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March 19th, 2013
10:31 PM ET

CVS new policy requires employees to get health screenings or pay fine

CVS is drawing a lot of criticism over its new policy requiring its employees to report their weight, and body fat and glucose levels - or pay $600 dollars a year.

The national drugstore calls it motivation, while critics call it an invasion of privacy.

"I've seen way too many employers that use employee health information to discriminate against them, so even if it's couched as "we're not gonna look at your health information now, there's really no way to be sure of that," Dr. Deoborah Peel of the Patient Privacy Rights said.

OutFront tonight: Dr. Deborah Peel, Founder and Chair of Patient Privacy Rights and CNN Contributor Reihan Salam.


Filed under: Business
March 19th, 2013
10:23 PM ET

Al Qaeda's rise in Iraq: Violence claims dozens on 10th anniversary of war

Violence ripped across Iraq on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and although no group has yet claimed responsibility - although signs point to al Qaeda.

The Iraq war has cost 4,488 American lives, more than 100,000 Iraqi lives, and more than $800 billion.

And on the eve of the anniversary 53 Iraqis were killed and nearly 200 more wounded when 17 car bombs, seven roadside bombs and two shootings ripped through mostly Shiite neighborhoods.

OutFront tonight: In Baghdad tonight,  Arwa Damon, who has been covering the war since it began and Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and Seth Jones a security and defense expert with the RAND Corporation.


Filed under: International • Iraq
March 19th, 2013
10:11 PM ET

Reid caves on gun bill, shelving Feinstein's assault weapons ban

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that the assault weapons ban introduced by his Democratic colleague Sen. Dianne Feinstein will not pass.

"I am not going to try to put something on the floor that won't succeed. I want something that will succeed. I think the worst of all worlds would be to bring something to the floor and it dies there." Sen. Reid said.

Senate leader says new weapons ban won't pass

Did Reid really want it to succeed in the first place?

OutFront tonight: CNN contributors David Frum, former speechwriter to president George W. Bush, and Paul Begala, former counselor to president Bill Clinton.


Filed under: Gun Control • News • Politics
March 19th, 2013
10:02 PM ET

Pope Francis celebrates inaugural mass

In a ceremony filled with tradition, Pope Francis officially became the 266th leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics

 Thousands pack St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis' inauguration

The inauguration mass in Rome was celebrated in front of a capacity crowd with world leaders in full attendance.

Erin Burnett has the story.


Filed under: News • Religion
March 19th, 2013
09:56 PM ET

Massacre averted on UCF campus: Gunnman had a checklist for shooting

Chilling new video tonight inside the dorm room of the former University of Central Florida student who committed suicide yesterday and left behind a bag full of explosives and weapons. 

UCF police chief, Richard Beary, who was on the show Monday says the evidence at the crime scene shows that 30 year-old James Oliver Seevakumaran had enough ammunition for a massacre. 

"I don't think that you acquire two 110-round magazines and numerous 22-capacity magazines and that you purchase 1000 rounds of ammunition and that you purchase the 45 ammunition, I don't think you just do that as a joke," Beary said.

Fortunately, Seevakumaran's roommate called 9-11, and may have prevented mass casualties on the Florida campus.

Ed Lavandera has the latest.


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