in new york city, this is "nightline," july 15th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin tonight with an inspiring story of personal courage and medical triumph. you are about to meet a woman who, as a teenager, had her face blown apart by an accidental shotgun blast. it was a miracle that she survived. but now, more than a decade later, with a family of her own, she's undergone a remarkable procedure that's altered her life for the better. her journey is amazing. but we want you to know that some of the pictures you are about to see are very disturbing. ashleigh banfield has the exclusive report. >> i had gorgeous blue eyes. i had darker blond hair. i had a nice tan. i've always had nice shaped eye brows. i was very beautiful. naturally beautiful. >> reporter: for the last 11 years, chrissy steltz has been living without a face. there's a gaping hole where her eyes, nose and cheeks used to be. >> ready? okay. >> reporter: but today, through the miracle of science and the kindness of doctors, she's about to get a brand new face, just like her pict

." >> announcer: from the global >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," july 28th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin tonight with a look at so-called shock ads. they're public service announcements that use realistic gore and graphic imagery to discourage viewers from risky behavior. the short television spots pioneered in the uk and australia are now cropping up in the united states, and some vumers say they're just too much. advocates say it's just what we need. here's vicki mabrey with the story. >> reporter: this is what disaster looks like, just seconds before it happens. in this car, four, happy, healthy tangers out to have fun, until the driver's attention is diverted by texting. what happens next is frightening, gory, and very realist realistic. >> i think the texting while driving ad is a new way to go, and will be very effective, because it's almost like watching in real time. >> reporter: to media watchers like barbara lippard, this public

." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next, a maryland man is charged with murdering a mother and her daughter, and police say there may be many more victims. and then we will tag along with a host of bizarre foods as he eats his way under the

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," july 21st, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with business, and rather, remarkable news at facebook, which announced today that it had signed up its 500 millionth user. not bad for a website that didn't exist until six years ago. the story of its creation by founder mark zuckerberg has become almost mythological. soon a movie will bring that story to life. butch as the movie makers say, you don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies. so, who is mark zuckerberg? diane sawyer went to facebook's headquarters to find out what makes the 26-year-old ceo tick. >> reporter: 500 million. that's the mind boggling number of users facebook hit this week. to give you an idea of how many people that is, it's the population of the united states, japan and germany combined. hard to believe that the i illusi illusive, very young ceo, mark zuckerberg, founded facebook only six years ago. this a milestone for you, though? when

i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin tonight with a strange phenomenon that many find simply unbelievable. animal hoarding, it's called. these are people that are far more than pet lovers. no, they are truly obsessed by the need to obtain and keep pets, sometimes by the dozen, sometimes by owning 100 or more. many of them choose to live in squalor rather than parting with their pets. our yunji de nies peered into this world and the psychological mind-set of animal hollywooders. >> reporter: olga watched helplessly as investigators removed dozens of animals, dogs, cats, pigeons, even a fox, some alive, many dead from her philadelphia home, a place where she says the animals were well cared for. >> i spare no expense. they're my babies. i have no husband or children to worry about. they were my children. >> reporter: this shocking scene is all too common. >> one of the biggest animal hoarding cases ever. >> 250 dogs rescued from a home. >> pit bulls and more than 100 pigeons found living in filth.

in washington, this is "nightline," july 23rd, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. lance armstrong is one of the most famous athletes in the world, a cycling champion, a cancer survivor and a man as comfortable ming ming with celebrities as he is on the seat of his bike. but as he prepares for his final weekend at the tour de france, a federal investigation into alleged doping by him and his former team threatens to tarnish his golden image. the investigation was sparked by allegations by former friend and teammate floyd landis. tonight, landis and others once teammate floyd landis. tonight, landis and others once close to lance go on camera for the first time for our special report, "did lance cheat?" neal karlinsky has the "nightline" exclusive. >> reporter: on a warm summer's night this week in bend, oregon, the man at the center of one of the biggest scandals in sports history. >> hope for the best. >> reporter: couldn't have looked more out of place. >> three, two, one, go. >> reporter: floyd landis was racing his bike in a simple t-shirt. no fancy cycling jers

. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin tonight with a murder investigation that is leading authorities down a dark path. the suspect, 27-year-old jason thomas scott, a college graduate, studying for a master's degree. maryland police say he is also a killer, whose victims include two pairs of mothers and daughters. scott, they say, studied police forensics, to learn how to hide his crimes using bleach and arson to destroy evidence and the database from his job at ups to identify potential targets. pierre thomas has the story on a cerebral serial killer suspect. >> reporter: the horror began at this home on january 26th, 2009 as an intruder neutralized the alarm system and slipped in. karen lofton, a 45-year-old nurse, was fatally shot as she tried to hide in this corner. her 16-year-old daughter was repeatedly shot as she frantically dialed 911 from her bed. police were perplexed. the doors were locked. no signs of forced entry. neighbors were terrified. >> so when they catch them, i'll be afraid.

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." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," july 16th, 2010. . . . >>> tonight on "nightline," sour apple? we get an exclusive look inside the secret world of apple, on the day steve jobs admits the new iphone 4 isn't perfect. >> we're not perfect. >> so, does the flaw threaten the image of the world's most creative company. >>> plus, war on relig >> >> good evening. we begin tonight with technology and one of america's most celebrated companies, which finds itself in an unfamiliar place. the hot seat. since the much-anticipated iphone 4 hit stores three weeks ago, the company has sold more than 3 million of them, but they've fielded massive complaints, specifically regarding the phone's faulty antenna. today, ceo steve jobs tried to deflect the criticism and allowed us into their secret lab. how serious is apple about quality control? bill weir has our report. >> we're introducing iphone 4. >> reporter: so, how can the most successful ceo in america go from this -- >> this is beyond a dou

." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next, a maryland man is charged with murdering a mother and her daughter, and police say there may be many more victims. and then we will tag along with a host of bizarre foods as he eats his way under the dark under side of the animal kingdom on [ male announcer ] whoa, the new ultimate turkey & bacon avocado. get ready for the ride of your life. wipeout in waves of tender turkey and crispy bacon. gaze upon the rad rainbow of voluminous veggies and cool, sea-green avocado all on freshly baked bread. are you up for the ultimate? ♪ then you've got to try the totally new subway ultimate turkey & bacon avocado. carve one up today. crank up the flavor at subway. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> san quentin prison officials have identified the man accused of stabbing a well-known inmate to death. 31-year-old frank so you swraw is -- frank souza is serving 60 years to life for stabbing edward schaefer to death using a homemade weapon. schaefer wa

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," july 22nd, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a classic business battle being waged over an iconic magazine, "playboy." once a place that pushed the boundaries of sex in american society is now attempting to remain relevant in the internet age. hugh hefner is determined to put the hop back in the bunny. as john donvan reports for our series "modern sex in america." >> reporter: icon. that overused word, but this one really qualifies. you know what it is and what it stands for. you know who created it, because he is as much an icon himself, as much the face of playboy enterprises as that flat rabbit he launched an incredible 57 years ago, which makes him as of this week, when we sat down together at the playboy mansion in los angeles, 84 years old, announcing his retirement -- not. why not let go? why not retire? >> because i think that retirement is the first step towards the grave. >> reporter: to the contrary. ri

i'm terry moran. we begin with gold. in the booming market for the precious metal in these hard economic times. they call it the flight to quality. investors looking for safe belts. and one particular company, gold line, based in california, is really flying high in the gold market right now. with the enthusiastic endorsement of fox television host glenn beck and former presidential candidates mike huckabee and fred thompson. this evening the los angeles district attorney has announced he's opening an investigation into that company which some investors allege have cost them thousands of hard-earned dollar. chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with the story. >> reporter: authorities in california said today they had opened an investigation into a hugely successful company called gold line. gold line sells hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold to american consumers every year. using two former presidential candidates and several top personalities at fox news in its sales pitches. >> thank you for

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i'm terry moran. for cynthia mcfadden and martin bashir and all of us at abc news, good night. >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel with a word about the new htc aria, the high-powered, very small smart phone that delivers the entire web and friend stream, which lets see what everybody in your social network is up to at a glance. maybe bigger isn't always better, you know, guillermo? >> whatever. >> jimmy: what's wrong? >> i don't like little guillermo. i don't like you. you are big and stupid! >> jimmy: sorry, big guillermo, but i agree. just like the htc aria, little guillermo is smarter, more powerful, and he can fit anywhere. >> yeah, anywhere! >> go away! >> jimmy: and did i mention how fast little guillermo is? >> how fast? >> almost as fast as the htc aria. >> hey! wow, fast. >> dicky: the htc aria, you want it all. you want it small. >> jimmy: "jimmy kimmel live" is back in two minutes with jay baruchel, ali the bachelorette, music from n.e.r.d. and kyra sedgwick. arby's has a new jr. deluxe, and su

"nightline's" terry moran tells us more about conservative activist andrew breitbart. >>> a competitive women's basketball team brought the suit after the team was eliminated and replaced with a cheerleading squad. the judge said the cheerleading may one day qualify but right now it is too underdeveloped and disorganized. >>> closing arguments start next week in the rod blagojevich corruption trial. the defense rested yesterday without calling a single witness, including the former governor himself who long-promised to take the stand. blagojevich said he planned to testify until advised not to do so by his attorneys. >> brainstorming and free speech is part of what the american experience is supposed to be. and talking to your advisers as a governor and seeking advice, especially from those who are lawyers, to make sure that you do your duty the right way, was what i did and what those tapes proved. i've learned a lot of experiences -- i've learned a lot of lessons from this whole experience, and perhaps maybe the biggest lesson i've learned is that i talk too much. >> blagojevich has p