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December 26, 2006
• Tornadoes Damage Dozens of Homes Across Parts of Florida; Court Upholds Death Sentence for Saddam Hussein; War in Somalia
• Violent Storms; Hussein Death Sentence; War In Somalia
• Christmas Day Weather Hits Florida Hard; Saddam Hussein Death Sentenced Upheld; Earthquake Shakes Taiwan Coast


December 25, 2006
• Tragic Start to America's Fourth Christmas in Iraq; Iranian Officials Arrested in Iraq; Death of a Legend; Associate of Alexander Litvinenko Arrested


December 24, 2006
• Shooting in Wal-Mart in California; James Brown Hospitalized for Pneumonia; Peyton Manning Breaks Record; Pope Benedict Delivers Message in Rome
• U.S. Troops in Iraq on Christmas Day; Shooting in South Florida Mall; Bethlehem Celebrates Day Christ Was Born


December 23, 2006
• Is the U.S. About to Bring Back the Draft?
• Living Paycheck to Paycheck
• Denver Airport Opens Up Two Runways Today; Security Council Unanimously Votes Sanctions Against Iran
• U.N. Security Council to Impose Sanction on Iran; Passengers Still Facing Some Delays In Denver; U.S. Military Kills Senior Taliban Leader; Defense Secretary Gates Briefing President Bush; Security Flaws in Paris Airports; Tab Benoit Discusses "Hurricane on the Bayou"; Dr. Lee Dellon Interview
• Problems At Denver Airport Caused Ripple Effect; Tough Week For Airline Passengers In England; U.N. Security Council May Impose Sanctions Against Iran
• General Abizaid Announces Retirement; Rating Drivers Through Astrological Sign


December 22, 2006
• Press Conference On Dropped Duke Rape Charges; Two-Day Shutdown Of Denver's Airport Ends; Space Shuttle Discovery In Holding Pattern
• Rape Charges Dropped Against Duke Players; Denver Airport Reopens Some Runways; Movie Commemorates How Town Coped with Tragedy
• Rape Charges Dropped Against Duke Students; Denver Airport to Reopen after Snow Storm; Bush Visits with Wounded Soldiers; NASA Weighs Landing Site for Discovery
• Car Teeters on Colorado Bridge Over L.A. River; The Bush Presidency
• Cleanup in Denver After Major Winter Storm; Defense Secretary Robert Gates' Trip to Iraq
• Digging Out; Marines Charged; Operation Christmas


December 21, 2006
• U.S. Marines Expected to be Charged in Alleged Massacre of Iraqi Civilians; Denver Digs Out; Defense Secretary Visits American Troops in Iraq; Discovery Astronauts Discuss Landing
• Staff Sergeant Charged with 13 Counts of Murder; Denver Snow Leads to Travel Snags; War of Words Between Rosie, Trump
• Colorado Socked by Snow; Flights Delayed in London by Fog; Part of New Orleans Floods; Charges to be Announced for Haditha Murders; Test Might Detect Alzheimer's; Rosie Feuds with The Donald
• Deep Freeze in Denver; Detecting Alzheimer's
• Blizzard Blues; Teens & Drugs; Video Values; Bonus Time!; Baby Jesus Returns
• Blizzard Leaves Denver Paralyzed; President Bush's Plan to Boost Ranks of Military


December 20, 2006
• New Defense Secretary Visits Iraq; Authorities Reclassify Mount Hood Search as Recovery Effort; Blizzard Blasts Colorado
• Bush To Decide New Iraq War Policy; Interview with General Richard Cody; Blast of Winter Weather Blankets Denver
• Bush Backs Off from Comments on Iraq; More Troops Considered for War; Already Taxed Recruiters May Have to Boost Military; Defense Secretary Visits Iraq
• America's New Defense Secretary Arrives in Iraq Overnight; Clues From Mt. Hood
• President Bush Holds Year-End News Conference
• News Defense Secretary Takes Trip to Iraq; Iraq Troop Levels Debated; Wild Winter Weather Hits Denver; FDA Wants Stronger Warnings On Aspirin


December 19, 2006
• Race Against Time on Mount Hood; FDA Proposes New Labels For Over-the-Counter Painkillers; Government Warns of Social Security E- mail Scam; Small-Car Safety Reports; Two Suspects Arrested in Ipswich Murders; Dick Cheney Called To Be Defense Witness In CIA Leak Trial
• FDA Warns about Side Effects of Pain Killers; Families Holding out Hope for Missing Hikers; Warring Factions Fight in Palestinian Streets; Pentagon Considers Boosting Troop Levels in Iraq; Train Derails in Chicago; Iranian President's Supporters Lose Elections; Tips On Preventing Skin Cancer
• Searchers Look for Missing Hikers; White House Proposes Increasing Troop Levels; Train Derails in Chicago; Criminals Wearing Police Uniforms in Baghdad; Mini Cars Put to Safety Test
• News Conference on Search for Missing Climbers
• Troubled Tiara; Mt. Hood Search
• The Fight For Iraq; Missing Climbers; Gaza Gunfights; Phillips Sentenced To Life; Small Car Safety; Fatal Plane Crash; Ministries At Work
• Laura Bush Had Skin Cancer Removed in November; Urgency for Rescue Teams On Mt. Hood Driven Impending Storm


December 18, 2006
• One Climber Found Dead on Mount Hood; Robert Gates Sworn in as New Defense Secretary
• Dead Hiker Identified; Bob Gates Sworn in as Defense Secretary; Aid Workers Kidnapped in Iraq; Shuttle Crew Does Historic Space Walk; Iran President's Party Takes Hit at Polls; Crime on the Rise in U.S.
• Dead Hiker Identified; Suspect Arrested in Ipswich Killings; Robert Gates Sworn in as New Defense Secretary
• News Conference on Search for Climbers Missing in Oregon
• President Bush Sealing a Nuclear Deal; Body of Missing Climber Identified on Mount Hood
• Tragedy On Mount Hood; Serial Killer Arrest; Iraq Strategy; Holiday Deliveries; Charitable Gifts
• Urgent Mission on Mount Hood; Accused Serial Killer Faces Police Questioning


December 16, 2006
• FBI Fears al Qaeda Reprisals as Blind Sheik Falls Ill, Mt. Hood Search Continues, Florida, California Impose Temporary Moratorium on Lethal Injections
• A Paycheck Away; Search for Missing Mt. Hood Climbers Continues
• Searchers Return to Mountain as Weather Clears; Missouri Man Shoots Children, Wife, Self; Senator Johnson's Condition Improves
• New Bombshells Rock Duke Rape Case; Man Shot and Killed Five People in Kansas City, Missouri; New Attempts to Bridge Sunni/Shia Gap
• Last-Minute Holiday Shopping; Discovery Astronauts Prepare for Work; Drunken Englishman Disrupts Railway Service
• At Least Six People Dead after Windstorm in Pacific Northwest; Doctors Say Tim Johnson is Getting Better; Hamas Denounces Mahmoud Abbas's Latest Move; Scheduled Work at International Space Station Today
• Mountain Climber Searchers Get Break in Weather; Lack of Power in Pacific Northwest; Gift Card Scams


December 15, 2006
• Brutal Weather Hampers Mount Hood Rescue Efforts; Rumsfeld's Send-off; Breast Cancer on the Decline; Return To Vidor, Texas
• Tribute Held For Donald Rumsfeld On His Last Day As Defense Secretary; Ground Search For Three Missing Climbers On Mt. Hood Continues; Attacks Across Iraq Sharply Lower Today; Senator Tim Johnson Remains In Critical Condition But On Course For Recovery; Norman Francis Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom; Prince William's Commissioning Ceremony Cause For Celebration At Britain's Royal Military Academy
• New Note Discovered from Missing Hikers; Rumsfeld Saluted in Farewell Ceremony
• Missing Climbers; The Fight For Iraq; Eye on Iran; Senator Hospitalized; Wii Warning
• Wild Weather Puts Search for Mt. Hood Climbers on Hold; Rumsfeld's Last Day on the Job; Breast Cancer Decline
• Latest on Search for Three Missing Climbers on Mount Hood; Implications of Senator Tim Johnson's Illness on Control of Senate


December 14, 2006
• Weather Hampers Mount Hood Rescue Efforts; Democratic Senator Remains in Critical Condition; Blind Sheik Falls Ill; British Police Release Final Report on Death of Princess Diana
• FBI Bulletin Warns Law Enforcement to be Vigilant of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman Dies; Police Quarantine Class at Elementary School in Willingboro, New Jersey; Senator Tim Johnson's Illness Could Return Control to GOP; Raphael Shore, Nonie Darwish Discuss "Obsession"; Golden Globe Award Nominees
• Democratic Senator Undergoes Emergency Brain Surgery; Senators Visit Leaders in Iraq; Another Murder Victim Identified in Ipswich; Rescuers Still Searching for Missing Hikers
• Democratic Senator in Critical Condition
• Senator Tim Johnson in Critical Condition After Brain Surgery; Princess Diana Report Released; Strategy Shift in Iraq?
• Johnson Diagnosed; Balance of Power; Princess Diana Report; The Fight For Iraq; Strategy Session; New U.N. Leader


December 13, 2006
• President Bush Meets With Top Military Leaders; British Authorities Target Potential Serial Killer; Saudi Arabia to Back Sunnis in Iraq?; Tenor Walks Offstage During La Scala's "Aida", Actor Peter Boyle Dies at 71
• President Bush At The Pentagon Meeting With Senior Pentagon Officials; British Police Hunting For Possible Serial Killer; Concern By Sunni Leaders in Middle East That U.S. Pullout In Iraq Could Deteriorate Situation Further; World Awaits Scotland Yard Report On Princess Diana's Death
• Military to Share Suggestions for Iraq; Serial Killer Targets Women in London; Families Hold Out Hope for Missing Hikers; FDA Weighs Extra Warnings for Anti-Depressants
• Violence in Iraq Continues; Saudi Arabia Threatens U.S. Over Potential Iraqi Pullout; Search Is On For British Serial Killer
• Iraq: What Next?; Insurgents in Iraq Launch Another Round of Car Bombings; Missing Climbers
• Iraq: What Next?; Crash In California; Search For A Killer; The Fight For Iraq


December 12, 2006
• Florida Police Search For Missing Baby; Three Hikers Missing on Oregon's Mount Hood; Racism in America; Various Groups Unite in Iran to Deny Holocaust
• White House: New Iraq Plan Will Likely Come in January; President Bush Holding Series of Strategy Sessions on Iraq; Couple Found Dead In Car in North Carolina; At Least 60 Killed In Baghdad While Waiting For Work; Some Politicians Don't Know Difference Between Sunni and Shiite; "Taking the Hill" Discussed
• Suicide Bomber in Baghdad Targets Workers; Palestinians Respond to Child Killings; Missing South Carolina Couple Found Dead; Taco Bells Reopen Despite No Answers to E. Coli Scare; Iraq Study Group Report Criticized
• Bush Meets With Yet Another Islamic Leader From Iraq Today
• The Fight For Iraq; New Jersey Medal Plant Fire; Missing Couple Dead; Tree Controversy; Palestinian Violence
• Iraqi Violence Continues, South Carolina Missing Couple Found Dead; Oregon Climbers Still Missing; Incoming Intelligence Panel Chairman Has Intelligence Questioned


December 11, 2006
• President Bush Ponders New Iraq Strategy; Former Chilean Dictator Dies; Space Shuttle Discovery Prepares to Dock With International Space Station; Almost 200 Cruise Passengers Catch Virus; Democrats Vow To Change Paid Leave Options For Millions Of Americans
• President Bush in Listening Mode; Iraqi Leaders' View on Iraq Study Group Report; Poisoned Spy; A Soldier's Story
• Iraqi Prime Minister in Political Trouble?; South Carolina Couple Missing; German Police Watching Suspect in Spy Poisoning; Kofi Annan Bids Good-Bye; Search on for Three Hikers in Oregon
• Deep Political Divisions in Iraq; Way Forward in Iraq Tops President Bush's Agenda This Week; Contract Killings Not Uncommon in Russia
• Iraq Study Group's Suggestion That U.S. Engage Iran And Syria In Talks About Iraq Leads To More Debate Than Resolve, In Washington And Iraq
• Iraq Strategy; Top Iraqi Leaders Blast Iraq Study Group Report; The Obama Effect; Poisoned Spy Mystery
• Political Pressure; Princess Diana's Death; Jefferson Reelected; Crisis In Lebanon; Toy Story; Iraq Strategy


December 10, 2006
• Princess Diana Conspiracy Theory; Beating the Cold; Cut the Fat, or Else!
• William Jefferson Reelected In Landslide Runoff; Fires Break Out In Santiago; Preparing for Survival
• The Diana Debate; Top Iraqi Leaders Blast Iraq Study Group Report; Reaching out to Iran?; Former Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet Dies; Beirut Protests; Spy's Widow Speaks; Trauma of War
• Iraqi President Disapproves of Baker-Hamilton; Hezbollah-backed Protests Resume in Lebanese Capital; New Report Says U.S. Intelligence Bugged Princess Di's Phone


December 09, 2006
• Discovery Set to Launch Tonight, Many in Midwest Still Without Power, Rumsfeld Makes Farewell Iraq Visit
• Did an Unlocked Gate Lead to James Kim's Death?; Movie Shines Spotlight on Conflict Diamonds
• James Kim's Family's Ordeal; Discovery Launch Plan Still On; Power Coming Back on for Storm-Battered Families in Illinois; Baghdad's Fabled Tigris River A Dumping Ground For Sectarian Death Squads; Bees Could Be Defense Against Terrorist Attacks; NYC Places Controversial Ban On Trans Fat
• New Questions On Tragic James Kim Death; Power Returns For Some Illinois Families; Picking Out Christmas Gifts For The Gadget Geek; Task of Iraqi River Patrol Is to Recover Bodies; Bush Praises Iraq Study Group's Work But Remains Vague On Recommendations
• Power Returning in Illinois; President Bush Talking About Iraq Study Group Recommendations; Donald Rumsfeld Days As Defense Secretary Almost Over; Sportscaster In New Orleans Suspected Of Murdering Wife; Survival in the Wilderness; Man To Run Antarctic Race
• Mall Grenade; Attack Foiled; Law Office Shooting in Chicago; Power Returns in Decatur, Illinois; Wilderness Survival Techniques; President Reacts to Iraq Study Group Report; Dr. Marc Siegel Discusses Trans Fat


December 08, 2006
• House Ethics Committee Ends Investigation Into Mark Foley Scandal; New Cargo Security Deal Raises Controversy; Michael Chertoff Interview
• House Ethics Committee Briefing on Foley Case; Heart Stent Safety; Democrats In Congress Promising Longer Hours And More Meetings; Terror Suspect Derrick Shareef Arrested
• Plot to Bomb Malls Foiled; House Ethics Committee to Report on Foley Investigation; Rumsfeld Bids Good-Bye to Pentagon Staff; Bush to Consult with Cabinet, Commanders on Iraq; Movie Draws Attention to Conflict Diamonds
• Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick has Died at the Age of 80; Floor Collapse in High-Rise Construction Site in Arlington, Virginia; Rumsfeld Holds Last Pentagon Town Hall Meeting
• White House Meets With Lawmakers On ISG Report; Iraq Reacts To ISG Report Recommendations; Rumsfeld Holds Last Town Hall Meeting
• Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, 80, Dies; Wesley Snipes Taken into Custody This Morning


December 07, 2006
• President Bush Meets With British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Iraq Study Group Grilled By Senate Lawmakers; Bad Weather Threatens Space Shuttle Launch; New Orleans Sportscaster Under Investigation For Shooting Death Of His Wife; Tornado Hits London; Autopsy Shows Missing Father Died of Hypothermia, Exposure
• Former Russian Spy Poisoned, in Coma; Senate Armed Services Committee Questions Iraq Study Group Report's Co-Chairs; Space Shuttle Discovery Hours Away From Blastoff; Father's Efforts To Save Family In Oregon Wilderness Are Called Superhuman; Press Conference On Milwaukee Explosion; Grammy Nominees Announced


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