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August 02, 2009
• Navy Pilot's Remains Found; Americans Detained in Iran; White House Touts Positive Economic News; Afghan Prepares to Vote; Drought Threatens Texas Farmers; McCain Full of Doubt; Unemployment Problems Continue; Electrocuted in Iraq
• American Navy Pilot's Remains Found; Three American Hikers Detained in Iran; Popular Cash for Clunkers Program; Disney World Increases Ticket Prices
• Navy Pilot's Remains Found in Iraq 18 Years After Death; Three American Hikers Detained in Iraq; Cash for Clunkers; /Gunman Kills Two at Tel Aviv Gay Teen Center; Health Care Reform on Hold for August Recess; July Breaks Weather Records


August 01, 2009
• Americans Detained in Iran; Authorities Following Two Motives in Florida Couple's Killing; Clunkers Program May Get Additional $2 Billion; Black Workers in Philadelphia Claim Discrimination; Six People Shot Outside Chicago; Doctor Fights for the Disenfranchised; Outdoor Concert Stage Collapse in Canada
• Americans Behind Bars in Iran; Iranian Protestors Face Trial Today; Authorities Following Two Motives in Florida Couple's Killing; Black Workers in Philadelphia Claim Discrimination
• Bomb Scare Closes Down LaGuardia Airport; Severe South Texas Drought Threatens Farmers; California Looks at Legalizing Marijuana for the Taxes; Female Gator Trapper Breaks the Ceiling in Florida
• What Will Health Care Reform Do for Consumers?; Security Scare at LaGuardia Airport; Three U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan
• Three American Tourists Under Arrest for Entering Iran Illegally; Trials in Tehran Over Disputed Presidential Elections; Record Breaking Death Toll in Afghanistan; Cash for Clunkers; Democratic Health Care Reform Concessions, President Obama's Approval Rating Dropped, LaGuardia Airport Delays, Disabled Iraqi Children
• Cash For Clunkers Program to Continue Through Weekend; July Deadly Month for International Forces in Afghanistan; Iranian Authorities Take Americas into Custody; LaGuardia Airport Evacuated Due to Fake Bomb; House Passes Health Care Bill Out of Committee Before August Recess; Michael Vick Representing the Humane Society
• Democratic Health Care Reform Concessions, President Obama's Approval Rating Dropped, LaGuardia Airport Delays, Cash for Clunkers Program Frustrations, Iranian Authorities Arrest Americans
• LaGuardia Evacuated, Man Detained; Obama Urges Lawmakers to Forge Ahead; Grading First Six Months of Obama White House; House Approves More Cash for Clunkers; Three Americans Held in Iran
• LaGuardia Airport Evacuated for Possible Bomb Scare; Cash for Clunkers Program Requires Additional Funding; Evaluations of President Obama Second 100 Days


July 31, 2009
• Interview With New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith; U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Improvement;
• Abused Boy in LA Fell Through Cracks, Now Dead; Capitol Hill Exodus Has Begun; House Rushes $2 Billion Extension Through for Cash For Clunkers; Dodd in Early Stages of Prostate Cancer; Puget Sound To Benefit From Stimulus Money; The Last British Troops Withdrawl From Iraq Today; A Case of Cultural Miscommunication?; Some Take Monopoly Too Seriously; Recovery Proves Hard For Many Veterans
• House Vote on Health Care Expected Today; Obama: GDP Better Than Expected; Additional Financing Pursued for Cash for Clunkers; Toledo Has its Own Beer Summit; White House Beer Summit a Success
• Cash for Clunkers Too Popular?; Billions for Unwanted Projects; Health Care and the Home Crowd; Ahmadinejad Reportedly Has Strained Relationship with Iran's Supreme Leader; Second Chance for Homeless; Piven Has "The Goods"; Nation Building in Afghanistan; Chris Dodd To Hold Press Conference About Personal Illness; Be Careful What You Tweet
• Cash for Clunkers Out of Gas?; House Health Care Push; Iran's Post-Election Turmoil; Mexico Wants Tourists Back
• Cash for Clunkers Program Extended Through Weekend; 27 Dead in Baghdad Blasts; Black Officer Defends Actions in Gates' Arrest; A Closer Look at Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Traumatic Brain Injury in Troops; What the Intrepid Center Hopes To Do for Distressed Troops and Their Families; Longtime Soldier Commits Suicide After Diagnosed with Brain Injury
• Measure of Economy Better Than Expected; Cash for Clunkers Program May Be Out of Cash; Cadillac Insurance Plans Might be Taxed; Care Proposal Gaining Support in Congress; Major Upgrade for GI Bill; "Beer Summit" a Success; Taking Care of Troops and their Families; Stimulus Money to Fund Fishing Net Dangers; Iraq War Vet Helped Write Benefits Law; Revealing Michael Jackson's Warrant


July 30, 2009
• Iranian Anger Erupts; Cold Beers at the White House; Health Care Debate
• New Clashes in Iran; President Obama's Poll Numbers Slip; Privacy in the Internet Age; Labor Report Ranks Top-Paying Cities
• Obama to Meet with Professor, Policeman; Iranian Police Use Force against Graveside Rally; Obama's Former Doc Critiques Health Care Plan; Baby Cut from Womb Found Alive; Some Cities Shipping Homeless Overseas; Consumers Warned about Free Drug Samples; Frustrated Homeowner Sues Little League; Investigators to Search for Earhart's DNA on Remote Island
• Health Reform Deals, Delays and Ad Wars; Cold Beer Over a Hot Topic; Latest Protests at Tehran Cemetery; Bouncing for Success; Three Generations of Ford Workers; Medicare Fraud Busts
• Beer Summit With the President; President Obama's Former Doctor Weighs in on Health Care Debate; Protests at Neda's Grave; Lawmakers Say Health Care Vote Before August Recess Doubtful; Hardline Islamists Intensifying Their Fight on Several Fronts Around the World; How Violence in Nigeria Affects the U.S.; A Difficult and Bloody Month For Marines and NATO Forces Against Taliban; New Developments on Custody Battle Over Jackson's Children
• Tentative Deal on Table for Health Care Reform; Sending the Homeless Back Home; Remembering a Symbol of Protest in Iran; Is Your Child Overmedicated?; Summer Jobs Being Paid For By Stimulus; Many Make Working at Ford a Family Affair; Expanding the Mission in Afghanistan
• Possible Agreement on Health Care Reform in Congress Today; Iranian Opposition Mourns Death of Protesters; Debbie Rowe Will Not Seek Custody of Jackson Children; Police Intensify Investigation on Jackson's Doctor; Music Helps Relieve Stress; Sending the Homeless Back Home


July 29, 2009
• Jackson Estate Showdown; Homegrown Terror?; Iraqi Police Storm Iranian Refugee Camp, Riots Ensue; Reportedly Seven Dead, Hundreds Injured
• Prescription for Change; The War Against Stress; Texas Tormented by Drought; Struggling to Survive
• Obama Holds Town-Hall Meeting on Health Care; Grocery Employees Share Views on Health-Care Plan; House Committee Nears Deal on Health Care; Terror Suspects Wife Defends Him, Sons; Woman Killed, Fetus Removed; Pregnant Women Endangered by Flu Virus; Push for Nationwide Ban on Texting While Driving; Lawmakers May Have Come to Initial Compromise on Health Care
• President Obama's Supermarket Sales Pitch; Town Hall on Health Reform; Senate Negotiating Compromise
• Plotting Attacks Abroad; Milk, Bread and Health Reform; Intense Talks on Health Care; Crackdown on Oil Speculators; Jackson Doctor's Home, Office Raided
• Federal Authorities Looking for Eighth Terror Suspect in Alleged Homegrown Terrorist Plot; President to Give Two More Town Halls About Health Care Reform; Police Departments Across Nation Get $1 Billion in Stimulus Money; Pregnant Women Beware of Swine Flu; Gates 911 Caller to Speak Out; GM Considers Getting Back into the Leasing Game; Michael Jackson's Doctor's Home and Office Searched by Police; Drought in Southern Texas May Affect Whole Country
• Obama Holds Health Care Town Hall Meeting in Virginia; 8th Member of Homegrown Terror Cell Sought; Blue Dog Democrats Concerned about Health Care Reform Cost; Fat Food Tax; New Jersey Corruption Crackdown; Extreme Drought in Texas; Police Search Home of Jackson's Doctor


July 28, 2009
• Jackson Doctor Under Investigation; Interview With Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow; Feds Bust Alleged North Carolina Terror Ring; New Transcripts from Colgan Air Crash Released; NFL Allows Michael Vick to Play Again
• Obama's Speech to AARP; Sonia Sotomayor Gets One Step Closer to Supreme Court Confirmation; Push Is On to Reactiviate Cold Cases from Civil Rights Era; Grocery Store Employee Fired After Chasing Down Purse Snatcher
• Obama's AARP Speech; Senate Judiciary Committee Gives Thumbs Up to Sotomayor; 7 Arrested in Homegrown Terror Plot; Police Raid Jackson's Doctor's Office, Home
• Striking New Twist in Michael Jackson Death Investigation; Health Care Reform Debate Intensifies; How Stimulus Dollars are Being Spent; Blazing a New Trail in Peace Effort; Health Care Reform and You; Cycling Stars' War of Words
• Jackson's Doctor Administered Powerful Sedative; Congress Still Negotiating Health Care Reform; U.S. Rethinking Role in Iraq; Caller in Gates Arrest Did Not Name Race; Senate Judiciary Committee Recommends Sotomayor Confirmation
• Sotomayor Awaits Confirmation Hearing; Michael Jackson's Death Investigation; Rising Cost of Obesity Pushing Up Health Care Costs; Undocumented Immigrant Deported by Hospital; What Role Will Illegal Immigrants Play in Health Care Reform?; Home Prices May Be Stablizing; Defense Secretary Gates Drops into Iraq Unexpectedly; The Dangers of Texting While Driving; Plans for Research Lab in Kansas Worry Some
• Home Prices Monthly Rise for the First Time in Three Years; Second Day of U.S.-China Talks; Bargain-Hunting Time; "Bikini Bandit" Locked Up; Talks with the Taliban


July 27, 2009
• Is the Health Care Debate Losing Steam?; Governor Palin Says Goodbye; The Tense Relationship Between U.S. and China; Did Obama Defame Doctors?; Discussing Palin's Future
• Judging Sonia Sotomayor; Delay on Health CareVote; Horrors of War Come Home; Global Outcry Over Raped Girl; City of Cambridge Hopes to Learn From Arrest of Professor; Some Towns Still Waiting on Stimulus Funds; Housing Market Shows Promising Signs of Revival; How Marines Try to Avoid IEDs
• New Role for U.S. Troops in Iraq; Cambridge Police Release 911 Tapes, Calls of Gates Arrest; Deadlines Slip, Haggling Continues on Health Care; New York Greeters Show Local Flavor; Trading Clunkers for Cash: Will It Help Auto Industry?; One Army Bases's Struggle with PTSD; Armstrong Happy with Third-Place Finish
• Cambridge Police Department Holds News Conference; Following the Federal Stimulus Money; Pushing out the Taliban; Health Care Push and Pullback; N.J. Homebuilder Holds On; Thousands Attend Free Clinic
• Big Jump in New Home Sales; President's Health Reform Push; Young, Sick and Uninsured; Militaries Moving Toward Unmanned Planes; Home Sales Stats Boosted by Foreclosures; What's Next for Citizen Palin?; Talks with China Begin
• Where Did Economic Stimulus Funds Go?; Thousands Flooded Free Clinic in Virginia This Weekend; Link Between Lack of Sleep and Current Economy; New Home Sales for June Up 11 Percent; IEDs Pose Some of Biggest Threats to Marines in Afghanistan; The Other Side of the Goldman Custody Battle
• High-Level Talks Between the U.S. and China; Health Care Reform Battle, Possible Silver Lining to Recession; Obama Speaks at First Meeting of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China


July 26, 2009
• Gov. Palin Steps Aside; Reaction to Biden's Comments on Russia; India Launches Nuclear Sub; Beer With the President; America's Issues With Race; Sophia Danenberg: On Top of the World; No Yellow Jersey for Armstrong
• Progress Slowing on Health Care Reform; Sarah Palin Set to Resign as Alaska Governor; French President Sarkozy Hospitalized
• Palin Officially Resigns as Alaska Governor; Clinton Defends White House Policy Amid Biden Comments About Russia; White House Keeps Health Care Pressure on Congress; A 2nd Cemetery Allegedly Conducting Bad Business; Sarah Palin Prepares for Final Speech as Governor; Lance Armstrong Finishes Third in Tour de France; The Marketability of 2 NFL Quarterbacks is Tested; Few African-American Teens Experience Marriage Through Family
• Three-Time Champion Boxer Vernon Forrest is Dead; FBI Tracks Down One of Its Most Wanted Suspects; Battle on Health Care Rages On; Sarah Palin Completes Last Day in Office


July 25, 2009
• Vice President Biden Speaks Out on Russia; Obama Pitches Health Care Plan to Main Street; Iran Protests Across the Globe; Pres. Obama Calls Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley; Racial Profiling in America: Real or Imagined?; Cambridge Cops Support Their Own; Author E. Lynn Harris Dies
• Biden Criticizes Russia; Small Business Owners Wary About Health Care Reform; Gov. Palin Bids Farewell; Obama Invites Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley to the White House
• Obama Calls Professor, Arresting Officer; Small Business Owners Wary of Health Care Reform; President Obama's Busy Week; Demonstrations Around World in Support of Iranian Protesters; Gen. Petraeus Says Iraq Still Critical to War on Terror; Man to Be Deported Despite Being Found Not Guilty of Terrorism; Michael Jackson Had Plans to Buy His Own Wonderland
• What U.S. Troops Face in Afghanistan; Poppy Seeds as Currency; More Trouble Bubbles up in Afghanistan; Afghanistan Parliament Passes Laws that Women Fear Will Degrade Their Rights Further. The Afghanistan War Becomes Obama's War
• Small Business Focus of Health Care Reform Debate; Afghanistan War Heats Up; Helping Young African-American Professionals Break the Glass Ceiling; Protestors Gather Across World, President Call Relieves Tensions, Disabled Children Restrained
• Protestors Gather Across World, President Call Relieves Tensions, Health Care Plan Dispute, Massachusetts Health Care System, Michael Jackson Doctors Investigated
• Crowds to March in Support of Iranian "Green" Opposition; Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan Display Increasing Sophistication; Obama Tries to Solve Issue of Gates' Arrest
• Obama Will Continue Aggressive Health Care Campaign; Obama Invites Professor, Police Officer to White House; Man Arrested on Organ Dealing Charge; Palin Ends Term as Alaska Governor; Michael Jackson Wanted Las Vegas Estate


July 24, 2009
• President Obama Speaks Out on Harvard Arrest; Honduran Exiled Leader Tries to Enter His Country
• Girl Raped, Boys Charged; Democrats Battle Democrats on Health Reform; Millions of Americans Getting a Raise Today; Obama Addresses White House Press Corps About Gates' Arrest
• Battle of Words Continues Over Harvard Prof's Arrest; House Effort to Reform Health Care Stalls; New Jersey Focus of Major Federal Raid; Obama Announces Education Grants; Minimum Wage Increase Affects Small Businesses
• Health Care Battle; Cambridge Police Defend Fellow Officer; Petraeus Assessing Iraq Transition; Alabama Town in Peril; Homeland Security Long Reach
• Senate Leaders Slamming Brakes on Rush to Overhaul Health Care System; Interview With Congressman Eric Cantor; Small Business and the Economy; Officer Defends Gates Arrest
• Minimum Wage Hike Enacted; Health Care Plan Stalled in Congress; Political Figures Arrested in New Jersey; Deadly Month in Afghanistan; Advice on How to Deal with Private Health Insurance Companies
• Congress Delays President Obama's Health Care Plan; Child Gets Trapped in Flaming Car; Controversy over Harvard Professor Heats Up; Health Care Reform Delayed; Palin Leaving Office on Sunday


July 23, 2009
• President Obama Holds Town Hall in Ohio; Weighing In on Obama's Remarks About Arrest of Harvard Professor
• Foreign Students Mistreated by U.S. Hosts; Mayors, Rabbis, Lawmakers Arrested in New Jersey; Health Care Push and Pushback; Obama Town Hall Meeting in Ohio
• Congress Drags Feet on Health-Care Reform; More Allied Forces Killed in Afghanistan; Eight Year Old Girl Brutally Raped by Gang of Boys
• Health Care Reform Road Trip; Negotiations on Health Reform; Health Care and Pre-existing Conditions; How Many Uninsured Are There?; College Grads Head Home; New Jersey Mayors/Officials Arrested; Coffee Lover's New Daily Grind
• Selling Health Care Overhaul; Man With a Mission; Full Speed Ahead for Ford; Book Chronicles Lehman's Fall; Corruption Arrests in NY, NJ
• New Jersey Mayors, Officials Arrested; No Easy Answers on Healthcare; Four Boys Accused of Raping Eight-Year-Old Girl; Renewed Action in Southern Afghanistan; Challenges Blacks Face in Job Market; The Costliest Wheelchair
• President Obama Continues Campaign for Health Care Plan; Mayors, Rabbis Arrested in New York and New Jersey on Corruption Charges; Police Raided Office of Michael Jackson's Former Doctor; New Jersey Major, Officials Arrested; Honoring a Missing Soldier; Military Pioneer


July 22, 2009
• President Obama Meets With Iraqi Prime Minister; McConnell and Boehner Call for President Obama to Scrap Current Bill for Health Care Reform
• Health Care Push and Pushback; Captured by the Enemy; 'Mail to the Chief'; Earthquake Moves New Zealand 30 Centimeters; "Harry and Louise" Are Back; New Details Emerge About Murdered Florida Couple; Monkey Robs Garden Center; Preview of "Black in America 2"
• Hometown Rallies for Captured Soldier; Brooklyn Teens to Visit South Africa on Journey for Change; President Obama Holding Prime-Time Conference About Health Care Reform; Iranians on Hunger Strike Outside of United Nations Headquarters in New York City; Surviving in the Deserts of Afghanistan
• President Obama's Prime-Time News Conference on Health Care Reform; What is a Blue Dog Democrat?; Interview With White House Communications Director Anita Dunn; Battle Over Health Care Reform; Paying for Health Care; Investigators Raid Office of Jackson's Doctor
• President's Health Care Push; Hunger Strike for Iran; 'Black in America 2'; Pelosi Advocates for Health Care Reform Bill
• Senate Bill to Vote on Concealed Weapons; Caring For The Uninsured; Tide Changing on Wall Street; The Education Gap Between Blacks and Whites; Passage of Health Care Reform By August Looks Unlikely; Death Row Inmate's Guilty Verdict Questioned
• President Obama to Make Prime-Time Pitch for Health Care Reform; New Twist in the Killing of Florida Couple; American Bomb- Maker Working for the 'Good Guys'; Obama Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki; Solution to Racial Barrier; U.S. Marines in Helmand Province


July 21, 2009
• President Makes Hard Push For Health Care Reform; President Obama's American Citizenship Questioned By Some; Questions Swirl Around Capture of Bowe Berghdal
• Cutting Malpractice Costs; California's Financial Mess; Heavenly Show of Solar Eclipse; Airman Loses Legs in Gall Bladder Surgery; Financing Health Care Reform
• U.S., Allies Target Heroin Trade in Afghanistan; Billings Family Moves on After Double Murder; GOP Responds to Obama's Call for Health-Care Reform
• President Obama Speaks on Health Care Reform; Big Cuts, No Tax Hikes in California; $700 Billion of Your Money; Paying to Insure Others; Protesters Attempt Tehran Gathering; Future of F-22 Fighter Jets
• TARP Inspector Worries Bailout Money Being Wasted; Health Care Fight Heats Up; Soldier Taken by Taliban; Calfornia Reaches Budget Deal
• Are Bank Bailout Funds Being Used Appropriately?; President Obama Fights Back Against Critics of Health Care Overhaul Plan; New Study Links Pollution to Lower IQ Scores; The Wealth Gap Between Blacks and Whites;
• More to the Murder of the Florida Couple; Is Bank Bailout Money Being Wasted and Even Stolen?; A Mother and Her Children Trapped Inside Burning SUV; U.S. War Plane Bombs Poppy Field; New Language Course for Marines Hopes to Yield Speedy Fluency; Preview of "Black in America 2"


July 20, 2009
• Health Care Showdown; Michael Vick Free; CBO Scores Health Care Plan; Taliban Threatens to Kill Captive U.S. Soldier; Wilkerson Says CIA Lies Regularly; Terror Group Recruits Somali-Americans
• Four U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Ohio Boy Sells Toys to Help Family Through Tough Economic Times; Community Buys In and Saves Cafe
• Marines Targeting Heroin Production; Debating Impact of Health Care Reform; Pa. Budget Impasse Affects Worker Pay; Man Accused of Murders in Two Cities; NASA Retires the Shuttle Next Year; The Moon Walk Conspiracy; Pres. Obama Health Care Speech
• Captured Soldier's Family Statement; President's Health Reform Push; Community Buys-in, Saves Cafe; Earnings Season in Full Swing; How Health Reform Affects You; Hospital for the Uninsured
• U.S. Soldier in Enemy Hands; Stopping the Heroin; President Obama's Health Care Push; Bondholders Rescue Main Street Lender; After 40 Years, Moon Landing Still Has Doubters
• First Video of Soldier Captured by Taliban; Wall Street Gets Boost Today; Obama Pushes Congress More for Health Care Reform; Are Homes Bought in Detroit a Good Deal?; New York's Freedom Glory Project Supports Iranian Protesters; The End of Space Shuttle Flights Is Near; Recognizing Depression in Black Women
• Health Care Overhaul; Campaign against Swine Flu; Lone Surviving Gunman in Mumbai Attack Confesses; 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11; Mission to Save Black Men


July 19, 2009
• Military Condemns Release of Soldier Video; Second Chance for Main Street Lender?; Obama's Health Care Plan Gets Pushback in Congress; Politics and Rock & Roll Among Iranians in New York City; 15-Year-Old Flies Cross-Country; Program Trains Young Minorities for Leadership
• Held Captive by the Taliban; Chicago Area Cemetery Scandal; Exchange Student Exploitation?; Fifteen-Year-Old Flies Around the World
• U.S. Soldier in Taliban Video Identified; Helicopter Crash Kills 16 in Afghanistan; Obama Defends Health Care Bill; Watson Fails to Win British Open; Burr Oak Cemetery Attorney Says Plots-for-Pay Not as Bad as Portrayed; Cheap Homes Available in Detroit
• Taliban Releases Video of Captured U.S. Soldier Missing Since June 30; Remembering Walter Cronkite; Giant Squids Invade Waters Off San Diego
• Taliban Releases Video Of U.S. Soldier Held Captive; Pentagon Denounces Video As Exploitation; NASA Moon Walk Videos Perhaps Lost Forever


July 18, 2009
• Man in Custody for Multiple Killings in Alabama, Tennessee; Two Teenagers Shot Outside Chicago Church; Woman is Charged in Florida Killings; Nelson Mandela Celebrates 91st Birthday


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