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September 15, 2005
• French Quarter on its Way to Return to Normalcy; Bush to Address Nation Tonight
• Hurricane Ophelia Lingers Over Carolina Coast; President Bush to Deliver Prime-Time Address; Some New Orleans Residents Returning Home
• President Bush to Speak in New Orleans Tonight; Two Major Airlines Announce Bankruptcy; Wrapping up the Roberts Hearings


September 14, 2005
• Interview with Bryan Beatty; Some New Orleans Suburbs Reopening Today; North Carolina Under Assault By Hurricane Ophelia
• Rash of Bombings Permeates Iraq; Standing Water Continues To Cause Problems In New Orleans; Hurricane Ophelia Threatens North Carolina Coast
• Carolina Coast Under Assault by Hurricane Ophelia; Interview With North Carolina Governor Mike Easley; Toxic Air in New Orleans; 150 Killed in Baghdad Attacks


September 13, 2005
• Roberts Confirmation Hearing Continues; Hurricane Katrina Aftermath
• Hurricane Katrina Aftermath; Roberts Hearing Continues


September 12, 2005
• Power Outage in L.A. Not Linked to Terrorism; Bush Visits Katrina-Ravaged Gulf Coast
• Day One of Roberts Hearings Complete; Power Outage in Southern California; Bush Tours Mississippi; Bill Frist Interview


September 09, 2005
• FEMA Head Recalled to Washington
• Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath. Interview With SNC Chairman Howard Dean.
• FEMA Director Recalled to Washington; New Orleans Authorities Collect Guns; Thad Allen to Head Relief Operations on the Ground


September 08, 2005
• The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
• The Politics of Hurricane Katrina
• Vice President Visits Disaster Zone; Thousands Line Up For Debit Cards


September 07, 2005
• Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath
• William Rehnquist Takes "Final Journey" Today; Floodwaters Slowly Recede From New Orleans; Interview with Delia Labarre
• Military Not Part of Forced New Orleans Evacuations; President Bush Leads Final Tribute to Chief Justice William Rehnquist; Interview With U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona; Pets Also Homeless or Missing


September 06, 2005
• What Will Happen to New Orleans?
• State of Emergency
• New Orleans Residents Search For Home Away From Home; Senate Plans Disaster Response Probe


September 05, 2005
• Mosquitoes Potential New Orleans Threat; Recovery Efforts Under Way in Biloxi; Some New Orleans Area Residents Allowed to Inspect Damage; Officials Consider Spraying for Mosquitoes to Counter Health Threat; New Orleans Police Chief: Police Acted Heroically; Jesse Jackson Blames Feds for Disaster Reaction
• Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath
• Dramatic Rescues Continue in New Orleans. President Bush Returns to Hurricane Zone.


September 02, 2005
• Hurricane Katrina
• Aftermath of Katrina
• Hurricane Katrina Aftermath; Feds Send Aid; Troops, Supplies Beginning to Arrive; Elijah Cummings Interview
• Troops Arrive in New Orleans; President Bush Tours the Devastation


September 01, 2005
• FEMA Director: Focus is on Life-Saving Efforts; Critically Injured Airlifted from Superdome
• Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans Mayor Pleads for Help; Race and Class Affecting the Crisis?
• Chaos in New Orleans; Thousands Believed Dead


August 31, 2005
• Fire Breaks Out in New Orleans; Run on Gas Stations in Georgia; Bush Mobilizes Cabinet to Help Hurricane Victims
• National Guard Continues Evacuation of New Orleans; Almost 1,000 Dead in Stampede in Baghdad
• Thousands Feared Dead in New Orleans; Armed Looters on the Loose; Will Gas Top $4 a Gallon?


August 30, 2005
• Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: New Images From New Orleans
• Hurricane Katrina Aftermath; Rescue Efforts and Assessing the Damage
• Water Rising in New Orleans; Survivors Plucked From Rooftops


August 29, 2005
• Katrina Devastates Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
• Hurricane Katrina Causing Oil Price Spike; Gulf Coast Battered, Swamped
• Hurricane Katrina Pounds Gulf Coast; Alabama Authorities Hold News Conference


August 26, 2005
• Hurricane Katrina Heads into Gulf; Darfur Still Suffering; Iraqi Constitution Still Stalled; False DNA Evidence?
• Kinky Friedman Interview; Bush Numbers Down Further; Hurricane Katrina Moves into the Gulf; Dallas Principals Required to Speak Spanish; FDA Looking for Public Comment on "Emergency" Birth Control Pill; BRAC Causing Heartache and Elation; Cindy Sheehan's Protest Continues
• Florida Deals With Aftermath of Katrina; Floods Strike Switzerland


August 25, 2005
• United Nations Reform; Hurricane Katrina; Chinese Computer Hacking?; Cindy Sheehan's Protest; No Safety Seats on Aircraft; Martha's Back
• Hurricane Katrina Headed for Florida; Protesting Mom Back in Crawford; Walter Reed Medical Center to Close; Schwarzenegger's Poll Numbers
• Florida Braces For Katrina; Iraqi Lawmakers at Loggerheads Over Constitution; Anti-War Mother Returns to Crawford; Interview With New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson


August 24, 2005
• Pat Robertson Changes Gears; Bush Speaks to Military Families; BRAC Accepts Most of Pentagon List; Suicide Bomber Was Previously Prevented from Entering U.S.; More Armstrong Allegations
• BRAC Accepts Majority of DoD Closures; Bush Speaks to Military Families; Supreme Battle Rejoined; Family in Iraq
• Connecticut Navy Base Gets New Lease on Life; Pat Robertson Under Fire; Military Analyst Suggest Exit Strategies; Tropical Storm Katrina Tops Internet Topics


August 23, 2005
• Pat Robertson's Remarks; Israeli Withdrawal; Iraqi Constitution
• Pat Robertson's Remarks; Bush Remains Steadfast; Venezuelan Ambassador Interviewed; Pataki Tapes; SUV Gas Mileage
• Interview With Bob Dole; Pat Robertson Calls For Assassination of Venezuelan President; Northwest Strike Affecting Stock


August 22, 2005
• Man Missing from Boat for Seven Weeks; President's Numbers Falling Further; Northwest Airlines Strike; Able Danger Information Denied; Pat Roberts Interview; Football Player's Death
• Iraqis Meet Constitution Deadline; Zalmay Khalilzad Interview; Stem Cell Breakthrough; Lebanon Terror Investigation; Anti-War Protestors Follow the President
• Deadline Approaches For Iraqi Constitution; Eric Rudolph Faces Victims; President Bush Visits Salt Lake City


August 19, 2005
• Sabbath Halts Withdrawal; Benedict XVI in Germany; Cudge Crater's Case; Northwest to Be Struck?; Tornados in Wisconsin; Merck Loses Vioxx Case; Navy Ships Targeted
• CIA Leak Conspiracy?; Tariffs on Brazilian Orange Juice?; Anti- War Protest; William Weld in New York; Roberts' Nomination
• Vioxx Decision; Terrorists Target Navy Ships; X-Ray Scanning at Airports; Palestinians Celebrate Israeli Withdrawal; Northwest Airlines Strike?; Could 9/11 Nave Been Prevented?; Catholics Online


August 18, 2005
• BTK Killer Sentenced to Life; FBI Seeks New Type of Agent; Senator Hagel Interview


August 17, 2005
• Resistance to Israeli Pullout; Early bin Laden Warnings; New Hendrix Biography; Iraq Attacks; 82nd Airborne Troops Going to Iraq; Judge Lets Loose; Bob Costas Interview
• Bush Out of Touch?; Governor Taft's Troubles; Able Danger and the 9/11 Commission; Cindy Sheehan to Move Her Protest; "King of the Hill"
• Evacuation Proceeding Fairly Smoothly in Gaza; Criminal Charges Considered Against Ohio Governor; Sentencing Hearing Proceeds for BTK Killer; Trio of Car Bombings Kills Dozens in Baghdad; Intelligence on Terrorist Cell Involving Atta Known Before 9/11; U.S. Warned of Bin Laden A Decade Before 9/11; Robbery Arrests Turn into Terror Investigation; More Info Available on Computer Worm That Hit CNN; U.S./Mexico Border Emergency


August 16, 2005
• Israeli Withdrawal; Venezuelan Crash; Travelers Delayed by Children's Names on No-Fly Lists; One Woman's Protest; Computer Virus Runs Amuck
• Teen Drinking; One Woman's Protest; Roberts and Abortion; CIA Leak Investigation
• Israeli Settlers in Gaza Made to Leave; Venezuelan Plane Crash Investigation Begins; Abu Ghraib Prison Death a Suspected Homicide; More Spy Satellites or More Spies?; Former Israel Prime Minister Wary of Pull-Out; Simulating Iraq for Training


August 15, 2005
• Crash Victim Autopsies Begin; Chemical Spill in New Orleans; Keeping the Troops Safe; Iraqi Constitution Delayed; Confiscation Orders Eased at Airports; Israeli Withdrawal
• Iraqi Leaders Delay Constitution Draft; Cindy Sheehan Getting Non-Profit Help in Her Protest; John Roberts Papers Reveal Thoughts on Wage Equity; Conservatives Hold Rally for Roberts; Schwarzenegger Affair?
• Deadline for Iraqi Constitution Approaching; Gaza Pullout; Plane Crash Probe


August 12, 2005
• New York Monsignor Resigns; PGA Disrupted; Iraq KIA Moms Speak Out; Tennessee Fugitives in Court; Runway Buffers; Inside North Korea; Israeli Withdrawal
• Protesters in Crawford; Whirlpool to Buy Maytag; 2008 Hopefuls Already in Action; NARAL Drops Ad; Jerry Falwell Interview
• Security Threat Lowered; Israeli Withdrawal; US Army Uses Robots in Iraq; New 9/11 Tapes; Sri Lankan Minister Assassinated; CIA: Ahmadinejad Not 1979 Hostage Taker; Oil Refinery Capacity; Castro's Birthday


August 11, 2005
• Re-Airing of Bill Clinton Interview; Bush Comments on Iraq and Iran; British Airways Squabble; Terrorist Warning; Malaysian Smoke Problem; Palmeiro Back with Orioles
• Further Analysis of Clinton Interview; Bush on Iraq; Palmeiro Speaks to the Press; Abramoff's Troubles; Pirro's Announcement
• Interview With Former President Bill Clinton; Fuel Truck Threat?; Canines Guarding America


August 10, 2005
• Is Shoot-to-Kill Proper Policy?; New Al Qaeda Video; Tennessee Escape Details; Montana Wildfire; Yankee Fan Leaps onto Netting; Norht Korean Society; Iran Warnings; "Sweet Neo-Con"
• Bush Signs Transportation Bill; Conservatives Concerned by New Roberts Revelations; NCAA Outlaws Native American Names; Police Search for Escaped Convict, Wife; Immigration Issue Splits Republicans
• Inside the Drug Enforcement Administration; Iran Warns West to Back Off Over Nuclear Program; Tennessee Manhunt Intensifies; School Bus and Van Collide in Orlando; Interview With Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman; Inside the DEA; Al Qaeda Video Shows SEAL Equipment


August 09, 2005
• Eye on Insurgents; Disney Board Wins Ovitz Severance Ruling; Reeve's New Battle; Runaway Bride's Public Service; Hugo Chavez' Remarks
• Improved Economy Not Helping Bush Poll Numbers; Katherine Harris to Run for Senate; Supreme Court Battle Heats Up Over Abortion; Lawyer Prepared to Take on Hillary; Iraq Constitution
• Discovery Astronauts Hold Press Conference; United States Suspicious of Iranian Nuclear Program; Abe Hirschfeld Dies; Cheyenne Mountain Tour; Airlines' Fuel Pinch


August 08, 2005
• Insurgent Attack; Weapons Found; Return of the Shuttle; Yakovlev Pleads Guilty in Oil-for-Food; Gas Prices Soar Further; Peter Jennings Profiled
• Clinton's Challenge; Survey Says; Presidential Energy; Monroe Drugged?
• Interview With Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff; Space Shuttle Discovery's Homecoming Delayed; NORAD Mission Detailed; Energy Bill Provisions