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May 11, 2009
• 5 Coalition Troops Killed in Baghdad; Former Soldier May Get Death Penalty for Iraqi Rape, Murders; Hundreds Die in "Safety Zone"; The "Top Gun" Pilot Turns Space Shuttle Commander; Cuban-Americans Divided on Travel Ban


May 10, 2009
• Pakistan Losing Ground to Insurgents?; Battling the Taliban in Afghanistan
• Party Heavyweights Spar over GOP's Future Path; Gingrich Questions Pelosi's Truthfulness; Pakistani Government Claims Significant Progress in its Military Offensive; Obama Taunts His Critics, Mocks Himself; Tyson Beckford: Model, Actor, Inspiration
• Dick Cheney on Torture; Obama and the Correspondents; Pope is on Historic Visit to the Middle East; Severe Weather in the Deep South, Central Plains; Chicago Deadliest Place in America for Kids
• Intense Fighting in Pakistan; Pope Visits Jordan; White House Correspondents Dinner Moments


May 09, 2009
• White House Hosts Correspondents Association Dinner Tonight; White House Aide Resigns Over Air Force One Fly-Over; A Debate Over Legalizing Marijuana Begins; NASA Makes 1st-time Rescue Plans for a Shuttle Launch.
• More California Damage from Wildfires; Severe Weather Strikes Again
• Severe Weather Rips Through the South; Santa Barbara Still Threatened by Wildfires
• Washington's Big Night; President Takes on the Press
• Proper Strategy in Afghanistan; Wildfires in California Continue; Marijuana Legalization
• Kentucky Tornado; Severe Weather; Pakistan-Afghanistan Dilemma; High-Tech Tapas; Wedding for Homeless Couple
• At Least 5 People Have Been Killed in Damaging Storms Across Midwest; Director of White House's Military Operations Resigning Over Flyover Photo-Op; War Is Raging in Pakistan's Swat Valley; Pope Benedict XVI's Middle East Trip
• Will Dems Hold Power Until 2049?; 20 People Injured in Trolley Crash; Making Movies in Michigan; Protecting Pakistan From the Taliban; Preview of Summer Movies


May 08, 2009
• California Burns
• Getting a Job: How Do You Reinvent Yourself?; Victims Billed For Rape Kits; Are You on the FBI Watch List?; Afghan President Karzai, "U.S. Airstrike Killed Hundreds of Civilians"
• Alumni Associations Can Be Job Resource; Unemployment is Hazardous to Your Health; Thousands Flee Fighting in Pakistan's Swat Valley; Former Baseball Player Arrested in Child Support Case; California Wildfires Continue to Rage; Obama Urges Extended Unemployment for Students; Wildfire Flares Up Overnight; Investigations, Charges for Voter Registration Group
• President Obama Outlines Initiative to Help Unemployed; California Wildfire; Murder Near Campus; White House Moms; Pasta Lady Hits the Road; "The Help Desk"; Bailout for Mothers; Tornado on Ground in SE Missouri
• Santa Barbara Burning, Murder Near Campus; Out of Work, But in School; Jobs Report Boosts Stocks; New Study Shows Laid Off Workers At Risk for Health Problems; President Obama Announces New Help for the Unemployed; Murder Suspect Stephen Morgan Arraigned
• Drew Peterson Arrested on Murder Charge; Unemployment Rate Climbs to 8.9 Percent; Firefighters Continue to Battle California Wildfires; U.S. Troop Surge Begins in Afghanistan; U.S. Air Strikes Kill Dozens in Afghanistan; Preteen Enjoys Life as College Sophomore; Wind Turbines Promise Green Jobs; Teen Cancer Patient Fights to Refuse Chemotherapy
• Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Discusses Job Reports, Economy; Affording College: Challenge for High School Seniors; New Unemployment Numbers are Out; Job Loss Can Make You Sick; President Obama & Gay Rights


May 07, 2009
• Fire Out of Control in Santa Barbara; Obama, Sharpton, Bloomberg and Gingrich Meet
• Small Town Texas Cops Allegedly Bilked Motorists; Couple Fights Off Wildfire From Bunker; Parents Opting to Not Vaccinate Kids
• Suspect in University Shooting Still at Large; Defense Secretary Visits Troops in Afghanistan; Pakistanis Flee to Escape Fighting; Conditions Improve for Fighting Santa Barbara Blaze; President Obama Holds Education Meeting; Texas Town Claims Seized Funds Used Lawfully; Warning about Testosterone Gel; Deal Possible for British Woman Jailed in Laos; Connecticut College Warns against At- Large Gunman
• Santa Barbara Burning; Cutting $17 Billion Worth of Programs; Banks' Bottom Lines Revealed; Farmers Weather the Money Crunch; Talking Wind in Windy City; Ambassador of Abstinence; Teens & Sex; Stress Test Explainer
• Southern California Wildfires; Bank Stress Test Results; President Obama's Budget Cuts; Wesleyan Gunman Manhunt: Shooter Targeted College, Jewish Community; Santa Barbara Burning; Afghanistan Tensions Remain in Light of Continuing Attacks
• Fast-Moving Wildfires Continue Assault on Southern California; Defense Secretary Gates: "No U.S. Ground Forces to Pakistan"; Specter Gets Subcommittee Chairmanship; Obama Announces $17B Budget Cut; Connecticut College Shooter Might be Targeting Students
• Congress Receives Obama's Budget; Can the Banks Stand on Their Own?; State of Emergency in Southern California; Bristol Palin Pitches Abstinence to Teens; The Value of Medical Tests; Pakistan Hits Taliban Positions; Pot Tax Under Consideration


May 06, 2009
• President Obama Meets With Leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan; Elizabeth Edwards Speaks Out
• Taliban Threat Against U.S. Troops; Security Breach at Pentagon; Afghan, Pakistan Leaders in D.C.; Cash For Clunkers: One Year Program Offers Thousands in Credits; Woman Wins Lottery Five Times; Fate of GITMO Prisoners; It's a Shakedown: Texas Town's D.A., Police Accused of Highway Robbery
• Conservative Radio Host Banned from Britain; Face-Transplant Recipient Appears Publicly; Secretary of State Praises Afghanistan, Pakistan Cooperation; Taliban Leader Vows to Kill U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan
• Afghan-Pakistan Challenges; Switching Parties & Seniority; Cash for Clunkers; Legalizing Online Gambling; Specter To Undergo Democratic Caucus Discussions On Whether He Can Keep His GOP Seniority, Chair Powerful Committees
• Afghanistan/Pakistan Summit in D.C.; Fighting a 'Shared Threat'; Living in Poverty in Afghanistan; Bustle is Back in Mexico City; Q&A With Ali Velshi; Creativity Secret Uncovered With Animoto; New Face, New Life
• Obama, Clinton Meet with Afghan, Pakistani Presidents; Top Banks Might Need Additional Financial Cushion; 2 Marines Dead After Chopper Crash; Options Available for College Financing; Police Accused of Shakedown; President Obama Supports "Cash for Clunkers" Deal
• What Happened to That Photo-Op Picture of Air Force One Over NYC?; Watch Dog Group Looking at Lenders; Top 10 Cities for College Grads; U.S. Teacher with Swine Flu Dies; Priest Sorry Over Photos; D.C. City Council Approves Marriage Bill


May 05, 2009
• Elizabeth Edwards Speaks Out; Interview With Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak
• President Obama and Middle East Peace; U.S. Security Concerns; Testing the Banks
• Taliban Vows to Kill U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan; Number of Teen Gang Murders in Chicago Growing; Dallas Cowboys 911 Audio Released; Authorities Cancel School Closure Recommendation; Economy Makes it Cheaper to Tear Down Homes Instead of Sell; Obama to Meet with Israeli President; Pakistani Military Challenges Taliban Stronghold; Report to Show Strength of Banks; Still No Help for Some Homeowners; New Insights into Brain, Autism
• Feeling Stressed; Solar Power From Space; Dallas Cowboys' Tragedy; The Help Desk; Questions About Edwards Mistress; President Obama, Israeli President to Meet; Pakistan and Nuclear Security; Is Your Bank Stressed Out?
• Bank Stress Tests; U.S. Push for Mideast Peace; Feeling Stressed?; Critics Call it Stimulus Waster; Targeting the Taliban; 97% of Income Goes to Mortgage; Teens Acquitted of Racial Attack
• Economy Shows Signs of Recovery; President Obama to Meet with Israel's President; Taliban Vows to Kill U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan; Alleged Serial Killer Might Have Led Double Life; College Seniors Struggle to Find Jobs; Utility Wants to Get Solar Power from Space
• New Source for Knowledge on Web; Obama and Netanyahu to Meet; Elizabeth Edwards Speaks Out; Mexicans Seeking Faith-Based Cure


May 04, 2009
• Chicago Student Killings; Swine Flu Cases on the Rise
• Corporate Tax Crackdown; State of the Outbreak; 8-Week Job Audition; Remembering Jack Kemp
• Is Swine Flu Peaking?; Obama Plans to Sew Up Tax Loopholes; Restaurant Workers Suing Employer for Firing over MySpace Chats; No Privacy Online, Internet Privacy Expert Warns
• Corporate Tax Crackdown; 1918 Flu Survivor Speaks; Job Seekers Get Plastic Surgery; Buffett: Out of the Quicksand; Sen. Specter Holds Town Hall: White House Briefing
• Cracking Down on Offshore Tax Havens; Inside an Isolation Ward; Making a Career Change; Quarantined in Hong Kong; Treasury Secretary Geithner, President Obama Announce New Corporate Tax Codes; Dallas Cowboys Canopy Collapse
• No Cost of Living Increase for Social Security; HHS Monitors Swine Flu from "War Room"; Taliban Control Appears to Move South; Unemployed Get 8-Week Audition; Number of Homeless Families Growing
• NYC Reopens School Affected by Swine Flu; Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Discusses U.S. Response to Swine Flu Outbreak; Sestak Casts Doubt on Specter's True Affiliation, May Challenge Specter Come Primary; Getting Fired for MySpace Comments


May 03, 2009
• Severe Weather Strikes Central United States; Dallas Cowboys Practive Facility Damaged by Wind
• Dallas Cowboys Staffer Paralyzed; Republican Rebranding; Laura Bush Back in Spotlight; Tony Dungy Tackles Life after Football; Chrysler Car Owners Reminisce about Glory Days
• Dallas Cowboys Run for Cover; H1N1 Flue Cases Climbing; President Obama Mulls Court Choice; Remembering Jack Kemp
• Researchers Invent Smart Pill; Homelessness Rises Among Former Middle Class Americans; Warren Buffett Says Worse Part of Touch Economy Could be Over; More Americans Start Gardens
• Microburst Storm Collapses Cowboys' Training Facility; Swine Flu Spread Continues
• Swine Flu Cases Continue to Grow; Dallas Cowboys Practice Facitility Damaged in Storm


May 02, 2009
• Swine Flu Continues to Spread;
• Flue Outbreak Continues to Spread; Mexico Claims Flu Cases Leveling Out
• Swine Flu Update; Finding a Supremem Court Replacement
• Severe Weather Strikes Central United States; Dallas Cowboys Practive Facility Damaged by Wind
• 12 Injured When Practice Facility Collapses; Mexican Man Dies in Brawl: White Teens Acquitted of Murder; H1N1 Flu Update
• Cowboys Practice Bubble Collapses; Italian Automaker Fiat Could Become New Owner of U.S. Automaker Chrysler
• CDC H1N1 News Briefing; Swine Flu Fear Spreading; Republicans Image Reshape Attempt; Cuban-American Restrictions Travel Loosened; Pennsylvania Teens Murder Acquittal
• CDC H1N1 News Briefing; Swine Flu Fear Spreading; Republicans Attempt to Reshape Image; Cuban-American Restrictions Travel Loosened; Pennsylvania Teens Murder Acquittal
• 141 Confirmed U.S. Cases of Swine Flu; Is H1N1 Fear Greater Than the Threat?; Justice David Souter Retiring; Kentucky Derby Happening Today; Jurors Find Defendants of a Hate Crime Guilty of Only Assault


May 01, 2009
• FDA Links Hydroxycut to Liver Damage; Justice David Souter Retires
• In Search of Souter's Successor; Swine Flu Fears Put Classes on Hold; What About My Chrysler?; White House Daily Press Breifing
• President Obama Talks About the Swine Flu, Says No Cause For Alarm; Swine Flu Grows to 360 Cases in 11 Countries; Travel Experts Insist Public Transportation Remains Safe; FEMA Trailer Residents Must Move Today
• Justice Souter Plans to Retire in June; Impact of a Vicious Virus; Road Ahead for Chrysler
• Justice David Souter to Leave Bench at End of Term; Impact of a Vicious Virus; CNN Hero: Bartender Turns World Activist With Wine To Water Campaign; Who Might Replace Justice Souter?
• Swine Flu Spreads; Supreme Court Justice Souter Expected to Retire; House Passes Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights; April Deadliest Month of 2009 for U.S. Troops, Iraqi Civilians; Cubans Warming to U.S. Relationship; Pakistanis Push Back against Taliban; How to Evaluate Danger of Swine Flu
• Justice Souter Expected to Retire this Summer; Priests Told to Wash Hands; Torture by a Royal Family Member; Pontiac Being Retired


April 30, 2009
• Deadly Flu Spreads; Captain Phillips Testifies Before Congress
• White House Press Briefing Addresses Swine Flu Outbreak; Flu Scare Prompts School Closures; Flu Fear on the Move; Core employers Abandoning Small North Carolina Town; Swine Flu: Then & Now; When You Can't Pay Child Support: Recession Layoffs Hitting American Families
• HHS Provides Swine Flu Update; Chrysler to Merge with Fiat; Pig Farmers Say "Swine Flu" Name is Faulty; Medical Experts: Flu Virus Not Highly Contagious Yet; Some in Montana Want Guantanamo Bay Prisoners
• Building Friendships Through Building Schools in Ethiopia; Chrysler Filing Chapter 11; President Obama on Auto Industry; No Jobs: A Family Fights Back; Chrysler Filing Chapter 11; Grading the President
• Chrysler Filing Chapter 11; Flu Fears Close Schools; Mexican Village at Center of Killer Virus; Lessons From 1976 Swine Flu Scare; CDC Director Provides Update on Swine Flu Outbreak Numbers, Information
• Did Obama Focus Enough on Economy?; Chrysler Plans to File for Bankruptcy; WHO: 154 Confirmed Flu Cases, Thousands More Suspected; Biden's Swine Flu Comments Draw Fire; Lack of Fuel Efficiency Might Have Doomed Chrysler; In Mexico City, Lines of Sick People, Medics in Biohazard Suits
• Chrysler to File for Bankruptcy; Swine Flu Spreads; Bank of America Chairman Out; Music Helping Us Stay Healthy; One Sneeze Can Make Many Sick


April 29, 2009
• Swine Flu Claims First U.S. Victim; Why Did Arlen Specter Leave Republican Party?
• The Audacity of Diversity; Swine Flu Confirmed at California Marine Base
• First U.S. Swine Flu Death Confirmed; Agriculture Secretary Vilsack: "It's Safe to Eat Pork"; iPill Could Direct Treatment through GPS; The Swagga That Puts the Flava in the President's Step; Six Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad
• Continued Coverage: President Obama Holds Town Hall in Missouri; Federal Health Officials Confirm 91 Cases of Swine Flu in 10 U.S. States; Chrysler Striking Deal With Fiat, GM Still Working it Out
• Mexico Struggling to Contain Swine Flu Outbreak; CDC News Conference Updating Swine Flu Status, Numbers in the U.S.; President Obama Holds Town Hall in Missouri
• Author: Flu Strikes in Waves; Triple Car Bombing in Sadr City Kills at Least 18; Recent College Grads Grade Obama's First 100 Days; Students Injured in North Carolina School Bus Accident; First-Quarter GDP Shows 6.1 Percent Decline
• First U.S. Swine Flu Death; Mexican Tourist Trade Stricken; Furor Over Photo-Op Flight; Connecticut Educator Acknowledge; Influential Black Group Rates Obama's First 100 Days


April 28, 2009
• Interview With South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint; Interview With Former U.S. Congressman Pat Toomey
• Senator Arlen Specter Divorcing Fellow Republicans, Live Coverage of Announcement; White House Press Briefing; CDC Briefing: "Five Hospitalized Cases of Swine Flu"; Lt. Gen. Russel Honore: America Must Become "Overresourced" For National Emergencies
• Arlen Specter Switches Parties; Coping with the Swine Flu; American, Cuban Officials Break Silence; Six Olympic Athletes Test Positive for Doping; Report Questions Nation's Flu Readiness; RNC Chair to Specter: "Good Riddance"
• Sen. Arlen Specter Switches Parties; Economic Hope; "The Help Desk"; Mexico City Shuts Businesses; Arlen Specter to Switch Parties
• Swine Flu Checks at Borders; Pandemic: Are we Ready?; $3.4 Trillion Budget Deal; President Obama to FBI: "We Must Think Anew and Act Anew" in 21st Century; Two Views of Obama: His Personality vs. His Policies
• "Real People" Weigh in on Obama's First 100 Days; Regulators Press Citigroup, Bank of America for More Capital; Some Progress on Obama's Energy Goals; Despite Swine Flu Fear, Mexico City Subways Still Packed
• Swine Flu Numbers Grow, Concerns Spread; Positive Effects in Afghanistan; Swine Flu and Twitter


April 27, 2009
• Swine Flu Fears; Manhunt For Professor Continues
• Swine Flu Spreads Abroad; White House Weighs Cheney Request on Torture Memos; White House Press Briefing: Questions About President's Possible Contact With Swine Flu Carrier; Outbreak of Fear: We Fear What We Do Not Know; Low-Flying Plane Sparks Panic in NYC
• Earthquake Hits in Mexico; Mexico Officials Increase Flu Suspected Death Estimate to 149; GM Cuts 23,000 Jobs, Ends Pontiac Line; Expert: Common Sense, Not Fear, Should Guide Travel Decisions
• Swine Flu Outbreak Hits Texas High School; Flu Fears on Wall Street: Airline Stocks Drop, Pharmaceuticals Up; Mexico City Rocked by Earthquake
• Swine Flu: U.S. Documented Cases Doubles, Jumps to 40; Bye-Bye Smokey and the Bandit: The Retirement of the Pontiac Division After 83 Years; Is it the Perfect Time to be a First-Time Home Purchaser?; Viewer Swine Flu Questions Answered; The First 100 Days: Impact of President's Housing Policies
• Mexico City Bans Public Gatherings to Contain Flu Spread; Flu Could Affect Global Economy; Experts Grade Obama's Progress on Economy; Swine Flu Kills 100 in Mexico, Strikes 8 Countries Overall, Including U.S.; Despite Expense, LED Bulbs the Next Big Energy-Saver
• President Obama Addresses Swine Flu Outbreak: "No Need For Alarm"; Flu Fears on Wall Street; Presidential Challenge: Fix the Banks; Is TARP Working?; Keeping You and Your Family Safe During a Public Health Crisis


April 26, 2009
• Swine Flu Deemed Public Health Emergency; 7 Fans Injured at NASCAR Race; Chrysler Cuts a Deal; Grading the President's First 100 Days; Michelle Obama's First 100 Days Also Being Graded
• Swine Flu Outbreak Update; Severe Weather Strikes Areas of the US


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