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February 01, 2006
• Last-Ditch Diplomacy Seeks to Halt Iran's Nuclear Activity; The Long War; Storm Over Katrina; House Holding Hearings Sale Of Cell Phone Records; On Chances Of Surviving Cancer Improving According To One Doctor
• President Bush Delivers Message in Nashville; Cindy Sheehan Arrested over T-Shirt; Nagin Testifies At Senate Hearing; Alito Sworn In; Rating White House Strategy; McCain Endorses Shadegg; Bush Takes State Of The Union Outside Washington


January 31, 2006
• President Bush Prepares to Deliver State of the Union Address; Do Democrats Have Message of Their Own?; Designated Cabinet Survivor; Interview With House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
• Awaiting the State of the Union; Bush's Challenges
• A Preview of Tonight's State of the Union Address; Postal Massacre; Wounded in Action; NSA Lawsuit Involves AT&T; Frustration Over Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program; Enron Opening Statements; Remembering Coretta Scott King; Cabinet Members Sit Out State Of The Union In Case Of Emergency;
• Bush To Deliver State Of The Union Address With Pressure To Regain Control Of Presidential Agenda; Alito Confirmed For Supreme Court; President's Poll Numbers Only Part Of Story; Did Gonzales Misled Congress on NSA Program?; Does the State of the Union Matter?; Woodruff and Vogt Return To U.S.; Ohio Figures Prominently In Presidential Elections, Is Major Battleground Over Political Ethics;


January 30, 2006
• Samuel Alito's Confirmation Expected Tomorrow; Ramsey Clark Speaks About Hussein Trial; Jury is Seated in Enron Trial
• New Al Qaeda Tape; Enron Trial Set to Proceed; Senate Votes to End Debate on Alito Nomination
• Al-Jazeera Airs Footage of Captive Journalist Jill Carroll; Democratic Filibuster Attempt Expected to Fail; More FEMA Controversy


January 27, 2006
• Fatah, Hamas Supporters Trade Gunfire in Gaza; Kwan Cleared to Skate in the Olympics
• Armed Fatah Supporters Protest Loss to Hamas; Democrats Against Alito; Fizzling Filibuster?; Possible Bird Flu Vaccine Developed; Hamas Win May Affect U.S. Aid To Palestine; Hamas Winning Could Be Intelligence Blunder; Troops Do Relief Work In Ethiopia; James Frey Lie Rocks Publishing World
• Kerry Tries for Alito Filibuster; Bush Prepares for State of the Union; Fatah Party Members Protest Palestinian Election Results


January 26, 2006
• Hamas Wins Election in Palestine; Winfrey Reacts to 'Million Little Pieces' Controversy
• Kennedy Joins Kerry on Filibuster; Large Tunnel Runs under U.S.-Mexico Border; Frist Announces Test Vote To See If Kerry Can Sustain Filibuster; Release Of Female Iraqi Prisoners May Help Jill Carroll; Nicole Kidman Now U.N. Goodwill Ambassador
• John Kerry Calls for Filibuster of Alito; President Bush Says Hamas Must Renounce Violence; Bill Bennett Discusses Meeting With Bush; Benjamin Netanyahu Reacts to Hamas Victory; Jimmy Carter Demands Hamas Renounce Violence


January 25, 2006
• Supreme Court Stops Florida Execution, Lethal Cocktail Allegedly Causes Painful Death; Pentagon Warns "Thin Green Line" Of U.S. Military Is Stretched Too Far, Could Snap In A Crisis; Highway Crash In Florida Kills Seven Children, From One Family
• Not Enough Troops?; Effort to Defend Domestic Spying; Palestinian Election Turnout Large; Fatal Accident In Florida; Toxic Remains Of World Trade Center May Be Responsible For Sickness
• President Bush Defends Domestic Spying While Others Claim Program Is Illegal; Rumsfeld Denies Military Is Stretched Too Thin; Lawmakers Push Lobbying Reform; Follow-Up On Dramatic Supreme Court Stay Of Execution; Senate, Administration At Odds In Hurricane Katrina Probe; Fatah Expected to Win Palestinian Elections; Most Approve Of Laura Bush


January 24, 2006
• New Documents Reveal White House Mistakes With Katrina; Convicted 9/11 Terrorist Plans to Plead Insanity to Skirt Death Penalty; Saddam Trial Stalls Again; Daycare Shooting in Maryland
• Katrina Controversy; Selling Surveillance; Trial of Saddam Hussein; Harry Belafonte's Remarks
• Democrats Gear Up for Next Week's State of the Union Address; First Votes in on Samuel Alito; New Era for Canadian Politics


January 23, 2006
• Harry Belafonte Lashes Out; President Bush's Answers Questions; Wildfire Blazing in Southern California; FDA Debates Weight Loss Pill
• Ford's Rough Road; Selling Surveillance; Bush Defends Spying Program; Arlen Specter Discusses Wiretaps; Spy Scandal Between Russia and Britain
• Bush Answers Questions At An Event In Kansas; Judge Samuel Alito Expected To Be Confirmed By Next Week; Ford To Cut Up To 30,000 Jobs, Close 14 North American Plants; Strong Earthquake Blasts Colombia; Mine Safety Legislation; Hillary Clinton Speaks On Health Care System


January 20, 2006
• Search Under Way For Two West Virginia Coal Miners; Al Qaeda Planning Attack on Alaskan Oil Pipeline?; Ford to Announce Layoffs; End of Horse-Drawn Carriages in New York?; Violent New Video Game Protested by Police
• New Mining Crisis in West Virginia; Messages from Al Qaeda; Update on Journalist Held Captive in Iraq; Former Iraq Hostage Speaks Out
• Republicans Claim Al Qaeda Still Dangerous And Justify NSA Program; After Bin Laden Tape, al-Zawahiri Statement Online; Attempts To Free Jill Carroll As Deadline Looms; Recovery and Race Are Issues for Voters in New Orleans; Political Bounce for President Bush in New Polls


January 19, 2006
• Bin Laden Tape Offers Truce; Cities Responding to Terror Threat; Michael Fortier is Being Released from Jail; Bin Laden Recommends Book by American; Wilson Pickett Dies
• Message From Bin Laden; American Hostage In Iraq; Wilson Pickett Dead At 64; Haleigh Poutre May Not Be In Persistent Vegetative State
• Analysis Of New Bin Laden Tape; Jill Carroll's Mother Pleads For Release; Grassfire Spreads in Oklahoma City; Hillary Clinton accuses White House Of "Downplaying" Iran Threat; Discussion Of The Bush Wiretapping Controversy; John Kerry, From Baghdad, Discusses War In Iraq; Jill Carroll Kidnapping; Political Solution Between Sunnis, Shia


January 18, 2006
• More Al Qaeda Figures Present During Airstrike?; No Negotiations with Journalist's Captors; Michael Brown Discusses Failings at FEMA; Dramatic Tape of People Trapped in a Sinking Car; Trouble for First-Time Homebuyers?
• CIA Airstrike in Pakistan; American Hostage in Iraq; Abortion Agreement; Controversy Over Hillary Clinton's Plantation Comments; Teens And Cars A Deadly Combination
• Time Running Out for Kidnapped Journalist; Bush Administration Criticized on Human Rights Failings; Iran, Europe Not to Continue Nuclear Negotiations; Dueling Ethics Reform Proposals on Capitol Hill; Web Sites Give Insight into House Majority Leader Race; Supreme Court Decides on Abortion Case; Top al Qaeda Operatives Possibly Killed in Pakistan Attack


January 17, 2006
• Senator Clinton Calls for Limit on Troop Levels; More Republicans Break Ranks with President; Interview with Former Presidential Adviser Richard Clarke; President Bush's U-Turn on Global Warming?
• American Journalist Abducted in Iraq; Supreme Court Upholds Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law
• Senator Clinton Fires of Controversial Remarks; Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Assisted Suicide; GOP Works to Distance Itself from Abramoff; Lawsuits Brought Against Government for Wiretapping; Kerry Weighs in on CIA Bombing; Sharon's Health


January 16, 2006
• Al Gore Criticizes Bush's Domestic Spying Program; Will Condoleeza Rice Run for President in 2008? Results of U.S. Attack in Pakistan Still Unclear; Iran Presses Ahead With Nuclear Advances; Gerald Ford in Stable Condition at California Hospital
• Apache Chopper Down; Saddam Hussein Judge Wants Out
• Gore Assails Bush Over Domestic Spying Program; Potential Showdown over Iran's Nuclear Program; Production Company Spotlighted for Controversial Subjects; Republican Damage Control; Comparing Wars


January 13, 2006
• Al Qaeda's Number Two Man May be Dead; Cell Phone Records for Sale; Exclusive Interview with First Lady Laura Bush
• Bush And Merkel Urge U.N. Intervention On Iran Nuclear Program; Iran Decade Away From Being Able To Make Bomb; Laura Bush On Who Would Make A Good Presidential Candidate And Speaking To Families Who Had Lost Loved Ones In Iraq; Outrage, Heartbreak In New York Child Abuse Case; Stardust Space Probe Returns; Eight Grader Shot In Florida School; New Orleans Fire Releasing Toxic Fumes; Hastert Wants To Oust Ney; Citgo Launches Fourth Oil Rebate Program; Cell Phones Tracked For Fee
• Bush And Merkel Standing Together Against Iran; Florida Boy Shot In School By Police; Laura Bush Interview; Race Among Democratic And Republican Leaders To Craft Toughest Lobbying Reform Plan; Michael Leavitt Discusses Bird Flu; Maryland Takes On Wal-Mart On Healthcare; Debate Of Condoleezza Rice Running For President


January 12, 2006
• West in Nuclear Showdown With Iran; Bush Visits New Orleans
• Fallout From Iran's Move to Restart Nuclear Research Program; Interview With Senator Lindsey Graham; Man Seen Taking Pictures of Tanker Equipment; Mehmet Ali Agca Freed; 345 Pilgrims Killed; Unusual Development In Abu Ghraib Prison
• Alito Faced Last Day Of Questioning Before Senate Judiciary Committee; Robertson's Remark About Sharon Callous; International Disapproval Of Iranian Nuclear Moves; President Tours Hurricane- Ravaged Gulf Coast; Interview With Robert Bork


January 11, 2006
• Alito Hearings Reach Emotional Fever Pitch;


January 10, 2006
• Alito Hearings Under Way


January 09, 2006
• Samuel Alito's Confirmation Hearings Gets Under Way; Explosive Device Found in San Francisco Starbucks
• Senate Judiciary Committee Opens Alito Hearings; Cheney Hospitalized
• Analyzing Day One of Alito's Hearings; Courts Reject DeLay's Bids; Cheney's Health Scare; Doctors Say Baby Noor Will Be a Paraplegic; Wet Foot, Dry Foot Policy for Fleeing Cubans
• Reacting to Day One of Alito's Hearings


January 06, 2006
• Mine 911 Tapes Released; Doctors More Optimistic About McCloy; Some Preparing To Head Back To Work At Sago Mine; Some Republicans Want To Replace DeLay; Sharon Critical But Stable; Pat Robertson Sparks Controversy; Taunting al Qaeda Tape; Anna McCloy Speaks; Sago Mine Investigation
• The Pilgrim Baptist Church On Fire; Ariel Sharon Still In Medically-Induced Coma After Surgery; Sago Mine 911 Tapes Released; Extent of Randal McCloy's Injuries Still Unknown; Bush Wants More Americans To Speak Foreign Languages; More U.S. Troops Killed Yesterday Than Previously Thought; Many Are Distancing Themselves From Pat Robertson's Comments; Anna McCloy Speaking Out
• World Awaits Word On Ariel Sharon's Condition; More U.S. Troops Than Previously Thought Killed In Iraq Yesterday; McCloy's Condition Will Be Known When He Awakes; Sago Mine 911 Calls Released Today; Some Republicans Want To Permanently Replace Tom DeLay; Ehud Barak Interview; Media War Over Nomination Of Samuel Alito Has Begun; Church On Fire


January 05, 2006
• Sharon Clings to Life; Legal Battle Over Jesus
• Ariel Sharon Clinging to Life; Carnage and Chaos in Iraq; Sago Mine Tragedy; George Bush Meets With Unlikely People
• Ariel Sharon On Life Support; Five U.S. Soldiers Killed In Iraq; Bush Gets Opinions On Iraq From Unlikely Sources; Randal McCloy Transferred To Pittsburgh Hospital; Gearing Up For Alito Confirmation Hearings; Fire Burning North Of San Antonio; Dan Kurtzer Interview; Daniel Ayalon Interview; Arnold Schwarzenegger Attempts To Revive Public Support


January 04, 2006
• Candlelight Vigil for Miners; Sharon Suffers 'Significant Stroke'; Reaction from a Sago Resident; How Safe are Unionized Coal Mines?;
• Ariel Sharon Suffers Significant Stroke; Tragedy at Sago Mine; Mining Survivor In Critical Condition; How Dangerous Is Coal Mining?; Dan Kane Interview
• Timeline Released Of Mine Disaster; Many News Organization Reported West Virginia Miners Were Alive; Condition Mine Accident Survivor; Ariel Sharon Rushed To Hospital After Stroke; Jose Padilla To Be Transferred To Criminal Custody To Face Charges; Israeli Politics Up In The Air


January 03, 2006
• Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Fraud, Tax Evasion; 13 West Virginia Miners Still Trapped Underground
• Around-The-Clock Rescue Effort Under Way for Trapped Miners; Press Conference On Trapped Miners; Jack Abramoff Associates Worried
• Toxic Gas Recovery in West Virginia Raises Concern; Abramoff Involved with Dozens of Lawmakers; People Think Congress Is Corrupt; Sago Mine Had Safety Problems Before; President Bush Pushes to Renew Patriot Act Provisions; Interview with Shelley Moore Capito; Capitol Hill Scandals Not New


January 02, 2006
• Explosion Traps Group of West Virginia Miners Underground
• Miners in West Virginia Trapped More Than a Mile Underground; Water Rescue in Long Beach, California
• Coal Mining Accident in West Virginia Traps a Dozen Miners.


December 30, 2005
• Amtrak Passengers Stuck Aboard Train; John Kerry Takes Aim at President Bush's Iraq Policy
• Riders Trapped Aboard Amtrak Train in Georgia; Justice Department Launches Investigation Into NSA Domestic Spying Leak
• Extreme Weather Battering Many Parts of the Country; Interview with Robert Novak


December 29, 2005
• Wildfires Rage in Texas, Oklahoma; Interview With Louis Freeh
• Wildfires Rage Across Oklahoma, Texas; New Information About NSA Domestic Spying Program Emerges; New Concerns for Bird Flu; A Child's Welfare Endangered in Long Island; Military Chaplain Returns from Iraq to Crawford
• Bush Favorable Rating Hits All-Time Low; Raging Fires Blaze in Eastern Oklahoma; Some States Require Drivers to Speak English; 9/11 Loans Didn't Go to Firms Hurt by Attacks; Presidential Portraits in New Book


December 28, 2005
• Protesters Take to Streets in Iraq about Vote; Legal Challenges in the Works over Domestic Spying Program; Israelis Trade Some Freedom for More Security; Enron's Top Accountant Makes Deal to Testify Against Ken Lay; Mother Drops Her Baby out of a Burning Building to Safety;
• Enron Plea Deal; Spying Showdown; Civil War in Iraq?; Airport Screeners Pay More Attention to Passengers; Israel Can Help U.S. Fight Suicide Bombers; Iraq Must Stand On Its Own Economically; Don King To Boost Troop Morale
• Defense Lawyers Plan Challenges To Spy Efforts; Cooler Weather Helps Fight Fires In Texas And Oklahoma; Enron Trial Postponed; Manassas, Virginia Redefines Family To Curb Illegal Immigration; Jimmy Carter's Strong Views On Iraq; Alito Documents Could Give Clues


December 27, 2005
• New Orleans Police Involved in Fatal Shooting; Grass Fires Rage Across Texas, Oklahoma
• Grass Fires Across Texas; California Soaker; New Orleans Police Shooting; Italians Preparing To Fight Terror At Olympics; Katrina- Related Fraud Rampant; Iraqis Protest Preliminary Election Results; Bears Eating Wine Grapes
• Grass Fires Rage In Oklahoma, Texas; Wet Weather In California; Schwarzenegger Under Fire From All Sides In California; Trent Lott Mulling Not Running For Re-election In Mississippi; Political Implications Of Iraqi Election Protests;


December 26, 2005
• Wolf Blitzer Interview with Condoleezza Rice on Domestic Wiretap Controversy; New Orleans Police Involved in Deadly Force Incident; Nasty Flu Hitting California, Spreading Eastward
• At Least 20 Killed in Attacks Across Iraq; U.S. Troop Withdrawal; Poison Gas Attack in Russia
• Interview with Angelina Jolie; Rough Year for Bush; Michael Chertoff to Possibly Overhaul FEMA


December 23, 2005
• DNA Evidence May Exonerate Executed Man; President Bush's Poll Numbers Improve Slightly; Secret Program Monitors Muslim Sites In U.S. For Radioactive Material; Daschle Rejects Bush Claim On Wiretapping Approval; Bush OKs U.S. Troop Reduction; Marc Chagall and Picasso Art Stolen; Bob Novak Leaves CNN; Robert Novak Interview; Some Churches Closed Christmas Sunday?; Judge Rules In Favor Of Woman In David Letterman Case
• Program Monitors U.S. Muslim Sites For Radioactive Materials; Italian Judge Issued Arrest Warrants For 22 CIA Officers Who Allegedly Kidnapped Muslim Cleric; U.S. To Reduce Troop Levels In Iraq; Executed Man Could Be Exonerated; Lindh's Lawyers Ask For Reduced Sentence, "Munich" Controversial
• Secret Program May Monitor Muslim Sites In U.S.; Daschle Disagrees That Congress Authorized Wiretaps; Samuel Alito On Wiretaps; Robert Novak Interview


December 22, 2005
• The Fury of Hurricane Katrina; Jury Rules Against Wal-Mart
• NYC Transit Strike Over; Patriot Games
• House Votes to Extend Patriot Act until February; Pelosi Won't Agree to Spending Cuts Bill; New York City Transit Workers Reporting Back to Work; Accused Rapist on the Loose in Miami; President Bush Hopes to Improve Image with Minorities


December 21, 2005
• Bush Administration Under Fire Over Secret Wiretaps; Manhunt for Accused Rapist; Surviving a Plane Crash; Elton John and Partner Join Civil Union in Britain; Pirro Out of Hillary's Way; Kofi Annan Lashes Out at the U.N.; Hurricane Victims Asked to Leave Hotels
• Saddam Hussein Cries Abuse; Kofi Annan's Anger; No Senate Patriot Act Agreement Has Been Reached; FISA Court Operates In Shadows; Pondering Osama bin Laden's Whereabouts; New Details In New Orleans Euthanasia Case; Stress Cracks In Airplane That Crashed
• Fierce Battles In Senate Over Alaska Drilling, Budget Cuts and the Patriot Act; Cornyn Says Clinton Also Engaged In Domestic Spying; Jose Padilla Will Remain An Enemy Combatant In Military Custody; Stress Fractures Found On Seaplane; Pirro Calls It Quits;


December 20, 2005
• Controversy Over NSA Domestic Spying Continues; Top Activist Groups Claim They've Come Under FBI Surveillance; Cornyn, Graham Debate; Early Results From Iraqi Election Last Week Making People Somewhat Uneasy; Families Of Seaplane Crash Victims Are Grieving; Pennsylvania Judge Rules Against Intelligent Design; New York City Transit Strike Making It Hard For Commuters To Get Around; Vatican Says No To Online Absolution Of Sins
• Crammed in Cars in New York City; Secrets, Spying and Outrage; Interview With William Cohen; Crews Recover Remnants Of Seaplane
• Domestic Spying Controversy Becoming A Huge Issue On Capitol Hill; Fight Over Wiretapping Goes A Long Way Back; FBI Maintains Database Of Surveillance Activities; Interview With Dick Cheney; Judge Says Teaching Intelligent Design Unconstitutional; Interview With Barbara Boxer


December 19, 2005
• Seaplane Crashes Off Coast of Miami Beach; Bush: Wiretaps Without Warrants Will Continue
• Seaplane Crashes Near Miami Beach


December 18, 2005
• Opinions Vary on President Bush's Speech
• Anticipation Builds for Presidential Address


December 16, 2005
• Spying on Americans wihout Court Approval; Burbank Airplane Incident; Morgan Freeman on Black History Month; Howard Stern Signs Off
• Senate Does Not Renew Expiring Patriot Act Provisions; NSA Can Spy On U.S. Citizens Without Court Orders; Senator Gives First-Hand Impression Of Iraq Elections; Border Security May Protect Against Bird Flu; Liberia To Inaugurate First Female President
• Senate Refuses to Extend Patriot Act; White House Has Allowed Spying on U.S. Persons without Court Aprroval, Says the New York Times; Iraqi Elections Boost Bush


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