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August 28, 2008
• McCain's VP Choice; The Importance of Political Speeches; Conflicted in Iraq: To Stay or Go?
• Obama to Address Convention; Hurricane Heads for Cuba, Gulf Coast; McCain May Steal Dems Attention with VP Announcement; Homeland Security Secretary Addresses Storm Concerns and Preparations in Place
• Building Anticipation for Barack Obama's Historic Speech; Analysis of Democratic National Convention; Did Bill Clinton Seal the Deal with Hillary's Followers?
• Guessing Game: Who Will McCain Tap as Running Mate?; Obama's Big Speech; Vladimir Putin Speaks About Conflict with Georgia
• Anxiously Awaiting Obama's Historic Speech; Gustav Revs Up and Hits Carribean; Who Will McCain Tap as VP
• Democrats Making History and Putting Their Family Feud Behind Them; Desperate Situation in Northeast India Now Looking Even Worse; Russia Fails to Get Support from China and Other Asian Nations; High Gas Prices Making The World Thirsty for Ethanol; Taco Trucks Can Stay


August 27, 2008
• National Security Focus for Democratic Convention Day Three; Gustav to Become Major Hurricane?; Dora Torres' Surgery
• Critical Contents of Bill Clinton's Convention Speech; Joe Biden's Impact on Ticket; New Orleans Prepares for Gustav
• Biden & Bill Clinton to Speak at DNC Tonight; Activist Predicts Large Youth Turnout in November; Hurricane May Hit New Orleans; Deputy Fired Over Relationship with Missing Girl's Mother
• All Eyes on Bill Clinton Tonight; Hillary Clinton's Convention Speech; Energy Security Concern for Voters
• Clinton's Democratic National Convention Speech; Joe Biden to Bring the Heat; Iraq Steps up in Anbar
• Bill Clinton's Speech Highly Anticipated; U.S. Troops to Turn Over Anbar Province; Hillary Clinton Delivering Big in Denver: 'No Way, No How, No McCain'
• Hillary Clinton's Speech Examined; Preview of Convention Day Three; Tracking Tropical Storm Gustav; Political Divide Plays Out in Bangkok


August 26, 2008
• Democratic Spotlight Shines on Hillary Clinton; FAA Computer Glitch Impacts Flights Nationwide
• Senator Clinton Tasked to Deliver Unity with D.N.C. Speech; Women in Politics Honored; New Mexico Jail Break Leaves 5 Men Still at Large
• Clinton, Warner to Speak Tonight; Obama Advisor Evaluates First Night's Speeches; McCain Addresses Veterans about Improving Services; A Panel Discusses Obama's and McCain's View on the Economy
• Hillary Clinton to Address Democratic National Convention; Analysis of First Night of Convention; John McCain to Speak to American Legion Convention; Athletes For Obama
• How Conventions Work; Interview With Jesse Jackson, Jr.; Rare Disease Abundant in Pennsylvania
• Will Hillary Clinton's Convention Speech Bring Unity?; Are the Obamas That Different from Other American Families?; After New Mexico Jail Break, 5 Inmates are Still on the Run
• Michelle Obama Delivers Powerful Speech; Will Hillary Clinton's Speech Rally Dems to Unity?; Hurricane Gustav Takes Aim at Haiti


August 25, 2008
• Democrats United?; Plane Crashes During Little League Game; 15- Year-Old Suicide Bomber Captured in Iraq
• Day One for the Democrats; Obama in Dead Heat With McCain; Run for the Fallen; Biden's Economic Record
• Florida Begins Recovery From Fay; Democratic Nation Convention Begins; Democrats Face Rumors of Clinton Split Before Convention; Small Plane Crashes on Little League Field; Girl, 15, Caught with Suicide Vest in Iraq; How Does Biden Stack up on Economic Issues?
• Democratic Convention: Day One; John McCain Isn't Allowing Obama to Have Spotlight Just to Himself This Week; Biden on the Economy
• National Democratic Convention: Day One; Florida Still Flooded by Fay
• Final Democratic Convention Preparations; Preview of Today's DNC Activities; Spanish Airliner Crash Memorials
• Fay Has Finally Left Florida, But Flooding Continues; Iraqi Girl Duped into Suicide Bomb Vest; Convention Preparations Continue; Tornado Warnings Raised in Alabama; Beijing Olympics Handoff to London


August 24, 2008
• New McCain Attack Ad; New Poll Out Showing The Race Between Obama and McCain Changed Significantly; Hillary Clinton Decided to Release Her Delegates to Barack Obama; Madonna Slammed John McCain Comparing Him to Hitler; Plane Crash Rescue on Tape; Two Tornadoes Ripping in Colorado; Fair Tax Debate
• Flood Insurance Needed in Risky Areas; Virtual World Relationship Leads to Arrest; Dems Gather in Denver for Convention; Prisoners Practicing Yoga; A look at the Beijing Elections; Iraq Heroes Honored by Race.
• Politics and Money; Dead Zone; Talk Radio; I.O.U.S.A.; Top Financial Stories; Rising Tuition Costs
• Hillary Clinton Will Releases Her Delegates; McCain Launches New Attack Ads; No More Income Tax?
• Democratic Friendly Fire Used by McCain; Obama Attacks McCain on Number of Houses; Congressman Talks About Energy Legislation; Former Olympians Celebrate 60 Years


August 23, 2008
• Biden Chosen as Obama's Running Mate
• Obama Picks Biden for VP
• Senator Biden Introduced as Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee
• Obama and Biden Speak in Illinois; Examining the Democratic Ticket
• Preview of the Democratic Convention; More Discussion of Joe Biden
• Democratic Convention Preview; Biden Profile
• Obama Picks Biden; Tropical Storm Fay
• Senator Obama Picks Senator Joe Biden For VP Nominee
• Obama Picks Joe Biden as Running Mate; Tropical Storm Fay Rages On; Democratic Convention Preview


August 22, 2008
• V.P. Decision Time; Fay Continues to Pound Florida; Taxpayers Foot Convention Bills; Age Questions Dog Chinese Gymnasts
• Obama Running Mate; Fay's Fifth Day in Florida; Russia's Deadline: Troops Seen Leaving Occupied Georgia
• Who Will be Obama's V.P.?; U.S., Iraq Reach Agreement on Withdrawal; Fay Floods Florida; Gulf War Vet Could Lose Job Due to Watch List
• Awaiting Obama's VP Announcement; U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq 2011; Russian Withdrawal From Georgia?
• Waiting to Hear Obama's Pick for Running Mate; Preview of the Democratic National Convention; Buses Collide in New Jersey; Tropical Storm Fay Continues to Create Problems for Floridians
• Obama VP Drama; U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq Scheduled for 2011; Russian Forces on the Move in Georgia; International Olympic Committee Investigates Age Controversy on China's Gymnastic Team


August 21, 2008
• Waiting on Obama's Running Mate; Russian Troops Remain in Georgia; Russia Warns U.S. About Missiles in Poland
• Fay Soaks Central Florida; Hillary Clinton Holdouts; Rice in Baghdad
• Tropical Storm Fay Continues to Plague Florida; Obama Campaign Targets McCain for House Gaffe; Bullet Biker Crashes after High-Speed Chase
• Presidential Race Tightens; Fay's Third Strike Against Florida; New York Mayor has Big Green Dream
• Obama Campaigns with Virginia Governor; Fay Continues Flooding Florida; Ponzi Scheme at University of Miami
• Senator Obama Campaigns with Virginia Governor; Fay Lingers Over Florida; The Presidential Race Tightens; Phelps' Facebook Frenzy


August 20, 2008
• Over 100 Feared Dead in Spanish Runway Disaster; Obama Nears Running Mate Announcement
• Madrid Runway Crash; Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones in Critical Condition After Aneurysm; The Running Mates: Whom Will the Candidates Choose?
• Candidates Closer to Announcing VPs; Most Passengers Feared Dead in Madrid Runway Crash; Tropical Storm Fay Floods Florida; Poland Agrees to House Missile Defense for U.S.
• VP Announcements Expected Soon; McCain's Strategy: Lifted From Clinton Playbook?; Plane off Runway at Madrid Airport
• An Airliner Has Crashed in Spain; Suspense Builds Over Number 2 Spot; Violent Crimes Lead to City Curfews
• Awaiting Vice Presidential Announcements; Fay Lingers Over Florida's Coastline; A New Front In U.S. Missile Defense


August 19, 2008
• Veepstakes Near Finish Line; Tropical Storm Fay Pounds Florida
• Rain Turns Roads into Rivers in Oklahoma; Is Ethnic Cleansing Behind Russian Invasion?; Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Discusses New Book and Old Boundaries
• Obama to Announce VP Choice; Florida Copes with Fay; Schools Boost Security Measures; NATO Holds Emergency Meeting to Discuss State of Russia/Georgia Conflict
• Fay the Rainmaker; Candidates Close to Announcing VP Choices; Russia Not Honoring Their Agreement to Leave Georgia; Meet the 85 Year Old Great-Grandmother Who Nabbed a Theif; The Search Continues in the Grand Canyon
• Fay's Fury: The Tropical Storm Makes Landfall; When Will Obama Announce his Running Mate?; Former President Musharraf is Gone: What Will the U.S./Pakistan Relationship Become?
• Obama Speaks at Veterans of Foreign Wars' Convention; Tropical Storm Fay Moves Up Florida Peninsula; U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Face Suicide Bombers; Presidential Candidates Close to Naming Running Mates; Payoff in Gold for a Promising Athlete


August 18, 2008
• Tropical Storm Fay Threatens Florida; Russian Power Play
• Tropical Storm Fay Lashing Out at Florida; Changing of the Guard: Musharraf Out in Pakistan; West Nile Breeding Ground
• Hurricane Fay Heads for Florida; Nearly 200 Air-Lifted from Grand Canyon Flood; Pakistani President Resigns
• Cuba Taking Full Force of Tropical Storm Fay; Florida Braces for Storm; On the Move in Georgia?; Nearly Two Dozen People Unaccounted for in Grand Canyon
• Florida Braces for Impact From Fay; Flooding in the Grand Canyon; Governor Crist Addresses Weather Woes for his State
• John McCain Speaking at the National Convention for Veterans of Foreign Wars; Barack Obama Holding a Town Hall Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico


August 17, 2008
• Grand Canyon Dam Burst; John McCain Not Really in a Cone of Silence; Barack Obama Met With T. Boone Pickens; Tropical Storm Fay On the Way to Florida; Russian Troops Will Begin to Pullout Sometime Monday; Store Clerk Abducted in Texas Found Dead
• Tropical Storm Fay; Religion and the Election; The League of First Time Voters; Michael Phelps Gets Eight for Eight
• Olympic Highlights; Tropical Storm Fay; Faith and Politics
• Fay May Become Hurricane by Tomorrow; Presidential Campaigns Try to Guage Impact from Rick Warren's Forum; A Look at the Olympic Athletes of Yesteryear


August 16, 2008
• Evangelicals Gather at National Mall; Candidates Forum on Faith; Russia and Georgia Sign Peace Deal
• Russia and Georgia Sign Cease-fire; Faith and Politics; Olympic Highlights
• Russia-Georgia Conflict; Olympic Highlights; Evangelical Voters; Traveling Green; Wal-Mart Faces FEC Inquiry Over Political Intimidation
• Evangelicals Gather At The National Mall; Tropical Storm Fay heads for Florida Keys; Olympic High;ights
• Evangelical Rally; Russia-Georgia Peace Deal; Tropical Storm Fay


August 15, 2008
• Russia's Power Play; Mexico's Call to Action
• Georgia Signs Cease-Fire Agreement with Concessions to Moscow; Life in Prison, or Death? Convicted Killer's Fate in Question; Olympic Memories
• Georgian President Signs Cease-Fire Agreement; Men Lift Bus Off Pregnant Woman, Saving Baby; New Laptop Bag Design Eases Security Check for Passengers; What Michael Phelps Eats On a Daily Basis
• Heroic Rescue Effort in New York; Condoleezza Rice Holds Joint Conference With Georgian President
• Upcoming Winter's Heating Bills to Increase; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Georgia Today; Update on the Elections: McCain and Obama to Debate Saturday Night; Siberian Husky Swallows Fork and Survives
• Sex Offender's Release; Russian Invasion; Humanitarian Efforts, News Crews Under Attack; Russia Stirs Cold War Fears; Vigil for Arkansas Dem. Chairman; McCain Ad Fuels Web Debate; Dangling Workers Pulled Off Skyscraper; Donald Trump to Buy Ed McMahon's Mansion; Fairwells Online


August 14, 2008
• Louisiana Justice?; Inside a Palestinian Militant Group
• Cease-fire in Georgia Uncertain; Hartford Curfew Affects All Teens; Black Paper in Detroit Calls for Kilpatrick Resignation; Spain's Basketball Team Criticized for Pose
• Fighting Continues in Georgia; Dems to Have Chance to Vote for Hillary at Convention; Whites to be Minority by 2050; Inspectors Strive for Accuracy at the Pump
• Russian Invasion: Aid Shipments Arrive in Georgia; Pentagon Press Conference; Refugee Camp Being Set Up Outside of Tbilisi
• U.S. Military Provides Humanitarian Aid to Georgia, Spanish Basketball Team Photo Sparks Controversy at the Beijing Olympics; Team USA's Men's Basketball Team Defeats Greece; Fire in a Philadephia Destroys Upscale Apartment Complex
• Fire at Apartment Complex in Pennsylvania Now Under Control; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Diplomatic Mission; Critics Question Ages of Members in China's Gymnastics Team


August 13, 2008
• Condoleezza Rice Addresses Russia-Georgia Conflict; Arkansas Democratic Party Chair Shot
• Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Wounded in Attack; Shaky Cease-Fire Between Russia and Georgia; Web of Deception: Where's Caylee Anthony?; Window Washers Need Rescuing After Platform Collapses in Ft. Lauderdale
• Russian Troops Cross Georgia; Bush Express Support of Georgia; NYC to Increase Security; Military Subject to Extra Bag Charges on Airplanes' Four Day School Weeks Could Be in the Future?
• Russian Troops Still Advancing After Cease-fire; U.S. Women's Gymnastic Team Earn Silver
• Russian/Georgian Cease-Fire Challenged?; President Bush Speaks About Russian Invasion; Arkansas Town Under 24-Hour Curfew
• Russia Advances Again; More Manhattan Security Measures; Phelps Sets Another Record; Arkansas Town Under 24-hour Curfew


August 12, 2008
• War or Peace in Georgia?; Energy Stalemate Continues
• Georgians Say Attacks by Russian Forces Continue; Search Continues for Missing 3-Year-Old; America for Sale?


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