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December 31, 2011


December 30, 2011
• Iran Flexing Military Muscle; Republicans Make Final Push In Iowa; Many Sponsors Pull Floats From Tournament Of Roses Parade; Teen Dies of Lifelong Heart Disease; Charity Provides Pets To Veterans; Animal Shelter Specializes In Taking Care Of Wolf Dogs
• Countdown to Iowa; Doctors Charged With Murder; Shrinking Middle Class; Verizon's New "Convenience" Fee; Verizon's $2 Fee Sparks Outrage; Who's Dropping The Ball?; Times Square Ball Technology
• Christie To Iowa; Sears Reveals Stores On Chopping Block; Thirty-two Protesters Killed In Syria; Iran Warns Of Missile Test; Detained And Undocumented; Getting Ready For The Big Party; New Island In Red Sea; Standing Up For Turkeys; Painful Lessons In Tucson; City Powered By Used Cooking Oil; Countdown To Iowa
• Mitt Romney's Final Push as Caucuses Near; New York City Prepares for New Year's Party; Stopping Celebratory Gunfire; Ron Paul's Impact On The Race; Why The Iowa Caucuses Matter; Traders Reflect on 2011, 2012; Gun Sales Skyrocket
• Race to Iowa Caucuses; Report: NYPD, CIA Spied on Muslims; Defectors Battle Syrian Army; Protesters Hold Anti-Government Rallies in Syria; Ron Paul Leaving Iowa Over New Year's Weekend; NOAA: 2012 One of the Most Disastrous Years on Record
• Chris Christie Stumps For Romney; Al Qaeda Targeting Libya; North Korea Vows Same Policies; Egyptian Forces Raid Non-Profits; Syrian Government Faces Military Defectors; Lottery Winner Beats Deadline; Crackdown On New Year's Gunfire; Iran's Threat To Close Strait Of Hormuz; China Ramps Up Space Program; Verizon Wireless Fee Outrage
• Chris Christie Stumps for Romney; Al Qaeda Recruiting in Libya; Syrian Government Faces Military Defectors; Preparing for New Year's Eve; Chris Christie Stumps for Romney; 2012 Economy: A Look Ahead; New Year's Apps


December 29, 2011
• Another American Killed in Mexico; Unrest in Syria; Newt Gingrich Falling; Iran Threatens To Block Oil Trade; Some Immigrants Buy Green Cards with Investment Money; An 18-Year-Old Internet Host Dies; Federal Investigators May Prosecute BP Employees; GOP Candidates Claim Obama Administration Fears Their Candidacy
• Iran Continues Threats to Block Oil Shipping Lanes; Man Dressed As Santa Claus Kills Family; Rick Santorum Surging in Iowa Polls; Idaho Teen Loses Cancer Fight; 2011: The Year In Medicine; Lasers Target Planes; Judge: Class "Promotes Racial Resentment"
• Interview With Kent Sorenson; Santorum up, Gingrich Down in Iowa; Bachmann Aide Defects; Hispanics Still Like President Obama; Over 30 Killed In Syria; Dying Teen Inspires Us; Donating To Fund- Raisers
• Santorum Climbs to Third in Iowa; U.S. Warns Iran over Oil Channel; Syria's Violent Crackdown; 911 Call Reveals Shooter; Economy Bright Spots for 2012; Economic Bright Spots For 2012; Afghan Teen Bride Tortured; Santorum's Personal Reflections; New Calendar Idea
• Santorum Climbs To Third in Iowa; Snipers Target Anyone In Syrian City Streets; U.S. Warns Iran Over Oil Channel; Obesity And Bonding With Moms; U.S. Selling Fighter Jets to Saudi Arabia; Michele Bachmann Advisor Defects to Ron Paul Camp; Medical Stories Impact Our Lives This Year
• Gingrich Plunges, Santorum Surges; Weekly Jobs Claims Inch Up; Iran Threatens To Stop Oil Shipments; Wary Investors Eye Oil Supplies; Arab League Mission Slammed In Syria; Syrian Forces Fire On Protesters; New Details In Christmas Day Massacre; Placing Bets On The Presidential Race; Egyptian Police Raid Human Rights Offices
• Gingrich Plunges, Weekly Jobless Claims Inch Up; Santorum Surges; Syria on the Frontlines; Memorial for Kim Jong Il; Gingrich Plunges, The Most Pirated Films of 2011; 2011: The Year in Medicine


December 28, 2011
• U.S. and Iran Trade Threats; Airport Security Useless?; Six Days To Iowa Caucuses, No Clear Frontrunner; North Korea Holds Funeral Services for Kim Jong-il; Americans Killed by Drug Cartel While Visiting Mexico
• Iran Threatens Oil Shipping Lane; Obama Set to Raise Federal Debt Ceiling; A Fire Burns Down Connecticut House; The Year In Tech; Pure Painkiller; Three Miners Trapped In Tennessee; Six Days Until Iowa Caucuses
• Where Else But Iowa?; Debt Limit To Rise Again; Perry Says Don't Shut Me Out; Funeral For Kim Jong-il; Deadly Gunfire In Syria; Comprehensive Soldier Fitness; Christmas Day Fire; Killed In The Line Of Duty
• Gingrich Rallies Iowa Supporters; Observers Delayed In Syria; Brands That May Disappear in 2012; Eugenics Victims Want NC to Pay; No Clear Frontrunner In Iowa; Lunar Probes Enter Orbit Soon ; Defining Moments Of 2011
• What's at Stake in Iowa Caucuses; Thousands Attend Kim Jong- il's Funeral; Mubarak Trial Resumes in Egypt; Gingrich Goes After Paul; Economist More Optimistic on Economy; Texas Family Shot in Mexico; Rick Perry Changes Position on Abortion; Christmas Fire in Connecticut Kills 5
• Gingrich, Romney Sharpen Attacks; Obama Seeks To Raise In Debt Ceiling; Grand Funeral For Kim Jong-il; Observers In Syria For Second Day; Texas Woman, Daughters Killed In Mexico; Embers Likely Caused Deadly Fire; Slow Start For Stocks; Same-Sex Couples Pay More Tax; New Details Of Indiana Murder; Iran Calls American-Born Man A Spy
• Gingrich, Romney Sharpen Attacks; Grand Funeral for Kim Jong- Il; Observers in Syria for Second Day; Mubarak Murder Trial Resumes in Egypt; Gingrich Ads to Hit Airwaves; Navy Won't Tolerate Iran "Disruption"; 2011: The Year in Tech; NASA Teleconference to Preview Lunar Probe


December 27, 2011
• Violence in Syria Continues; Detroit Serial Killer?; Top Political Scandals of 2011 Reviewed; Man Returns $10,000 in Cash He Found at Airport; Rick Santorum Goes Hunting in Iowa; Interview With Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee
• Interview With New York Congressman Peter King; Five Killed in Connecticut Fire; Winning Lottery Ticket Goes Unclaimed; Countdown To Iowa Caucuses; Woman Who Threatened Lawmakers Killed; Santorum Aims For Evangelical Vote; Gingrich's Switch On "Romney Care"; Soldier Shot At His Own Homecoming
• Former Aide Attacks Ron Paul; The GOP Battle For Iowa; The Rich Get Richer In Congress; Sniper Reported In Homs; Sandusky's Wife Worried He'd Be Accused; Some Sears And Kmart Stores Closing; Man Finds Owner Of $10,000; Haitians Battle for Restitution from U.N. for Cholera Outbreak; GOP Candidates Spend Big On Ads
• Iowa Caucuses Nearing; Violence in Syria; Buried Under Snow; Politics 2011: The Top 10 Stories; The Search For Ayla Reynolds; The Help Desk; Unwanted Holiday Gift Cards; Listening To History
• Over 100 Sears, Kmart Stores Closing; Iowa Caucuses One Week Away; Fact-Finders in Volatile Syrian City; ; Iraq & Iran's Newfound Friendship; Was Gingrich For Romney-Care? Dottie Sandusky Stands By Her Husband
• Countdown To Iowa Caucuses; Al Qaeda In Iraq Claims Responsibility; U.S. Weighs Yemeni President's Visit; Fact-Finding Team Now In Syria; North Korea's New Leader Meets Group; Life After Kim Jong-Il; Detroit Investigating Murders; Slow Start For Stocks; Sears/K-Mart Closing 100-120 Stores; What Your Flight Will Be Like In 2012; Teen Climbs World's Highest Mountains
• Three-Way Tie a Week Before Iowa Caucuses; Fact-Finding Team Now in Syria; Iran Tries to Expand Ties to Iraq; Prince Philip Leaves Hospital; Countdown to Iowa Caucuses; Politics 2011: The Top 10 Stories; Soldier Shot at Own Homecoming Party; Big Brawl at Mall of America


December 26, 2011
• Violence in Iraq; Seven People Found Dead in Texas; Countdown to Iowa Caucuses; Data Breach At Stratfor; Sports Headlines 2011; Unrest In Iraq
• Soldier Shot, Paralyzed at Homecoming; Redeeming Gift Cards; New Details About Newt Gingrich's First Divorce; Gingrich Slide; Monitors To Probe Syria Crackdown; Wine After Your Heart; "Worst Christmas Day"
• Gingrich Divorce Papers; Observing Syria's Crackdown; Who Hacked Stratfor?; London Subway Strike; Retailers Lure Shoppers; Online Gamblers Hit The Jackpot; Soldier Shot At Welcome Home Party; Family Killed After Opening Gifts; Gingrich's Problem in Virginia as Ron Paul Rises; Another Deadly Bomb Attack in Iraq; Illegal Immigrant's Surgery Rejected by U.S. Government
• Court Documents Contradict Newt Gingrich's Story About Divorce; Big Arrest in Mexico's Drug War; Raging Violence in Syria; Betting On Elections?; Year-End Financial Advice; Pakistani-Indian Border Dance; Most Memorable iReports
• Holiday Shopping, Round Two; First Family's Hawaiian Holiday; Tube Strike in London Won't Stop Shoppers; How to Reduce Amount of Money You Give IRS; Is 2012 the Year to Buy a House; Polls Show Dead Heat between Gingrich, Romney, Paul in Iowa; 106-Year-Old Stock Broker Talks about Changes; A Look at Sports in 2012
• Countdown To Iowa Caucuses; In Syria, Gunfire And Violence Flare; Arab League Monitors Visit Syria; Churches Bombed In Nigeria; Seven Dead In Christmas Day Shooting; Post Office Torched, Shot Up; Winning $125 Million Powerball Ticket Sold; Iowa's Potential Kingmaker; Weather's Impact On Iowa Caucuses; Shoppers Return To The Stores; Bombers Strikes Iraq Checkpoint; Bodies Wash Ashore In Philippines; Report: Errors In Fukushima Response; Anonymous" Hackers Strike Again; No Gingrich, No Perry In Virginia
• Shoppers Return to the Stores; Iowa Caucuses Eight Days Away; Churches Bombed in Nigeria; Anonymous Hackers Strike Again; Gunfire and Violence Flare in Syria; Seven Dead in Christmas Day Shooting; Post Office Torched, Shot Up; Winning $125M Powerball Ticket Sold; Boy's Special Wish Comes True; 2011: The Year in Sports


December 24, 2011


December 23, 2011
• President Obama in Hawaii; France to Pay for Breast Implant Removals; Suicide Bombings Rock Syria; Donald Trump No Longer Republican; New Pictures From Space Station; Man Lets Underage Daughter Drive
• President Obama Signs Payroll Tax Cut Deal; Holiday Help for Skid Row; First Car Bombings in Syria's Uprisings; Egyptians Swarm Cairo In Protest; Arlington National Cemetery Scandal Deepens
• Obama Speaks About Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Congress Passes Tax Cut Extension; Suicide Bombers Strike Syria; Anti-Military Protest In Egypt; Wrongfully Convicted Man Goes Free, Prosecutors Could Be Charged; Civil Libertarians Angry With Obama
• Congress Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Interview With Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp; Bombings kill 32 in Syria; Dow Up 90 Points; Obama Prepares To Speak On Payroll Tax Cuts
• Congress Passes Tax Cut Extension; Holiday Travel Headaches; Mortgage Rates Hit Another Low; Romney Gets H.W. Bush Endorsement; Protesters Fill Tahrir Square; Bombings Rock Syria
• Deal Reached On Payroll Tax Cut; House Votes On Tax Cut Extension; Bachmann Slams Payroll Tax Cut; Biden, Romney In War Of Words; State Media: Blasts Rock Damascus; Extreme Winter Weather In the Rockies; Quakes Rattle New Zealand
• Deal Reached on Payroll Tax Cut; Gingrich Lowers Expectations; Suicide Bombers Blast Damascus; Beaten Egyptian Woman Speaks; Best Buy Cancels Some Online Orders; Senate Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Senate Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Ex-Con Delivers Healthy Alternatives; Deal Reached on Payroll Tax Cut


December 22, 2011
• Possible Deal In Tax Cut Standoff?; Devastation In Baghdad; U.S. Says Pakistani Strike Was Self-Defense; Nurses Strike in California; Parents Allegedly Killed Own Daughters
• Tornadoes Possibly Threatening Alabama; Congress Deadlocked Over Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Baby Girl Missing in Maine; : Search Intensifies For Missing Toddler; Missing Kansas Woman Found; Former Players Sue NFL Over Concussions; Royals Visit Homeless Youth; Update on Egyptian Seen Severely Beaten
• Obama Speaks About Tax Fight, Ups Pressure On Congress; Bombing In Bagdhad Kills 63; Players Sue NFL Over Injuries; Women Beaten in Cairo Protests; Newt Gingrich Challenges Mitt Romney to Debate
• Payroll Tax Cut Extension Fight; Explosions Kill Dozens in Iraq; Inside the DMZ; D.C. Central Kitchen Feeds Community; Severe Storms Hit The Southeast; Tax Fight Divides Republicans
• Upping the Ante Over Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Explosions Kill Dozens in Iraq; Bank of America Pays for Lending Bias; Ron Paul Newsletters Spark Controversy; Miscommunication at Heart of Pakistani Airstrike; West, Southeastern U.S. Hammered by Storms; NFL Players Sue over Head Injuries
• Nine Days Until Your Paycheck Shrinks; Obama Ratchets Up Tax Fight; House GOP Talks Payroll Tax Cuts; Ron Paul Gets Testy Over Newsletters; U.S. Update on Pakistan Drone Strike; House Democrats Talk Taxes
• New Fears Over Iraq's Future; McCain Rips Obama's Leadership; Ron Paul Gets Testy Over Newsletters; Arab League Monitors Syrian Abuses; The Economy in 2011; Flying Dogs to Freedom; Babies Talking, Cats Hugging


December 21, 2011
• Can Republicans Beat President Obama?; Payroll Tax Cut Battle Continues; Jury Awards Family of Sexual Assault Victim $150 Billion; Pawn Shop Owner Buys But Does Not Plan to Sell Purple Heart; High Profile Legal Cases of 2011 Reviewed
• Standoff Over Payroll Tax Cut; Interview With Congresswoman Nan Hayworth; Letters to President Obama, Not Santa; Insight Into North Korea's New Leader; Chinese Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber of Commerce; A Final Best Friend; Dutch Magazine Slurs Rihanna
• Payroll Tax Cut Stalemate; Interview With Michigan Congressman Fred Upton; Bird Flu Tests Seen As Terror Threat; 2011's Legal Dramas; McCain: Payroll Tax Stand Off Hurting GOP; Video of 2 Men Beating Homeless Man; Obama Approval Rating Going Up; Ron Paul Leads in Iowa
• New Rules to Prevent Pilot Fatigue; Tax Fight Could Hurt Economy; Women Rise Up in Egypt; White House On Tax Cut Extension; Newt Gingrich Loses Lead In Polls
• Calling for Lawmakers to Fix Gridlock; How do North Koreans Really Feel About Kim Jong-il's Death?; Positive Signs About Economy; Ron Paul Leading in Iowa, Gingrich Heckled; Bill Clinton Working to Make World Better
• Payroll Tax Cut Hits Stalemate; "Shouldn't Be Politics As Usual"; Gingrich Touts New Endorsements; Housing Recession Was Worth Than Thought; Three Troops Charged In Soldier's Death; Saudi Prince Buys Stake In Twitter
• Payroll Tax Cut Hits Stalemate; Home Sales Even Worse than Thought; Faith Leader Asks Bachmann to Quit; Obama, Paul Surge in New Polls; Penn State Students Face Riot Charges; New Pilot Fatigue Guidelines; Care for the Dying; Special Deliveries Gone Wild


December 20, 2011
• North Korea's Leadership Void; President Obama Urges Tax Deal; Defendant Sentenced to Life for Murder of Student; Financial Planners Answer Questions; Top Stories of 2011 Reviewed; North Korea After Jim Jong-il
• President Obama Urges Deal on Payroll Tax Cut; Boehner Speaks On Payroll Tax Cut; Blizzard Hammers Parts of West, Midwest; Priest Talking On Free Speech Nearly Arrested; Gingrich Goes After Activist Judges; Lady Gaga's Twitter Account Hacked; Piers Morgan Testifies
• House Rejects Payroll Cut Extension; Controversial Use of Federal Funds; Piers Morgan Testifies; Newt Gingrich's Big Lead Evaporates; A Look Back at 2011 News; New Poll Shows American Discontent with Washington; Obama Speaks On Tax Cut Extension
• Interview With Congressman Steny Hoyer; 'Million Women' March in Cairo; After Kim Jong-il; Re-Examining the 'Axis of Evil'; New Polls On Obama, Congress; Colors Ceremony Closes Iraq War; The State Of Post-War Iraq; Beaten and Locked Up; The year That Was In Tech; House Rejects Tax Cut Extension
• Payroll Tax Cut Extension Causing Gridlock on Capitol Hill; Eye on New North Korean Leader; Former Executive Stuck in Low-Paying Job; Inside North Korea After Death of Leader; Winter Weather Derails Some Travel Plans; Rick Santorum Receives Big Endorsement in Iowa
• House To Vote On Payroll Tax Cut; Blizzard Pounds The Plains; Kim Jong-il Lies In State; Lawmaker: Call Out National Guard; Wikileaks: Cybercrimes Cop Testifies; 2011 Headlines and Highlights
• House to Vote on Payroll Tax Cut; Storm Closes 200 Miles of Texas Interstate; Gingrich Slipping in Latest Poll; Kim Jong-Il Likes in State; NASA: More Planets Out There; Who is North Korea's Next Dictator?; Ex-Army Captain Helps Fellow Vets; AT&T Owes Up to $39 Billion Bid for T-Mobile; Disabled, But Helping Others; Lights Out Twice at Candlestick Park; Remembering the "Dear Leader"


December 19, 2011


December 18, 2011


December 17, 2011
• The End of the Iraq War
• Senate Passes Two-Month Extension of Payroll Tax Cut; Des Moines Register Endorses Mitt Romney; U.S. Troops Move Out of Iraq
• Floods Kill At Least 436 in Philippines; Extending Payroll Tax Cut Temporarily; Seventeen Days Until Iowa Caucuses
• Hundreds Dead and Missing in the Philippines; Troubles in Iraq as U.S. Troops Leave; Ten-Year-Old Saves Sisters from Abuse; Ending the Iraq War; Two Former Penn State Officials to Stand Trial; Georgia County Suspends Band Activities; Cancer Survivor Becomes a Mom; Paying Your Debts
• Short-Term Extension of Tax Cut Passed; Powerful Bloc Quits Iraqi Parliament; Chicago Bears Drop Sam Hurd; Battle of the Wives in the GOP Campaign
• Tropical Storm Slams the Philippines; Senate OKs Spending Plan; Powerful Bloc Quits Parliament; Fortune Brainstorm; Hottest Video Games; Star Witness Testimony; Ron Paul Talks Fellow GOP Hopefuls; Romney Courts Tea Party in S.C.; Alive Thanks to A "Safe Room"; Big Shrimp Causing Big Problems; Band Death Ruled A Homicide
• Storm Hits Philippines; Iraq War Ends; Financial Planners Give Advice About Gift Cards; Actor and Singer Promotes Salvation Army; Movie Critic Looks at Recent Box Office Arrivals; Iraq War Veterans Discuss Difficulties of Returning Home
• Senate Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Iraqi Government Divided as American Troops Depart; Press Cameraman Beaten In Iraq; Mitt Romney's Wife Making Campaign Appearances; President Obama Speaks About Senate Passing Payroll Extension; Iowa Paper Endorsement Today; Storm Kills 436 in Philippines; Alternative Court to Treat Veterans; Don't Give Yourself Debt; Band Death Ruled a Homicide; Curley, Schultz Will Stand Trial


December 16, 2011
• House to Vote on Payroll Tax Cut Extension; Barry Bonds Sentenced; Radioactive Material Found in Russian Flight to Iran not Used in Nuclear Weapons; Last Detainee of U.S. Forces in Iraq Not Extradited to U.S.; Penn State Assistant Coach Testifies in Jerry Sandusky Trial
• Countdown to Iowa; NFL Player Called Drug Kingpin; Star Sandusky Witness Takes Stand; Mansion Murder Mystery; Barry Bonds Sentenced to Two Years Probation; Baby Fits In Palm Of Hand
• Laws or Quality To Blame For Failing Schools?; Mike McQueary's Culpability; Last Debate Before Iowa; Veteran Crisis Line Helps Veterans In Need
• Barry Bonds Sentencing Today; Penn State Molestation Scandal: McQueary Testifies; Afghans to Fight Taliban; Last Debate Before Iowa Caucuses; Congress May Avoid Government Shutdown; No Deal Yet On Payroll Tax Cut
• Congress May Avoid Government Shutdown; Penn State Molestation Scandal; Republican Presidential Candidates Take Aim at Newt Gingrich; Department Goes After Sheriff Joe Arpaio; John McCain's War of Words with Russia's Vladimir Putin; Does Banning Cell Phones Cause Fewer Crashes?
• Congress May Avoid Government Shutdown; Still No Deal On Payroll Tax Cut; GOP Candidates Gang Up On Gingrich; Judge To Sentence Barry Bonds Today; Penn State's Star Witness Testifies; Nuke Material Seized At Moscow Airport; Students Rally Behind FAMU's President;; Mortgage Rates Sink To Record Lows; Stocks Moving Higher; Iraq Veterans Fight For Jobs, Benefits; WikiLeaks Suspect Wants Judge Recused; Shutdown Achieved at Japan Nuke Plant
• GOP Candidates Gang Up on Gingrich; Still No Deal on Payroll Tax Cut; Key Day for Penn State's Star Witness; Nuke Material Seized at Moscow Airport; Judge to Sentence Barry Bonds Today; Arraignment Begins in WikiLeaks Case; Arizona Sheriff Arpaio Under Investigation; Record Low for Married Couples; "Batman" Star Roughed up in China


December 15, 2011


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