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August 26, 2009


August 25, 2009


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


August 22, 2009


August 21, 2009


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


August 15, 2009


August 14, 2009
• President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in Montana
• President Obama Takes Reform Pitch to Montana; 'Blue Dog' Feels Heat From Both Sides of Health Reform; Another Bank Failureon the Horizon?; The Partnership Between Michael Vick and Humane Society
• Obama to Speak at Montana Town-Hall; Air-Traffic Controllers Suspended after Hudson River Crash; Freerunners Use City as Playground; New Cash for Clunkers Promises More Selection, Faster Pay; Germany a Model for U.S. Health Insurance Debate; Some Parents Wary of HPV Vaccine; Organization that Aids Former Gang Members is Strapped for Cash
• Fire Help on the Way in California; Health Care Town Halls Touch Off Broader Debate; New York Air Controllers Suspended; Health Care Not Color Blind; Michael Vick Returns to NFL; Pre-Existing Health Problems; Is the Recession Over?
• Michael Vick Returns to NFL; President Obama Back on Road, Offensive on Health Care Reform; Congressman Mike Ross Criticized From Both Sides on Health Debate; Wildfires Burning in Northern California; 118 Confirmed Dead after Typhoon; BB&T Reportedly Buying Colonial Bank
• Funeral Procession Held for War Hero; Getting the Pulse of the People on Healthcare; New Troubles for Colonial Bancgroup; Michael Vick Back in the NFL; Surprises About Arlo Guthrie
• Biggest Bank Failure Yet; FAA Suspends NYC Air Controllers; President Pitches Health Care Plan; Typhoon in Taiwan Cuts Off Towns; Kids Enrolled in Vaccine Trials; Gates Assesses the Mission in Afghanistan; Ross on the Battle for Health Care Reform; Fortieth Anniversary of Woodstock; Afghanistan Preps For Key election


August 13, 2009
• Captain Speicher's Body Finally Returns Home; Pitino Embroiled in Sex Scandal; Banning of "Burquinis" Cause Controversy; Representative Sheila Jackson Lee's Phone Call During Town Hall Causes Controversy
• Health Care Debate Hits Home; Touring the Heartland, Talking Health Care, Economy; College Squeeze: Less Student Financial Aid; Boys Admit to Raping Fellow Liberian Refugee; Sheila Jackson Lee Answers Cell Phone in the Middle of Town Hall Meeting; Part of Operation Eastern Resolve Two Kicks Off in Afghanistan; Go Anywhere JetBlue Goes For Flat Fee
• Everyday Americans Weigh in on Health Care; Couple Faces Jail After Foreclosure; Wildfire Ablaze in California; Young Muslims Attending Boot Camps; Thailand's Health System Depends on Volunteers
• Survey Says Recession Ended; Fight Over Health Care Reform; Fierce Fighting in Afghanistan; Pulsing of the People; College Squeeze; Reform and Single-Payer Plans, Overcoming Health Obstacles; Pilot Rescued by Rowers
• Mixed Signals on Economic Recovery; Weather Slows Taiwan Rescues; Extremist Militants Make Comeback in U.S.; Right-Wing Extremist Groups Growing; North Carolina Investigators Suspect Serial Killer; Wildfires Burn in California; Woman Vows to Read Entire Health Care Bill
• Fast Moving Wildfire in Santa Cruz; Tricks to Getting Final Extension on Unemployment Claims; Retail Sales Fall Flat; New Attacks Threatening Security Ahead Afghanistan Elections; New Offensive in Southern Afghanistan; Record Month of Foreclosures; Viewers Sound Off About Rick Pitino; More Americans Turning to Free Health Clinics; Rumors Swirling Around Health Care Reform; Foreclosure Packs One-Two Punch as Banks Walk Away From Seized Homes
• Fast-Moving Wildfire; GOP Gets an Earful; Pulse of the People on the Economy; Record Month of Foreclosures; Going after Afghan Drug Lords; Fact and Fiction about Health Care; Stocks Ready to Rally; Fast-Moving Wildfire; Coach Admits to Casual Sex


August 12, 2009
• President Obama Hands Out Presidential Medal of Freedom; 2009 Presidential Medal Of Freedom Ceremony; Hillary Clinton Makes Controversial Comments About U.S. Elections; Swastika Painted at Congressman's Office
• On the Fringe Line: Health Care Town Halls; 'Culture of Corruption' in Detroit; Holding Steady on Interest; Army Private Accused of Being Drug Cartel Hit Man; New Study Says More Than Half Of Health Care Spending Wasted; Horses Found Butchered and Sold For Food in South Florida
• Gibbs Responds to Town-Hall Protests; Citizens Weigh in on Health-Care Reform; Comparing U.S. Health Care to China's Health Care; Ad Campaign Drawing Attention in Washington
• Arlen Specter's Town Hall; Providing Affordable Health Care Insurance; The 20-Month Recession?; Health Care Road Trip Spurs Even More National Conversation; Tracking Your Web Searches; Electronic Haggling and Car Shopping; Urban Farming Could Be The Answer for Cities Like Detroit
• Into the Health Care Fray; Health Care Fact and Fiction; Afghanistan: Inside the Firefight; School Lunch Ads Make Point Using Obama's Daughters; Taiwan Struggles with Typhoon's Aftermath; Tropical Depression Could Become 1st Atlantic Hurricane; Study IDs Areas of Waste in Health Care
• Town Hall Blitz with Senator Grassley; White House Reception for Newly Appointed Justice Sonia Sotomayor
• Town Hall Blitz in Iowa; President Obama's PR Offensive; Is the Recession Ending? Protecting Afghan Voters; Who Will be Covered?; Health Care Fact of Fiction; Can't Afford Health Insurance; Police U.S. Soldier is Cartel Hit Man; Pharmacy raided in Jackson Case; Town Hall Blitz in Iowa


August 11, 2009


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