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August 12, 2009


August 11, 2009


August 10, 2009
• Whale Beached in Florida Dies; Passenger on Stranded Flight Speaks Out; Discussion Over Health Care Heats Up Around the Country; Did White House Makes Deal with PhRMA?; Coroner's Report on Michael Jackson Completed Not Being Released; Are Americans Overmedicated and Turning to Illegal Substances To Satisfy Addiction?
• Corruption North of the Border; Health Reform Road Trip; Unhealthy Debate Over Health Care?; Taliban Not Losing; Passengers Stranded on Commuter Plane For Nine Hours; GM to Start Trial Run of Sales Via Ebay
• Obama to Remain Full Partner in Combating Mexican Drug Cartels; Mexican, Canadian, U.S. Leaders Meet; U.S., Canada, Mexico Wrap Up Summit; Maine Becoming a Front in Drug War
• North American Summit Held in Mexico; Toned-Down Town Hall; Taliban Gains Upper Hand; Stock Market rally Stalls; Health Care Debate Still Hot During Congressional Recess; Poll Indicates Democrats Losing Popularity, Republicans Not Gaining Any; Summit of "The Three Amigos"
• Health Care Town Halls; North American Summit; Crash in the Hudson; Professor: Health Care Reform Must Cover All, Reduce Cost Increases
• Public Anger Over Health Care Reform; Two Bodies Still Missing in Weekend's Plane-and-Helicopter Crash; Obama Meeting with Leaders of Canada and Mexico This Hour; Live Coverage of Health Care Town Hall Meeting in Missouri; Clinical Trials Started For Possible Swine Flu Vaccine; GM Starts Trial Period of Selling Cars on eBay Tomorrow; Unemployment Benefits Dwindling; Precautions Being Taken Against Swine Flu in Schools; China Experiements with Three-Dollar-a-Year Health Care Plan
• President Obama Heads to Mexico; Health Care in the Heartland; Bombings in Iraq; Recovery on the Hudson; U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan to Remain High


August 09, 2009


August 08, 2009


August 07, 2009
• A Fallen Soldier's Mom Shares Her Son's Story; Sister of Pres. Kennedy in Critical Condition
• Town Hall Free-For-Alls; President Obama: 'The Worst May Be Behind Us'; Should You Junk Your Clunker?; Health Care Fraud a Forgotten Problem; Movie Director Hughes Dies; Two Rhode Island Doctors Slash Expenses By Cutting Costs; The Weekend to Save on Sales Tax; Leader of Pakistani Taliban Reportedly Dead
• Some Sectors of Economy Still Hiring; Cash for Clunkers Fueling Car Sales; Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly; CDC Makes Recommendations for Returning Students; Trying to Restore Dignity to Burr Oaks Cemetery; What Unemployment Numbers Mean For the White House; Town Halls Turn Violent
• Shoving and Shouting and Health Care Town Halls; White House Reaction to Jobless Numbers; Window Washer in Peril; Grading the President; July Jobless Rate Falls to 9.4 Percent; Program Targeting Street Violence in Baltimore; Health Care Fraud Drives Up Prices; Battle over Soldiers' Flame-Resistant Uniforms; Two Doctors Cut Costs to Give Patients More Time
• July Jobless Rate Falls to 9.4 Percent; Rowdy Health Care Town Hall; Contractors Complain of Slow Stimulus Fund Arrival; World's Longest Yard Sale; Director John Hughes Dies
• Top U.S. Commander Talks Strategy in Afghanistan; New Jobless Rate A Glimmer of Hope; Obama Extends Cash for Clunkers; Pakistan's Taliban Leader Reportedly Killed in U.S. Drone Attack; 654 Miles of Bargain Hunting This Weekend; Best Bargain at Tax-Free Holidays; Manson Murders Still Resonate 40 Years Later; Bringing Children From Afghanistan Solace
• New Jobless Numbers Better Than Expected; President Obama to Talk about the Economy; Taliban Leader Suspected to be Dead; Cash for Clunkers Program Extended; Hypothermia Can Help Cardiac Arrest Survivors; New Flu Guidelines for Schools; Flu Guidelines for Schools; Grading the President; Explosive Health Care Meeting; Trade Law May Ban Troops Protection; New Jobless Numbers


August 06, 2009
• Politics of Chaos: Who's Behind Health-Care Protests?; Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed by Senate; Soldier is Laid to Rest; Tattered U.S. Flag Gets Replaced As Soldier Returns Home
• E-mail, Economy Stamping out Post Office; 200 Days in Office; Judgment Day for Sotomayor; Grading the President and His Money Moves; Will Homeowners Be Underwater Soon?; Two Is the Loneliest Number In Condo Building To Yourself
• Contractors: Stimulus Money Too Slow; Killer's Blog Reveals Motivation for Shooting; The War Next Door: Los Zetas; Hawaii Preps for Possible Hurricane Strike; Is Former President Clinton Overshadowing His Wife?; 1 in 15 Hospitalized Kids Face Medical Error; Dollar Stores Thriving; Were There More Manson Victims?
• Health Care: Deal or No Deal?; Senate to Vote on Sotomayor Nomination; Cyberattack on Twitter; Sinking Home Values; How To Save Your Home; Examining Cuba's Health Care System; Grading the President; Adjusting After North Korea
• Jobless Numbers; Taking the Economy's Temperature; Grading the President; Edwards Campaign Investigation; Town Hall Meetings: Genuine Outrage or Coordinated Disruption?; Hurricane Felicia Heading toward Hawaii; China's Three-Dollar Health Care Experiment; Twitter on the Fritz; Combating Trachoma in Ethiopia; Dollar Store Delight
• Grading The President on His 200th Day In Office; Gym Club Killer Revealed His Plan on the Internet; Avoiding Hospital Mistakes; Pricey Planes on the Taxpayers' Dollar?; Some Giving Up on Stereotype of the American Dream; Are There Other Manson Family Victims?
• Milestone Approaches for President Obama; More People Owing More than Home; More Details on Fitness Club Shooter from Police; Pricey New Planes for Congress? Freed Journalists Readjusting to Home; Grand Jury Meets on John Edwards Case; New Jobless Claims Numbers Dropped; Former Congressman Found Guilty in Bribery Case; Deadly Roadside Bombing in Afghanistan; Afghanistan Elections Approaching; More Cash for Clunkers; Fallen Hero of Korean War Back in Missouri


August 05, 2009
• Fitness Center Rampage; Joyous Homecoming for Ling and Lee; Fresno Man Flies Tattered Flag; Government's Homegrown Terror Case; No Bail for North Carolina Terrorists; A Different Kind of "Family"
• Home Funerals and Burials; Pardoned Journalists Return From North Korea; Time Running out for Cash for Clunkers Program; New Developments in Oklahoma Rape Case; Obama Administration To Give $2.4 Billion in Grants to Building Electric Cars; Live News Conference on Deadly Gym Shooting in Pennsylvania
• Obama: Stimulus Bill Helping to Push Forward Electric Cars; Birmingham May Have to Cut Police Force; American Journalists Return Home from North Korea; Hatred of Women May have Driven Pittsburgh Shooter; Public Bike System Takes off in Montreal; Vets Suing over Contaminated Medical Equipment; "Domino" Kidney Transplants Successful; Manson Family Members up for Parole
• President Obama on the Economy; U.S. Journalists Back Home; Iran's President Takes Office; Opinions on Health Reform; Bill Clinton Back on Stage; Deadly Gym Rampage; Health Care Reform Questions; Christmas in August at Famed London Shop
• Freed American Journalists Return Home; Protests Continue in Iran; Seven-Way Kidney Transplant Performed; Obama Speaks in Indiana
• Four Killed in Pennsylvania Gym Shooting; Ling and Lee Freed from North Korean Prison; President Obama Stumping for Stimulus Package in Indiana; Ahmadinejad Takes Oath of Office and Begins Second Term; How Washington Is Preparing Against Swine Flu; Will Bill Clinton's Visit Affect Future U.S.-North Korea Relations?; Battery Research As An Economical Jumpstart; Fortieth Anniversary of Charles Manson Murders; Economics and Giving Up Babies in South Africa
• Formerly Imprisoned Journalists, President Clinton Arrive in U.S. from North Korea


August 04, 2009
• Town Halls Get Heated Over Health Care Reform; North Korea Pardons U.S. Journalists; Soldier is Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery; Fight Over 'Clunkers'
• Detroit Schools Consider Filing Bankruptcy; Bill Clinton Trying to Negotiate Release of Two American Journalists From North Korea; White House Briefing; Town Mourns Gulf War Hero; August Recess Working Vacation for Lawmakers; Researchers Think They May Have Found Source of Malaria; How to Can Your Trash
• Bill Clinton in North Korea to Free American Journalists; Obama Meets with Democratic Senators; Baltimore Couple Accused of Making Child Porn; Michigan Prison Possible Site for Terror Detainees?; Young Teen Boys Brainwashed and Trained to Kill in Pakistan; One Oregon Couple Wants to Waste Not, Want Not Over the Next Year
• Bill Clinton Visits With North Korean Leader; Americans Held in Iran; Navy Town Honors One of Their Own; Health Care Helping Hand; Detroit Public Schools; Turbulent Sky; Jackson's Estate Value; Candidate Stumps on Bike
• Bill Clinton Meets With Kim Jong-il; Senate Debates Sotomayor; More Cash for Clunkers; Obama Meets with Democratic Senators; Australia Terror Plot Interrupted; Taliban Captures, Brutalizes Boys for Jihad
• Bill Clinton Visits North Korea; Senate Begins Debate on Sotomayor's Nomination Today; Police Looking for Possible Victims of Child Pornographers in Maryland; Remembering Charles Manson; Personal Income Fell Over One Percent in June; Detroit Public School System Considers Bankruptcy; Debating the True Cost of Healthcare
• Bill Clinton in North Korea; Americans Held in Iran, Australia Terror Plot Foiled; Dow Hits Nine-Month High; Finding the Next Guantanamo; Uniform Prices in Health Care; Stock Rally on Hold; U.S. Army Aims Higher for Recruits; Bill Clinton Delivers Message to Kim Jong Il; The Fight Back Against Bank Fees; Taliban Trained Children to Kill


August 03, 2009
• Obama's Taxing Decisions; Gulf War Mystery Ends, Violence Growing in Afghanistan; An Intern's Story of Extortion; McCain Plans to Vote No on Sotomayor
• Post-9/11 GI Bill Now in Effect; Paving the Way?; Tax Hikes on Middle Class?; Postal Service Faces Heavy Losses; Earthquake Hits Remote Area of Baja California; Geisinger Hospital's Innovative Change in How Services Offered
• Will White House Reverse Stand on Taxes?; Three Americans Arrested in Iran; White House Spokesman Says Raising Taxes on Middle Class Wouldn't Make Sense; Obama Signs New G.I. Bill
• Concern for Possible Middle Class Tax Hike; July Sizzles for Stock Market; Ford Has Positive Sales; Three Americans Detained in Iran; What's a Blue Dog Democrat; Auto Rebate Program Needs Cash; Cash for Clunkers; More Protests in Iran; NATO in Afghanistan as Long as it Takes; Iraq's Celebrity Traffic Cop
• More Education Money for Vets; 'No Tax Hike' Pledge in Doubt; Three Americans Detained in Iran; Michael Jackson's Mother Wants More Control over Estate; More Protests in Iran
• Continental Airlines Flight Diverted Due to Turbulence; Three Detained Americans Named; Possible Tax Hike for the Middle Class; Keeping Cash for Clunkers Alive; Katharine Jackson Fights for Control of Her Son's Estate; Stock Market Looking Up; Last Month Deadliest for Troops in Afghanistan, August Off to Bad Start; Possible Rift Between Iranian President and Supreme Leader; Church in Flordia Opts to Pay It Forward
• Possible Tax on the Middle Class; Deadliest Month in Afghanistan; Three Americans Detained in Iran Named; Gulf War Navy Pilot Found Buried in Iraq; Cutting Edge Healthcare for Less; Continental Flight Diverted; Fight for Michael Jackson's Estate; Ayatollah Endorses Ahmadinejad; Keeping Cash for Clunkers Alive; Baghdad's Top Traffic Cop


August 02, 2009


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


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