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June 15, 2013
• Hospital Attacked after Bus Bombing; 473 Homes Destroyed in Wildfire; Facebook's Role in Government Surveillance; Building a Case against the NSA Leaker; Conservatives Rally in DC; More Americans Creating Their Own Jobs
• Wildfires Hits Parts of Colorado; NSA Surveillance Program Examined; Extreme Weather of 2012 Assessed; Convicted U.S. Spy Interviewed; American Airlines to Add Seats to Planes; U.S. Open Continues; GOP Holds Faith and Freedom Conference; Boy Recovers from Traumatic Brain Injury
• Facebook Asked to Share Details; Colorado Fire Contained
• AEG CEO Grilled about Jackson's Death; Murdoch Divorcing 44- Year-Old Wife; NASCAR Driver Races to Find Cure; Persistence Pays Off for Organ Recipient; Jolie Applauds Gene Patent Ruling; Major Punishments for Base-Brawl
• Tech Companies Reveal NSA Requests; U.S. Fears Snowden May Defect; 473 Homes Destroyed, Two Dead in Colorado; Georgia Church Boots Boy Scouts; Taking Heat for PhotoShop Makeover


June 08, 2013
• Shooting Rampage Started at House; FBI: Actress Mailed Poison to Obama; Newark Mayor Cory Booker Officially Announces Senate Bid
• Gunman Goes on Shooting Spree in Santa Monica, California; President Defends Government Surveillance Programs; Child Allowed in Line to Receive Adult Organ Transplant; Navy SEAL Comes out Transgender; Professional Woman Golf Player Overcame Scoliosis
• Police: Gunman in Santa Monica Shootings Killed Four People, Wounded Five; Three American Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan in Suspected Insider Attacker; Cleveland Kidnapper Facing Over 300 Counts in Indictment
• California Gunman Kills Four; U.S. Government Spying on Americans; Mandela Fighting Lung Infection; Interview with Miami Heat Player LeBron James
• California Gunman Kills Four; Nelson Mandela Back in Hospital; Ariel Castro Indicted in 329 Counts ;Witness to Santa Monica Shooting; Obama Defends Surveillance Programs


June 01, 2013
• Press Conference from El Reno, Oklahoma on Tornado Aftermath; Massive Blaze Kills Four Firefighters in Houston
• Tornadoes Hit Parts of Oklahoma; Congressman Advocates For Child Awaiting Transplant From Adult Donor; Letters to President and New York City Mayor Laced With Ricin; Boy With Disability Plays Piano; Large Meteor Barely Misses Earth
• Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma, Again; Storm Chasers Share Stories From Oklahoma
• Tornadoes Rip Through Midwest; Severe Storms, Flash Floods Threaten Already Devastated States; Storms Tear Through Missouri; Poisoned Letters Sent to Obama and Bloomberg
• Oklahoma Hit Again By Tornadoes; Three Missing After Arkansas Flooding; Flooding Danger in Oklahoma; Poisoned Letter Sent to Obama, Bloomberg; Four Firefighters Killed in Houston Hotel Fire


May 25, 2013
• Town Littered with Tornado Debris; 911 Calls after Tornado; Sexual Assault in Military Must End; Teen Refuses Deal; NYC Rise in Anti-Gay Attacks; Suspect Asked to Spy for U.K.; Helping Oklahoma Tornado Survivors Cope; Storm Shelters Provide Safe Zone
• Oklahoma Devastated by Tornadoes; U.S. Military Suffering from Sexual Harassment Charges; Boy Scouts Vote to Accept Openly Gay Members; Fox News Correspondent's Emails Searched by Government; Face Blindness Condition Explored; Homeless High School Student Becomes Valedictorian; NBA Playoffs Continue; Teen Who Dies of Cancer Leaves Behind Inspiration Story
• 911 Audio on Moore Released; Obama on Military Sexual Assault; Teen Accused of Lewd Behavior
• Obama Changes Focus on Terrorism; Toby Keith Gives back to Moore, Oklahoma; Women on Wall Street Speak Out; Toronto Mayor Blasts Crack Allegations; What's Next for Jodi Arias?
• Three Funerals in Moore, Oklahoma Today; Holder Involved in Reporter Warrant; Accused U.K. Attacker's Friend Arrested; Yahoo's Billion-Dollar Tumblr Bet; Helping Tornado Survivors Cope; This Summer's Movie Blockbusters


May 18, 2013
• Connecticut Train Collision; Powerball Jackpot at $600 million; O.J. Simpson Fights for New Trial
• Tornadoes Devastate Parts of Texas; White House Deals with Simultaneous Scandals; Former CIA Analysts Discuss Tracking Bin Laden; Professor and Wife Killed in Nebraska; Consequences of Preventative Breast Removal Analyzed; Officers Who Helped Rescue Three Kidnapped Women Give Interviews
• Hundreds Hurt in Connecticut Train Collision; Omaha Murders; Jodi Arias To Address Jury
• Northeast Train Collision; Powerball Stands at $600 Million; Simpson's Ex-Attorney Took the Stand; Bad Week for the President; The Singing Astronaut
• Commuter Trains Collide; Report: North Korea Fires 3 Missiles; Texas Devastated by Tornadoes; Today's Powerball Jackpot Hits $600 Million; Boston Suspect Outlined Motive in Note; Interview with NTSB Chairman


May 11, 2013
• Three Kidnapped Women Freed After 10 Years of Captivity; Astronauts Attempt to Repair Leak on International Space Station; Political Pundits Debate Benghazi Hearing
• Cleveland Victim's Whereabouts Unbeknownst To Anyone But Police; Ammonia Leak Prompts Emergency Space Walk; Authorities Pursue Charges Against First Emergency Responder On Scene Of West, Texas Explosion; Did Russia Drop The Ball On Boston Bombing Suspects?;
• International Space Station's Ammonia Leak Prompts Emergency Space Walk; Escape from Captivity; Freed Ohio Women Face Long Recovery; Berry, Kors Team Up to Fight Hunger; Paramedic Charged in Bomb Parts Case; Spacewalk Under Way at Space Station
• Michelle Knight Slips Out of Sight; Criminal Probe into Plant Explosion; Spacewalk Planned to Fix Space Station; Bomb Suspect's Final Resting Place; Woman Rescued after 16 Days;


May 04, 2013
• Suspected Bomber's Burial Still Unclear; Fast-moving Wildfire Threatens Homes in Ventura County; Extra Security at Kentucky Derby; Actress, Soda Suffer Brand Woes
• Burying a Bombing Suspect; Security Concerns at Churchill Downs; Raging Wildfires in Southern California; Woman Missing and Presumed Dead Found Alive and Well in Florida; Closing Arguments End in Jodi Arias Trial
• Wildfires Threaten Part of Southern California; Cemeteries Refusing to Bury Body of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect; Investigations into Background of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects Continue; Security Increased at Kentucky Derby; Pundits Debate Gun Control; Reese Witherspoon Arrested; NRA Holds Rally; NBA Playoffs Continue
• Suspected Bomber's Burial Still Unclear; Fast-moving Wildfire Threatens Homes in Ventura County; Extra Security at Kentucky Derby; Actress, Soda Suffer Brand Woes
• California Spring Wildfire Threatens 4,000 Homes; New Discovery in Home of Tamerlan Tsarnaev; New Jobs Report Good for Your Nest Egg; Snakehead Invades Central Park
• Suspected Bomber's Burial Still Unclear; Israel Confirms Syria Airstrike; California Threatens 4,000 Homes


April 27, 2013
• Search Under Way for Suspect's Laptop; New Video of Tsarnaev's Wife; Intriguing Find near Ground Zero; Inspiration for the Boston Victims; Potential Culprit For the Ricin Letter; Websites Like "Inspire" Will Be Shutdown
• Investigations Continue Into Background of Boston Bombing Suspects; Possible Piece of Airplane Found at World Trade Center Site; Immigration Debate Continues; Teenaged Quadruple Amputee Interviewed; Boston Bombing Suspect Possibly Linked to Earlier Murder; NBA Playoffs Continue
• Boston Victims Remembered; 9/11 Plane Landing Gear Found
• Carney: The President Wants the Facts; Lawmakers Vote to End FAA Furloughs; Online Self-Radicalization; Bombing Suspect's Star Defense
• Search for Suspect's Computer; Learning How to Make a Bomb Online; "There's Going to Be More Arrests"; Building a Better Bomb Detector; FAA Gets Help with Furloughs


April 20, 2013
• Bombing Suspect Held at Hospital; Interview with Watertown Police Chief; Suspect's Uncle Speaks Out; Investigators Hunt For a Motive; Bombing Suspect Number Two Hid in Boat; The Power of Sports After a Tragedy
• Second Suspect in Boston Marathon Bombing Captured Alive; Possible Motives for Boston Marathon Bombing Explored; Fertilizer Plant Explodes in Texas; London Scheduled to Stage Own Marathon Despite Boston Bombing
• Second Boston Marathon Bomber in Custody; New Interview with Suspect's Father; Prosecutors Close to Filing Charges; Obama Praises Police, City of Boston; The Psychology of Terrorism
• Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect in Police Custody; Dozens Still Missing in Waco Fertilizer Plant Explosion; Gunfight Ends with Suspect's Capture; Suspect Not Read Miranda Rights; Obama: Chapter in Tragedy Closed; Flash Floods Swamp Communities
• Boston Bombings; 14 Bodies Recovered in Texas Blast; Running Again After Boston; Brothers are Ethnic Chechen Muslims


April 13, 2013
• North Korea Not Backing Down; Tiger Woods Penalized at Masters Tournament; Kobe Bryant Down With Torn Achilles; The Power of Propaganda on a People; New Vine App; Bitcoins: The New Digital Currency?
• Secretary of State John Kerry Visits China; Airplane Flies Into Ocean; Tiger Woods Penalized at Masters; NASCAR Holding Race Sponsored by NRA; Political Pundits Discuss Gun Legislation; Facebook Losing Teenage Users; New Laws Challenge Legality of Videos Shot on Farms of Animal Abuse
• Lion Air Plane Crash in Indonesia; Kerry in Beijing; North Korea's World of Child Indoctrination; Hero Chef Bruno Serato Continues to Make a Difference
• Bali Plane Crash; Korean Military Buildup; Sandy Hook Victim's Mother Delivers White House Address; NASCAR and Gun Sponsors; Upcoming Senate Debate on Gun Control; Masters Tournament; Reflecting on Jackie Robinson
• Planes Misses Runway, Hits the Water; Kerry Talks N. Korea in China; Obama and Biden Release Tax Returns; Chinese Teen Makes Masters Cut; "Accidental Racist" Controversy; School Holds First Integrated Prom


April 06, 2013
• North Korea Tension Grows; Texas Officials Crack Down on Threats; NCAA March Madness; Scandal Forces Rutgers Resignation; North Korea Tension Grows; Big Differences in Drug Prices; Activities Around NCAA Tournament; Facebook Apps
• States Pass Gun Control Laws; Giving Back Their Government Salary; Obama Apologizes To Kamala Harris; White House Summit; Bieber's Monkey Quarantined; The "Mad Men" Are Back; Wreckage Carries Fish Across Ocean; Final Four Starts Tonight; Nice Weather For Final Four Weekend
• Kaufman County Authorities Cracking Down On Threats; How Far Is North Korea Prepared To Go?; Obama Apologizes To California's Attorney General; Facebook Has New Home On The Android
• Details of North Korea's Missile System; Continuing Investigation Into Texas Attorney Murders; Behind the Court Ruling on Plan B; More Fallout From Rutgers Coach Abuse Video; Family Rescued from the Everglades; All Eyes on North Korea's Coast; New Details in Colorado Massacre; Anticipation High for "Mad Men"; Kevin Ware Has Letterman's Top Ten
• Texas Officials Crack Down on Threats; North Korea Loads Missiles on Launchers; Dismal Jobs Report; Florida's Sinkholes; "Final Four" Madness


March 30, 2013
• Dental Patients Warned of Possible HIV Exposure in Oklahoma; NCAA Cinderella Story Ends; Housing: Surviving the Bust; North and South Korean Conflict; Rapist Finally in Jail After 35 Years; Baby Gorilla Adopted By Humans; Bogus Lawyer For Saddam Hussein; Chicago High School Basketball Star; Technology on Wrists and Faces
• Unclean Equipment at Dentist's Office May Have Spread Disease; North Korea Continues Threats Against South Korea, U.S.; Republican Congressman Uses Racial Slur; Michael Jackson's Family Suing Company for Wrongful Death; Former NFL Player Comes Out as Gay
• North Korea Targeting U.S. Bases; Washington Homeowners Teetering on Cliffside After Landslide; Gun Advocacy Group Gives Out Shotguns; Boston College Students Defy Administration, Continue Condom Distribution
• 7,000 Dental Patients Warned of HIV; North Korean Threats At South Korea; Six Charged in Georgia Baby's Death; Lawsuit Over Michael Jackson's Death; Congressman Apologizes for Slur; Nation's Obesity Crisis; Humans Raising Baby Gorilla
• Seven Thousand Dental Patients Warned of HIV; Threats from North Korea; Pope Will Give Easter Vigil Today; Chief Justice Victim of Fraud; FAA Rethinks Electronic Policy; "Cinderella" Run Comes to an End


March 23, 2013
• Spring Storm Batters Colorado; Man Arrested for Impersonating Pilot; Two Teens Charged with Baby's Murder; Police Look for Links to three Murders; FAA Closing 149 Airport Towers; Sandy Hook Victim's Father Talks with Shooter's Father; Tennis Player Accused of Stalking; Same-Sex Marriage Debate; Cost Cutting in Chicago School System
• Infant Shot and Killed; Suspected Gunman in Two Murders Identified; Air Traffic Towers Set to Close; March Madness Continues; Pundits Discuss President's Trip to Israel; Church No Longer Marries Straight Couples Until Gay Marriage Legal; New Research Uncovers Age of Universe
• Senate Passes Budget Proposal; Capriati Accused of Stalking
• Israel-Palestinian Talks; Two Teens Charged in Georgia Baby's Murder; New Rules For Boarding Airplanes; Same-Sex Marriage Debate; Investigation of Dead Ex-Con Expands; Hog Wild for Guns; Victim's Dad Meets Killer's Dad; Jodi Arias Trial; Best Local Eating in India
• Investigation of Dead Ex-Con Expands; FAA to Close 149 Air Traffic Towers; New Pope Meets Old Pope; Obama on Mideast Charm Offensive; Senate Passes Budget at 5 AM; Police: "Fake" Pilot Charged; Jay Leno Jokes About NBC


March 16, 2013
• Testimony at Steubenville Rape Trial; Nuclear Threat; CPAC 2013; Crews Search River for Teacher; Jodi Arias Trial; American Catholics React to Change; U.S. Ramps Up Missile Defense; CNN Investigation: Hate Crime in Mississippi; Conditions in Iraq After 10 Years of War
• CPAC Continues; Rapper Lil Wayne Still in Hospital; Pentagon Increasing Missile Defense Against North Korean Threat; Search Continues for Missing Teacher; Movie on Phil Spector to be Released; Little Boy with Disability in Inspiring Video; March Madness Set to Begin
• CPAC Starts; North Korean Threats; Missing Teacher in New Orleans; Samsung Launches S4
• North Korean Threats and U.S. Missiles; Pope Francis Wants Church to Be Poor; Breaking Down March Madness; Conservatives Craft their Message; Interview with Iowa Congressman Steve King from CPAC; Steubenville Rape Case Trial; Celeb Hacking Claims; Women Need More Sleep than Men
• Pentagon Ramps Up Missile Defense; New Pope Speaks to the Media; Lil Wayne: "I'm Good Everybody"; 9/11 Widow Wants Second Cockpit Barrier; Setting the GOP Agenda; Blasting Media Bullies


March 09, 2013
• Storm Tips Houses Into Ocean; North Korea Vows to End Korean War Pacts; Accused Theater Shooter Faces Arraignment; Jodi Arias Trial; Asteroid Passes Earth Today; Brooklyn Brews Success; New TSA Rules on Knives on Planes; TSA Tests for IEDs; Vatican Pope Deliberations; Home Care Services For Seniors
• Unemployed Americans Facing Benefits Cuts; Blackhawks Winning Streak Broken; Chuck Hagel Nearby Suicide Attack in Afghanistan; Bill Clinton Urges Supreme Court to Overturn DOMA; Transgender MMA Fighter's License Under Review; Interview with Producer Chuck Lorre; New "Oz" Film Profiled
• Renovation Nation; Storm Sends Homes into Atlantic; White House on Charm Offensive; MMM Fighter Comes Out as Transgender
• New England Snow Storm; Jump in Hiring Numbers; NYC Trial For Bin Laden Son-In-Law; Austin's South by Southwest Festival; TSA to Allow Knives on Planes; Jurors Grill Jodi Arias; Interview With Fallon Fox, First Openly Transgender MMA Fighter
• Explosion Rocks Kabul as Hagel Visits; Economy Adds 236,000 Jobs; White House on Charm Offensive; Big Asteroid Buzzing by Earth; Jodi Arias Answers Jurors Questions; NYC Soda Ban Begins Tuesday


March 02, 2013
• Spending Cuts; Sequestration, Searching for Body in Sinkhole; Jodi Arias' Defense: Damage Control; Yahoo!: Work in Office or Quit
• Sinkhole Wrecks Florida Home; Sequester Cuts Set to Take Effect; Jodi Arias Cross-Examined on Stand; CNN Hero Brings Electricity to African Hospitals; Hockey Players Survives Cancer
• Forced Spending Cuts in Place; How Will $85 Billion in Cuts Affect Americans?; Christie Getting Cold Shoulder From Republican Party; Harlem Shake Moves Up
• Search Resumes for Body in Sinkhole; Government Spending Cuts Under the Sequester; Same-Sex Marriage Debate; McIlroy Leaves Honda Open With Toothache; Flacco's $120 Million Contract; Christie Snubbed by CPAC; Murder Trial of Jodi Arias; Teaching Sex Ed to 5-Year-Olds; Eat like a Local in Baltimore
• Obama Signs Order for Spending Cuts; Search to Resume for Body in Sinkhole; Outrage Over Keystone Report; Hugo Chavez Fighting for His Life; Obama: Overturn Prop 8; Sailing Back in Time


February 23, 2013
• Government to Join Suit against Armstrong; Vatican Slams Media Reports as "Gossip"; Vegas Crash Victim Identified; More Snow Coming to New England; Pistorius Case: Two Versions of One Story; Six Nuclear Tanks Leaking; Underemployment Impacts Lives; Chinese Hacking Network Identified
• Sequester Deadline Looms Before Congress; Report Emerges Concerning Gay Catholic Priests; Hotel Cecil in Los Angeles Experiences Another Murder; Danica Patrick Prepares for Daytona; Insurance Company Refuses to Provide Child with Hearing Aid; DOMA Challenged; Interview with Composer Michael Danna
• Winter Storm in New England; Vatican Has More Revelations; Sequester to Kick In March 1
• Snow Storms in Midwest and New England; Pistorius Released on Bail; Federal Government Sues Lance Armstrong; Microsoft Hacked; Budget Cuts to Impact Head Start Programs; Dark History of L.A.'s Cecil Hotel; White House & GOP Swap Jabs; Obama Pressures Congress; Social Media for the Dearly Departed; Child at Center of Hearing Aid Fight
• Government Joining Suit Against Lance Armstrong; Blade Runner Under Restrictions; March First Deadline for Cuts; New England Braces for Winter Storm; Counting Down to the Oscars; Daytona 500 on Sunday


February 16, 2013
• Meteor Damage Clean Up Begins in Russia; Triumph Passengers Stranded Again; Olympic Star in Jail; Lady Gaga Cancels Concert Tour, Dorner's Cause of Death Revealed; Million Dollars Up For Grabs; Dorner's Cache Of Weapons Found; Tank Leaks Radioactive Waste; Nurse Sues Hospital For Discrimination; New Jersey Boardwalk Rebuilding Under Way; Protecting The Planet From Space; Planned Execution Raises Legal Concern; Navy SEAL Asks Military For Help; Critics: SEAL Broke Code Of Silence; Freeze Drying Your Furry Friend; E-Mail: Wal-Mart Sales A "Disaster"; Tiffany Sues Costco; U.S. Airways, American Merge
• Crippled Cruise Ship Ports in Alabama; Accused Cop Killer Found Dead; Paralympic Athlete Accused of Murder; President's Education Proposals Debated
• Carnival Triumph Cruise Ship Passengers Make Their Way Home; L.A. Cop Killer Chris Dorner Killed by Self-Inflicted Gunshot; Jesse Jackson Jr. Charged With Misusing $750,000 in Campaign Funds; Hackers Attack Facebook; Meteor Strike in Russia Hurts Almost 1,000 People; Horse Meat Scandal Slams the U.K.
• Autopsy Report Forthcoming on Chris Dorner; Jesse Jackson, Jr. Plea Deal on Campaign Funds Misuse; Obama Addresses Gun Violence in Chicago; Asteroid Damage in Russia; Investigation Into Cruise Ship Malfunction; Michael Jordan Turning 50; Solar-Powered Elf Bicycle; The Vatican Votes; Heart Attack Grill Strikes Again
• Olympic Star in Jail This Morning; Dorner Died From Single Gunshot to Head; Meteor Blast Shakes Russia; Lady Gaga Cancels Tour; Fashion's "Wild Child" is Back


February 09, 2013
• Power Out to 650,000 Plus Customers; Snowstorms Blasting Much of the Nation; First Lady will Attend Teen Funeral; Three-State Manhunt for Killer Ex-Cop; Connecticut Hit With 30 Inches Of Snow; New York No Longer Under Blizzard Warning; Blizzards In Plains, Upper Midwest Tomorrow; Hunt For Killer Scaled Back By Snow; First Lady Will Attend Teen Funeral; Uphill Fight For Gun Control Bill; CNN Confirms Jackson Jr. Plea Deal; 100 Plus Accidents In Nassau County, New York; New Artists Take Center Stage
• Snowstorm Hits Northeast; Former Cop Accused of Murder at Large; Young Girl Who Performed at Presidential Inauguration Killed; Pundits Assess Political Futures of Marco Rubio and Chris Christie; Interview with Singer Elle Varner
• Northern Blizzard; Arias Claims Self-Defense in Murder Case
• Blizzard Wreaks Havoc on Northeast U.S.; California Manhunt Continues; About 5,000 flights Canceled Due to Weather; Hadiya Pendleton Will Be Buried Today; NYC Mayor Gives Storm Briefing; New Artists Take Center Stage
• Northern Blizzard; Interview with Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island; Fugitive Suspect Still on the Loose; Wal-Mart Sheltering Stranded Drivers


February 02, 2013
• Baseball Star Accused of Doping; Alabama Standoff Enters Fifth Day; Bitter Cold Still Gripping Parts of U.S.; Remembering Ed Koch; Football: America's Favorite Sport; Boy Held Inside Underground Bunker; Slain Prosecutor Carried Gun to Work; "American Idol" Star Falls from Grace; Reducing Chance of Heart Disease; Best Local Eats in Turkey; Dow Closes Above 14,000; Teen Gunned Down in Chicago
• Child Held Hostage in Alabama; Trial of Woman for Murder in Arizona Continues; Hillary Clinton Retires as Secretary of State; Chuck Hagel Questioned by U.S. Senate; Former Football Player Discusses Brain Injuries Incurred from Playing; Boy Scouts Gay Scout Policy Debated
• Hostage Situation in Alabama; Ed Koch Dies at 88; What's Next For Hillary?; Family Rivalry Takes Center Stage at Super Bowl
• Standoff in Alabama Continues; Doping Charge Against Alex Rodriguez; Biden Comments on Iran; Groundhog Predicts Early Spring; Wall Street Hits 14;000; Hackers Hit Twitter; Manson Follower Could Be Paroled; Senator Menendez Facing Ethics Scrutiny; JonBenet Ramsey Murder Mystery; Texas Prosecutor Shot to Death; Super Bowl Spectacle; Eating Like a Local in Istanbul
• Child Held Captive in Underground Bunker; Hillary Clinton's Heartfelt Goodbye; Former NYC Mayor Dead at 88; Groundhog Day!; Tracking Manti Te'o; Report: Jury Wanted to Indict Ramseys; Inside Zuckerberg's Brain; Questions Surround Clinton's Future


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