CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2004-10-14

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[0:00] Hello, I'm Dan Rather and welcome to the

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

[0:05] ahead, how the candidates did with

[0:07] uncommitted voters, especially women in

[0:09] last night's joint appearance. Also, the

[0:12] makers of the arthritis medicine Vio

[0:15] brace for a landslide of lawsuits. Do

[0:18] former users have a case? And a sobering

[0:21] look at what happens when hardrinking

[0:23] college kids move off campus and into

[0:27] quiet neighborhoods. It's all starting

[0:29] now on the CBS Evening News online

[0:32] edition.

[0:34] We have the latest information tonight

[0:36] from a high-tech CBS News poll of

[0:38] uncommitted voters who watched last

[0:41] night's final Bush Kerry face off. CBS's

[0:44] Anthony Mason has the facts and figures

[0:45] and gives you the inside story.

[0:49] >> Afghan people had election. Jackie

[0:50] Williams watching in Berkeley, Illinois,

[0:53] and Caroline Brock tuning in from New

[0:54] Orleans, Louisiana were both uncommitted

[0:57] voters, but they saw different winners

[0:59] in the final debate.

[1:00] >> President George W. Bush.

[1:02] >> I say that John Kerry did the best job.

[1:05] >> In our survey, 39% gave the edge to

[1:07] Senator Kerry, but almost as many called

[1:09] the debate a draw, and a quarter scored

[1:12] President Bush the winner. Across the

[1:14] country, more than 200 uncommitted

[1:16] voters in our scientific sample

[1:18] registered their approval of the

[1:19] candidates on a sliding scale.

[1:21] >> So we can do a better job of homeland

[1:23] security.

[1:23] >> Most said they were more concerned about

[1:25] the economy than national security

[1:27] issues. Like California college student

[1:29] Mark Lopez,

[1:30] >> I would like to see more talking about

[1:31] social security.

[1:32] >> So Senator Kerry scored well when he

[1:34] talked about economic issues. Watch

[1:36] women respond when he talks about

[1:38] raising the minimum wage and women's

[1:40] pay.

[1:40] >> What we need to do is raise the minimum

[1:42] wage. We also need to hold on to equal

[1:44] pay. Women work for 76 cents on the

[1:48] dollar for the same work that men do.

[1:50] >> The president scored some of his highest

[1:52] marks when he talked about his faith.

[1:54] >> Religion is an important part.

[1:57] I never want to impose my religion on

[1:58] anybody else.

[2:00] But when I make decisions, I stand on

[2:02] principle.

[2:03] >> But James Mason, a firefighter in

[2:05] Washington, DC, still has doubts about

[2:07] the president. I think that

[2:08] >> Bush exhibits good leadership qualities,

[2:10] but it doesn't seem like he has a

[2:12] flexibility.

[2:13] >> He's leaning to Carrie. In New Orleans,

[2:16] Caroline Brock says the debate improved

[2:18] her opinion of the senator.

[2:19] >> I definitely see him um becoming a

[2:22] president one day,

[2:24] but not for the next four years.

[2:27] >> She's decided to vote for President

[2:29] Bush. So, in the end, just how important

[2:32] were these presidential debates? Well,

[2:34] nearly 3/4ers of the fence sitting

[2:36] voters in our survey say the debates

[2:38] will influence who they finally cast

[2:40] their ballots for. Dan

[2:42] >> Anthony Mason, thanks. And there's more

[2:44] fallout now from the controversy over

[2:45] the arthritis drug Vio when it was

[2:48] recently yanked off the market. That was

[2:50] not the end of the story. CBS's Cheryl

[2:53] Atkinson reports tonight. It turned out

[2:55] to be just the beginning of Vio

[2:57] lawsuits.

[3:00] The largest drug withdrawal ever could

[3:02] become one of the biggest liability

[3:04] movements ever with at least 20 million

[3:06] people having used bios in the US.

[3:09] >> Urgent news for if you or someone you

[3:11] know has suffered a heart attack or

[3:13] stroke.

[3:13] >> The medication for potential victims is

[3:15] on.

[3:16] >> Call Goldberg and Finnegan

[3:18] >> at Goldberg and Finnegan in Silver

[3:20] Spring, Maryland.

[3:21] >> Good afternoon. Can you please hold

[3:23] >> the law firm says it local TV ads have

[3:25] vio users flooding the phone lines. We

[3:28] believe that we can prove that Merc knew

[3:30] this was a dangerous drug. Merc knew

[3:32] that there was an increased risk of

[3:35] heart attacks, cardiac events, and

[3:37] strokes for people who took Vio.

[3:39] >> Across the country, law firms are

[3:41] developing their legal strategy, which

[3:43] is likely to build on Merc's own

[3:45] admission that bio increases heart

[3:47] attack risk. Launch allegations that

[3:49] Merc dragged its feet for 4 and a half

[3:51] years after the heart risk was first

[3:53] flagged include an FDA scientist data

[3:56] showing Bio caused 27,000 heart attacks

[3:59] between 1999 and 2003. The Vio debacle

[4:04] and looming lawsuits are already said to

[4:05] have wiped out more than 27 billion

[4:08] dollar of investor value in Merc. While

[4:11] plaintiffs lawyers are launching the

[4:12] offense, drug giant Merc is busy

[4:15] positioning its defense. Merc officials

[4:17] argue they worked tirelessly to find the

[4:19] truth and told the FDA what they knew

[4:22] every step of the way.

[4:24] >> Any claim that Merc did not seek to

[4:27] fully understand the cardiovascular

[4:29] profile of Vio is contradicted by the

[4:32] facts.

[4:33] >> Coincidentally, Merc is ready with a

[4:35] successor pill and is seeking FDA

[4:37] approval. It's called Aroxia. Merc says

[4:41] short-term studies show Arxia is safer

[4:44] than Vio. Cheryl Ainson, CBS News,

[4:47] Washington.

[4:48] >> The latest studies show more than 40% of

[4:51] American college students are at least

[4:53] occasional binge drinkers, especially at

[4:56] off-campus parties. As you might expect,

[4:58] their neighbors, are not exactly

[5:00] thrilled by this. Lee Cowan has

[5:02] tonight's Eye on America.

[5:06] >> Whose party is this?

[5:07] >> Police normally don't show up at college

[5:08] parties armed with a video camera.

[5:11] Undercover.

[5:14] >> But in Norman, Oklahoma, they barged

[5:16] right in, capturing the latest complaint

[5:19] of students binging on booze.

[5:23] Turning normally quiet neighborhoods

[5:25] into party central.

[5:27] With room and board costs rising, many

[5:30] parents are finding it cheaper to buy

[5:31] homes for their freshman as a 4-year

[5:33] investment. Great if you're a student,

[5:35] bad if you're a neighbor. What we're

[5:37] hearing them being referred to is a

[5:40] fraternity house annex or a sorority

[5:43] house annex. This is college housing

[5:44] right here in our neighborhoods.

[5:46] >> Greek light, as Nancy Campbell calls it.

[5:48] She lives just down the street and

[5:50] routinely find students

[5:52] >> passed out in their yard laying in their

[5:54] flower beds. Uh, one guy was laying out

[5:56] around the street around the street

[5:58] light pole and

[5:59] >> like in the gutter.

[6:00] >> Yeah.

[6:02] Critics charge campus crackdowns on

[6:04] drinking have only pushed the problem

[6:06] into surrounding communities.

[6:10] >> This drunken riot near Iowa State

[6:11] University was blamed in part on overly

[6:14] strict rules that prevented students

[6:16] from drinking on campus during an annual

[6:18] festival. Still, universities have good

[6:21] reason to ban the booze.

[6:23] Just since school started, at least five

[6:26] students in four states have died after

[6:28] apparently drinking themselves into a

[6:30] coma. One of the deadliest months on

[6:32] record. It's a sobering statistic that

[6:35] has some universities even requesting

[6:36] that liquor licenses not be granted to

[6:39] neighborhoods that are too close to a

[6:40] campus. But that's a pretty tempting

[6:42] market and a market that continues to

[6:44] grow. At packed city council meetings

[6:47] all around the country, older residents

[6:49] are telling students to cork it. It's

[6:51] not nice to be awakened at 2 or 3 in the

[6:55] morning.

[6:56] >> Nancy and Larry Campbell will never

[6:57] forget the night students with 12-packs

[6:59] under their arm stumbled right into

[7:01] their living room, mistaking it for a

[7:03] party.

[7:03] >> But you're in a neighborhood that's

[7:05] >> We're in a nice neighborhood. Uh, new

[7:07] homes and lots of families, lots of

[7:10] kids.

[7:11] >> I threw my shoe at a cop.

[7:13] >> And a lot of new neighbors that are

[7:15] sharing their college experience with

[7:17] people who didn't sign up for a hangover

[7:19] at home.

[7:20] in Dorman, Oklahoma. This is Lee Cow for

[7:23] Eye on America.

[7:24] >> More stories are just a click away, but

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[7:46] I'm Dan Rather.