HEADLINE: Low-key homecoming for freed hostages

CAPTION: Three US contractors who were released after five years in captivity at the hands of Colombia rebels, arrived at a military hospital in Texas where doctors will look them...

1. SOUNDBITE (English) US Army Specialist Anthony C. Cortinas, 23, of San Antonio, Texas:

"I know a lot of people back home are worried for their husbands, wives, children, especially their kids, so I think...

Galveston, Texas

1. Wide of temporary bus st
ation
2. Various of crowd waiting to b
oard buses
3. Medium of police car,...

AP Television

Eldorado,
Texas
1. Wide of Jessop family, Edson, his wife Zavenda, and their fou
r children
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Edson Jessop, Member of the...

HEADLINE: Ike evacuees head to San Antonio

CAPTION: As more than three-quarters of a million Texans have been told to evacuate their coastal and low-lying homes due to the approach of Hurricane Ike, some of them have made...

HEADLINE: Texas voters gear up for March 4th primary

CAPTION: From the country dance halls to the Hispanic panaderias, politics is the talk of Texas. AP correspondent Jason Bronis takes a closer look...

1. Train passes by in downtown Houston

2. Train arrives at station, passengers ge
t off
3. Wide shot
of pigeons
4. Train pa
sses by pigeons
5. Pan from buses to people on the
street going to...

Austin, Texas

1. Wide of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, and actress Eva Longoria, standing on
stage
2. Wide of campaignin
g campaign
3. SOUNDBITE...

ABC - No Access North America/Internet

Galveston,
Texas
1. Mid Texas Governor Rick Perry and Galveston Mayor Lyda
Ann Thomas
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rick Perry, Gov
ernor of Texas:
"Our...

Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas - August 2007

1. Various dog playing with
owner
Iraq - File (no date or location av
ailable)
2. Serviceman...

AP Entertainment,

Los Angeles, 4 November
2007
1. Exteri
or cinema

2. Movie Poster
3. Cast photo (from left to right) Tommy Lee Jones, Josh B
rolin, Javier Ba
rdem
AP Entertainment/>Los Angeles,...

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Chuck Hagel, Defense Secre
tary:
"Sexual assault threatens the lives and the well being of both the women and men who serve our...

HEADLINE: Hostages re-enter life after Colombian raid

CAPTION: More than a dozen hostages freed by Colombian military forces are reveling in their freedom after being held for years by rebels. Three Americans part of the...

HEADLINE: Would LeBron James leave Cleveland?

CAPTION: NBA superstar LeBron James was in New York Tuesday. His Cleveland Cavaliers played the Knicks. James can become a free agent in 2010. Many NBA teams would...

Galveston area, Texas

1. Damaged amusement park in
Kemah
2. Damaged commercial ar
ea in park
3. Damaged amusemen
t rides, debris
4....

Spanish/Nat

The government of Nicaragua has launched a new programme to rid the country of landmines: a deadly legacy of the country's civil
war.
Only about 30 thousand of the estimated...

1. Various of couple looking at the sea form balcony

2. Various o
f sea
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joy Grubb, tourist from Sa
n Antonio:
" I'm worried about the fact that my children...

US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who returned to the United States early Friday after being held captive by the Taliban for five years, was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Centre in San Antonio, an army spokesman...

Refugees seek sanctuary in the archbishopry after a government commando force's attack, which destroyed a printing press used by the church's weekly paper. Cuts for story: c0067849

1. gv exterior archbishopry ...

CLEAN : Philippines and US hold joint military exercise

CLEAN : Mexico evacuates hundreds as volcano spews lava

CLEAN : Venezuelan border town hit by recent closure prepares to vote

CLEAN : Over 1,000 Colombians deported back home from Venezuela

CLEAN : Philippines and US hold annual military exercises