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May 30, 2009
• NYPD Tragedy Sparks Calls for Federal Probe; Same-Sex Marriage Debate; Foster Care Awareness Month
• GM Expected to File for Bankruptcy on Monday; Obama Urges Senate to Approve Sotomayor
• Time Winding Down for GM's Bankruptcy Decision; Republicans Split on Judge Sonia Sotomayor; A Look into the Stimulus Plan after 100 Days
• General Motors Could Be on the Brink of Bankruptcy; President Obama Promoting and Praising Sonia Sotomayor, Prince Harry Visits New York
• General Motors Heading for Bankruptcy; GOP Says Sotomayor May Not Be the Best Choice; 'Hip-Hop Baby' and How it Helps Preschoolers
• Canadian Company Magna International to Purchase Opel; Jay Leno's Last Night; Pakistani Forces Have Reclaimed Most of the City of Mingora From the Taliban; President Obama Defending and Praising Sonia Sotomayor


May 29, 2009
• Clinton vs. Bush?; GOP Turning Off Hispanic Voters?
• Cop Kills Cop in New York City; GM Shares Drop Below $1; Threat of Cyberattacks Growing; Harvard Student Protests Expulsion; Financial Advice About Mortgages and Paying for Education; "Jon and Kate Plus 8" under PA Labor Investigation
• Still No 9/11 Memorial in Pennsylvania; Obama Makes Burger Run; Mother Fights Police on Son's Taser Death; County Wants to Regulate Home Religious Gathering; Bush Post-Presidency; Threat of Cyberattacks Growing; GM Models Big Hit in China; North Korea Fires 6th Missile
• Good Borrowers Go Bust; GM Nears Bankruptcy; Preventing Cyber Attacks; Learning to a New Beat; California Budget Crisis; GM at the Crossroads; Carving Your Own Road
• President Obama Addresses Cyber Threats; Sotomayor to Face Senate Judiciary Committee Soon; General Motors Shares Drop Below a Dollar; Saving the Leatherback Turtle
• GM Has New Lineup of Fuel-Efficient Cars; Wisconsin Fifth- Graders Win Stock Contest; Gunman Hijacks School Bus; Spelling Bee Champ Fulfills Dream; Mother Angry over Son's Taser Death; Study Indicates Skewed Spending on Drug Fight
• GM at the Crossroads; North Korea Test Fires More Missiles; Taliban Promising More Attacks; Homeless Teen Wins Scholarship; Father Cutie Leaving the Catholic Church; Peace Corps for the Classroom; Fighting Cyber Crime


May 28, 2009
• Conservatives Take Shots at Sotomayor; You're Wrong, It's My Right of Way; Supreme Fight; Attorney Charged in Murder Plot
• U.S., South Korean Forces Raise Alert; President Obama's Meeting With Mahmoud Abbas; Concerns Over GM's Plans in China; Judging Sotomayor; Taylor Find Niche Clothing Market; Woman's American Flag Removed After Coworker Complains
• Supreme Court Nominee Under Fire; GM to Declare Bankruptcy; Poor Training Cause of Air Crashes?; Army Base Copes with Issue of Suicide; North Korean Nuclear Plant Shows Recent Activity; Parents Have Rights in Kids' Medical Treatment; Retired Lieutenant General Honore Weighs In On North Korean Situation
• Banks Hike Checking Fees, Penalties; Obama Administration Focuses on Israeli Settlements; Apathy Greets Hurricane Season; GM's Road to Bankruptcy; North Korea Threatens Military Action; Pilot Training in Question; Burris Back in the Hot Seat; Judging Sotomayor
• New Push for Mideast Peace; Suicide Stand-Down: Fort Campbell Holds Prevention Program; Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on CNN.com; Deadly Earthquake in Honduras
• Tensions High over North Korea; Hurricane Forecast Predicts up to 7; Army Base Focuses Intensively on Suicide Prevention; Conservatives Criticize Sotomayor; Sotomayor Unpredictable on Business Rulings; New Canada/U.S. Border Entry Rules to Begin; Some Employers Hiring Recent Grads
• Stimulus Package Progress Report; Obama Touts New Optimism on the Economy; GM'S New Deal with Bondholders; Baghdad's Thieves Market


May 27, 2009
• Roland Burris Under Fire; U.S. Army Focuses on Suicide Prevention; Lawsuit: Texas Town 'Robbing' People; Rove vs. Carville; School Empowerment for Kids
• North Korea's Latest Threats; President Obama in Nevada; Face of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; President Obama LV Nellis Solar Power Plant: "What Happens in Vegas, Should Not Stay in Vegas" Green Energy Should Be Implemented Nationwide; Sotomayor Critics Cite Judge's Own Past Remarks
• GM Expected to File for Bankruptcy; GM Town Worries about Future; Tensions Escalate with North Korea; Supreme Court Nominee's Religion to be a Factor?; Fort Campbell Has Army's 1st Suicide Prevention Coordinator; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Addresses North Korea's Actions
• GM Deal Collapses; The Case Against Sotomayor; North Korea's Nuclear Defiance; Minds Over Money; Nevada Governor Nixes Obama Visit; Same-Sex Marriage Map; Tanker Stealing Gas From Stations; The Road to Confirmation; Highway Money Trail
• GM Deal Collapses; Pakistan Car Bombing; From the South Bronx to Supreme Court?; California Supreme Court Upholds Marriage Bans for Same-Sex Couples; The DMZ: The Line Between Two Koreas; Below the Ground Inside Gaza Smuggling Tunnels; Posse Program Promoting Leadership and Diversity
• Obama Leaves Door Open for Talks with North Korea; What is Sotomayor's Approach on Environment?; Cyber Bullying Expert: Teach Kids Basic Safety Tools; Prop 8 Opponents to File Federal Lawsuit; Sotomayor Would Be Court's Sixth Catholic


May 26, 2009
• President Obama Names Supreme Court Pick; Interview With Presidential Adviser Valerie Jarrett: Why Judge Sotomayor Was Chosen; Supreme Court Nomination Battle Begins; North Korea Vs. the World; Rioters Protesting in India After Sikh is Murdered in Austria
• Supreme Court Nominee; Republicans Promise 'Thorough' Vetting of Sotomayor; California State Supreme Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban; Hausers Return to Minnesota Court; Deadline Looming For General Motors
• Obama Nominates First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice; California Same-Sex Marriage Ban Upheld; Cancer Patient, Mom Return Home Voluntarily; Conservatives to Look at Sotomayor's Statements, Not Just Rulings; California Court Keeps Prop 8 Result; More Whooping Cough in Unvaccinated Kids; Children Suffer Recession's Impact on Families; U.S. Pushing for Strong Response to North Korea; Life Remains Rough for Ordinary North Koreans
• President Obama Nominates Sotomayor for Supreme Court; Same-Sex Marriages on the Line in California; Gas Prices Inch Higher; The Help Desk; Mother & Son with Cancer Back Home
• President Obama's Supreme Court Pick; Republicans' Concerns About Sotomayor; 18,000 Marriages on the Line
• Obama Nominates First Hispanic Woman to Supreme Court; Leahy Praises Sotomayor's "Long and Distinguished" Career; Republicans Will Look for Past Even-Handed Rulings; Longtime Friend Calls Sotomayor "Methodical"
• President Obama to Announce Sonia Sotomayor as His Supreme Court Justice Pick; Minnesota Mom and Cancer-Ridden Son Back Home; North Korea Fires Test-Missiles


May 25, 2009
• North Korea Tests Nuke?; Manhattan Serial Bomber?
• North Korea Tests Outside World; 'The 30 Second Pitch'; Free Car for an Inch of Rain; Section 60: Families of Iraq, Afghanistan Service Members Remember Their Fallen Heroes; Possible Link Found Between a Father's Age and the Intelligence of His Children; How to Help Celebrate Memorial Day
• White House Evaluating Options on North Korea; Former Honor Guard Shares View of Arlington; Center Works to Find Missing Children; U.N. Calls Emergency Meeting on North Korea Nuclear Test; Swine Flu Infections on the Rise; Experts Say 30 SPF Sunscreen OK; Students' Cartoon Depicts Ways to Kill Girl; Powell Fires Back against GOP Critics
• Gas Prices Rise; Exodus From Swat Valley; The Next Supreme Court Justice; North Korea's Nuclear Claim; Creating Green Jobs; Interactive Memorial Day; 6th Grade How To Kill Cartoon; Memorial Day Sun & Rain; Drill Baby Drill
• A Duty to Honor & Serve; North Korea's Nuclear Defiance; Gas Prices on the Way Up?; President Obama Honors the Fallen: "With Each Death, We Are More Determined"; CNN Hero Lynn Hughes: Continuing the Fight for Veterans; Honoring the Fallen: iReports Spanning Three Wars
• Old Guard Helps Carry Fallen Home; Obama Condemns North Korea Nuclear Test; Vets Groups, Current Service Members Honor the Dead; Current Service Members Concerned about Brain Injury; 91-Year-Old WWII Vet Wants Fellow Vets Remembered; Obama Lays Wreath at Arlington
• Buying a Half-Priced Home; Memorial Day: A Soldier's Perspective; Cyber-Bullying on a Whole New Level; Helping Military Families Cope with Loss


May 24, 2009
• Obama Expected to Name Supreme Court Choice Soon; Push for Gay Rights in Diplomatic Corps; Memorial Day Remembers the Fallen; Student Cartoon Portrays Ways to Kill Classmate; Dance Company Celebrates 50 Years; Fallen Heroes Returned Home; North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
• GOP Going Trunk to Trunk; Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands in California; From the Front Lines
• Greif Counseling Program Helps Children That Lost Father's in War; Off-shore Oil Exploration & it's Connection to the Price of Gas; Mariah Stackhouse Makes Her Mark in Golf; Male Model Tyson Beckford is an "African-American First."
• Names Still Added to Vietnam Memorial; California Court to Rule on Same-Sex Marriage; Free Car for an Inch of Rain; Marathon Oil Drills Off Gulf of Mexico; British Singer Susan Boyle Tries for Semi- Finals


May 23, 2009
• Inside the Denver Supermax Prison; Grade School Girls Create Violent Cartoon of Fellow Classmate; Weekend of Remembrance for People All Across the Nation; Obama's Pressures About Choosing the Next Supreme Court Justice; The Economy's Effect on Credit Card Payments
• Synagogue Bombing Plot; Dueling Speeches Spark Controversy; Inside Look at Supermax
• Health Care for Veterans; PTSD Rates High Among American Soldiers; NASA to Get First African-American Administration?
• War Hero Remembered; Children React to Rochester Crime; Gas Prices Spike; Obama Meets With Abbas; CNN Hero; Smuggling Crackdown
• President Obama Urges Americans to Salute Veterans; White House Aide says Supreme Court Nominee may be Named Next Week; Pakistan Says It is Winning the War on the Taliban; Military Combats Stigma Associated with PTSD; Mississippi Town Elects its First African- American Mayor
• A Lesson into the Origin of Memorial Day; NASA Scrubs Shuttle Landing for Second Day in a Row; President Obama's Supreme Court Justice Decision on Tuesday?; Prison Guards Watch as Inmates Walk out of Mexico Prison; What the New Credit Card Legislation means for You; Journalist Bob Woodruff's Foundation
• President Obama Could Announce His Pick for Supreme Court Justice Next Week; Memorial Day Weekend: Remembering the Fallen at Arlington National Cemetery; How the Military is Combating the Stigma of PTSD
• Memorial Day Weekend at Arlington National Cemetery; Shuttle Atlantis Landing Delayed Until Tomorrow; President Obama Could Name Supreme Court Pick This Week; Defense Secretary Robert Gates Gives Commencement Address at West Point


May 22, 2009
• Taking on Dick Cheney; Dying Teen Gets Wish, Sees Parents; Mexico Earthquake; President Obama Signs Credit Card Reform Bill; Taking on Cheney
• Death Threats at School; Dangerous Drywall; MLK Family Divided; Follow Up, Mentally Disabled Forced to Fight in Corpus Christi Schools: State Senator Assures End to Violent Practice; Beyond Mississippi Burning: Philadelphia, Mississippi Elects First Black Mayor
• Iran Trying to Stop Drug Smuggling from Afghanistan; Poetry Project Lets Kids Explain their Problems; School Restricts Presentation of Student Report about Gay Activist; Imam: Gitmo Detainees Won't Radicalize Other U.S. Prisoners; Students Fear Racial Threat; Tom Ridge Weighs in on Security Debate; Cancer Patients Flight Brings Attention to Complementary Care
• President Obama Addresses Naval Academy Graduates; GM Speeds Towards Bankruptcy; Mississippi Town Elects First Black Mayor; Where is the Stimulus Money?; Travel Deals are Heating up for the Summer; Pakistani Troops Closing in on the Taliban; Sri Lankans Celebrate End of War; Eco Friendly Motor Oils are Hitting the Market
• Gas Prices Inching Higher; Obama Administration Likely Pushing GM Into Bankruptcy Next Week; President Obama to Sign Credit Card Protections Into Law; Rochester Rough Streets
• Travelers Pay More at the Pump; Republicans Smell Red Meat; Obama Addresses Naval Academy Grads; Company Recalling Ground Beef; Dem Leaders Face Questions Over Pelosi's CIA Claim
• GM could be Driven into Bankruptcy as Early as Next Week; President Obama Signs Defense Tightening Legislation and Credit Card Legislation into Law; President Obama Delivers Commencement Address at U.S. Naval Academy; U.S. Soldier Steven Green Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing Iraqi Family; Holiday Getaway, More People Traveling; How to Avoid Defaulting on Student Loans; Dad's Plea to Wife to Return Cancer-Stricken Son; Fuel Leak at 30,000 Feet


May 21, 2009
• President Obama on National Security, Terror Detainees, Law; Cheney vs. Obama
• Texas School Workers Accused of Injury to Disabled Persons; Beyond 'Mississippi Burning'; Being a Good Teacher 101; Corpus Christi Fight Club: The Inside Story; White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Holds Daily Press Briefing
• Obama, Cheney Speak out about Gitmo, Security; Terror Suspects Appear in Court; Asian-American Businesses Targeted; Bus Passengers Help Injured Woman; Pittsburgh Steelers, Walter Reed and the National Naval Medical Center at the White House Today
• National Security Debate Between President Obama, Dick Cheney; Guantanamo: Open or Shut Case?; Buying a Foreclosed Home; Battle Over Detainees; Guantanamo: Open or Shut Case; California's Budget: Now What; States Hike Taxes; Refugees Struggle After Civil War
• Former Vice President Dick Cheney Weighs in on National Security
• Three of Four New York Synagogue Terrorists Appear in Court; President Obama Speaks on Matters of National Security
• Obama Plans National Security Speech; Four Arrested in Synagogue Bombing Plot; Senate Dems Want More Details on Guantanamo Closure; Violence Erupts in Iraq as Pullout Deadline Nears; Cancer Patient's Father Defends Alternative Treatment; Challenges for the Obama Administration; Protecting Your Skin as You Age; Insuring Your College Student; Dying Teen's Last Wish


May 20, 2009
• Rumsfeld Fires Back; Michael Vick Tastes Freedom; Dying Boy Wants to See Parents; Why Rape, Murders Occurred in Iraq
• Mother and Son on the Run to Evade Medical Treatment; Abuse of Special-Needs Children; GPS on the Blink?; Celebrating the Life of John Lennon; Environmental Volunteer Opportunities for Returning War Veterans; Packing Heat in the Park
• Shutdowns Painful For Car Dealers, Good for Buyers; Company Moves Former Gang Members into Green Jobs; Fossil Provides Evolutionary Clues; GAO Finds Abuse of Special-Needs Students; Hearing Examines Bonuses for Faulty Electrical Work in Iraq; Mom Flees Treatment for Cancer-Ridden Son; Former Detainee Alleges Abuse; Professor Builds Robot Double
• California's Cash Crisis; Best Time to Buy a Chrysler; Fixing Hybrid and Electric Cars; Waterspout iReport; Home Movies From Space; Cancer-Stricken Boy Missing; California's Cash Crisis; House to Take up Reform Bill; Iran: Missile Test Successful
• New Credit Card Rules; President Obama to Meet With Economic Advisers; Waterboarding 'Tip of the Iceberg'; Iran: Missile Test Successful; Drug Cartels Infiltrate the U.S.; Who is Kyle Aevermann? The Man Behind the 'Super' iReports; 47-Million-Year-Old Fossil Could Be Missing Link Darwin Was Searching For
• RNC Gathering to Discuss Anti-Democrat Resolution; California Facing Budget Crisis; Could Dealership Closings Affect Hybrid Maintenance?; Single Service Members Look for Love Online; Inventor Perfects Android; Fleet Week Begins in New York
• Pension Insurance in Jeopardy; Chrysler Cutting 789 Dealerships; The Young and the Jobless; Harvard's ROTC Ban; 47-Million Year Old Primate; First Meeting of President's Economic Advisory Board Underway; Synthetic Vaccine for H1N1 Developed in Boston


May 19, 2009
• Did Donald Rumsfeld Delay Katrina Aid?; Should Republicans Take on President Obama?
• Mission From God?; Hearing on Abusive Restraints in Schools; Cleaner & Greener Cars
• RNC Chairman Michael Steele Addresses Republicans; Bush Administration's Use of Faith to Justify Middle East Wars; The Effect of Chrysler and GM on Local Car Dealerships
• More Mileage, Less Pollution; Restraining Special Needs Kids; Vehicle Standards Plan; California Cash Crisis; Israeli Prime Minister in Washington
• More Mileage, Less Pollution; Home Building Hits New Low; Social Issues Back in Forefront Regarding Supreme Court Nominee; UN Declaring Palestinian Refugee Worse Than Rwanda; Senate Democrats Reject President's Bid For Money to Close Guantanamo; Is Peace in the Middle East on the Horizon?; New Vehicles for Marines in Afghanistan Could Save Lives; Good Bye Old Friend: Hubble to Be Released Today
• New Car Efficiency Standards; Inside Pakistan's War Zone; Shuttle Atlantis Starts Trip Home; Earphone Hearing Hazard


May 18, 2009
• Another American Dies of Swine Flu; Obama's Message on Abortion
• Deadliest School Year; Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Answer Reporters' Questions; Genocide in Our Backyards
• Bush Military on Mission from God?; Leaders Meet at White House to Discuss Middle East Peace; Middle-School Student Shoots Self in Head; Finding a Good Car Dealer; POW Flag Designer Dies; Retired Astronaut Could Be Next NASA Head; Service Member Motorcycle Crashes High; Latest Flu Death Highlights Need for Precaution; Atlanta City Councilman Sees Possibilities for Twitter in Emergencies; Chicago Faces High Teen Violent Death Rate
• Pelosi vs. CIA; U.S. & Israel: Thorny Issues; Rising Gas Prices; Growing Refugee Problem; Mysterious American in Myanmar; Killing Kids in Chicago
• Gas Prices Jump 26 Cents; Two-State Solution for Israel and Palestinians?; The Next Supreme Court Justice; Buy My Movie, Please!
• GM Appears Headed for Bankruptcy; Gas Prices Rising; Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Former Bush Officials, against Former Rep; U.S. Confident of Current Pakistan Nuclear Program's Safety; Children Suffer Most in Violence, Refugee Camps; Drew Peterson Enters "Not Guilty" Plea
• Obama, Netanyahu Start Peace Plan Discussion With Tense Start; Pelosi Under Fire From Republicans to Put Up Evidence or Cut Out the Accusations; Gas Prices Rising Across Country; Best Time to Purchase a New Car


May 17, 2009
• President Obama Gives Commencement Address at University of Notre Dame Amid Anti-Abortion Protests
• University of Notre Dame Protests; Latest Swine Flu Death; Selecting a Supreme Court Nominee
• Obama Calls for Understanding, Civility Over Abortion Debate; U.S. First Ladies Give Commencement Addresses; Spielberg Foundation Helps Cambodians Remember the Killing Fields; Visually Impaired Children Perform Opera.
• Obama Delivers Commencement Speech at Notre Dame University; Missing California Three Year Old Found Bordering Mexico; Efforts Continue as Astronauts Attempt to Repair Hubble Telescope
• Pres. Obama at Notre Dame; Supreme Court Vacancy; Missing Child Found


May 16, 2009
• University of Notre Dame Protests; First Lady Speaks in California
• Obama Protest at University of Notre Dame
• Graduation Speech Controversy Obama Contemplates Supreme Court Nominee; Fleeing Swat Valley; Dealership Cuts
• Selecting an Ambassador to China; Protesting in South Bend; Angels and Demons Controversy
• CIA Counters Pelosi Claims; First Lady Gives Commencement Address; Notre Dame Gears Up for Obama Address
• Pres. Obama's Campus Uproar; First Lady's First Commencement; House Speaker Accused of Lying; Deadliest School Year in Chicago
• Protests and Arrests at Notre Dame; Gingrich vs. Pelosi; Unpopular Plea Bargain
• Controversy Over President Obama's Planned Speech at Notre Dame Tomorrow; Battle Between Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich; Jon Huntsman Nominated to Be Ambassador to China
• President Obama Nominates Potential Rival for Post; Anger Over President's Invite; Education Rally in D.C.; 'Start Where You Are'; Violence in Pakistan; Bob Barker's Priceless Memories


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