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August 22, 2011


August 21, 2011


August 20, 2011
• Rebels Advance on Tripoli; Libyan Rebels Take Zawiya; Pilot Dies after Biplane Nosedives; Long-Shot Bid for Citizenship
• Libyan Rebels Seize City; Interview with Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California; Explosions in Libyan Capital; China Brawl
• Rain Overwhelms Pennsylvania, Illinois & Tropical Threats to Southeast; Rebel Fighters Inch Closer to Tripoli; Federal Investigators Get Involved in Racially Charged Case; West Memphis Three Freed; Elderly Socialite Dies, Much-Younger Husband Charged
• U.S Hikers Sentenced in Iran; Kardashian Wedding in California; Choosing Alternative Medicine; The Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Dedication Ceremony; Air and Water Show in Chicago was Delayed
• U.S. Hikers Sentenced in Iran; Rebels: Tripoli is Next; 2011: Big Year for Weather Disasters; Community Pitching in for Somalia; High-Tech Board Games; Feeding Children; On the Books As Dead; Rapper's Tweet Jams Police Phone Lines; Atlanta Cheating Scandal Fallout; Moving Past Cheating Scandal; India's Modern Day Gandhi
• Three People Killed in Midwest Flash Floods; Striking Verizon Workers Get New Contract; American Hikers Sentenced to Eight Years In Iranian Prison; Pope Visits Madrid for World Youth Day; Congressional Black Caucus Holds Job Fair; Congressional Black Caucus Calls on President to Help Black Community; How Deadly is Yosemite National Park?
• Rebels Closing in on Tripoli; American Hikers Sentenced in Iran; Best Travel Deals; Best Small Town to Live In; Rapper's Tweet Jams Police Phone Lines; Swatting: Joke or Crime; Tobacco Companies Against Graphic Labels; Casey Anthony Appeal; Obama Vacations in Martha's Vineyard
• Americans Sentenced in Iran; Gadhafi: Will Stay and Fight; President Vacations in Martha's Vineyard; GOP Candidates Stump in Key States; Social Media and Crowd Violence; Anxiety Rises Over U.S. Economy; MLK Memorial Sneak Peek; Taking the Cuba Tour
• American Hikers Sentenced to Eight Years in Iranian Prison; Rick Perry Campaigns Early Primary States; Political Analysts Evaluate Mitt Romney's Campaign; Libyan Rebels Close on Capital of Tripoli; U.S. and Chinese Basketball Team Make Amends After Brawl; CNN Hero Provides Meals to Starving Africans; Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Near Completion in Washington D.C.


August 19, 2011
• West Memphis Three Released; Unrest Continues in Syria; West Memphis Three Freed; HP Discontinuing Tablet and PC; Doctors Say Heart Disease Preventable; New Comic Book Series Features Political Figures
• West Memphis Three Released; Pressure Mounts on Gadhafi; Rick Perry Criticized by Moderate Republicans; Woman Lives with Brain Cancer; Stocks Continue Downward Slide
• Doom & Gloom for European Markets; U.S. Stocks Seesaw After Huge Sell-Off; Fullerton Police Face Federal Lawsuit; West Memphis Three Freed from Prison; Social Media Plays Political Role Around the World; Global Markets Falter
• Stocks Seesaw After Huge Sell-Off; Turmoil in Global Markets; University of Miami Football Players Speak Out; Navigating a Volatile Market; The Last Heart Attack
• Stocks Bounce From Positive to Negative Territory; What To Do When Markets Go Crazy; Troubled Stealth Fighter Program; Billion- Dollar Natural Disaster; The Help Desk; West Memphis Three To Be Freed
• Dow Higher After Opening Down 121 Points; 'West Memphis Three' Could be Freed; Global Markets Tumble; Brain Cancer Survivor Embraces Life; The Art of the Walkout; Hewlett Packard Leaving PC Business
• Stocks Down Slightly in Early Trading; Wall Street's "Awful August"; European Markets Hit Hard; Obama Watches Markets From Vacation; World View of U.S. Market Fluctuation; Iraqi, Mexican Drug Ring Busted; Pounding Hail Storm Closes Airport; Driver Stops Truck with Feet; Israel Bombs Targets in Gaza; Rare, Ancient Bibles Worth Millions
• Another Awful Day in the Stock Market; Where Are Futures Heading; Europe, Asia Markets Suffer Big Losses; White House Won't Comment on Markets, Focusing on Jobs; GOP Criticizes Obama for Vacation While Markets Drop; Something Positive Must Turn Markets or Losses Continue; Opening Bell on Wall Street; Syrian Forces Fire on Protesters; Rick Perry Stumping in South Carolina; Georgetown-Chinese Team Brawl; Market Madness & You


August 18, 2011
• Dow Plummets on Worldwide Gloom; Feds Launch Probe Into S&P; President Calls for Syrian President to Resign; Stock Market Plummets; President Leaving for Vacation; Booster Scandal Rocks College Sports; Boy Dies From Brain Eating Amoeba
• Dow Dropping on Worldwide Gloom; U.S. Stocks Plummet; Markets in Europe Falter; Interview With Georgia Democratic Representative John Lewis
• Huge Sell-Off on Wall Street; President Obama Calls on Bashar al-Assad to Resign; FBI Investigates Threat Against David Letterman; President Obama Calls for Syrian President to Resign; Israel Hit with Terrorist Attack; Stock Market Plummets; Analysts Look at Issue of Paying College Athletes
• Obama Calls On Syria's Assad To Resign; Hurricanes Reeling From Sports Scandal; Two Children Die from Fresh-Water Brain-Eating Parasite; Dow Drops 425 By Mid-Afternoon; President Obama Off To Martha's Vineyard For Family Time
• Stock Markets Plunge: Blue Chips Falling More Than 300 Points; Pressing President Obama on Jobs
• Stocks Plunge on New Fears; Attacks in Israel; Dow Plummets in Early Trading; GOP Presidential Hopefuls Continue Hammering President Obama; Knowing How to Predict and Avoid a Heart Attack: Breaking Down the Common Myths
• New U.S. Sanctions against Syria; U.S. Calls on Syrian President to Leave; Dow Falls 300 Plus Points in First Minutes; U.S. Says Syrian Leader Must Go; Dow Drops 500 Plus in Early Trading; Dow Plummets in Early Trading
• "Unleash" Us to Confront Obama; Wall St. Braces for Big Sell- Off; Obama: Syrian President Should Step Down; Rick Perry's Jobs Record; O'Donnell Walks out on CNN Interview; Flash Mobs Turn Violent; U.S. Calls on Syrian President to Leave


August 17, 2011
• Alleged Florida High School Terror Plot Thwarted; Cosmic Collision; Aruban Authorities Continue to Hold American Man as Suspect; Pope to Visit Madrid; Banks to Introduce New Debit Card Fee; First Responders Not Invited to 9/11 10th Anniversary; 17-Year-Old Floridian Plots School Massacre in Tampa; Cigarette Companies Suing FDA; A 'Heavenly' Exclamation Point: No Joke: From Colbert to Perry; Obama Warns Teen Boys; Good Samaritan Saves Little Girl
• Tampa Police Thwart School Attack; First Responders Not On the List For NYC 9/11 Memorial Ceremony; Investigation Into Deadly Stage Collapse Continues; Aruban Authorities Continue to Hold American Man as Suspect; College Sports Booster Revealed; ED Leading Indicator of Heart Disease; White House To Unveil Jobs Plan in September
• Scandal in College Sports; 'Catastrophic' School Plot; Fullerton Police Force Accused of Brutality; Pope to Visit Madrid, Spain; Medical Society Adopts Definition of Addition as Disease; Chris Christie Urged by Some Republicans to Enter Presidential Race
• Obama Ends Midwest Tour Today; President Obama's Jobs Plan; Obama Holds Town Hall In Illinois; Report on Children of Unemployed; The Best Places to Live; Cafe Reconcile In New Orleans; Murdoch Back Before Parliament
• Police Prevent Deadly School Attack in Tampa; Interview With Bystander Who Helped Stop 6-Year-Old From Being Abducted; Interview With Rapper Game About Facing Charges Over Tweet; Power of Social Media; Heat Melting Arctic Ice; Perry Fires Back; Talk Back Question; Cuba Within Reach
• Student Plot to Shoot Schoolmates Thwarted in Florida; Waiting for the Details for President Obama's Jobs Plan; Social Security's Accidental Dead; Libyan Rebels Making Gains; Refinancing Your Mortgage; When Troops Reunite With Dogs; The Signs of Heart Disease In Men
• Obama's Major Speech on Jobs; GOP Campaign Heads East; Perry Responds to Obama "Advice"; Obama: "Cut Perry Some Slack"; Suspect Had Insurance on Missing Woman; Women's Hormones for Hitler; Joplin Tornado Victims Back in School; Wisconsin Recall Elections Over; Tea Party Activist Confronts Obama; "Real Housewives" Death; U.S. Birth Rate Falling; Police: School Violence Plot Foiled
• One-on-One with Pres. Obama; Singer Seeks Rights for "Y.M.C.A."; Perry Responds to Obama "Advice"; Neighbor Saves Kidnap Victim; Doggy Welcome Home


August 16, 2011
• President Obama Hits the Road; Libyan Rebels on the Move?; Christine O'Donnell Publishes Book; Rebel Force Approach Tripoli; Police Search for Body of Three-Year-Old; All Shook Up: Bachmann Flubs Elvis Birthday; Comeback for Mark Sanford?
• President Obama on the Road; Libyan Rebels Ready for Major Strike?; Search for Missing Girl in Missouri Continues; Starbucks CEO Upset with Washington Politics; Some Schools Feeding Students Health Meals.
• Teen Dies After Swimming in Florida River; Finding Justice for Kelly Thomas; Rick Perry Makes Controversial Comment about Federal Reserve; Police Officers Accused of Beating Person to Death; Al Qaeda May Be Trying to Obtain Poison for Attack
• The President And Perry In Iowa; Phone Hack Scandal Flares Again; President Obama Speaks In Iowa; Obama At Rural Economic Forum; Bomb Hoax Suspect Arrested In U.S.; New Orleans Cafe Serves Up Second Helpings And Second Chances For Trouble Teens
• Arraignment in Collar-Bomb Scare; Fighting Words on the Trail; Where the Jobs Are; Ford Releases Electric Car; The Help Desk; Talk Back Question; Getting Under Your Skin
• President Obama Talking Jobs in the Heartland; Stocks Dip; When Teachers Cheat; Beating Childhood Obesity; Perry's Texas Twang; Grieving After Egypt's Revolution
• Perry Blows a Kiss to Romney; U.S. Government Could Print More Cash; President Obama Visits Rural Towns; James Murdoch "Likely" Re- Questioned; Store Robbed by Flash Mob; Twenty Sickened at Water Park; Homeless Man Helps Save Crash Victim; TLC Won't Renew "Kate Plus 8"; Jackson Fans Mad Kiss is in Tribute; Hitfix: Fourth "Austin Powers" A Go; Sex Scandal Hits Cathay Pacific; Rebels Threaten to Isolate Tripoli
• Middleton's Waist Not That Small; Palin Suspends Bus Tour; Buffett; Tax the Rich More; Gadhafi Forces Fire Scud Missile; Gadhafi Forces Fire Scud Missile; Stocks Step Back; Comparing Perry and Bush


August 15, 2011
• Stage Disaster in Indiana; President Obama on the Attack; Money" Magazine Lists Best American Cities to Live; Stock Markets Ends Day Up; Aruban Authorities Continue Investigation into Disappearance of American Woman; Man Confesses to Killing Little Girl; "Narco- Tunnel" Found in Mexico; Car Crashes into Miami Home; Vodka Blimp Crashes in Backyard
• President Obama's Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low; Neighbor Charged in Missouri Toddler's Murder; Aruban Authorities Continue Investigation of American Woman's Disappearance; Guatemalan Court Returns Kidnapped Child in America to Mother; American Kidnapped in Pakistan; Rick Perry Enters GOP Race; Singer Sara Evans Discusses Her Career
• Indiana State Fair Reopens Today; Norway Suspect Reenacts Massacre; What Happened to Kelly Thomas?; Guatemalan Court Returns Kidnapped Child in America to Mother; American kidnapped in Pakistan; Rick Perry Enter GOP Race; Economists Point Out Benefits of Stimulus
• President Obama Speaks In Minnesota; Obama Holds Minnesota Town Hall; GOP Field Takes Shape; Buffett to Congress: Don't Coddle Me, Interview with Reince Priebus
• Warren Buffett: Raise Taxes on Millionaires; Checking the Truth-O-Meter; Mitt Romney Speaks in New Hampshire; Stolen By An Adoption Agency; Dozens Injured In Stage Collapse
• Debt Panel Faces Monumental Job; Stocks Move Higher; Reshaping GOP Presidential Race; Obama's Approval Rating; Mubarak Back on Trial
• GOP's New Winners and Losers; Perry Enters Presidential Race; Rick Perry Stumps in Iowa; Bachmann Wins Iowa Straw Poll; Obama Kicks Off Bus Tour; Norway Suspect Re-Enacts Shootings; State Fair Reopens, Honors Five Killed; Hackers Target San Francisco Transit; Rapper May Face Charges for Tweet; Thief Runs Off with Rembrandt; Honoring the Fallen; America's Best Small Towns; Missing Woman in Aruba; Interview with PGA Winner Keegan Bradley
• London Home Going for $160,000,000; Bachmann Wins Iowa Straw Poll; Dow Up to 100-Plus Points; Best Little Towns in America; American Kidnapped in Pakistan


August 14, 2011


August 13, 2011
• Stage Collapses at Indiana State Fair; Bachmann Wins Iowa Straw Poll; Rapper's Tweet Ties Up California Sheriff's Phone Lines; Rick Perry Makes 2012 Bid Official; Cyber-Boost for Job Seekers
• Rochester Police Department Accused of Racism; Polygamist Warren Jeffs Sent to Prison for Life; Accused Murderer Used Gay Panic Defense; Judge Sentenced in Cash-for-Kids Conviction; Memphis Police Accuse 17-Year-Old Boy of Murder
• Demand on Food Banks Increases; Sarah Palin Still Undecided; Severe Water Shortage at Big Spring; Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Are Good for the Health; Texas Governor Rick Perry Announces His Candidacy; Woman Missing in Aruba; Weinstein Kidnapped in Lahore
• American Abducted in Pakistan; GOP Presidential Candidates Give Speeches Ahead of Iowa Straw Poll; CNN Hero Provides Meals to Homeless; Entrepreneur Discusses Starting a Business; Rick Perry Announces Presidential Candidacy; Food Banks Sees Those Seeking Help Steadily Increase; Severe Famine Continues in Somalia
• Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry to Announce Candidacy From South Carolina; GOP Presidential Field Adds Yet Another Contender; Community Aid Workers Now Need Aid Themselves
• American Kidnapped in Pakistan; Iowa Holds Pivotal Straw Poll; Philadelphia Teens Detained for Breaking Curfew; Warren Jeffs Gets Life in Prison; DSK Pleaded Not Guilty to Criminal Case; Sweat Lodge Retrial?; Palin Grabs Iowa Spotlight; Perry to Declare Candidacy; Legal Guys on Casey Anthony, Dr. Conrad Murray; Saving Pennies at the Ballpark
• American Kidnapped in Pakistan; Perry to Declare Candidacy; Iowa Holds Pivotal Straw Poll; Five Ways to Beat Recession; Banking on Grandparents; Couple Wins Lottery; Palin Grabs Iowa Spotlight; Seven Cities, One Tank of Gas; Duchess Willing to Lose Billions for Marriage; Sickness and Starvation in Somalia
• American Abducted in Pakistan; Straw Poll in Iowa Will Rank Republican Presidential Candidates; CNN Hero Provides Meals to Homeless; Political Analysts Examine GOP Presidential Field; Rick Perry Expected to Announce Presidential Candidacy; Philadelphia Imposes Curfew on Teenagers; Pitcher Purportedly Retires in Middle of Game; Search Continues for Missing American Woman in Aruba


August 12, 2011
• GOP Floods Iowa; Will Sarah Palin Run?; Stopping Pimps in Anaheim; Philadelphia Imposes Curfew on Teenagers; Meteor Shower Expected; Court Releases Warren Jeffs Sex Tapes; Somalia Famine Worsening; Straw Poll 101
• GOP Plot Thickens; Who Is Rick Perry?; Tapes Released From Warren Jeffs Case; Group of Teen Accused of Hate Crime; Stocker Traders Discuss Trading on Stock Exchange Floor; Appeals Court Rules Against Health Care Reform's Individual Mandate
• GOP Presidential Hopefuls; Wild, Wild Week for Traders Nears an End; Challenges Threatening Very Existence of U.S. Postal Service; Post Office Looking to Reduce Workforce; Drone Attacks in Attacks in Afghanistan/Pakistan Kill Indeterminate Number of Civilians; Unemployed Man gets Professional Help; Rick Perry To Enter GOP Presidential Race
• Wild Stock Markets As Week Nears End; Dallas Hot Streak Ends; Iowa Straw Poll This Weekend; Health Care Law Illegal; Postponing Retirement; U.S. Postal Service Expects To Lay Off 120,000 Workers
• Interview With Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain; Closing Bell Madness; HIV/AIDS and the Black Community; The Help Desk; U.S. Wine Sales Soar; World's Most Valuable Company
• Will Stock Market End Week in Positive or Negative Territory?; Republican Presidential Candidates; CNN Hero Helen Ashe; Transit Police Cut Cell Phones; Getting to Know Candidate Cain; Campaign to "Out" Bert & Ernie; How to Avoid Investment Scams
• Stocks Up; Rick Perry to Run for President; Riots Subside in Great Britain; Bachmann, Pawlenty Spar in Debate; Palin to Visit Iowa State Fair; Wall Street Surges at the Open; U.S. Policy on Syria Uprising; San Francisco Cops Block Cell Service; "I Deserved to Get Shot!"; Snowcone Cash Helps Fight Hunger; Bachmann Explains "Submissive Wives"; Nickelodeon Star Hurt in Crash; Farrah Fawcett Becomes A Barbie; Viral Video Star Leaves School; Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
• GOP Debate Comes With Heated Exchanges, High Stakes For Emerging Candidates; Report: Drone Strikes Kill 160 Children; Campaign to Marry Bert and Ernie; Rick Perry to Run for President; Wild Fluctuations on Wall Street


August 11, 2011
• Rick Perry to Run for President; Dow Surges; Romney Camp Doubles Down on 'Corporations Are People Too' Statement; From NY to LA in 12 Minutes: New Aircraft Could Reach Mach 20; Grim Sleeper Possibly Linked to Over 200 Murders; Barefoot Bandit Signs Movie Deal; U.S. Sending $17M More in Famine Aid; Pelosi Names Final "Super Committee" Members
• President Obama Touts Jobs in Michigan; Who Will Win Iowa Straw Poll?; New Breakthrough May Cure Cancer; New Documentary Focuses on Mountaintop Removal Mining; Riots in London Dying Down; U.S. Stock Market Up on the Day
• Pelosi Names Three to Debt Panel; Plunge, Surge, Repeat; "It Worked Better Than We Thought": Researchers Turn Blood Cells into Cancer-Killers; Homeless Man Dies After Beating; Syrian Forces Continue Violent Crackdown on Demonstrators; Famine Continues in Somalia
• Plunge, Surge, Repeat; Three House Democrats Names To The Debt Panel; Five U.S. Troops Killed In Afghanistan; Flying At 13,000 MPH; Three Siblings Due In Court; Streets Of London Quiet
• Stocks Still in Positive Territory; How U.S. Markets Affect Europe; Rush to Buy Gold Amid Stock Market Uncertainty; Wisconsin Brewery Creates Jobs; Training New Navy SEALs
• Markets Get Boost From Report on Unemployment Claims; What's Happening on Wall Street; Brits Reclaiming Their Streets; Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West Discuss Their Poverty Tour; Texas Town Looking to Turn Urine into Water; Jobless Rates in Two California
• Riots Die Down in Great Britain; Strong Start on Wall Street; European Fears Rattle Wall Street; European Markets Mixed; Congress Considers Returning; Palin to Crash Party in Iowa; New CNN Poll: Perry Near Top of Pack; Shooting at Estonian Defense Ministry; Three Arrested in "Flash Mob" Attacks; Houston on Water Restriction; Captured Siblings Expected in Court; TBS Cancels "Lopez Tonight"; "New York Mayor" Alec Baldwin; "U.S. President" Matt Damon; The Controversy Over "The Help"
• Wall Street Tries to Rebound; Afghan Bombs Kills Five NATO Troops; European, Asian Markets Fall; Parliament Addresses U.K. Riots; Palin to Crash Party in Iowa; Sickness, on Top of Starvation; Maryland Woman Missing in Aruba; Making Money in a Volatile Market; Eyeing Michele Bachmann's Eyes


August 10, 2011
• Dow Plummets; Violence in Great Britain; Interview With New York Republican Representative Peter King; Youth Gang in South Apprehended; New Information Emerges About Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan; Case of Robyn Conner: Missing in Aruba; Therapy Dogs in Courtrooms Garner Controversy; Violence, Looting Spreads Across U.K.; U.S. Plans to Ask Syrian President to Go; Tiger Woods Second Divorce
• Fugitive Siblings Caught; Unrest in Britain Continues; U.S. Stock Market Plummets; Actresses Interviewed About New Movie; London Prepares for More Possible Rioting; Rick Perry Expected to Enter Presidential Race
• Riots Continue in Britain; Fugitive Siblings Captured; CIA May be Helping Mexican Government in Drug War; Email Sent at Work May Result in Firing; Member of Married Gay Couple Faces Deportation
• Stocks Lost Again; Wanted Siblings Caught In Colorado; Super Committee Takes Shape; Fugitive Siblings Caught; A Fight Back Is Underway; Recall Vote Controversy; Starvation in Eastern Africa
• Volatile Trading on Wall Street as Investors React to Yesterday's Fed Announcement; 'Super Committee' Members Being Named; Battle Over Dog in Court; Interview With Alan Simpson; Saving Starving Children; Talk Back Question; Dreamliner Unveiled
• Stocks Nosedive at Opening Bell; New Attacks by Syrian Forces; Filling Seats on 'Super Committee'; Protecting Your Retirement Account; The Many Faces of the Jobless
• Britain: We Will Restore Order; Fugitive Siblings Spotted in Colorado; International Outcry Builds against Syria; Wall Street Retreats from Rally; Stocks Plunge 300 Plus at Open; Nine Open Spots on Debt Panel; Fears of Another Debt Deadlock; Appalling Violence and Thuggery; Dow Plunges 400 Plus Points; Iowa Straw Poll This Weekend; Violence Intensified in Syria; International Outcry Builds Against Syria; Whole Foods' Ramadan Controversy
• Stocks Set to Ease after Rally; Asian, European Markets Rally; Nine Open Spots on Debt Panel; Perry to Make 2012 Intentions Clear; Four Wisconsin Senators Survive Recall; Insurgents Who Downed Chopper Killed; Stocks Plunge at Open; Britain: We Will Restore Order; Stocks Drop 200-plus at Open; First Black Secret Service Agent Dies; Town's $150,000 Refund


August 09, 2011


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