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December 26, 2012
• Severe Winter Storms; Obama Back to Work; Americans Want Compromise; Newspaper Publishes Gun Permit Holders' Information; Matt Damon Brings Clean Water
• Honoring Fallen Firefighters; Indiana Slammed by Snow; Toyota Reclaims Top Carmaker Title; Gun Permit Map Backlash
• L.A. Mayor Moves Up Gun Buyback Program; Severe Storms Rock South, Midwest; Shoppers Jump On Post Holiday Sales; Optimism Wanes On "Fiscal Cliff" Deal; CDC: Fewer Obese Preschoolers; "We Were Absolutely Terrified"; Saying Goodbye To Fallen Firemen
• "Fiscal Cliff" and Your Portfolio; Top Entertainment Stories of 2012; Home Prices Climb in October; Heat Win NBA Finals Rematch
• Severe Storms Rock South and Midwest; Mobile, Alabama Cleans up After Tornado; Gunman Killed Firefighters; Shoppers Line up for Boxing Day Sales; Back to D.C. for "Fiscal Cliff" Talks; Gun Permit Map Backlash


December 25, 2012
• Tornado Threat for Christmas; Christmas with the First Family; Police: Gunman in New York had "Arsenal"; Top 2012 Scientific Achievements
• Stormy Christmas in Parts of U.S.; Obamas Celebrate in Hawaii; Stormy Christmas in Parts of U.S.; World Leaders on the Mend; Inspiration from Wounded Warriors; Christmas Celebrations Around the World; "12 Days of Christmas" More Costly; Actors Charles Durning and Jack Klugman Die; Celtic Woman Tours the U.S.
• Pope's Christmas Message About Hope; Celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem; Queen Delivers Taped Christmas Address; First Lady Takes Calls From Kids; Christmas With the First Family; Mandela Spends Christmas in Hospital; Families Help School Janitor; 2012's Business Hall of Shame; Holidays with Hollywood; Colts' Pagano Returns to Work
• Tornado Threat for Christmas; Newtown Police Get Christmas Off; The Fiscal Cliff & Your Paycheck; Jack Klugman Dead at 90; Christmas Tree Puzzles Onlookers; 2012's Top 10 Stories in Sports


December 24, 2012
• 2012's Most Intriguing People; U.K. Boy with Down Syndrome Featured in Ad
• Pope to Lead Christmas Eve Ceremonies; Fiscal Cliff Looming
• Potential Pentagon Chief Draws Fire; Top Crime Stories Of 2012; Southwest U.K. Slammed By Floodwaters; Volcano Alert In South America; Letters Pour In To Newtown; Tracking Santa This Christmas Eve; Giving The Gift Of Hope After Sandy; Last Minute Christmas Shoppers
• Firefighters Shot Dead at Blaze in N.Y.; No Talks to Avert Fiscal Cliff; Pope Prepares for Christmas Eve Mass; Bakery Bombings in Syria; Severe Weather for Parts of U.S.; Controversy over Hagel
• Adding Up the Cost of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Tips on Lowering Your Mortgage Interest Rate; Continuing Violence in Syria; Most Intriguing People of 2012; Wounded Veterans' Thoughts Are on Comrades Still Deployed Overseas
• Stocks Fall On Fiscal Cliff Fears; U.S. Inches Toward Fiscal Cliff; Police Officer And Bystander Killed In Texas; Snowy Weather Ahead; Snowy And Severe Weather Ahead; Late Shopping May Find Good Deals; NRA Defends Stance on Guns; Gender Divides Toy Aisles
• Austerity Hinders European Growth; Egypt Votes for New Constitution; Officials Call For Calm in India; Gladiator's Tomb In Trouble; A Celtic Christmas
• Bakeries Attacked in Syria; Afghan Cop Kills U.S. Contractor; Hagel Confirmation Could be Tough; U.S. Inches Toward Fiscal Cliff; Winter Weather for Christmas; Last Minute Shoppers Find Bargains; Armed Guards in Schools
• Gas Prices Falling; "Let's Agree on What We Agree On"; Deadly Ambush at House Fire
• All Eyes on the Senate in Cliffhanger; SEAL Cmdr. Dies in Apparent Suicide; Potential Pentagon Chief Draws Fire
• Code Pink Protester Disrupts NRA; Milk Could Hit $7 a Gallon, Fire in Rochester Home Kills Two
• U.S. Inches Closer Toward Fiscal Cliff; NRA: Any New Gun Laws Won't Work; The Business Of Guns; National Gun Control Debate Heats Up; Tornado Threat For Christmas Day; A White Christmas In The Forecast; Two Firefighters Shot To Death At House Fire; Senator Crapo Arrested For DUI; Egypt's Opposition To Appeal Vote; Last Minute Shoppers Hit Stores; Bad Weather Could Delay Shipments; Christians Gather In Bethlehem; Pope Prepares For Christmas Eve Mass
• Idaho Senator Crapo Accused of DUI; Protester Disrupts NRA's Statements; National Wreath Project; Make-a-wish Girl Makes Wishes for Others
• Millions of Last-Minute Shoppers Scurrying to Stores; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Stalled; The Politics of Gun Control; 2012's Most Intriguing People


December 23, 2012
• At Least 100 Killed in Small Village in Syria; Can Fiscal Cliff Be Avoided?; Navy SEAL Commander Found Dead; Gun Control Debate; Interview with Barry Manilow
• SEAL Commander Dead in War Zone; 100-Plus People Killed in Syria Bombing; NRA Responds to Criticism
• Gun Debate Heats Up Sunday Shows; Nine Days to Reach a Deal; Crowds Flock to Gun Shows; Letters Pour into Newtown; Longest Christmas Season in the World; Inspiring Sports Comebacks
• President Barack Obama in Hawaii for Holidays; Discussion on Gun Control
• NRA Defends Stance On Guns; Boehner's Future with the GOP; Public Outrage over Gang Rape in India; Syrian Warplanes Bomb Bakery; Egypt Votes in Favor of New Constitution; Still No Deal; Senator Inouye Laid to Rest; Wealthy Brace for Higher Taxes; Suffering in Syria; Ben Affleck to Seek Polical Office?
• NRA Reacts to Criticism; Still No Deal; Public Outrage over Gang Rape in India; Syrian Warplanes Bomb Bakery; Polls Show Fiscal Cliff Concerns; Court: OK to Fire "Irresistible" Worker; Gifts to Remember; A Celtic Christmas


December 22, 2012
• President Barack Obama Vacations in Hawaii for Holidays; Discussion on Gun Laws
• NRA Breaks Silence on Newtown; Fiscal Cliff is 10 Days Away
• NRA Breaks Silence on Newtown; Ten Days to Reach a Deal; American on Trial in Mexico
• NRA Breaks Silence On Newtown; Finding The Shooter's Motive; Mexico Frees Former U.S. Marine; 10 Days to Reach A Deal; Gift Ideas For Last-Minute Shoppers; Boston Cop Rescues Drowning Woman; Winter Storm Races East
• President Barack Obama in Hawaii for Holidays; NRA Proposes Putting Armed Guard in Every School
• Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Interview with Congressman Tom McClintock; Hillary Clinton Set to Resign as Secretary of State; Wal-Mart to Limit Gun Sales; Boy Writes Book about his Dog; Piers Morgan Interviews Barbra Streisand; Movie Critic Assesses Holiday Films
• Ten Days To Reach A Deal; More Goodbyes For Newtown; NRA Proposes Armed Guards For Schools; Police Investigate Motive For Shooting; Winter Storm Races East; Businesses Face The Cliff; Gun Control Faces New Legal Landscape; Student Challenges Microchip Tracking; Fighting To Avoid Street Violence; Fiscal Cliff Deal; Mexico Frees Former U.S. Marine; Car Bomb Kills Five People In Syria; Enjoying Chichen Itza, Mexico; What Parents Should Know; Lawsuit Against Penn State Can Proceed; Florida Judge Faces Ethics Charges; Refinancing Many Times For Lower Rate


December 21, 2012
• Getting Rid of Violent Video Games; How the Fiscal Cliff Affects You; George Washington's Cow Endangered; Ex-Marine Imprisoned in Mexico to be Released
• President Obama Nominates Kerry for Secretary of State; NRA Pushes for Guns in Schools
• John Kerry Gets President's Nod; Understanding Asperger's Syndrome; Dog Comforts People of Newtown; Russia Nears Banning Adoptions to U.S.; Remembering Senator Inouye
• John Kerry Nominated as State Secretary; Day of Mourning in Newtown; NRA and Gun Control; Stephen Moore Talks Fiscal Cliff
• John Kerry Gets State Department Nod; Rough Winter Weather Heads East; Obama Gives Press Conference Nominating Kerry; The World Survives "Doomsday."
• Reactions to the NRA Statements; Obama to Nominate Kerry as Secretary of State; House GOP Rejects Boehner's Plan B; Kerry Kennedy Fights for Gun Control
• Apocalypse Averted; National Moment of Silence; Learning More About Asperger's; Four Killed, Three Injured in Penn. Shooting; Investigating Motives Behind Rampage Killings
• Obama to Appoint Kerry Next Secretary of State; NRA: More Gun Laws Not the Answer; Critics Slam NRA Position; Fiscal Chaos Driving Stocks Down; Schoolchildren Killed in Syria; U.N. Helicopter Crashes in South Sudan
• Asa Hutchison, NRA's Wayne LaPierre, David Keene Give Press Conference; NRA Recommends Armed Guards at all Schools; President Speaks at Daniel Inouye's Funeral.
• The NRA Breaks Silence on Newtown Shooting
• Obama Nominating Kerry as Secretary of State; Paying Tribute to Senator Inouye; College Presidents Against Guns; NRA to Address Newtown Massacre
• Boehner Withdrew Fiscal Cliff "Plan B"; NRA to Hold News Conference Today; School Attack Inflames Gun Debate; Momentum Grows For Gun Control
• Nation Honors School Victims This Hour; "Plan B" Failure; Stocks React to Fiscal Cliff Drama; Wild Winter Weather
• School Attack Inflames Gun Debate; Some Texas Teachers Are Armed; Nation Honors School Victims; Bells to Toll for Each School Victim; NRA to Hold News Conference


December 20, 2012
• Military Child Abuse Scandal Details; Historical Sites Under Water; A Look at the US Economy
• Major Marijuana Ruling Expected in California; Buying Back Guns; Should Teachers Be Armed?
• More Funerals Today in Newtown; Funeral Director's "Week from Hell"; Emotional Coach Calls for Change; Idea: Buy Back Guns, Boost the Economy; Boy Raises Money for Seizure Assistance Dog; High-Rise Jail Escapees on the Lam; The Billion Dollar Business of Guns
• Holiday Blizzard Moves East; Southwest Cancels Flights Out of Chicago; Four Forced Out Over Benghazi Deaths; No Arrests in Benghazi Killings; War Hero Given a Rare Farewell; Boehner Presses Votes on "Plan B"; Senators Blast "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Are Boys More Likely to Kill; Medical Examiner Looks for Shooting Answers in DNA; More Funerals Today in Newtown; More on the Newtown Police Investigation; Biden on Gun Violence.
• Let The Flight Cancellations Begin; More Connecticut Funerals Today; Seeking Answers On Benghazi Attack; Biden Meets With Law Enforcement; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations; Winter Storm Alert; Bales on Trial; Sexual Assaults on the Rise in American Military Academies
• South Korea's Woman President; Growing Scandal in Army Childcare; New Australian TV Station Highlighting Aboriginal Affairs; Cashing in on the End of the World
• Midwest Hit with Major Storm; Fiscal Cliff Showdown Playing Out; Gunman Had Cut Ties with Father; Global Gun Control; Backlash from Benghazi Report; Libya Focuses on National Security, Reconciliation
• Victim's Boyfriend Finds It Hard to Say Goodbye; Huge Storm Threatens Holiday Travel; House to Vote on Plan B; Cory Book Mulls Senate Run; Parents Buy Bullet-Proof Backpacks for Kids; Doomsayers Await End of World.
• Massive Storm Threatens Midwest; Fallout Over Benghazi Report; Negotiations Paused for Plan B Vote; Daniel Inouye Remembered Today; Holder Schedules Visit to Newtown, Connecticut
• Midwest Faces Pre-Holiday Blizzard; Reading the Mayan Calendar; Arming Teachers to Protect Kids
• Tornado Threat from La. to NC; Blizzard Conditions Hit Midwest; Fallout From Scathing Benghazi Review; Fiscal Cliff Talks Hit Low Point; Intercontinental Exchange to Buy NYSE; New Details About Nancy Lanza; Bulletproofing Your Kids
• Profiling White Men; Fiscal Cliff Talks Hit Low Point; Movie Unites Left, Right in Washington; Doomsday Tourism is Big Business
• Midwest Faces Pre-Holiday Blizzard; Fallout from Scathing Benghazi Review; Arming Teachers to Protect Kids; NYSE Sold


December 19, 2012
• More Funerals in Newtown; Remebering the Attack on the Jewish Community Center in 1999; Piers Morgan to Host Town Hall Meeting on Guns
• President Obama Talks Gun Control; Interview with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
• Four More Funerals in Newtown Today; Random Acts of Kindness for Newtown; "She Was in a Place That She Really Loved"; Instagram's About Face on New Policy; Obama is Time's "Person of the Year"; Films to Be Preserved in Library of Congress; Mudslide Knocks Train Off Tracks
• Obama Tackles Gun Control Policy; Boehner to Hold News Conference; Resignations At State Department; Robert Bork Dead
• Police Search Gunman's Home; Family of Killed Teacher Speakers Out; Obama Calls on Republicans to Compromise on Debt Deal; Obama Named 2012 "Time" Person of the Year; Officials Resign Over Benghazi; Mass Shooting Survivors Offer Advice.
• Newtown Says More Good-Byes; Obama Tackles Gun Policy Changes; Fiscal Cliff Just 13 Days Away; Guns in Schools; Police Search for Motive & Answers
• Obama Speaks on Gun Control; Killings Spark Action Overseas; Mass Killers Want Revenge & Glory
• Obama Speaks on Gun Laws
• Newtown Massacre Inflames, Transforms Gun Debate; Obama to Announce Gun Policy 1st Steps; Obama to Speak on Gun Laws.
• Obama to Address Newtown Tragedy; NRA Releases Statement; Newtown Shooting Impacts Nation; Scathing Report on Benghazi
• NRA Promises Meaningful Contribution; More Teens Abusing Adderrall; Murray Pays Tribute to Newtown Victims;
• Lawmakers Debate School Security; Conservative Jurist Robert Bork Dies; Biden to Lead Gun Control Review; Searching For Answers; Benghazi Report Finds Security Lacking
• Guns in America: Facing the Issue; "Family Guy" to Return this Sunday; UConn Pays Homage
• Biden to Lead Gun Control Review; NRA Promises "Meaningful Contribution"; Gun Control Talk Surge in Sales; Benghazi Report Finds Systemic Failures; Obama is TIME's "Person of the Year"; Instagram Backtracks Policy Changes


December 18, 2012
• Discussing the Connecticut Shooting; Examining the Deficit Reduction Talks; Hollywood Film Adgenda Changes Due to Connecticut Shooting
• Remembering Newtown Victims; Journalist Held Hostage Finally Released
• Capital, Guns and Teachers; Two More Funerals in Newtown Today; NBC's Engel, Crew Freed from Syria; Remembering Senator Daniel Inouye; Friends Talk About Gunman
• Shooter's Computer Badly Smashed; Closer to Cliff, Closer to Deal; Helping Students Replace the Trauma
• New Details from Medical Examiner; Man Helps Kids from Sandy Hook; GOP Offers Plan B on Fiscal Cliff; News Crew Kidnapped, Rescued; Comfort Dogs Help Community Heal; Newtown Dealing with Tragedy.
• Funerals Today Add To Town's Grief; New Details On Connecticut Gunman; Computers At Lanza Home Smashed; Sales of Semi-Automatics Jump; Gun Laws Are As Varied As States
• When Journalists Face Risks; The Role of Faith in Tragedy; Newtown Schools Back in Session; Video Game Violence
• New Details From Medical Examiner; Former Schoolmate Remembers Gunman; Change Gun Culture; Boehner Proposes Short-Term "Plan B"; NBC Reporter Freed from Syria
• GOP Readies Plan B to Avoid Cliff; White House Rejects Plan B; The Power of the NRA; 6 Scared Kids on Front Lawn; 4-Legged Friends Offer Support.
• Town Seeks Normalcy; New Details About Adam and Nancy Lanza; Interview with Elizabeth Esty; Creating a New Normal
• Returning to School; Long Road Ahead for Newtown; Instagram: Your Photos are Our Property
• Former Classmate Remembers A Killer; Schools Review Security Precautions; Boehner Talks Fiscal Cliff Soon; GOP Working On "Plan B" To Stop Tax Hikes; NBC Correspondent And Crew Rescued; Congress To Get Benghazi Report
• Manchin: Time to Talk Gun Control; New Push for Assault Weapons Ban; Video Game Concerns After Newtown
• Newtown Schools Reopen Today; New Details from Lanza Household; Some Retailers Curb Gun Sales; Fiscal Cliff Deal May Be Near; NBC News and Crew Rescued; Gun Control Back in the Spotlight; The Power of the NRA; GOP Working on "Plan B" to Stop Tax Hikes


December 17, 2012
• Continued Coverage of the Aftermath of the Connecticut School Shooting; Gov. Malloy Speaks to the Press; More Talk of Gun Control; What Size Should the Government Be?
• Connecticut Victims Remembered; Dealing with the Loss
• A Community Tries to Cope; Gun Rights Back on the Agenda; Across the Hall from a Mass Killing; The Mind of a Mass Killer; Obama, Boehner Meet at White House
• Jack Pinto's Funeral Under Way; Noah Pozner's Funeral Under Way; First Responder Opens Up; Senate Holds Moment Of Silence; Friends Of Gunman's Mother Speak Out; Remembering The Newtown Victims; School Security After Mass Killing; Syria's Vice President Calls For "Historic Settlement"; Obama, Boehner Meet At White House
• Massacre Sparks Push for Gun Control; Oregon Lawmaker Says Arm Teachers; Funerals Begin for Newtown Victims; Explaining the Right to Bear Arms.
• Funerals Begin For Newtown Victims; Dealing With Shooting Tragedy; Parents Must Reassure Kids; White House Briefing
• White House Petition for Gun Control; Boehner Agrees to Raising Taxes; Rep. Tom Scott Appointed to Succeed Jim DeMint; Helping Your Mentally Ill Child; News Conference on Newtown Murders
• Uncovering A Family Tragedy


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