CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2005-12-05

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[0:00] Hello, I'm Bob Schieffer, and welcome to

[0:02] the CBS Evening News online edition.

[0:04] Just ahead, Saddam Hussein's day in

[0:07] court. At times, it resembled a

[0:09] free-for-all. Kimberly Dozier will have

[0:11] details. Also, we'll investigate whether

[0:13] there's a link between antiperspirants

[0:16] and breast cancer in the inside story.

[0:19] And designer dogs. You and I might call

[0:22] them mutts, but in LA, some mixed breeds

[0:25] have become fashion statements. It's all

[0:27] starting now on the CBS Evening News

[0:30] online edition.

[0:34] You have to wonder now just how long

[0:36] this is going to go on. Saddam Hussein's

[0:38] trial was convened for the third time

[0:41] today, and once again, Saddam screamed,

[0:43] complained, threatened the judge, and

[0:45] said he was not afraid to die. But

[0:47] again, the proceedings went nowhere, and

[0:50] the trial was adjourned until tomorrow.

[0:53] For the latest on today's developments,

[0:55] we go to Kimberly Dozier in Baghdad.

[1:02] The hearing looked more like a

[1:03] three-ring circus than a trial against a

[1:06] dictator for crimes against humanity.

[1:09] Saddam railed at the court, jumping from

[1:11] his chair time and again.

[1:14] "I'm not afraid to face death," he said.

[1:19] He apologized for attacking the judge,

[1:21] but said he wasn't just defending

[1:23] himself. He was defending all of Iraq.

[1:26] Saddam's half-brother, Barzan Ibrahim

[1:28] threatened a witness, saying he should

[1:31] be killed. "Go to hell," the man

[1:33] replied. Takriti later spat at a heckler

[1:36] in the gallery. It was seldom dignified.

[1:40] The judge tried and often failed to keep

[1:42] them quiet.

[1:44] That is when he could keep them in

[1:46] court. Former US Attorney General Ramsey

[1:49] Clark insisted on speaking on Saddam's

[1:51] behalf. We're going to leave the

[1:53] courtroom if you don't accept this.

[1:55] The judge didn't, so the defense team

[1:58] walked out, returning only once Clark

[2:00] was allowed to speak.

[2:01] The defendants' lawyers Clark argued for

[2:04] another delay until Saddam's Iraqi

[2:06] lawyers are provided with security. And

[2:09] unless it is seen as absolutely fair and

[2:12] is absolutely fair in fact, it will

[2:15] irreconcilably divide the people of

[2:17] Iraq. In the end, only two of today's 10

[2:20] planned witnesses testified.

[2:23] Ahmed Hassan Muhammad was a teenager

[2:25] when he and some 400 men, women, and

[2:28] children were dragged away after an

[2:30] attack on Saddam's motorcade into jail.

[2:33] "Women were screaming, and they were

[2:35] hitting us," he said.

[2:37] Powerful emotions, but Saddam's

[2:39] performance ruled the day to the disgust

[2:42] of some Iraqis. The judge himself should

[2:44] be more

[2:46] uh

[2:47] more harsh or more stiff with Saddam

[2:50] Hussein. In Shiite areas, many are

[2:52] tiring of the constant delays.

[2:54] Everybody's waiting for this day, and I

[2:56] hope they're not playing games.

[2:59] But that's exactly what legal experts

[3:01] say the defense team is doing, using

[3:03] every trick in the book to try to delay

[3:06] a possible guilty verdict and to give

[3:08] Saddam a platform to attack his enemy,

[3:10] the United States. Bob. Well, Kimberly,

[3:13] is this thing going anywhere? It just

[3:15] appears to be nothing but just a

[3:16] spectacle so far.

[3:18] Well, they did get to a couple of the

[3:20] witnesses, but the judge is expected to

[3:22] adjourn this again on Wednesday to try

[3:25] to free up security resources for next

[3:27] week's elections. As you look across

[3:29] Baghdad today, every Iraqi American

[3:31] soldier was busy trying to guard against

[3:34] a possible rocket attack against the

[3:36] courthouse. Next week, they have to

[3:38] protect voters. Now, let me ask you this

[3:41] about Ramsey Clark. When Lyndon Johnson

[3:43] appointed him Attorney General, they

[3:45] always said it was the worst mistake he

[3:47] ever made, and a lot of people say he

[3:49] has absolutely no credibility, at least

[3:51] in this country. Is he being taken

[3:53] seriously there?

[3:55] Well, here they don't really know much

[3:57] about Clark other than he's an American

[3:59] lawyer and a former American official.

[4:02] They treat him with respect, and the

[4:03] judge did allow him to speak in court

[4:05] today. All right. Well, thank you very

[4:07] much, Kimberly.

[4:08] The American Cancer Society estimates

[4:11] more than a quarter million women have

[4:13] been diagnosed with breast cancer this

[4:15] year. Scientists know there's a genetic

[4:17] link to some breast cancers, but some

[4:20] argue there is also a link between

[4:22] breast cancer and antiperspirants. Could

[4:25] that be true? That is Cheryl Atkinson's

[4:28] inside story.

[4:30] If you've checked out the back of your

[4:32] antiperspirant lately, you might have

[4:33] noticed something different, new labels

[4:36] required by the FDA. They point out that

[4:38] antiperspirants are drugs containing

[4:40] aluminum ingredients. That's what stops

[4:42] the sweat.

[4:44] The aluminum is also what concerns some

[4:46] people, including Dr. Chris McGrath. I

[4:50] personally feel there is a very strong

[4:51] correlation between underarm hygiene

[4:54] habits and breast cancer. Dr. McGrath,

[4:56] an immunologist and instructor at

[4:57] Northwestern University, has been

[4:59] intrigued by a potential breast cancer

[5:01] link since med school. This is Elaine.

[5:04] It got personal when his wife, a

[5:06] frequent shaver and antiperspirant user,

[5:08] got breast cancer.

[5:10] >> She was diagnosed with breast cancer in

[5:11] 1987.

[5:13] She died 1989.

[5:15] People who don't believe in a link point

[5:17] to this 2002 study that finds no

[5:19] connection, but it didn't take into

[5:21] account how often a woman shaved and

[5:23] used antiperspirant, which McGrath

[5:25] considered crucial. So, he did his own

[5:28] study of breast cancer patients and

[5:30] found this. The more these women shaved

[5:32] and used antiperspirants, the sooner

[5:34] they got breast cancer. You're not

[5:36] trying to say that all cases of breast

[5:38] cancer could be linked to

[5:39] antiperspirants and shaving. Absolutely

[5:42] not. Breast cancer has existed since

[5:44] Hippocrates, but when you plot the sales

[5:46] of antiperspirant deodorants with the

[5:48] incidents of

[5:50] breast cancer in the United States, they

[5:52] both have grown almost in a parallel

[5:53] fashion. It's not conclusive proof, but

[5:56] enough, McGrath says, to call for

[5:58] large-scale studies. Rumors of a link

[6:00] between antiperspirant, shaving, and

[6:02] breast cancer have circulated for years,

[6:04] but had been written off as an urban

[6:06] myth by most, including the FDA's

[6:09] website, which calls it a false, scary

[6:11] story. We tried to ask the FDA whether

[6:14] the case really is closed, but they

[6:16] wouldn't let us interview any of their

[6:17] experts. Instead, they seemed to shift

[6:20] from the myth status, telling us, "FDA

[6:23] is aware of concerns that antiperspirant

[6:25] use and underarm shaving may be

[6:26] associated with increased risk of breast

[6:28] cancer. Overall, the studies are

[6:31] inconclusive. The FDA hopes definitive

[6:33] studies will be conducted in the near

[6:35] future." The billion-dollar

[6:37] antiperspirant industry says the

[6:39] products are undeniably safe. Has this

[6:41] issue been definitively laid to rest?

[6:44] There is no possibility of a link

[6:46] between breast cancer and

[6:47] antiperspirants?

[6:48] >> I think that the products are safe. I

[6:50] think that the the best science is being

[6:53] applied to making that determination

[6:55] that they're safe. But you're not saying

[6:56] yes or no.

[6:58] No, it it's it's not a yes or no answer.

[7:02] The National Cancer Institute and the

[7:03] American Cancer Society agree a link

[7:06] can't conclusively be ruled out, but

[7:09] they all say there's no reason to throw

[7:10] out your antiperspirant in fear. Dr.

[7:13] McGrath advises his patients to consider

[7:15] the uncertainties. At least one of them

[7:18] thinks the government ought to go public

[7:20] and admit the breast cancer

[7:21] antiperspirant myth might not be a myth

[7:24] after all. I think that the government

[7:27] should take be take an honest stand and

[7:30] say if they are not sure, so that women

[7:32] have the right to know, and that they

[7:34] can make their own choice.

[7:36] Now, tomorrow we'll tell you the

[7:37] difference between antiperspirants and

[7:39] deodorants, and what alternatives are

[7:41] out there if you have health concerns.

[7:43] Bob.

[7:43] >> Well,

[7:44] he says, one of the people there says

[7:46] it's not a yes or no answer. So, where

[7:48] are we on this? Is this something people

[7:50] ought to be really worried about, or is

[7:52] it just something that still nobody

[7:54] really knows yet?

[7:56] The second category. I wouldn't panic

[7:58] about it. It's just more information

[8:00] until something more definite is known.

[8:02] People need to know this is sort of an

[8:03] open question, not something that has

[8:05] been resolved.

[8:06] >> All right. Well, thank you very much,

[8:07] Cheryl. For some reason, news has always

[8:10] seemed to travel from east to west. On

[8:12] the other hand, fads and really weird

[8:14] stuff seems to travel west to east.

[8:17] Well, we have one of those west to east

[8:19] deals tonight, and it is all about dogs.

[8:22] Here is Sandra Hughes. In a

[8:25] fashion-savvy city like Los Angeles,

[8:27] where trends are created for the rest of

[8:29] the country, the latest craze is a

[8:31] four-legged cutie whose mere existence

[8:34] is the height of style. And I was like,

[8:37] "What the puggle? What could that

[8:38] possibly be?" A puggle is what you get

[8:41] when you mix a pug and a beagle, and

[8:43] Charlie is a 9-month-old version of the

[8:45] hottest dog in town.

[8:47] >> I kind of decided that this was the dog

[8:48] for me cuz he was the exact color that I

[8:50] wanted.

[8:51] >> Like anything trendy in LA, first, hot

[8:54] celebrities like Jake Gyllenhaal get a

[8:56] puggle. Next, a waiting list forms for

[8:58] puggle puppies with a price tag of

[9:01] $2,000.

[9:03] This hybrid dog craze started with

[9:05] people wanting to breed out allergies

[9:07] from the dog's fur, so they bred in

[9:09] poodles, dogs that don't shed. Behold,

[9:13] the Labradoodle, a Labrador poodle mix.

[9:16] From there, the designer dog craze

[9:18] exploded. Yorkiepoo, Maltipoo,

[9:22] a Labradoodle, Goldendoodle, puggle,

[9:26] boggle. Hold on. How does that work? A

[9:30] Schnauzer and a Poodle make a Schnoodle.

[9:33] A Pomeranian and a Poodle make a

[9:36] Pomapoo. The possibilities are endless.

[9:39] As some people would say,

[9:41] he's a high-priced mutt.

[9:43] He is. He is. This was the one that I

[9:46] wanted.

[9:47] >> Breeders say it makes the dogs

[9:48] healthier. Others say it could mix the

[9:50] worst inherited medical problems of both

[9:53] breeds. But like fashion, it's

[9:55] subjective. One man's mutt is another's

[9:58] priceless puggle. So, say goodbye to

[10:00] those purebred

[10:02] There's a new dog in town. A doodley

[10:05] snoozer. Sandra Hughes, CBS News, Los

[10:08] Angeles. More stories are just a click

[10:10] away, but don't forget to join me on

[10:12] television for the on-air edition of the

[10:14] CBS Evening News. On Tuesday's

[10:16] broadcast, antiperspirants and

[10:19] deodorants, their ingredients are not

[10:21] the same. Our series continues with a

[10:23] look at important differences between

[10:26] them. For cbsnews.com,

[10:28] I'm Bob Schieffer.