be treated if she ever was in a

[4:45] condition like Terry Shival. So, mostly

[4:47] we'll be asking, as we do in cases of

[4:49] all children, what's what do we believe

[4:51] is in her best interest? What's best for

[4:53] her?

[4:54] >> Unfortunately, no one asked that

[4:56] question before Hie was beaten into a

[4:58] coma. Now, the stepfather who allegedly

[5:01] abused her and the state who failed to

[5:03] protect her are fighting for her care

[5:05] and protection. By all doctor's

[5:08] accounts, it's too late. Sharon Alonsy,

[5:11] CBS News, Boston.

[5:13] >> On last night's broadcast, Cheryl

[5:15] Atkinson looked into claims by some

[5:17] doctors that using antipersperants might

[5:20] be linked to breast cancer. While there

[5:22] is no conclusive evidence of such a

[5:24] link, in tonight's follow-up report,

[5:27] Cheryl has a look at possible

[5:29] alternatives to antipersperence.

[5:33] >> How's it looking today?

[5:35] >> Tom Chapel marketed the first allnatural

[5:37] deodorant in the 1970s.

[5:40] >> This is our deodorant stick, our new

[5:42] longlasting deodorant stick.

[5:44] >> But lately, business has never been

[5:46] better. Tom figures more people are

[5:48] shunning their antipersperants and

[5:50] trying deodorants like his instead. Ever

[5:53] since the FDA started requiring these

[5:55] new labels on antipersperants. The

[5:57] labels tell consumers that

[5:59] antipersperants are drugs. They contain

[6:01] aluminum to stop sweat and they warn

[6:04] people with kidney disease to consult

[6:06] with their doctor. Deodorants on the

[6:08] other hand aren't drugs, don't have

[6:09] aluminum and don't stop sweat. They just

[6:12] fight odor. There are all kinds of

[6:14] concerns about aluminum and

[6:16] antipersperence. It could be toxic for

[6:18] people whose kidneys aren't working

[6:19] properly. Some medical experts ask, is

[6:22] it bad for developing children? Could it

[6:24] cause Alzheimer's, breast cancer?

[6:26] Science hasn't provided all the

[6:28] conclusive answers, but the FDA

[6:30] considers antipersperent safe and

[6:31] effective, and mainstream medicine

[6:33] brushes off any serious concerns. Still,

[6:36] people with genetic risk factors like

[6:38] Julie Haron would rather use deodorants

[6:40] than take any chance with

[6:41] antipersperants. My mother and my

[6:43] grandmother both had breast cancer. My

[6:45] grandmother actually twice. None of this

[6:48] is lost on the antipersperate industry

[6:50] which has been frustrated by what it

[6:51] calls unfounded fears.

[6:54] >> I think that the information we have the

[6:56] the studies that have been done uh are

[6:59] adequate to answer the question uh that

[7:01] these products are safe.

[7:03] >> Dr. Dr. Ted Gansler of the American

[7:05] Cancer Society, funded in small part by

[7:08] antipersperent makers, also says if

[7:10] there's any risk at all, it's very

[7:12] slight. But

[7:13] >> if someone is very very very concerned

[7:15] that there might be a 1% chance that

[7:18] this that this slightly increases risk,

[7:20] then fine, then they don't no one's

[7:22] forcing them to to use these products.

[7:25] >> Which brings us back to Toms of Maine

[7:27] and his botanical concoction.

[7:29] >> We don't use chemicals. We don't use

[7:31] artificial ingredients. We don't use

[7:33] aluminum uh in our deodorants.

[7:36] >> With over $12 million in deodorant sales

[7:38] this year, he's enjoying the sweet smell

[7:41] of success. Cheryl Atinson, CBS News,

[7:44] Washington.

[7:45] >> More stories are just a click away, but

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