Dateline NBC - Season 18 (2009)

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Dateline investigates the thwarted Christmas terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in which Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up the plane using explosives hidden in his underwear. It takes to passengers on the plane who describe what they witnessed and counter-terrorism experts who offer analysis of the attack.

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A courageous mother works with a hostage negotiator in hope of freeing her husband from kidnappers in Mexico.

California, 2000: Michelle O'Keefe is found dead in her car in a parking lot. Raymond Lee Jennings, a security guard patrolling the parking lot, says he saw her after she was shot. He seems to know things only the killer would know. But, due to lack of any forensic evidence (and even blood evidence that seems to rule him out), he isn't arrested until nearly six years later.

Dateline investigates the murder of model and aspiring Playboy Playmate Paula Sladewski who charred body was discovered in a Miami dumpster.

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Kieth Morrison reports on the dramatic undercover operation in Palm Beach, Florida to save a wife and mother who had no idea she was in danger.

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27 years after the disappearance of her step-father Lloyd Ford, Kim can no longer contain the secret that she and her mother committed his murder.

Dateline interviews Richard Phillips the captain of an American cargo ship that was held hostage by a group of Somali pirates. Captain Phillips talks about how he and his crew were treated in captivity and discuss the dramatic rescue performed by Navy sharp shooters.

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An examination of the decades of urban decay that have reduced Detroit to a shadow of its former vibrancy, now standing as a crime-ridden city with a near-absent economy, a lack of public amenities and a long tradition of political corruption, leading officials to propose such drastic measures as shrinking the city boundaries and razing entire communities.

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The case of Brock and Davina Husted, a couple murdered in their million-dollar beach-front home.

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Dateline goes to Afganistan to report one one of the deadliest battles of the war: the Battle of Wanat. It looks at the impact of the battle on the father of a fallen soldier who enlisted the help the help other parents to find out who was responsible for the battle going horribly wrong.

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A young woman is found murdered by her younger sister. The providers of reports of workmen in the home discussing the murder have seemingly insurmountable credibility issues. But a credible witness comes forward with helpful testimony.

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