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December 15, 2005
• Interview Rush Limbaugh Attorney Roy Black; Bush Administration Announces Plans to Strengthen New Orleans Levees
• Observations from Iraq Election; Bush Pledges $3.1 Billion to New Orleans
• Bush And McCain Reach Torture Ban Deal; $3 Billion To Fix New Orleans Levees; Iraqis Vote In Historic Election; Interview With Alberto Gonzales; Possible 2008 Presidential Race Poll Released; Hillary Clinton May Be 2008 Candidate


December 14, 2005
• Iraqi Elections Draw Near; President Bush Delivers a Major Address on Progress in Iraq; The Pentagon has discovered problems in a classified database on domestic intelligence threats; Iranian President Stirs Condemnation Over His Remarks About the Holocaust;
• President Bush Says he's Responsible for War Decision on Faulty Intel; Security Tight on Eve of Iraq's Historic Election; Interview With Senator Russ Feingold
• President Bush Gives Another Iraq War Speech; New Poll More Favorable On Iraq War; Young Iraqi Campaigners Take Great Risks; Mitt Romney Not Running for Second Term as Governor of Massachussetts; Iraq Elections Detailed; Don King Supports Troops


December 13, 2005
• President Bush Will Give Last In Series Of Four Iraq Speeches Tomorrow; Karen Hughes Interview; Reporter Who Witnessed Stanley Tookie Williams' Execution Speaks; Pregnant Woman Survives Sky-diving Crash; DIRECTV Slapped With Huge Fine For Telemarketing; DNA Evidence Proven Faulty In Tucson; "Brokeback Mountain" Praised But Controversial
• President Gerald Ford Undergoing Tests at Hospital; Iraqi Expatriates Already Casting Ballots; Congress Probes Disappearance of Cruise Ship Passengers; Four Years Ago Man From Qatar Swept Up In 9/11 Investigation; Reporter At Stanley Tookie Williams' Execution Describes It; Bush Selling Medicare Drug Benefit Program
• Bush Prepares for Fourth Iraq Speech; Iraqi Expatriates Cast a Vote; A Top General Discusses Progress in Iraq


December 12, 2005
• Williams Denied Clemency; Early Voting Begins in Iraq
• Governor Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency for Stanley "Tookie" Williams; Iraqi Election
• Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency for Stanley "Tookie" Williams; Bush Administration Hopes Voting in Iraq will Bolster Support in U.S.; Democrats say Bush Hasn't Adequately Outlined Exit Strategy


December 09, 2005
• NTSB Begins Investigation of Plane Crash in Chicago; Some L.A. Officials Fear Violence if Stanley Williams Is Executed
• Press Conference Sheds New Light on Plane Crash in Chicago; Plame Retires
• Dramatic Scene In Chicago Where Plane Skidded Off Runway; Republicans Make Aggressive Online Ad; Are Runways Too Short?; Many Republicans Still Back Bush; Torture Ban Agreement Still Not Reached; Menendez To Replace Corzine As New Jersey Senator; Democratic Primary Schedule May Change In 2008


December 08, 2005
• Major Snowstorm Hits Midwest; New Information on Miami Airport Shooting
• New Questions on Whether Proper Procedures Were Used in Passenger's Death; Midwest Hit by Snow, Ice, Cold; Suicide Bomber Kills 30 on Baghdad Bus; Separation of Church and State
• House and Senate Compromise to extend Patriot Act; House Negotiators Closer to a Deal on McCain Torture Amendment; President's Rating Up in New Poll; Governor Schwarzenegger Heard Appeals from Williams' Lawyers; Senator Joe Lieberman at the Pentagon Sparks Questions about White House and Rumsfeld


December 07, 2005
• Passenger Killed On American Airlines Flight After Making Bomb Threat
• Passenger Shot by Air Marshals on Flight to Miami
• Airline Threat Suspect Killed


December 06, 2005
• Suicide Bombers Attack Police Academy, Killing At Least 36; Saddam Hussein Trial Had Dramatic Moments; DNC Chairman Howard Dean Says Iraq War Can't Be Won; Sami Al-Arian Acquitted; Massachusetts Right To Die Case; U.S. Under Fire In Europe For Anti-Terror Detentions Of A German Citizen; Ramsey Clark Interview; Cindy Sheehan Writes Book; Bill Clinton Helps Hillary's Campaign; Ford Ads Targeting To Gays And Lesbians Start Controversy
• Saddam Hussein on Trial; Interview With Ramsey Clark
• Top Democrats Showing Splits Over Iraq; Ken Mehlman Interview; Cindy Sheehan Interview; War Of Words Over Iraq Continues


December 05, 2005
• New Developments in DeLay Case; Interview With Michael Leavitt
• Wintry Weather Rips Through Northeast, Mid-Atlantic; Is U.S. Prepared for Next Terror Attack?
• President Bush Focuses on Economic Security; Dismal Security Report from Former 9/11 Commission; Cheney Rallies Behind DeLay; Rumsfeld Lashes Out Against Media


December 02, 2005
• 10 Marines Killed in Iraq
• Insurgent Attack Kills 10 U.S. Marines Near Fallujah; Colleague Of American Hostage In Iraq Speaks Out; Pentagon Paid For Stories In Iraqi Press; Corpses Found In Ohio May Be Murdered Children; Bomb Threat In Connecticut; Economy Doing Well; Interview With John Negroponte; French Doctors Give Transplant Details; TSA Allows Some Objects On Planes
• Bloody Ambush in Iraq as Pentagon Battles Accusations of Media Manipulation; Bush Welcomes Good News on Economy; Sam Alito May Endure Tough Questions During Confirmation; Two Bodies May Be Those Of Murdered Children; Jeanine Pirro Urged To Drop Senate Bid; Possible New Turn In CIA Leak Case; Fourth Anniversary Of Enron Scandal; Peres and Shimon Meet In The Middle


December 01, 2005
• Bill Clinton Weighs in on Iraq War; Civilian Contractors Caught on Tape in Iraq
• Insurgents Waging Propaganda War in Iraq; Four Christian Activists Being Held Hostage in Iraq; Fraud Scheme; Schwarzenegger Mulls Clemency For Williams; Australian To Be Hanged In Singapore; The U.S. Is Attempting To Free Western Hostages In Iraq; Scaffolding Slams Into Building
• Differing Opinions On Iraq; Assumptions In Bush's Speech On Iraq War; Prospects For Schwarzenegger Reelection Raising Questions; Sources Of Payment For Presidential Trips


November 30, 2005
• Bush Speech Attempts to Better Explain War; Hillary Rodham Clinton Walks Fine Line on Iraq; Update on Housing Bubble; Billionaire Richard Branson Coins New Holiday; California Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Execution of Stanley Tookie Williams
• The President's Plan; Less of a Threat?; Saving Face in France; Iraq's Free Press May Not Be So Free; Hurricane Season Ends Today; Timing Of Today's Speech; World AIDS Day Is Tomorrow
• People Are Analyzing Bush's Annapolis Speech; Justices Hear Abortion Cases With Roberts As Chief Justice; Some Liken Iraq To Vietnam


November 29, 2005
• Death Row Prisoner About to Be Executed in Virginia; Bush Hours Away From Major Address on Iraq
• Death Row Inmate Pardoned by Virginia Governor; New Video Allegedly Shows Western Hostages in Iraq; Exit Strategy; Europe Worried About Secret Prisons; Lieberman Interview; Katrina Cleanup Slow and Frustrating; Tropical Storm Epsilon Has Formed
• Bush Delivers Mission Statement About Troops in Iraq; Democrats Show Support For New Orleans; Cunningham Admits To Taking Bribes; Mark Warner Commutes Death Sentence


November 28, 2005
• Top Republican Congressman Quits and Cries After Pleading Guilty to Corruption Charges. Bush Pushing his Plan to Allow Illegal Immigrants Now in This Country to Get Guest Worker Visas. Saddam Hussein's Trial Resumed and then Adjourned Once Again Today In Between Quite a Display of Fireworks.
• Saddam Hussein Defiant at Resumption of Trial; Alleged Plot to Kill Judge in Hussein Trial Thwarted; Crooked Congressman; Lay Offs at Merck; Replacing Boots with Air Power on Ground?; Bush Tackles Illegal Immigration
• Bush to Press Immigration Plan in Arizona; USNA Address to Focus on Iraq; Cunningham Pleads Guilty


November 25, 2005
• Black Friday in Full Force; Saddam Hussein's Trial Set to Start Monday
• Shopper Gone Wild; Saddam Trial Resumes
• Icy Water Leave Father And Daughter Dead; President Bush And Cindy Sheehan In Crawford; Four Governors Visit Iraq; Saddam Hussein Trial; Hopes Ride On December 15th Elections; Retailers Competing on Black Friday; Online Shopping Deals for Weekend; Michael Brown Starting Own Consulting Firm; Conservatives Protest American Girl Dolls; Bill Clinton Talks About Childhood Obesity


November 24, 2005
• Thirty Killed In Iraq Suicide Bombings; Those Serving In Iraq Celebrate The Holiday Far From Home; Toxic Spill In China; Islamic Prisoners May Plot From Prison; Filmmakers Bring People Together In The Balkans; Controversial Movie About Oil; Macy's Parade Mishap; Diamond Ad Campaign; Xbox 360 Mania
• Toxic Spill In China Causing Problems; Volcano To Erupt In Colombia; President Bush's Thanksgiving; Injured U.S. Troops Take Part In Paralympics
• What Republicans And Democrats Should Be Grateful For; Bosnian War A Decade Ago; Political Turkeys Of The Year
• Balloon Mishap in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Bombings in Iraq
• Suicide Bombers Kill As Many As 30 In Iraq; Brief Moments Of Holiday Cheer For Troops Overseas; Protesters Gather At Bush Ranch; Having Troops In Iraq Next Thanksgiving Could Be Bad For Bush; Murtha's Hometown Gives Opinions Of His Iraq Comments


November 23, 2005
• Violence in Iraq; Hillary vs. Condi in 2008?; Liberia's Challenge; Chicago Rail Accident
• Prominent Sunni Sheik Killed in Baghdad Home; New Info on When Troops are Coming Home; Hussein's Trial Resumes on Monday Despite Lawyers' Boycott Threats; China Confirms 3rd Case of Bird Flu in Humans; Firefighter Injured in Atlanta Apartment Blaze; Weather and Travel Concerns for Holiday Season; Winds may Damper Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Visitors Pour in to Georgia Aquarium
• Debate Continues Over Iraq Withdrawal; Holiday Crunch Hits Home; Hillary vs. Condoleezza in 2008?


November 22, 2005
• Is Mount St. Helens Ready to Erupt?; Padilla Indicted
• Charges Filed Against Jose Padilla; Bird Flu Fears
• Jose Padilla Under Indictment; Mortar Attack Caught On Camera; Judge Deciding If DeLay Charges Should Be Dropped; Good Economy Not Helping Bush Poll Numbers; Debate Rages On Over Murtha Comments; Pregnant, Unmarried Teacher Loses Job; Two Possible California Governor Nominees Are Well-Known, Not Well-Liked;


November 21, 2005
• Cheney Blasts War Critics
• GM Prepares to Lay Off Tens of Thousands; Weekend Raid Sparks Speculation About Zarqawi's Fate
• Heated Debate Over Iraq War Continues


November 18, 2005
• State Department Issues Travel Warning; House Debates Iraq War Pullout
• Gamma to Florida?; Wildfires in SoCal
• Ventura Fires Burn Close To Homes; Robert Blake Liable For Death Of Wife; Verbal Assaults On Iraq War;


November 17, 2005
• Congressman Calls for Pullout From Iraq; Interview With John Kerry
• Iraq: War of Words; Detainee Dungeon; Interview With Senator John Warner; Two Americans Arrested In Iraq Kickback Scheme; Terrorist Tape Has Chilling Message For U.S.; No Aid For North Korea As Long As It Has Nuclear Programs; Two Die Of Bird Flu In Indonesia
• Congressman Murtha Calls For Immediate Troop Withdrawal From Iraq; Many Republicans Urging Rudi Giuliani To Make 2008 Presidential Bid


November 16, 2005
• Interview with Ted Koppel; Vice President Cheney Speaks At Conservative Rally
• Woodward Speaks About CIA Leak; Bloody Battle in Iraq; White- Hot Weapon; Bird Flu in China; Guatemalan Smugglers Arrested; What Happens To Sex Offenders After They Are Released; Ted Koppel Interview
• Bob Woodward Says Official Leaked Name Two Years Ago; Sam Alito Controversy; Oil Execs May Be Part Of Cheney Task Force; Interview With Leonard Downie


November 15, 2005
• Severe Weather Threatens Heartland; Bush Visits Asia
• Rumsfeld Strikes Back; Bush in Asia
• Severe Weather From Southwest to Midwest; Senate Vents Iraq War Policy Frustrations; President Bush In Japan; Senate Decides On Detainee Torture; Baseball's New Steroids Policy; Dole On Bush;


November 14, 2005
• Iraqi Woman Confesses to Role in Jordan Bombings; President Bush Slams Iraq War Critics; Wal-Mart and China
• New Details About Amman Suicide Bombing Emerge; 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan
• Bush's Poll Numbers Drop; New Documents Reveal More About Alito's Views on Abortion


November 11, 2005
• Al Qaeda Releases New Details of Bombings in Jordan; Bush Answers War Critics
• Bush Fights Back; 'Halloween' Producer Dies in Amman Blast
• Condoleezza Rice Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq; President Defends Iraq War; Robertson Claims Dover Residents May Feel God's Wrath; Stores Debate Holidays; Teen Elected Mayor In Michigan; Liberia Elects Woman President; Unions Beat Schwarzenegger


November 10, 2005
• Jordan Bombings Death Toll Rises; Dean Sounds Off
• Backlash in Jordan; Inmate in Georgia's Bartow County Escapes From Sheriff's Custody
• Is Alito Nomination in Trouble?; Is New CIA Leak Investigation in the Works?; New Possible CIA Leak; John McCain May Be Dropping Hints Of A Presidential Campaign; Interview with Mary Mapes


November 09, 2005
• 67 Dead in Amman Blasts, Number Expected to Rise
• Blasts Rock Hotels In Jordan, Killing Many


November 08, 2005
• Republicans Demand Investigation Into New CIA Leak; Election Day in Several States; Rift in Bush-Cheney Relationship?
• One Hour to French Curfew; V.A., N.J. Await Polls to Close
• Off-year Election Highlights; Ethics Classes for White House Staffers; Who Leaked Word of the Secret CIA Prisoners?


November 07, 2005
• Civil Unrest Rocks France; Australian Authorities Foil Terror Plot
• Terror Plot Foiled in Australia; Violent Nights in France
• President Bush Completes Trip In Panama; Gov. Schwarzenegger On Shaky Ground


November 04, 2005
• Mar del Plata Rocked by Violent Protests; Interview With Jimmy Carter
• Houston Death Row Inmate Escapes Prison; President Bush Faces Protests in Argentina; Security Changes Ahead For America's Airports?; Interview With Former President Jimmy Carter


November 03, 2005
• Libby Arraigned; Charles, Camilla on Charm Offensive in the U.S.
• Alito Confirmation Hearings Will Begin in January; Libby Arraigned in CIA Leak Case
• Libby Pleads Not Guilty; Bush Travels to Latin America
• Lewis Scooter Libby Hears Charges; Bill Proposed to Build Barrier Along Mexican Border; Former Saddam Hussein Soldiers Asked to Rejoin Iraqi Army


November 02, 2005
• Pennsylania High School Girls Organize "Girlcott" of Abermcrombie & Fitch; Interview with Al Sharpton
• Exile Offer for Saddam Hussein; White House Reacts; Al Qaeda Members May Be Questioned In Soviet-Era Prison; Sometimes Prayer Considered Suspicious Behavior; Paris Riots Continue; British Royalty Consider Media A Nemesis
• Positive Comments from Senators on Alito; Fallout of Rule 21 Secret Session in Senate
• British Royals Set to Dine with President Bush; Remembering Rosa Parks; New Addresses For Thousands of Former New Orleans Residents; Two Convicted Felons On The Loose In South Carolina; Closed Session Of Senate Causes Anger


November 01, 2005
• Senate Behind Closed Doors; Bush Unveils $7 Billion Plan to Fight Possible Bird Flu Pandemic
• Senate Goes Into Closed Session; Bird Flu Plan


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