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August 30, 2009
• Wild Fires Threaten Thousands of Homes in Southern California; Three Boaters Rescued After Week-Long Ordeal; Did Britain Exchange Terrorist for Oil Deal?


August 29, 2009
• Final Farewell to Sen. Ted Kennedy; 7 Found Dead in Mobile Home in Georgia; Woman Freed After 18 Years
• Garrido Linked to Other Crimes; Woman Freed After 18 Years; Sen. Kennedy's Civil Rights Legacy
• Senator Ted Kennedy's Funeral Procession; Philip Garrido Kidnapping Case
• Senator Ted Kennedy Remembered; House of Convicted Kidnapper and Rapist Being Investigated in California
• Senator Kennedy's Legislative Achievements and Their Affects on the American People


August 28, 2009
• Kidnapped Girl Returns Home 18 Years Later; Dangerous Political Environment in America?
• Found After 18 Years in Captivity; Paying Respect to Senator Kennedy; '30 Second Pitch'
• Suspects to be Arraigned in 18-Year Kidnapping Case; Thousands Pay Respects to Ted Kennedy; Better Days Expected on Wall Street Soon
• Finally Found After 18 Years in Captivity; Paying Final Respects to Senator Edward Kennedy; Big Government Foes on Tour
• Kidnapping Victim Free after 18 Years; Crowds Continue to Pay Respects to Kennedy
• Nearly Twenty-Year Kidnapee Found; Farewells for Senator Kennedy
• Wildfires Up and Down California; Kidnapped Girl Found, Virginia Tech Students Killed; Remembering Sen. Kennedy; Bernanke's Identity Theft; The Cause of Sen. Kennedy's Life


August 27, 2009
• Saying Goodbye to Ted Kennedy
• Remembering Senator Edward Kennedy; School Bus Cuts Nationwide; More Banks in Big Trouble
• Kennedy's Body Leave Compound for Motorcade to Boston; Storm Watchers Keep Wary Eye on Hurricane Danny; Which Flu Shot Should You Get?
• Kennedy Family Attends Private Mass; FDIC's Cash Crunch; Debating the True Number of Uninsured Americans; One Woman's Mission to Chronicle Others' Health Care Stories
• Economy May Perk Up During Second Half of 2009; Remembering Senator Edward Kennedy; Do You Need Swine Flu Vaccine?
• New Jobless Claims Has Dropped; Remembering Senator Edward Kennedy; American Killed in Afghanistan; "Discovery" Good To Go
• Ted Kennedy's Final Journey Begins; Number of People Who Filed For Unemployment Down; Danny Gaining Strength; August on Track to Become Deadliest Month in Afghanistan; Pay-for-Play Case Over; Police File Child Abuse Charges Against Parents of Eight-Year-Old Who Was Allegedly Gang Raped; Bankruptcy Plan for Michael Vick; Still Making House Calls; Remembering Dominic Dunne; Keeping Eyes Healthy; FDIC Running Out of Funds?


August 26, 2009
• Remembering Ted Kennedy; Mark Sanford Under Fire; Tropical Storm Danny Following Same Path as Bill Thus Far
• Health Care After Edward Kennedy; Swine Flu Fears; New Home Sales Surge
• Remembering the Legacy of Ted Kennedy; Swine Flu Spreading; Hurricane Might be Heading for East Coast; Gauging Family Interest in Kennedy's Senate Seat; Sen. Kennedy to be Buried at Arlington; Helmet Sensors Warn of Heatstroke; Search Still On for Maskless Bank Robber
• Recounting the Legacy of Edward Kennedy; Ripple Effects of Long-Term Vacancy of Kennedy's Senate Seat; Swine Flu Fears
• Remembering Edward Kennedy; New Homes Sales Surge
• Remembering "The Lion of the Senate," Storm North of Puerto Rico Has Tropical Storm Potential; Discovery's Launch Date Pushed Back to Friday; Vice President Biden Remembers Longtime Friend Senator Kennedy
• Remembering "The Lion of the Senate"


August 25, 2009
• What Killed Michael Jackson?; The Power of Propofol
• California Government Jobs Escape Pain Felt in Private Sector; The High Price of Health Care; Massive Afghanistan Bomb; McCain's Town Hall
• Swine Flu Projected to be Worse in Fall; Some Optimism Appearing on Wall Street; Coroner: Lethal Dose of Drug Killed Jackson; Use of Restraint for Special Needs Kids Raises Concerns
• Auto Industry Bracing for Hangover; Frightening Predictions About Swine Flu; Did CIA Break the Law?; Banking on Bernanke
• Washington Bleeds Red Ink; Banking on Bernanke; Coroner Confirms Michael Jackson Died From Overdose; Cost of Clunkers
• Michael Jackson's Death Investigation; Government Predicts Flu Could Sicken 30 to 50 Percent; Model Wins Lawsuit to Reveal Critical Blogger's ID
• Banking on Bernanke; Clunker Deadline Extended; H1N1 Flu Fears, Jackson Death Investigation; Milwaukee Mayor Back at Work


August 24, 2009
• New CIA Torture Allegations Surface; Castro's Comeback?; MacAskill Defends His Decision to Release Lockerbie Bomber; Dr. Murray Admits to Administering Propofol to Michael Jackson; New Information on CIA Interrogation Techniques Raise Questions, Eyebrows; British Public Service Announcement Gaining Notoriety
• Asking Questions With a Gun and Drill; Wildfires in Greece; Last Day for Cash for Clunkers; Concerns About Swine Flu Rise With Start of School; Declassified CIA Document Give Many Pause About Interrogation Tactics; Holder to Appoint a Special Prosecutor; The Upsides of New Orleans; Attack Aimed at Heart of Pakistani Leadership Foiled
• Schools Suffer from Budget Shortfalls; Will Public Option be Dropped from Health Reform?; Signs of Recovery on Wall Street; Manhunt on for Texas Doctor's Killers; Candidates Contest Afghanistan Presidential Election; Swine Flu Vaccine Being Readied; Malaysian Woman's Caning Sentence Lifted Temporarily; S. African Female Runner's Gender Questioned; Justice Dept.: Reopen CIA Prisoner Abuse Cases
• Texas Doctor Murdered in Own Home; Obama Approves Creation of High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group; Cash for Clunkers Coming to an End; Public Option Debate Rages On; More U.S. Troops for Afghanistan; Alleged Election Irregularities in Afghanistan; Bomber Release Fallout; Out of Work, Out of Benefits; The Toll of War
• CIA Interrogation Tactics; More U.S. Troops to Afghanistan?; Clunkers on the Clock; No Social Security Cost of Living for 2 Years; New Orleans Riverfront Revitalization Project Planned; Video Depicts Healthy Castro
• CIA's Terror Tactics; Reality Show Contestant and Suspect in Wife's Death Found Hanged; Massive Fires Burn Across Greece; End of the Road for Cash for Clunkers; MacAskill Defends Decision to Release Lockerbie Bomber in Scottish Parliament Session; Hurricane Bill's Victims; The Cushion and Benefits New Orleans Provides in Current State; Life After Unemployment Benefits
• CIA Terror Tactics; Cash for Clunkers Ends; Massive Fires Burning Across Greece; Joint Chiefs of Staff Says Situation in Afghanistan is 'Deteriorating; Rumors of Widespread Election Fraud in Afghanistan Coming Out; MacAskill Defends His Decision in Emergency Meeting of Scottish Parliament; Massive Terrorist Crackdown in Pakistan; New Pictures Show Fidel Castro Looking Healthier; Public Health Care Option Debate; Alleged Secret of the CIA


August 23, 2009
• Suspected Killer Found Dead; CIA Report to Detail Abuses in Secret Prisons; Ripple Effect of Gun Violence in Chicago; Texting and Driving Don't Mix
• First Family on Vacation; Chicago's Deadly Streets; Tackling Chicago Violence Nationally
• Visitors Swept Out to Sea at Acadia; Malaysian Woman to be Caned for Drinking Alcohol; Obama Taking Time off; Clunkers Program to End on Monday; Iran Detainees Claim Rape
• Cash for Clunkers Deadline Tomorrow: Hurricane Bill Affects Maine; Pakistan Claims It Stopped Terror Attacks


August 22, 2009
• Obama's Rating on Health Care Deflates; FBI Chief Blasts Scottish Justice Secretary; Man Charges U.S. Government of Profiling; Gay Iraqis Tortured, Killed; Chicago's Killer Town
• Ripple Effect of Gun Violence; Embedded with Ceasefire Illinois; Confronting a Crime Epidemic; Interview With Education Secretary Duncan
• The Truth About Health Care Reform; Details of Hurricane Bill
• Hurricane Bill Heads for East Coast; North and South Koreans to Meet Tomorrow; Pan Am Flight 103 Bomber Freed; Healthcare Reform
• Hurricane Bill Heads for East Coast; President Obama and Family to Visit Martha's Vineyard; Release of Lockerbie Bomber Causes International Uproar
• Hurricane Bill; Prison Riot; Health Care Plan Resistance; Virginia Town Halls; Ruthless Debt Collectors
• Town Hall Raw: Town Hall Meetings Continue Through Congressional Recess
• Tracking Hurricane Bill; Inmates Start Fires at a Kentucky Prison During a Riot; President Obama Responds to Critics of Health Care Reform; Taliban Attacks Voters in Afghanistan
• Lockerbie Terrorist Given Hero's Welcome; Health Care Debate Continues Through Congressional August Recess; Taliban Threatening Afghanistan voters


August 21, 2009
• Terrorist Returns Home to Hero's Welcome; Politics of Terror; Tom Ridge Pressured to Raise Terror Alert
• Drug Cartels Expand Across U.S.; '30 Second Pitch'; Cash for Clunkers Runs Out of Gas on Monday; CNN Hero; A Family's Critical Condition
• Hurricane Bill Headed for East Coast; Victims' Families Outraged Over Terrorist's Release; Ridge Claims Pressure to Raise Alert Before '04 Election; Bernanke: Economy May Grow Soon; Asia Seeing Economic Recovery Signs; Search for Ex in Model's Death; V.A. Has Backlog of Disability Claims; U.S. Optimistic About Afghanistan Election;
• Bracing for Hurricane Bill; Deadly Days in Baghdad; Hopes and Fears of Afghans; Conclusions about Clunkers; U.S. Soldiers Charged; Creeping Credit Card Fees; Chicago's Deadly Streets; Two-Person Police Force Saved
• Consultation on Health Care; Politics and the Terror Alert
• Cash for Clunkers Ending Monday; Stunning Allegations from Former Bush Cabinet Member; Iraqis Blaming Their Own; Existing Home Sales in July Posted Largest Monthly Increase in a Decade; Arrest Warrant Issued for Reality TV Contestant; Labor Day Deals Galore; Murder and Dismemberment Case Shocks Phoenix Residents
• Politics & the Terror Alert; Iraq's Stepped-Up Security?; Cash For Clunker's Final Countdown; President Courts Left and Right; New York Stock Exchange Has First-Ever Casual Friday; Tom Ridge Claims Politics behind Security Threat Levels; Election Results Being Counted in Afghanistan


August 20, 2009
• Pan Am 103 Bomber Arrives in Tripoli; U.S. Tightens Offshore Financial Loopholes; Emotional Aftermath for a Mother of Pan Am 103 Victim; Interview with John Madden
• President Obama Reaching Out to Base for Help on Health Care Reform; Terrorist Convicted in Lockerbie Bombing Released from Scotland to Libya; Afghanistan Holds Second Ever Presidential Election; D.C. School Voucher Program Ending Due to Lack of Funds; The Battle to Get a Business Loan
• Obama Addresses Health Care, Other Issues on Talk Radio Show; U.S. Victims' Families, Government Object to Pan Am 103 Bomber's Release; Paterson, N.J. Considers Temporary Nighttime Curfew for All Residents
• America's Third War Front; Lockerbie Bomber Released; Afghan Voters Defy Taliban Threat; Cash For Clunkers; Bad Credit Derailing Dreams; Critical Condition; Assassins for Hire; Debt Collection Abuse; Giving Afghans a Voice
• Afghan Voters Defy Taliban Threat; Sources: CIA Paid Firm to Kill Al Qaeda Leaders; Scotland Frees Lockerbie Bomber; Surprise Rise in Weekly Jobless Claims; Ailing Senator Kennedy Seeks Quick Replacement on His Death; End of the Road for Cash for Clunkers; Massachusetts Provides Health Care Model; Atlanta a New Hub for Mexican Drug Cartels; Afghans Educating Next Generation
• Pan Am Bomber Freed; Senator Kennedy Pushes for Legislative Provisions in Wake of Illness; The Effect of Homicide Rate on Chicago Residents; Recovery and Giving Back
• Ted Kennedy's Poignant Plea; Massachusetts May Provide Roadmap for National Health Care Reform; Pan Am Flight 103 Bomber Released; Hurricane Bill Downgraded


August 19, 2009
• Can Democrats "Go It Alone" In Health Care Reform?; Couple Killed by Wild Dogs; President Obama Considers Nuclear Option to Pass Health Care Reform; President Employing Pastors to Preach Health Care Reform; "Save the Whales" Billboard by PETA Offensive to Some
• Tracking Hurricane Bill; Violence Increases in Baghdad; Model Sues for Online Defamation; Army Entrants to Be Taught Coping Skills; Dogs Maul and Kill Georgia Couple; Earthquake Hits Alaska
• Will Dems Include GOP in Health-Care Reform?; Some Turn to Co- Ops for Health Care; Barney Frank Takes on Protestors; Deadly Bombings in Iraq; Hurricane Bill Expected to Pass U.S.; Hong Kong Property Prices Rebounding; Coverage of Gibbs' White House Press Conference on Health Care
• Health Reform Without Republicans?; General Motors Bringing Back 1,350 Workers; Congressman Barney Frank Fires Back at Town Hall Crowd; Don Hewitt Dies at 86 Years Old; First Provision of Credit Card Reform Will Take Effect Tomorrow; The Logistics of Voting in Afghanistan; Milwaukee Mayor Comments on Attack
• Health Reform Strategy Shift?; Afghanistan to Vote Under Threats From the Taliban; "60 Minutes" Creator Don Hewitt Dies at 86
• GM Boosts Its Production; Hurricane Bill Becomes More Well Defined; High Cost Of Prescription Drugs; More Rules On Credit Card Changes; Security Major Concern for Afghan Voters; Democrats Consider Going It Alone on Health Care Reform; Irresponsible Blogging vs. Free Speech; Frank Fired Back at Critics During Town Hall; Dr. Murray Breaks Silence Via YouTube; Government-Sponsored Pairings in Nigeria Hope To Prevent More Spread of HIV/AIDS
• Dozens Killed in Baghdad Blast; Make or Break Maneuvering in Health Care; Process of Health Care Reform; Don't Cover the Violence; Health Care Concerns


August 18, 2009
• Michael Jackson's Doctor Speaks Out; Milwaukee Mayor Beaten; Jenny Sanford Speaks Out About Husband's Affair
• Combat Stress Following Troops Home; Dems Hit Back, Hit the Road; Robert Novak Dies at 78; Artist Has Message about Health Care Reform; White House Press Conference on President's Remarks about Health Care
• What Would Public Health Plan Mean for Public?; Texas Judge Investigated for Misconduct; Robert Novak Dead at 78; Asia on Mend from Recession; Afghanistan Trying to Prevent Voter Intimidation
• Bob Novak Dies at 78; Credit Card Rates Zoom; Violence Precedes Afghan Elections; Housing Happenings; Are Health Co-Ops the Answer?; Cubans Brace for Hurricane Season
• Public Health Insurance Fight; Public Option Defined; Preparing to Vote Amid Violence in Iraq; Inside a Health Co-Op; Some of Britain's "X-Files" Released; Soldiers Battle Psychological Difficulties at Home; Longtime Journalist Bob Novak Dies
• Supreme Court Orders New Hearing for Troy Davis; Two Top Taliban Figures Arrested; Gastric Bypass and Insurance; Biggest Credit Card Breach in U.S. History Allegedly Pulled Off By Self-Taught Programmer; The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Buying a Foreclosed Home; Status of Public Option in Doubt
• President Pressured on Health Care, Examining the Public Option; Voting Violence in Afghanistan; Targeting the Taliban; Eye on the Tropics, Banks Still Reluctant to Lend; Cubans Brace for Hurricane Season; Inside a Health Care Cooperative; Gastric Bypass Surgery and Insurance; Painting for Health Care Change


August 17, 2009
• Assault Rifles Spied Openly at Phoenix Rally; Keeping an Eye on Storms A, B, and C of the Season; Japan Pulls Out of Recession; No Public Health Option?; Tiger Woods Loses PGA in Final Round; Man Assaulted by Police Caught on Videotape; Tasers Increasingly Seen as Alternative to Firearms
• Troubled Vets Find Allies and Hope; Town Halls Taking Place Across the Country Today; No Public Option?; America's Souring Dairy Farms; Tangible Health Care Innovation in Las Vegas; Iraqi Bodyguard Makes New Life in Atlanta; Little Progress Made in Appointing Federal Cyberczar
• Obama Addresses Veterans about Health Care; Forecasters Watching Ana, Bill
• Obama Administration Softens on Public Option; Health Insurance Co-Ops; Gays Tortured, Killed in Iraq; Blue Dog Democrat Town Hall; Christian Health Care Co-op; Your Electric Bill; Tracking Three Storms Simultaneously; Health Care For All?
• Shift in Health Care Debate; Will Town Hall Tone Change?; Stimulus: Six-Month Checkup; Season's First Atlantic Hurricanes Heading West; Taiwan Still Recovering after Typhoon; S. Koreans Proud of Yang's PGA Win; Falling Milk Prices Hurt Small Dairy Farms
• Claudette Makes U.S. Landfall; Health Care Overhaul with Signs of Compromise; Democrats Believe Stimulus is on the Right Track; New Report Shows Japan Has Emerged From Recession; The Physics of Good and Bad Sleep; Obama Set to Speak to VFW Convention; Three Storms Signal Start of Hurricane Season; Supreme Court Gives Georgia Death Row Inmate Another Shot to Prove Innocence; Iraqi Gay Men Afraid For Their Lives
• Hurricane Season Kicks Off With Three Storms; Focus on Military Vets; Is the Stimulus Working?; Debunking Reform Myths; Crews Fight Nearly a Dozen of Wildfires; Progress in Pakistan; Healthy San Francisco


August 16, 2009
• Truth about Health Care; A Trifecta of Storms: Ana, Bill and Claudette; Japan's Economy Rebounding?; Human Smuggling in Mexico; Losing a Child to Violence
• Gulf Coast Storm Preps; The President & Veterans; Mayor Injured in Crime Fight; New York's Crowded Skies; Serial Killer in Rocky Mount?
• Trifecta of Storms Threatening U.S.; Heath Reform May Not Have Public Option; Rally in Atlanta Billed as "Biggest Town Hall"; Stimulus Money for National Parks; Two Congressmen Debate the Health Care Plan
• Milwaukee Mayor Attacked; Five African American Women Killed in North Carolina; Woodstock 40th Anniversary; High Heels Trigger Pain
• Public Option May Not Be Deal Breaker For President Obama In Health Care Reform Deal; Health Care Reform Town Halls Continue; Taiwan Devastated By Typhoon; American Prison In Myanmar Released To Senator Webb Upon A Visit To The Country; North Carolina Serial Killer Suspected; Claudette and Ana and Bill Head for Landfall; Canadian Woman Back From Kenya After Passport Hold-Up; Some Tweeting May Be Too Much Information


August 15, 2009
• Discussion and Analysis of President Obama's Town Hall Meeting in Grand Junction, Colorado
• Pres. Obama's Town Hall; A Serial Killer in Rocky Mount?; Human Smuggling in Mexico; Michael Vick Takes the Field Again
• Health Care Reform; Deadly Typhoon in Taiwan; GPS from Tele Atlas; Hudson River Collision, Surviving Plane Crash, Some Democrats and Republicans Agree, CNN Hero, Wong Fu
• Health Care Reform Debated In Town Halls Across The Country
• California State of Emergency, President Obama Town Hall Meetings, Taliban Suicide Bomber Voter Intimidation; America's National Treasures in Need of Repair
• Obama to Hold Colorado Town Hall; Myanmar Frees American Prisoner; Taliban Vows to Stop Afghan Election; Michael Vick's Second Chance; Free Health Clinic of Last Resort; NASA's Budget Woes Threaten its Future; Wildfires in California Threaten to Spread


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