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March 20, 2006
• Fourth Year of War in Iraq Begins; Could Democrats Launch Impeachment Campaign Against Bush?
• Civil War in Iraq?; Cyclone Slams Eastern Australia
• President Bush Tries New Speech Focus on Iraq; How will the War Affect November Elections?; Interview with Ken Mehlman


March 17, 2006
• Iran Offers Talks With U.S. About Iraq Situation; A Look at Operation Swarmer
• Iran Offers to Talk to United States About Iraq; Operation Swarmer Targets Insurgents in Samarra Area; Cuban Man Protests Limited Internet Access With Hunger Strike; Tough California Smoking Ban; What's At Stake If U.S.-Dubai Relationship Is Damaged?
• Bush Administration Wants To "Talk Things Over" With Iran; Iraq War: Three Years Later; David Satterfield Interview; Talks With Iran Possible; New York Republicans Having Tough Time Finding Hillary Clinton Challenger; Russ Feingold Takes A Stand


March 16, 2006
• Large U.S.-Led Air Assault Under Way in Iraq; Interview With Madeleine Albright
• Largest Air Assault in Iraq Since Start of War;
• Operation Swarmer Launched in Iraq; Rumsfeld Works on Iraq P.R. Effort; President Bush Headlines Fundraiser For The National Republican Congressional Committee; U.S. Military Opens Investigations Into Iraqi Civilian Deaths Last Year; Several Journalists And News Media Outlets Issued Subpoenas By Lewis Scooter Libby's Defense Team; Word Of Potential New Cabinet Member


March 15, 2006
• Bush Approval Rating Sinks To New Lows In Three Polls; Help On The Way To Iraq; Saddam Hussein Is On The Stand In His Trial; Michael Leavitt Under Fire; America's Poultry Industry Worried About Bird Flu
• Help On The Way To Iraq; Saddam Hussein Testifies In His Own Defense; California Denny's Restaurant Shooting; Bernard Trainor and Michael Gordon Interview; Eliot Spitzer Suing H&R Block; New Orleans College Students Help Rebuild During Spring Break
• Does the White House Need New Blood?; Pentagon Plans to Bolster Troop Strength in Iraq; Congress Orders Study Of Iraq War; Man Goes On Shooting Spree In California Denny's; How Can President Bush Fix His Dismal Poll Numbers?; Clock Ticking On Oil Addiction; Many Say Katherine Harris Campaigned Doomed From The Start; Senate Struggling To Come Up With Immigration Bill


March 14, 2006
• Rumsfeld Hints at Temporary Increase in U.S. Troop Level; Judge Rules Government Can Continue to Seek Death Penalty for Moussaoui; Dam Bursts on Island of Kauai
• Moussaoui Trial Back On Track With Death Penalty Possible; Police Report 86 Bodies Found in Baghdad Since Monday; Anti-Muslim Rhetoric From Pat Robertson; Israeli Troops Storm West Bank Prison; Some U.S. Poultry Farmers Taking Precautions To Avoid Bird Flu Outbreak
• Sentencing Trial of Zacarias Moussaoui Goes Forward; President Bush Touts Medicare Program; Port Storm Continues In Wake Of Dubious Remarks; Senators Pumped Oil Industry Executives For Answers On Prices; History Of Midterm Elections; New Information On The Future Of Katherine Harris' Senate Campaign In Florida


March 13, 2006
• Bush's Iraq Pitch and Poll Numbers; Censuring Bush?
• Mad Cow Disease Shows Up in U.S.; Bush's Approval Rating Dips in New Poll
• Rep. Murtha Responds to President's Sinking Poll Numbers; Sen. Feingold Introduces Resolution to Censure Bush; DNC Rules Committee Approves Plan to Alter Election Calendar


March 10, 2006
• FBI Sends Out Terror Alert Bulletin; Dubai Ports World Deal Fallout
• White House Worries of Impact of Ports Deal Collapse on Middle East; NASA Spacecraft Closes in on Mars
• Post-Mortem of Dubai Ports Deal; Looking Ahead to 2008 Elections; NASA Orbiter Nears Mars


March 09, 2006
• Key Republicans Want To Read Fine Print Of Ports Deal, But Appear Ready To Move On; After Defeat Of Ports Deal, Bush Must Now Deal With The World Stage; Lingering Connection For DP World?; Possible Fallout from Collapse of Dubai Ports Deal; Can President Bush Bounce Back?
• Dubai Firm to Give up Stake in U.S. Ports; Iran Vows Not To Compromise Nuclear Program; Flight School Officials, Students Testify on Zacarias Moussaoui; Bird Flu Could Reach U.S. Within Months; Alberto Gonzales Interview; William Cohen Interview; U.S. Military To Transfer Detainees From Abu Ghraib To New Facility; Sectarian Violence Forces Iraqis Out Of Their Homes
• DP World to Sell Operations to U.S.-Based Company; Bush Signs Patriot Act


March 08, 2006
• Hillary Clinton vs. Howard Dean?; Republicans Rebel Over Dubai Port Deal; Former Iraqi Ambassador to U.N. Reacts to Dubai Deal; Jack Abramoff Admits New Disclosures; Possible Divide In Democratic Party; Deputy Who Fired Shots At Unarmed Iraq War Veteran Faces 18 Years In Prison
• House Republicans Ignore Bush Veto Threat; The Storm And The Ports; Three Arrested In Connection With Alabama Church Fires; Showdown Over Iran's Nuclear Program About To Move To United Nations Security Council; Southern California Sheriff's Deputy Charged With Voluntary Attempted Manslaughter For The Videotaped Shooting Of An Unarmed Iraqi War Veteran; Elite U.S. Troops Being Deployed At U.S. Embassies Abroad To Gather Information On Possible Terror Threats; Close-Up Look At Two Places In Dubai You Have To See To Believe; House Appropriations Committee Votes To Block Dubai Ports Deal
• Republican Revolt Over Port Deal; Bush Wraps Up Gulf Coast Trip; Former Texas Governor Ann Richards Diagnosed with Cancer; Arizona Governor Dispatches National Guard Troops To The Border; DeLay Wins Texas Republican Primary By Sizable Margin; Possible Split In Democratic Party?


March 07, 2006
• Congressional Republicans Revolt Over Dubai Port Deal; Dana Reeve Loses Battle With Lung Cancer; Cutting-Edge Lung Cancer Treatments
• Senators Block Investigation of Bush's Domestic Surveillance Program; Women and Cancer; Interview with Duncan Hunter; Pentagon Downplays Situation in Iraq
• Searching for a Compromise in the Ports Controversy; Remembering Dana Reeve and Her Fight for Stem Cell Research; Interview with Chairman of D.P. World


March 06, 2006
• Interview With Dubai Ports World CEO; Sentencing Proceedings Begin for Zacarias Moussaoui
• Storm Over Ports; What is CSI?; New Terror Tape
• Tour of D.P. World; New Moves Aimed at Keeping Ports Safe; Dubai's Economy is Booming; South Dakota Passes Strict Ban on Abortion; Adviser to Crown Prince of UAE Reacts to Ports Deal


March 03, 2006
• Interview With Former FEMA Director Michael Brown; Former Congressman Sentenced to Eight Years in Corruption Scandal; President Bush Visits Pakistan; New Challenger For Hillary Clinton?
• Bush Tries To Not Get Caught Between India And Pakistan; Bush Travels To Pakistan; Officials In Baghdad Impose Daytime Curfew; Final Search For Bodies Of Those Killed In Hurricane Katrina; Michael Brown Interview; Mark Foley And James Glassman Interview; BlackBerrys Apparently Going To Be Allowed To Operate; Teacher On Leave After Controversial Remarks About President Bush; Future Of Border Security
• Crooked Congressman Awaits Sentencing in San Diego; President Bush In Pakistan, Preparing To Speak With Pervez Musharraf; In India, President Bush Rejects Protectionism; Second Review Of Port Takeover To Begin Soon; Six Months After Hurricane Katrina, Members Of Congress Survey Damage; Will India Nuclear Deal Fly In U.S.?


March 02, 2006
• Interview With Former FEMA Director Michael Brown; President Bush's Poll Numbers Head South; Israeli Firm Endorses Dubai Port Deal
• Port Deal Surprise; Bush: Karachi Bombing Won't Stop Visit to Pakistan; Americans Give President Bush Some New Numbers
• Israeli Shipping Line Endorses Controversial Ports Deal; Bush Approval Ratings Low; Landmark Nuclear Agreement Reached with India; Schumer Reacts to Israel Firm's Support of Port Deal; Clinton vs. Clinton


March 01, 2006
• Bush And Homeland Security Chief Briefed Before Katrina; Bush In New Delhi To Open Talks With India's Prime Minister; Explosive New Charges In Ports Controversy; Bill Pits Church Against State; Howard Dean Interview; Justice Alito Sends Letter of Thanks to Religious Right Leader; Advances In Technology To Keep Soldiers Safe
• Bush Makes Unexpected Stop In Afghanistan; Amid Sectarian Violence, Saddam Hussein Calls for Unity Against U.S.; Iraq On The Brink Of Civil War?; Supreme Court Looks At Texas Redistricting; Democrats Courting Hollywood Primary Voters; Future Of Security For Our Troops
• Controversy Over Dubai Ports Deal Deepens; President Bush Stops Over in Afghanistan; Howard Dean Interview; Supreme Court Looks At Texas Redistricting; Navy Rescues Iranian Fishermen


February 28, 2006
• Worries Are Growing About Civil War In Iraq; Congress Hears Port Security Controversy; President Bush Travels To India, Away From Troubles At Home; Judge Says U.S. Acted Unreasonably When Dealing With Cubans Who Crossed Bridge; Former Taliban Member At Yale University; Governor Of South Dakota Set To Sign Abortion Ban; Anna Nicole Smith Goes To Supreme Court; CBS Suing Howard Stern; Possible Pilot Strike At Northwest Airlines; Mardi Gras Celebrations Nearing Climax In New Orleans
• Storm Over U.S. Ports At Senate Hearing; CBS Sues Howard Stern; Another Deadly Day In Iraq; Anna Nicole Smith At The Supreme Court; Future Of Weather-Proofing Your Home
• Political States Higher For President Bush As Senators Hold Hearing About Ports Deal; New CBS News Poll Shows Bush's Approval Rating Lower; South Dakota Governor Understands Implications Of Signing Abortion Ban; Carl Levin Interview


February 27, 2006
• Coast Red Flags in Port Security Controversy Revealed; Civil War in Iraq?
• Coast Guard Warned of Intel Gaps in Ports Deal; Pockets of Sectarian Violence Persist in Iraq Despite Crackdown; Homecomings on Hold?
• Earlier Report From U.S. Coast Guard Shows Reservations Over Dubai Ports Deal


February 24, 2006
• Iraq on the Brink; Port Delay Deal
• Unyielding Violence in Iraq; DP World Agrees to Delay in Taking Over Six U.S. Ports; Thwarted Attack On Saudi Oil
• South Dakota Abortion Ban Is Possible Challenge Of Roe v. Wade; Dubai Ports World Delays Takeover Of U.S. Ports; In Iraq Today, A Damaging And Provocative New Attack On A Shiite Shrine; Port Deal Causes Election Year Insecurity; Rod Blagojevich Of Illinois Says He Didn't Realize "The Daily Show" Is A Spoof


February 23, 2006
• Iraqi Officials Order Curfew; New Details on Port Deal
• Iraq May Be On Verge of Civil War; Senate Panel Grills Administration Officials Over Port Deal; Interview With Lieutenant General Russel Honore; Wal-Mart Changes Healthcare Policy; White House Releases Report On Hurricane Katrina Response; Olympic Update
• Sectarian Violence Spreads in Iraq; Bush Might Accept Delay In Port Deal; Bombing In Samarra Represents Threat to Bush's Iraq Policy; Libby Asks Judge To Dismiss His Indictment; Bush Administration's Report On Lessons Learned For Hurricane Katrina Now Is Public; Children Returning To New Orleans May Face Health Risks; Bush Controversies Possibly Affecting His Popularity With Other Republicans Running For Election; Robert Ford Interview; South Dakota Passes Abortion Ban


February 22, 2006
• Port Security Debate Heats Up; Unrest in Baghdad After Mosque Bombed; Interview with Rep. J.D. Hayworth; Bush To Unveil Katrina Report
• White House Admits Some Mistakes On Ports Deal As Debate Continues; Attempts to Spark Civil War In Iraq; Ted Bilkey Interview; Mark Kimmitt Interview; White House To Release Its Own Report On Hurricane Katrina Response
• New York Man Has Case Of Naturally-Occurring Or Accidental Anthrax; Congress Continues Port Dispute; Officials Warn Of Economic Fallout If Port Deal Does Not Go Through; Robert Kimmitt Interview; South Dakota Senate Considering A Bill To Ban Most Abortions


February 21, 2006
• Interview With Bill Maher; President Bush Threatens Veto Over Attempts to Block Port Security Deal; Interview With Pennsylvania Congressman Curt Weldon
• Bush Threatens to Veto Bill to Stop Dubai Port Deal; New Terror Plot?
• Showdown Brewing Over Port Security As President Bush Threatens Veto; Interview With Representative Curt Weldon; Bush's Nominee For Federal Maritime Administrator Works For Dubai Ports International; Bush Shifts Tone Over Energy, Yet To See Policy Shift


February 20, 2006
• UAE's Mixed Record on Helping Fight Terror; Long History of Foreign Companies Operating U.S. Ports; Analyzing Port Security
• National Security Concerns Over Proposed Business Deal With Dubai-Based Company; Mexican Miners Trapped Underground
• Interview with Jimmy Carter; Uproar Over U.S. Ports Deal; Cheney's Low Job Approval Rating; Randy Cunningham Could Face Serious Prison Time


February 17, 2006
• Former FEMA Chief Michael Brown Speaks Out; Rumsfeld Fires Back at United Nations Over Guantanamo Criticism; Harry Whittington Breaks Silence
• Shooting Accident Victim Speaks Out; Landslide Swallows Philippine Village
• Harry Whittington Speaks To Reporters; President Bush Speaks At Centcom About Wiretaps Without Warrants; Michael Brown Grades Key Players In Katrina Disaster; Prosecutors Want More Classified Documents In CIA Leak Case; Rumsfeld Gives Blunt Assessment About Possible Failure Of Iraqi Troops After U.S. Leaves Iraq; Conservative Base Sometimes Angered By Bush


February 16, 2006
• Cheney's Hunting Accident; On the Watch for Bird Flu
• Interview With Bob Dole; Deal May Have Been Reached About Domestic Spying; Greenland's Glaciers Possibly Melting Faster
• Cheney Misfire Fallout; Senate Rejects Effort To Block Patriot Act Renewal; Interview With Senator Joe Biden; Libby May Have Had Authorization To Leak Classified Materials; President Bush Answers Questions; Role Of Vice Presidents


February 15, 2006
• Dick Cheney Tries to Put Hunting Accident to Rest With Interview; New Pictures of Abu Ghraib Abuse Released; Google Taken to Task Over Cooperation With Chinese Government
• Cheney Says Nobody Else Can Be Blamed In Hunting Accident; More Photos Released of Abu Ghraib Abuse; Chertoff In The Hot Seat Over Katrina Response; Cheney Far From First Or Last Washington Figure To Face Glare Of This Particular Spotlight; Condoleezza Rice Grilled On Capitol Hill; Is America Losing Battle For Hearts And Minds In Muslim World?
• Cheney's Damage Control; Chertoff Grilled on Katrina Response; Congress Slams Homeland Security Director Over Katrina Response; More Than 60 Percent Of Americans Say Bush Has Done Something To Make Them Angry;


February 14, 2006
• First Official Word From Vice President Cheney About Hunting Accident; More Reason To Question The Way Investigation Into Cheney Hunting Accident Was Handled; Unoccupied FEMA Trailers May Have To Be Destroyed; Cheney With Associates During Accident; Evidence Of Fraud By Recipients Of FEMA Handouts Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• Hunter Shot by Vice President Suffers Minor Heart Attack; Zacarias Moussaoui Barred From Courtroom; Norm Coleman Interview; United States Plotting With Israel Against Hamas?; USA Making Headlines In Olympics
• Cheney Shooting Victim Has Minor Heart Attack; Press Still Seeks Answers About Cheney Hunting Accident; Fraudulent Claims for FEMA Relief Dollars; Star Wars Politics; Dick Cheney Surrounded By Mystery; Paul Hackett Dropping Ohio Senate Campaign; Mark Warner Possible Presidential Candidate


February 13, 2006
• Cheney Accidentally Shoots Hunting Partner; Should U.S. Send Troops to Darfur?
• Cheney Accidentally Shoots Hunting Buddy; Saddam Hussein Trial: Disorder in the Court; Interview With Kofi Annan
• White House Confronts Media Problems in Cheney Hunting Accident; Congressional Report Criticizes Government's Katrina Response; Bush's Approval Rating Sinking; Mine Families Appeal For Improved Mine Safety


February 10, 2006
• Michael Brown Says He Feels Like A Scapegoat; FEMA Still Having Problems With Housing For Katrina Victims; Paul Pillar Claims Pre-War Intelligence Was Manipulated To Make Case For Iraq War; Winter Storm Heads Toward Northeast; Arkansas Town Mired In Political Scandal; Cheney May Or May Not Have Legal Trouble For Giving Permission To Leak Classified Information; Lawyers Discuss Leak Case; Gretzky's Wife Involved In Illegal Gambling Ring
• Michael Brown Spreading the Blame; White House Upset Over "New York Times" Story Critical of Katrina Response; Cheney May Have Authorized Leak; New Questions About Thwarted Los Angeles Terror Plot; Wife Of Hockey Legend Wayne Gretzky Caught In Illegal Gambling Probe; New Tomb Found In Egypt; Only Fraction Of TVs And Computers Recycled
• Michael Brown Blames Others In Administration For Bungled Hurricane Katrina Response; White House Disputes "New York Times" Article Saying Their Response Was Delayed; Scooter Libby Authorized By Superiors To Talk To Reporters About Highly Classified Information; Paul Pillar Accuses Bush Administration Of Manipulating Pre-War Intelligence; House Republicans Meet On Maryland's Eastern Shore


February 09, 2006
• Libby Claims Cheney Authorized Disclosure of Classified Information; Interview With Mayor of Los Angeles
• Nightmarish Al Qaeda Plot Against Los Angeles Foiled; Former FEMA Director Michael Brown to Tell All?; New Jill Carroll Hostage Video; Long Tradition In Arab Press Of Cartoons Jews Find Offensive; Fresh Allegations Of Abuse At Guantanamo gay
• Bush Provides Details of Foiled Terror Plot; Senate Hearings Investigate Katrina Response; Jill Carroll Tape Released; Jack Abramoff May Have Been Closer To White House Than Previously Thought; More Words Between Hillary Clinton And Republican Party; Patriot Act Compromise Reached; Favorites For Presidential Election


February 08, 2006
• Senate Russell Office Building Evacuated After Alarm; Muslim Fury; U.S. News Media Struggle with Cartoon
• Calls For Calm Among Middle Eastern Cartoon Protests; Escaped Yemen Prisoner May Be Connected To New York Terror Cell; Police Wish To Question Two Men In Alabama Church Fires; McCain, Obama Call Cease- Fire; Political Uproar At Coretta Scott King Funeral; American Citizen May Be Handed Over To Iraqis; Which Depictions Of Mohammed Are Allowed?; What You Eat May Not Matter That Much When It Comes To Cancer And Heart Disease; Baer Finds No Silver Lining in Hamas Victory
• White House Calls For Calm During Violent Middle Eastern Protests; Many New Hampshire Republicans Oppose Bush Deficit Reduction Plan; McCain And Boehner Pledge To Work Together Going Forward; Presidential Elections Are 1,000 Days Away; Who's In The Driver's Seat For Midterm Elections?; Condoleezza Rice Sounded Off About Violent Protests; Republicans Bring Minutemen To Congress; Heather Wilson Breaks With White House Over Domestic Spying


February 07, 2006
• President Bush, Former Presidents Attend Funeral of Coretta Scott King; Interview With 'Jyllands-Posten' Editor Flemming Rose
• Tribute to Coretta Scott King; Bulk Cell Phone Buyers May Have Terrorist Links; Jane Harman Interview; GM Cutting Stock Dividend;
• Remembering Coretta Scott King; Senators John McCain And Barack Obama Feuding; New Outrage Over Mohammed Cartoons; Fallout Continues Over Attorney General's Defense Of Domestic Wiretapping Program; Orange County Blazes Causes Evacuations


February 06, 2006
• Riots Rock Middle East; Gonzales Testifies on Capitol Hill
• Hearing Open Secrets; Disorder at 9/11 Trial; Thousands of Muslims Protest Mohammed Cartoons
• Hearings Begin On Domestic Spying Program; Bush Administration Sends Budget Proposal to Congress; First Day of Moussaoui Trial; Republicans Accuse Hillary Clinton; Interview with Josh Bolten


February 03, 2006
• Passenger Ships Goes Down With 1,400 Aboard; FBI Investigates Burning of Six Churches in Alabama
• Passenger Ship Sinks With Little Warning; Cartoon Outrage Across Muslim World
• Disaster at Sea in Egypt; Bush Gets Boost from Positive Jobs Numbers; Libby Trial Date Set for 2007; John Boehner's First Day


February 02, 2006
• La Nina To Bring Bad Weather; Strong Winds In New Orleans
• Spying Slugfest; Massive Manhunt Under Way in Massachusetts; John Boehner Elected to Replace Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader; Super Bowl Security Extraordinary; Law Enforcement Departments Face Difficulties Recruiting; Web Sites, Pirate Radio Offer Howard Stern For Free; Saddam Skips Court; Drug Smuggling With Puppies; Weight Loss Pill
• John Boehner Is New House Majority Leader; Bush Asks For More Iraq War Money; Negroponte Defends Spying Program; Controversial Cartoon Provokes Reaction; Supreme Court Surprise; Bush In Minnesota Today Trying To Promote Education Initiatives; Hearing Loss From IPods?; President Bush Singing The Praises Of Bono


February 01, 2006
• West Virginia Governor Orders Mines Shut Down for Safety Check; President Bush Goes on the Road


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