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April 14, 2014
• Alleged Hate Crime; New Search Phase; Scouring the Bottom of the Sea


April 11, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• Who Will Get The Black Boxes; Anti-Gun Politician Accused Of Arms Trafficking; Going Deep Beneath The Sea
• Ready for Hillary?; Confidence Growing in Search for Flight 370?; Malaysian Government; "Everyone Under Suspicion"; Ready for Hillary PAC Makes Big Haul


April 10, 2014
• Search for Flight 370; Interview with Sheryl Sandberg
• Motive Remains A Mystery; Three Vessels In Underwater Search For Flight 370; Sheryl Sandberg Doubles Down On "Lean In"
• Motive for Pennsylvania School Stabbings?; New Pings Detected?; Interview with Amb. Kim Beazley


April 09, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• Focus Of Search Narrows; Obama Consoles Fort Hood After Shootings; The Cost Of Searching For Flight 370
• Stabbings in Pennsylvania School; Pings Detected in Search for Flight 370


April 08, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• How Flight 370 Hit The Water A Key Factor In Amount of Debris; Equal Pay For Women Becomes Forefront Issue In Washington; White House And GOP Tussle Over Equal Pay; Malaysian Government's Mixed Messages
• Crisis in Ukraine; Ping Search Continues; Interview With Florida Senator Marco Rubio; Desperate Underwater Search for Plane Pings; History of the "Black Box"


April 07, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• Interview With Texas Senator Ted Cruz; Hearing Signals Or Something Else?; Flight 370 Families Hold Candlelight Vigil
• Flight 370 Pings Detected?; Different Devices Used; Stern Words for Russia


April 04, 2014
• Army: Over 150 Special Agents Investigating Shooting; Digging Into Shooter's Past; Growing Frustration with Malaysian Government; Interview with Rep. Tim Murphy
• Fort Hood Investigation Continues; Lt Gen. Milley Briefs Press on Shooting Latest


April 03, 2014
• Press Conference Analysis
• Fort Hood Investigation; Interview with Doctor at Hospital Treating Fort Hood Wounded; Briefing on Fort Hood Shooting


April 02, 2014
• Senate Committee Calls On General Motors Scandal "Criminal"; Malaysia Prime Minister Meets With Search Tears
• Flight 370 Search Zone Shifts; GM CEO On Capitol Hill; Malaysia Airlines Changing Cockpit Security; Limits on Overall Donations Struck Down


April 01, 2014
• What If They Never Find The Plane?; Global Airline Group Forming Task Force
• Flight 370 Transcript Released; Communication Problems Hurt Flight Search; President Reacts to Sign-Up Surge; Live Coverage Of President's Rose Garden Address


March 31, 2014
• Report: Time Running Out To Reverse Climate Change; GM Announces Another Recall; GM Recall: Why Did It Take So Long?; Mystery Of Flight 370
• Search for Flight 370 Wreckage Continues; Trading Fire; Captain's Daughter Lashes Out at Tabloid; North & South Korea Exchange Fire; Senator: White House "Cooking the Books"


March 28, 2014
• Obama To Putin: Pull Back From Ukraine; Teen: Change Font, Save Millions; Objects Spotted In Search For Flight 370
• The Search for Flight 370; Fears of War; Pilots' Psychological Testing Probed; Flight 370 Families Struggling to Cope


March 27, 2014
• Will Weather Clear Up For Searchers?; Russia Builds Up Troops On Ukraine Border; Obama Meets Pope Francis; Conspiracy Theories Surround Flight 370
• Ukrainian Crisis; The Search for Flight 370; How Long Will Investigation into Pilots Last?


March 26, 2014
• Interview With Gov. Jay Inslee; Were Landslide Warnings Ignored?; Hunting For A Moving Target
• Search for Flight 370; Washington Mudslide Death Toll Rising; The Search Zone; MH370 Family Hires U.S. Law Firm


March 25, 2014
• Theories Abound As Search For Flight 370 Continues; The Chinese's Role In International Mystery; 176 Still Unaccounted For In Landslide; Planes Expected To Take Off In Perth
• The Search for Flight 370; Rescuers Search for Mudslide Victims; Tracking the Pings From Flight 370; Mechanical Failure or Deliberate Act?


March 24, 2014
• Malaysian PM Declares Flight 370 "Ended" In Southern Indian Ocean; New Details On Flight's Final Hours; What New Clues Say About Flight's Final Hours
• Families Told All Lives Lost on Flight 370; Working Backwards to Find MH370; Desperate Search for Landslide Survivors


March 21, 2014
• More Data Deletions Discovered On Hard Drive; Critical Data Was Delayed In Flight Search; Descending On "The Roaring Forties"; Families Of Missing Torn Between Grief And Hope
• New Info in Flight 370 Mystery; Putin's Next Move?; FBI Searching Pilot's Hard Drive for Clues; Putin Could Push Deeper into Ukraine


March 20, 2014
• The Autopilot Theory; Did Autopilot Keep Plane Airborne?; U.S. And Russia Swap Sanctions
• Mystery of Flight 370; Objects Sighted on Radar Sought; Batteries on "Black Boxes" Running Out; The Exhaustive Search for Flight 370


March 19, 2014
• Time For A Tech Upgrade?; Cost Of Putting GPS Systems On Aircraft
• Putin's Next Move?; Grieving Families Dragged from News Briefing; Missing Plane's Pilot Deleted Data From Simulator; New Info About Flight 370 Route Change


March 18, 2014
• Ukrainian Officer Killed In Crimea's Capital; Putin Flaunts His Defiance At The West; Thai Radar Backs Up "Left Turn" Theory; Did Terrorists Play A Role In Missing Plane?; Vets Receive Belated Medals Of Honor
• Mystery of Flight 370; Thai Radar Backs Up "Let Turn" Theory; Did Smoke-Filled Cockpit Take Down Flight 370?


March 17, 2014
• Profiling The Passengers And Crew Of Flight 370; "If Anyone Survived, It's Him"; The Kremlin Strikes Back; Interview With Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut
• Mystery of Flight 370


March 14, 2014
• U.S. Officials Probe Batteries Theory; Officials: Plane Likely Crashed In Indian Ocean
• Mystery of Flight 370; Still No Closer to an Answer; U.S. Officials Probe Batteries Theory


March 13, 2014
• U.S. Officials: Plane May Have Flown 4-5 Hours; Cultural Challenges Impeding Search For Missing Flight?; Who Are The Passengers Of Flight 370?
• Mystery of Flight 370; Updating the Situation; U.S. Official: Plane May Have Flown 4-5 Hours


March 12, 2014
• Fmr. FAA Chief of Staff Michael Goldfarb Talks Missing Malaysian Flight; Criticism of a Chaotic Investigation; China Satellite Images May Show Crash Site
• Mystery of Flight 370; President Obama Meets With Ukrainian Prime Minister; Malaysian Officials Retracting, Clarifying Statements; Could FAA Warming Be Key to Plane Mystery?


March 11, 2014
• Obama Employs Comedic Talent To Push Obamacare; Is GPS Technology Lacking In The Hunt For Flight 370?; Kerry Rejects Invite For Sit-Down With Putin; 2014 Clues In Florida Special Election?; The Agony Of Not Knowing
• Mystery of Flight 370; Interpol: Terrorism on Flight "Unlikely"; Interview with Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon


March 10, 2014
• Father of Newtown Shooter Speaks Out In "New Yorker" Article; Stolen Passports Add To Missing Flight Fears; Would Snowden Do It All Over Again?; Kerry Not Heading To Moscow For Now
• Interview with New York Congressman Peter King; Search for Missing Airliner Continues; Father of Newtown Shooter Speaks Out; Mystery Deepens Over Vanished Flight; A Closer Look at Missing Plane's Crew


March 07, 2014
• Journalist Beaten On Street In Crimea; Rand Paul, Rick Perry Win Over CPAC; Is Money At Core Of Britain's Russia Stance?
• Crisis in Ukraine; Interview with Former U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley; Senate Blocks Sex Assault Bill; Crackdown on Journalists in Ukraine


March 06, 2014
• "Offensive And Disrespectful"; Sex Assault Bill Shot Down; Russia Begins Air Drills Near Ukraine Border; Competing Visions For Victory?
• Interview with Texas Governor Rick Perry; Crisis in Ukraine; Harsh Confrontation in Congress; Russia Begins Air Drills Near Ukraine Border


March 05, 2014
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; What To Do Next In Crimea?; Clinton Tries To Clarify Hitler Comments; Parallel Problems With Putin; Tempers Flare At IRS Scandal Hearing
• Interview With Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; Crisis in Ukraine; Report: Clinton Compares Putin's Moves to Hitler; U.S. to Step Up Presence in Poland


March 04, 2014
• Secretary of State John Kerry Arrives In Kiev; How Far Is U.S. Willing To Go To Punish Putin's Defiance?; Interview With Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey; Republicans Slam Obama On Ukraine; 161 Years An Error
• Crisis in Ukraine; Interview With Tennessee Senator Bob Corker; Kerry: Russia "Made Up" Reasons for Intervention; Ukrainian, Russian Warships on the Move


March 03, 2014
• Interview With Rep. Ed Royce of California; Obama Administration Considers Sanctions Against Russia; Interview With Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken; Ukraine: Russian Troops Cross Water Border; D.C., Baltimore And Philadelphia Blasted With Snow
• Crisis in Ukraine; Interview with Garry Kasparov; Cold War Reignites?


February 28, 2014
• President To Address Crisis In Ukraine
• Interview with Seth Rogen; Crisis in Ukraine; Clinton White House Documents Released; The Hidden Clinton Papers; Seth Rogen Calls Out No-Shows at Hearing


February 27, 2014
• Interview with Sen. John McCain
• President Obama Announces New Program; Russian Roulette


February 26, 2014
• Internal Army Review Disqualifies Nearly 600 Service Members From "Trust" Positions; Interview With Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York; Pope Benedict Breaks His Silence
• Judge Overturns Texas Same-Sex Marriage Ban; Three-Parent IVF Sparks "Designer Baby" Fears; Hidden Clinton Papers


February 25, 2014
• Arizona Governor Will Likely Veto Bill; Is "Let's Move!" Working?
• No U.S. Troops in Afghanistan?; Bill Clinton in Kentucky; Arizona Firestorm; Interview with Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey; Say It Ain't "Snow"


February 24, 2014
• U.S. To Mexico: Hand Over Drug Kingpin; A Legacy Of Laughter
• Harold Ramis Dies; Where Is Ukraine's President?; Interview With U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul; Is Acetaminophen Safe for Pregnant Women?; Freedom or Bigotry?


February 21, 2014
• A Real-Life "House Of Cards"; "Who Decides Which Stories Are Covered?"; Public Uproar Over Skating Scores
• Unrest in Ukraine; Turning Gays Away?; Interview with Tony Blinken; Religious Freedom or License to Discriminate?


February 20, 2014
• Bloodiest Day Of Ukrainian Conflict; President Cruz?; A $19 Billion Deal? Whatsapp With That?
• Interview With Texas Senator Ted Cruz; Violence Escalates in Ukraine; New Terror Warning; Christie Hears From Storm Victims at Town Hall; UPS Pilot's Schedule "Killing Him"


February 19, 2014
• U.S. Servicemen: Fukushima Made Us Sick; Possible Truce In Ukraine
• Unrest in Ukraine; Juror Comes Forward in Michael Dunn Trial; U.S. Army Outpost Accidentally Bombed By Air Force


February 18, 2014
• Bringing in Big Money for GOP; Nugent: Obama is "Sub-Human Mongrel"; CBO: Minimum Wage Hike May Cost Jobs; The Party The 1 Percent Doesn't Want You To See; Is Fallon's "Tonight Show" Built To Last?
• Extreme Turbulence; Interview With Senator John McCain; Severe Turbulence Leaves 5 People Hospitalized; College Football Players Push to Unionize


February 17, 2014
• Ranking American First Ladies' Legacies; Was Christin Cooper's Interview Too Pushy?; Still Wary Of The Water; The Lincoln Memorial, 100 Years Later
• Mitch McConnell in Trouble?; Is West Virginia Water Safe?; Syrian Town Scarred by Islamic Group; U.S. & Syria Point Fingers at Each Other


February 14, 2014
• Bill Maher "Meddling" In The Political Process, One-on-One Interview With Bill Maher; Program Matches Service Dogs With Disabled Vets
• Ted Cruz Under Fire; Travel Nightmare; Prisoners Released in Afghanistan Over U.S. Objections; Cruz Takes on GOP Critics


February 13, 2014
• 1.2 Million Air Travelers Grounded By Storm; Cable Merger Would Affect 30 Million Customers; Olympic Skier: No Regrets For Topless Pics
• Interview with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Winter Storm; Cable Merger; Biden, Biden Everywhere; Obamacare Sign-Ups Jump to 3.3 Million


February 12, 2014
• Southeast A Mess Due To Crippling Winter Storm; Progress On Syria Chemical Weapons Deal?; All Flights At Raleigh Airport Canceled; Debacle On The Roads In North Carolina; Drivers Abandoning Cars In North Carolina
• Interview With Georgia Governor Nathan Deal; Interview With Bill Maher; Winter Storm; Drama for GOP Over Debt Deal; Massive Traffic Jam in North Carolina


February 11, 2014
• Extolling The Virtues Of The U.S.-French Alliance; Tim Armstrong Controversy Brings Up Concerns Over Health Privacy; Breakthrough In Decades Old Missing Girls Case?; With A Little From My Foes; American Icon Shirley Temple Dies At 85
• How Should Republicans Take on Hillary Clinton?; Winter Weather; The Return of "Monicagate"


February 10, 2014
• Diane Blair's Files Revealed; Employer Mandate Partially Delayed; American Sent To North Korean Labor Camp
• NFL Prospect Comes Out; Time to Kill?; Top NFL Prospect Reveals He's Gay; Sage Speaks


February 07, 2014
• Rand: Clinton A "Sexual Predator"; Free After 21 Years Behind Bars; Japan's Beethoven; So Long, Farewell
• Olympic Opening Ceremonies Begin; Olympic Hijacking Scare; Jobs Report A Mixed Bag; Is LaGuardia "Third World"?


February 06, 2014
• Boehner: Immigration Delay Obama's Fault; "I Don't Need Him Campaigning For Me"; Subway's Bread: Same Ingredient As Yoga Mats?; Leno's Long, Long Goodbye
• Olympic Terror Threat; Interview with California Senator Dianne Feinstein; Leno's Next Move?; Head: Russia's Response to a Possible Attack; West Virginia Schools Dismiss Students Over Water Concerns


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