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December 18, 2010
• Tense Situation Remains in Korean Peninsula; Velma Hart Discussing Obama; "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; History Shows Homosexuality Was Encouraged in Military in the Past; "Tron Legacy" Expecting High Returns at Box Office
• A Win for Amanda Knox Defense; Richardson Visits North Korea; Senate Repeals "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; Dr. Bill's Tips On Avoiding Weight Gain On The Holidays; CNN Viewers Offer Opinions On The Senate Vote On Gays And The Military
• Vending Machine Dispenses Gold; Gays in the Military
• Senate to Vote on Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; Financial Experts Give Advice; Tensions Rise on Korean Peninsula; Italian Judge Agrees to Reexamine Evidence Knox Murder Case; Woman Who Criticized President During Town Hall Meeting Looking For Work; New Laser May Be Used to Blind Attackers; Handbag Used in Attempt to Thwart School Board Shooter May Be Sold on eBay
• Senators Hold Congratulatory Press Conference in Preparation to Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; Michael Vick Wants to Own A Dog; More Legal Troubles for Kwame Kilpatrick; Preview of 'Downfall: The Tiger Woods Story'; Preview of 'A Soldier's Story'; Top Over-Reported Stories of the Year; Gold Vending Machines; Justice Department Sues BP
• Senate Holds Votes on 2 Key Issues; On A Mission to Calm Tensions; Snow & Ice in Parts of U.S.; Shopping Surveillance to Boost Sales; Some Republicans Split Over Tax Cut Extension; DREAM Act Fails; Senate Clears Way for Final Vote on Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Senate to Vote on DREAM Act, Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; Eighty-Year-Old Predictions of Future Going Viral; Snow Storms Hit Southeast; Some Soldiers Returning Home to See Families For Holidays; Over 100 Prisoners Break Out of Jail in Mexico; Alleged Mistress of Tiger Woods Interviewed; Donovan McNabb Will Not Start Rest of Season For Redskins


December 17, 2010
• President Obama Signs Tax Cut Bill; Elderly Man Rescued From Water in Florida; Photos Taken by Alleged Serial Killer; 'On the Case'
• Serial Killer in Los Angeles?; Tax Cut Compromise Passes; Some Soldiers Returning Home for Holidays; North Korea Threatening South Korea; Some Military Personnel Returning Home For Holiday; A Young Man Is In Need Of A Kidney Transplant; President To Sign New Tax Legislation Into Law; New Tax Legislation May Have Created Rift In Democrat Party
• Settlement in Madoff Case; 'A Soldier's Story'; Troops Home for the Holidays; U.S. Drone Attacks in Pakistan Kill 21; Parent Involvement the Key to Successful Schools?; Visionaries of the 1920s; Boehner Defends Tax Vote
• President Obama To Sign Tax Deal; Congress Still Has Unfinished Business; Assange Speaks Freely; Massachusetts Jury Ordered Tobacco Company To Pay Estate Of Woman Who Died Of Smoking; North Korea Threatens Seoul Over Drills; FDA Rejects Avastin For Breast Cancer; Tea Party/CNN To Host GOP Debate; What Should You Invest In Next; Tiger Through His Brother's Eyes; Protecting Your Privacy Online; Pakistan Drone Attacks
• President Obama to Sign Tax Extension; Breast Cancer Drug Approval Yanked; Tea Party Panning First Presidential Debate; Hot Off The Political Ticker; The Help Desk
• President Obama to Sign Tax Cut Extension; 'The Big Play'; Troops Armed With Holiday Cheer; Tax Compromise Bill Passes; Capitol Hill Chase Crews; Storms Targeting West Coast; Sick Teen Gets Help From a Friend; Hackers Target Public Wi-Fi
• North Korea Warns of Military Strike
• Congress Passes Tax Cuts; FDA Moves to Yank Avastin Approval; USO Greets Thousands of Troops Home for Holidays; Many Pay Tribute to Larry King on Final Show; Wall Street Rallies; Downfall: The Tiger Woods Scandal; Wall Street Rides a Rally; Forbes Toy Collection Up for Auction; Home for the Holidays; FDA Restricts Cancer Drug; Congress Passes Tax Cuts; Reid Pulls Spending Bill


December 16, 2010
• Afghanistan Report Released; WikiLeaks Founder Released From Jail; Despite GOP Promises, Spending Bill Loaded With Earmarks/Hackers Target Public Wifi; Security Chief Takes Out Gunman; 'On the Case'
• Wintry Storm Pounds Country; WikiLeaks Founder Released From Jail; House Democrats Sour on Tax Cut Deal
• 'Notable Gain' in Afghan War; Public Wi-Fi Could be a Trap; Jazzing up School
• WikiLeaks' Assange Leaves Jail; State Of The War In Afghanistan; Notable Gains in Afghan War; Tax Bill in Trouble; Bill Richardson in North Korea with CNN's Wolf Blitzer; FDA Panel Questions Safety of Mercury Fillings; Enzymes Possible Aid to Recycling; House Dems Stall Tax Cut Compromise Bill
• Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates Hold Press Conference; Afghan War Progress & Problems; Pulling Troops Out of Afghanistan; The Help Desk; Hot Off The Political Ticker; Trending Online; Julian Assange Released
• Targeting Terrorists in Pakistan; Southern Freeze; 'The Big Play'; Panama City Press Conference; President Obama Announces Afghanistan Review Conclusions
• Senate to Vote on Tax Package Today; School board Discusses Shooting; Reynolds, Johansson Split; Larry King Bids Farewell; Statue of Liberty Decoded
• Al Qaeda Holiday Threat; Ice Storms Slams the South; Larry King Signing Off After 25 Years at CNN; Memphis Court Ejects Man for Braided Hairdo; Pair of Thieves Steal Christmas Tree in Cypress; New Addition to Miami Aquarium; Senate Passes Tax Deal, House Votes Today; Hackers Use Free Wi-Fi to Get Personal Information


December 15, 2010
• U.S. Border Patrol Agent Killed; Gunman Opens Fire at Florida School Board Meeting; Emanuel on the Hotseat in Chicago/Asylum Seekers Drown Off Australian Coast; Officer Rescued by Woman; Cady Coleman Heads to Space Station; 'On the Case'
• House Set to Vote on Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal; Severe Weather Pounds South; Shooting at Florida School Board Meeting; U.S. Border Patrol Agent Killed
• Senate Passes Tax Compromise; Soyuz Space Launch; Justice Department Sues BP, Others Over Oil Spill
• Waiting For Vote On Middle Class Tax Cuts; Obama Calls For Law Makers To Back Package; Surreal Attack On School Board; Buy Robs Casino; Manning Hero Resolution Tabled; Zuckerberg is Times Person Of The Year; First Chevy Volt Sale; Casino Robbed; Bright Lights, Big Security; Teens Don't Expect Privacy On Line; Organs Stolen From POWs in Kosovo?; Science and Cooking
• Researchers Claim Possible HIV Cure; Having it Both Ways on Earmarks; 'A Soldier's Story'; Trending Online; Senate Taking Up Tax Deal; Ice Storm Warning
• Gunfire at School Board Meeting; Big Blast of Winter; 'The Big Play'; Introducing the New CNN App for the iPad; Helping During the Holidays, Berkley Tables "Hero" Resolution
• Senate to Vote on Tax Package Today; Reynolds, Johansson Split; Live Coverage about Panama City School Board Shooting
• Snowman Hit and Run; School Board Shooting; Senate to Vote on Tax Package Today; Robber Walks Off With $1.5 Million in Chips from Bellagio; "Time" Magazine's Person of the Year; Live Speech from President Obama on Tax Cut Deal; Bill Clinton to in Haiti Today; FIFA President under Fire for Gay Remarks


December 14, 2010
• WikiLeaks Founder Granted Bail; Tax Cut Vote Nears; Obama Meets with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates; Hidden Cameras All Around You; 'On the Case'
• Hundreds Trapped in Snow; Serial Killer in New York?; WikiLeaks Founder Granted Bail; Lawmakers Prepare for Tax Cut Vote
• Choppers to the Rescue in Canada; Berkeley May Honor Alleged Leaker; Fight Over Google Pics; Nazario Moreno Gonzalez Killed in Mexico; America's Most Segregated Cities; Tax Deals In The Senate; Possible Credit Crisis For U.S.
• Winter Storm Moves East; Bitter Cold Grips Eastern U.S.; Holbrooke's Presence Missed At White House; 300 People Stuck in Vehicles in Canadian Snowstorm; The End of Privacy; Julian Assange Granted Bail, Remains in Jail; 300 Stranded On Canadian Highway; Julian Assange Granted Bail From Sweden; Berkeley to Vote On Resolution; Remembering Richard Holbrooke; Tax Deal Heads to Full Senate Vote; NY Police Find Four Bodies
• New Health Care Ruling; Bitter Cold Grips Eastern U.S.; Spotting Secret Cameras; Julian Assange Freed on Bail; Golden Globes Nominations Announced Today
• Bitter Cold Grips Eastern U.S.; CNN Launches iPad App; Showdown Over Tax Cut Deal; 'The Big Play'; Joe Miller Refuses to Concede in Alaska; Holder and Sibelius Fire Back at Judge Hudson with Op-Ed Piece in the 'Post'; Assange Cleared to Leave Jail Once Bail is Posted
• Health Care Mandate Unconstitutional; Motorists Stuck in Snow for 15 Hours; "Time's" Person of the Year
• Lingering Snow, Plunging Temps in Ohio; Health Care Mandate Unconstitutional; End of Privacy Through Hidden Cameras; "Time" Magazine Readers' Choice for 2010 Person of the Year; Miley Cyrus Videotaped Smoking Psychedelic Herb; Golden Globe Nominees Unveiled; Violent Protests in Italy


December 13, 2010
• Huckabee Criticizes Obama; End of Privacy Online; 'On the Case'; Bomber Kills Six U.S. Troops; Holbrooke "Fighting" Aftere Surgery; Maddoff Barred From Son's Funderal
• Federal Judge Issues Major Health Care Ruling; Senate Votes on Tax Cuts; Snow Slams Midwest; Interview With Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey; President Obama Signs $4.5 Billion Child Nutrition Into Law Today; Some Companies Track Consumers' Personal Buying Habits; Cold Front Hits Midwest; Miley Cyrus Caught On Tape Smoking From a Bong
• Key Part of Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional; Nonpartisan Group 'No Labels' Launches; Tracking Your Every Click; Busiest Day at FedEx; Part of the Health Care Law Struck Down
• Snow Batters Stadium; Foods and Mud In the Northwest; Virginia Federal Court Rules Individual Health Coverage Requirement Unconstitutional; Mexico: Not Latin America's Most Dangerous Country; U.S. Federal Agents En Route to Stockholm to Assist with Suicide Bombing Case
• Stranded by a Blizzard; Key Ruling on Health Care Law; Vote on Tax Cut Compromise; 'Private' Becomes 'Public' Online; Hot Off the Political Ticker; Trending Online; Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival
• Snow Collapses Metrodome Roof; Floodwaters Swamp Northwest; Oprah's 'Favorite Things' Trip to Australia; The End of Privacy on the Internet; Palin Urges Americans to Continue to Support Haiti; Major Blizzard Hits Midwest, Heading East; Gimmicks Stores Have in Place this Holiday Season
• Snow Collapses Metrodome; Senate to Debate Tax Plan Deal; The Popularity of Gift Cards; Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act Being Signed Into Law Today; Personal Privacy Cracked
• Major Storm Hits Eastern U.S.; Decoding Mona Lisa; Privacy Concerns Online; Top 10 Quotes of 2010; Breast Milk Sharing Online


December 12, 2010
• Winter's Crushing Blow; NYC Cabber s told to Racially Profile; Private Life for All to See
• Metrodome Roof Collapse; Lure of the Outsider; WikiLeaks War; Christmas in Washington; Sarah Palin in Haiti; Dream Act in Jeopardy; Atlanta Cheating Scandal
• Pop Goes the Metrodome; Directed to Discriminate; Interview with Matthew Morrison of "Glee"
• Midwest Blizzard; DREAM Act Passage Unlikely; Steve Harvey on Coping With Failure; Managing Work Overload and Stress; Minneapolis Metrodome Collapses Due To Heavy Snowfall; Giants/Vikings Game Moved To Detroit
• Brutal Weather in Much of the Country; Major Tax/Unemployment Vote Expected this Week; Holbrooke Still in Critical Condition; Holiday Drinks Wreaking Havoc on Your Waistline; Steve Harvey on the Key to Success
• David Axelrod: 'Don't Expect Changes to Tax Deal; Metrodome Roof Collapses Under Snow; Interview With Comedian/Author Steve Harvey;


December 11, 2010
• Blizzard Rips Upper Midwest; End of Public Housing Era
• Madoff's Son Hangs Self; President Power Play; Remembering Elizabeth Edwards; Principals and Teachers Caught Cheating; Annie Lennox Prepares for 'Christmas in Washington' Show
• Madoff's Son Hangs Himself in New York Apartment; Cancer Foundation Sends Family to Los Angeles, Creating Great Memories; Principal Uses Zip Ties to Hold Up Baggy Pants
• U.S. Envoy in Critical Condition; Madoff Son Found Dead; Elizabeth Edwards Laid to Rest; Letter-Writing Campaign to Bernie Sanders on Behalf of Unemployed; This Weekend's Top Movie Picks
• Mark Madoff Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment; Richard Holbrooke in Critical Condition; Holiday Financial Advice From the Dolans; Remembering Elizabeth Edwards; Proper Holiday Tipping and Gift Ideas For the People Who Serve and Help Keep Things Running Every Day; Sam Adams Brewery Helping Small Businesses Start; Comedian Steve Harvey Talks Relationships
• Coverage of Funeral For Elizabeth Edwards; Remembering Elizabeth's Words and Voice; Mark Madoff Found Dead After Apparent Suicide; Richard Holbrooke In Critical Condition After Doctors Repair Aorta; Cate Edwards Eulogy For Her Mother, Elizabeth; Pakistani Ambassador to U.S. Husain Haqqani on Richard Holbrooke
• U.S. Envoy Holbrooke in Critical Condition; L.A. Dodgers Ownership Limbo; Jim Morrison Pardoned Forty One Years Later; U.S. Military Takes Steps Towards Stronger Security Measures to Stop Leaks; Face-to-Face With Steve Harvey
• Bernie Madoff's Son Found Dead; Obama/Clinton Doubleheader; Family Without Heat Gets Help; Holbrooke Hospitalized in Critical Condition; Farewells to Elizabeth Edwards; Cold Snowy Weekend; Fastest Rising Google Searches
• Cold Weather Hits Midwest; Elizabeth Edwards Funeral To Take Place Today; Bernie Madoff's Son Found Dead; Sarah Palin Travelling To Haiti; FAA Has Lost Track Of Over 100,000 Private Planes; U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan Holbrooke Falls Ill; Etiquette Expert Gives Advice On Tipping For The Holidays; Parents Attempt Takeover Of Underperforming California School


December 10, 2010
• President Obama Meets With Bill Clinton; Verdict Reached in Elizabeth Smart Trial; Elizabeth Smart Addresses Media; President Obama and Bill Clinton Address Press; Clinton: 'I Believe' In Bipartisan Agreement On Taxes
• President Obama Meets With Former President Bill Clinton; Fate of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Reform?; Will U.S. Government Indict WikiLeaks Founder? Elizabeth Smart's Kidnapper Found Guilty; Senators Bernie Sander and Mary Landrieu Giving Long Speeches Against Tax Deal; Jet Fighter Pilot Trials With Claustrophobia; U.S. May Try to Extradite Founder of WikiLeaks; Salma Hayek Talks About Working in Hollywood as a Latina; David Hasselhoff's Reality Show Canceled After Two Episodes
• Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper Guilty; Scathing Report on Virginia Tech; Bill Clinton Heads to White House; Parents Want to Take Over School; Sharing A Good Laugh
• Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper Guilty; FAA Missing Owner Info On Planes: Detroit's Steps To Recovery; Fighting Concussions Head-On; Palin Goes to Haiti; Tax Deal Makes Strange Bedfellows; Newark Mayor Cory Booker on JKUSA; Original "Rules of Basketball" For Sale
• Tax Debate Dominates Agenda; FAA Loses Track of 100,000 Planes; Learning From Home; Verdict in Elizabeth Smart Case
• FAA Fears Terrorists Could Exploit Record-Keeping Problem; Jury Considers Insanity Defense in Smart Trial; Fight Over Tax Extension; Out of Work, Out of Luck; Macy's Gives San Francisco Santa the Boot; The Human Factor: Claustrophobic at 30,000 Feet
• FAA Lagging on Private Aircraft Registration; More on Tax Deal Battle; Another Cruise Ship in Trouble
• President Obama Confident on Tax Deal; Charles and Camilla Caught in Protest; Texas Pastor Gives "Grinch Alert" to Stores Wishing Customers "Happy Holidays"; Macy's Santa Fired for Naughty Joke; Jim Morrison Receives Pardon from Florida; Oprah Winfrey Talks to Barbara Walters; Colts, Manning Break Out of Slump; Cam Newton - Heisman Favorite


December 09, 2010
• One Dead After New Zealand Volcano Erupts; Trump To Kim: You Could Void Special Relationship With U.S.; Russian And Ukrainian President To Meet In Paris; New Details On The Shooting; Florida Victims Remembered; U.S. House Judiciary Committee Readies for Next Hearing; Candidates Make Final Push Ahead of Crucial Vote. Aired 1-2a ET
• Senate Fails to Move Forward on Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal; House Democrats Reject Tax Cut Deal; 28 White House Holiday Parties Scheduled; Trending; 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Fails; Smart Trial Goes to Jury
• Prince Charles' Car Attacked by Protesters; Sarah Palin's Ultimate Goal?; House Democrats Reject Obama Tax Cut Deal
• Bomb-Filled House Up in Smoke; What WikiLeaks Backlash Could Do
• Dems Stall Huge Tax Deal; House Dems Defy White House on Tax Cut Bill; Man Eats Worms to Treat Ulcerative Colitis
• Angry Students Protest in London; House Dems Won't Take up Tax Cut Deal in Current Form; Foreclosure Crisis Far From Over; Hot Off The Political Ticker; Trending on the Web
• Report About Dangers of Smoking; Protest in London Over Tuition Hike; Dems Defy President Obama; Michelle Rhee Discusses New Organization StudentsFirst; Joe Miller Continues the Fight in Alaska
• New U.K. Student Protests; WikiLeaks Supporters Launched Cyber War; Boat Transformed into Elvis' Pink Cadillac; Lindsay Lohan to Dance with Stars?; JLo Takes Center Stage as New Idol Judge; Report: Whiff of Smoke Hurts You
• Warning of a Double-Dip Recession; Dems Back Tax Deal Reluctantly; WikiLeaks Supporters Launch Cyber War; London Students Protesting Tuition Hike


December 08, 2010
• From Capitol Hill to Hollywood?; Tax Cut Vote This Week?; First MasterCard, Now Visa Hacked?; Vice President Biden Talks Taxes for Second Straight Day; Texas Death Penalty Statute on Trial
• Democrats Close to Revolt?; President Obama Holds Cabinet Meeting; Remembering Elizabeth Edwards; Larry Summers on Tax Deal; Saturday Funeral for Elizabeth Edwards
• Recruiting Station Bomb Plot; Private Spacecraft Splashes Down; Last Lifeline Gone for Millions
• Arrest in Alleged Bomb Plot; Private Craft on Historic Flight; Justice for an Afghani Girl Whose Husband Cut Off Her Ears & Nose; New Video of American POW; Magic Wallets; Ambulance Eyes; Democrats Fume Over Tax Deal; Crushing the Ice; Crash Paralyzes Man, Dog Saves Him
• Man Arrested in Alleged Terror Plot; Hackers Hit Financial Companies; New Images of Captured Soldier; CNN Politics Update; Getting a Read on the J.O.L.T Survey; Hot Off The Political Ticker; Trending On The Web; Remembering Elizabeth Edwards
• Reflecting on Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Edwards; Democrats Threaten to Rebel Over Tax Cut Deal; 30th Anniversary of John Lennon's Death; U.S. Education Ranks 14th in the World; Secret Credit Scores Few Know About
• Friends Remember Elizabeth Edwards; Muppets & Healthy Eating
• Elizabeth Edwards' Legacy of Strength; Pres. Obama Slammed Over Tax Deal; Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Aborted; Wall Street Reacts to President's Tax Deal Proposal; Remembering John Lennon; Students Take Digital Detox Challenge


December 07, 2010
• President Obama Defends Tax Deal; WikiLeaks Founder Arrested; Reality Show Shakeup on TLC: The Gosselins Visit the Palins' Alaska
• President Obama Defends Tax Cut Deal; Can Tax Deal Get Through Congress?; Interview With Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders; VH1 Casting New Reality Show Featuring Plus-Sized Women
• Jared Bernstein Discusses Tax Cut Deal; Republican Senators Address Media
• Obama to Hold Press Conference & Answer Questions About Extension of Tax Cuts; WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in London Prison; Two Women Leading the Fight on Same-Sex Marriage in California; Reaction to Elizabeth Edwards' Decision to Stop Cancer Treatment; Dems Upset with Obama's 'Caving' to Republican Demands; Unemployed: True Life Of A 99er; Drug Cartels Using Kids to Kill
• Elizabeth Edwards Gravely Ill; What's Next for Tax Cut Deal; WikiLeaks Founder Arrested, Denied Bail in London Court; Hot Off The Political Ticker; The Help Desk; Trending on the Internet
• Compromise With Republicans; Julian Assange Arrested in Britain; 'The Big Play'; Dangerously Temps in Florida, Affecting Citrus Crop; Outpour of Support for Elizabeth Edwards' Decision to Stop Cancer Treatment; AT&T Voted Worst Wireless Carrier in the Nation; Tips to Maximize Jobless Benefits; Christine Romans on Holiday Work Available; Teen Hit Man Forced by Cartels to Kill
• Judge Denies Assange Bail; Getting Urkel'ed; It's All About the (Damaged) Benjamins; CNN Politics Update
• WikiLeaks Founder Goes to Court; Tax Agreement and Your Dollars; Fallout from Tax Deal; Elizabeth Edwards' Cancer Worsens; Cold Weather Causing Problems for Florida Citrus Growers; Principal Takes Unique Approach to Sagging Pants Problem; Remembering Don Meredith


December 06, 2010
• Same Sex Marriage Ban In Court; Mechanic, Continental Blamed; "Stoned Driving" Limit Proposed; Tea Party Movement's Request; New Details on Possible Tax Deal; 'On the Case'
• Democrats in Revolt?; WikiLeaks Founder Under Fire
• Same-Sex Marriage Ban Back in Court; Concorde Trial: Airline Welder Blamed; China's Government Hackers; HSBC Accused of Helping Madoff; Democrats Meeting on Tax Cuts; Facebook Facelift Can Affect You; House Democrats to Meet with White House; Huckabee Draws Contrasts with Palin; Rep. Rangle on the Situation Room Tonight
• 9th Circuit Hears California Prop 8 Case; WikiLeaks Cables Point to Chinese Government Hacking; More Stimulus Possible; Obama's Focus on the Economy; Google Launches eBooks Today; Attorney General Holder on WikiLeaks: Put American Lives at Risk; The New Facebook Applications
• Gas Prices Going Up; Effect on Finances if No Tax Deal; WikiLeaks: China's Government Hackers; Hot Off The Political Ticker; Trending on the Web; $200,000 Ride Into Space; Obama Speaks Live in Winston-Salem, N.C.


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