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October 19, 2006
• Catholic Priest Acknowledges Fondling Foley When He Was A Teenager; Effort To Nationalize Midterm Elections; Congressman William Jefferson Fighting For Reelection And Under Investigation For Bribery; NFL Stadium Threat A Hoax; President Bush Making Interesting Choices About Who He Stumps For And Where


October 18, 2006
• Paul McCartney Break-Up Takes Public Turn; Feds Play Down NFL Stadium Security Threat; Interview with Rep. Peter King
• Homeland Security Advised NFL of Potential Stadium Threat; Possible Signs of Another Nuclear Test in North Korea; New Report Finds 22 Democratic Candidates Raised At Least $1 Million Each To Challenge Republican Incumbents In House Races; Congressional TV Ads Not Police; McCartney and Mills Go Through Ugly Divorce


October 17, 2006
• North Korea May Be Preparing Another Nuclear Test
• U.S. Intelligence Spots Possible Preparations For Second Nuclear Test in North Korea; Do Insurgents In Iraq Want Talks With U.S.?; Rep. Chris Shays Makes Comments Some Feel Are Controversial; U.S. Troops On The Hunt For Insurgents In Triangle of Death;
• In Missouri, Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill Are In Close Senate Race; North Korea May Be Readying To Test Second Nuclear Weapon; U.S. Population Over 300 million Today; Mitt Romney Interview


October 16, 2006
• Iraqi Insurgents Offer Deal; Interview with David Kuo
• Iraqi Death Toll Reaches New Milestone; U.S. Validates North Korean Nuclear Claims
• GOP Congressman's Daughter's House Raided by FBI; 'Liberty Sunday' Attempts to Rally Values Voters for GOP


October 13, 2006
• Ban on Some Flights in New York Goes Into Effect
• Head of U.K. Army Argues for Iraq Withdrawal, UNSC Set to Adopt Sanctions Against North Korea
• Democrats Accuse Republicans of Culture of Corruption; Investigations Continue in Foley Scandal; Comair Suing Federal Government Over Crash; U.N. Security Council to Vote Tomorrow on Sanctions


October 12, 2006
• U.S. Military Strategy in Iraq Under Review; Will Sanctions Be Imposed on North Korea?
• Top U.S. Military Officials Indicate Iraq War Strategy Is Under Review; North Korea's Lucrative Underground Smugglers; Both Parties Scramble To Get Message Out Before Elections; Heightening Tension Along Border Between North and South Korea
• Key Witness in Foley Scandal Speaks Before House Ethics Committee; Tensions High on Korean Peninsula; Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner Decides Not To Run For Democratic Presidential Nomination; NTSB Holds Press Conference on Lidle Crash


October 11, 2006
• Yankees Pitcher Dead; Almost 655,000 Iraqis Died As Result of Iraq War
• Small Airplane Crashes Into New York City Building; Yankees Pitcher Reportedly On Board
• No Indication That NYC Crash Related to Terrorism; George Pataki Interview


October 10, 2006
• U.S. Ammo Dump Erupts in Baghdad; North Korean Nuke Test Yield Still Uncertain
• North Korea Follows Up Nuclear Test With Threat To Fire A Nuclear Missile; Explosions Rocking Southeast Baghdad Appear To Be Centered At Munitions Depot; Kirk Fordham Will Testify Before House Ethics Committee; Interview with Scott Ritter
• Interview with Condoleezza Rice; Foley Scandal Still Dark Cloud Over Republicans on Capitol Hill; Candidates Somewhat Anxious About Vote Counting; Foley Star Of Campaign Ad War


October 09, 2006
• Struggle Find Details of Alleged Nuclear Test; Rep. Kolbe's Role in Foley Scandal; Foley's Impact on Voters
• Did Rep. Kolbe Know About Foley Scandal?; Interview with Chris Hill; Fallout from North Korea's Nuclear Test
• U.S. Intel Trying to Verify NK Nuke Test Claim; Foley Scandal Moves Poll Numbers in Favor of Dems


October 06, 2006
• Congressional Page's Lawyer Responds; Republican Senator John Warner Discusses Iraqi Government's Responsibilities; Gay Republicans React to Foley Scandal
• Interview With Rep. Chris Cannon; Senator Warner Reacts to Iraq War; Lawyer for Former Congressional Page Discusses Foley Scandal
• How Will Foley Scandal Impact Elections?; Arnold Schwarzenegger and Phil Angelides Debate Each Other This Weekend


October 05, 2006
• Family of Former House Page Speaks Out
• Hastert Refuses to Resign; Rice Calls on Iraqi Leaders to Find Agreement
• Speaker Hastert Reacts to Foley Scandal; Kirk Fordham Speaks with FBI; Interview with Jim Webb


October 04, 2006
• Breaking News in Mark Foley Scandal
• House Aide Kirk Fordham Resigns; Many Casualties This Week For U.S. Troops in Iraq; Bill Maher Interview
• House Lawyer Asked to Preserve Foley Computer Records; Sr. Congressional Aide Says He Alerted Hastert's Office Two Years Ago About Foley; Bob Woodward Discusses New Book


October 03, 2006
• Former Congressman Mark Foley's Lawyer Says He Was Molested As A Teenager By Clergyman; Should House Speaker Dennis Hastert Resign?; Foley Scandal Hot Topic On Talk Radio; President Bush Standing by Hastert; Before Charles Roberts Shot 10 Schoolgirls Revealed Deepest, Darkest Secret To Wife; Possible Causes and Treatment for Sexually Deviant Congressman;
• Political Fallout Continues Over Mark Foley; Conservative Republicans Call For Speaker Dennis Hastert To Resign; North Korea Threatening to Conduct Nuclear Test
• New Call For House Speaker To Step Down; White House Says It Will Organize Conference To Discuss Growing Violence in America's Schools; Foley Scandal Has Drastically Changed Political Landscape in His District


October 02, 2006
• Hill Scandal Gets More Explosive
• Gunman Shoots Children in Amish School; Congressional Scandal Shakes GOP
• Florida State Rep. Negron to Replace Foley in Midterms; Three Killed In Pennsylvania School Shooting


September 29, 2006
• New Details of Woodward's Account of War in Iraq Emerge
• Pedestrian and Vehicle Curfew Imposed in Baghdad; Bob Woodward's Bombshell Book Describes Dysfunctional White House; Henry Waxman Interview; John Murtha Interview
• Ayman al-Zawahiri Attacks President Bush On New Videotape; President Bush and Republicans Feeling Heat Today With Journalist Bob Woodward's New Book; Congressman Foley of Florida Resigns; Congress Prepares to Leave Washington


September 28, 2006
• Bob Woodward Accuses Bush Administration of Dishonesty About Violence in Iraq
• Interview With Al Franken; Pakistan and al Qaeda; Behind the Lines in Iraq
• Manhunt for a Cop Killer Continues in Florida; Woodward Accuses Administration of Dishonesty


September 27, 2006
• President Bush Hosts Karzai and Musharraf; Senators Propose Funds for Paper Ballots to Back Up Voting; 7-Eleven Convenience Stores Dropping Venezuelan Gas Supplier Citgo
• Gunman Opens Fire, Takes Hostages At School Near Bailey, Colorado; President Bush's Guests for Dinner Include Karzai and Musharraf; Reverend Jerry Falwell Interview; Democrats Have Been Hoping To Get Mileage Out Of High Gas Prices, But Pain At The Pump Is Easing; Suicide Attacks Hit All-Time High in Iraq This Week
• Hostages Taken at Platte Canyon High School; Interview with Hamid Karzai; President Bush On Verge of Winning One of Two Key Pieces of Anti-Terror Legislation From Congress; Terrell Owens Says He's Not Depressed and Not Trying to Commit Suicide; Republicans Choose Minneapolis To Host 2008 Convention


September 26, 2006
• President Bush Declassifies Key Parts of Intelligence Report; Did the Iraq War Worsen the Terror Threat; Senator George Allen Denies Using Racial Slurs
• Update On Controversy Over Classified Intelligence Report Which Sources Say Shows War in Iraq is Worsening Threat of Terrorism; Some Wonder if Actual War Strategy Is A Winning One; Key Parts Of Intel Report On Terror Released To Public; Nicholas Burns Interview; Blame Game Continues in the War on Terror
• Bush Declassifies National Intelligence Document; Hillary Clinton Defends Husband's Comments on Hunt For Bin Laden; Senator Allen Accused of Racial Insensitivity; Pervez Musharraf Interview; Campaign Money Race


September 25, 2006
• Did Invasion of Iraq Worsen Terror Threat to U.S.?; Oprah Winfrey Speaks Out on Presidential Politics
• Unexpected Extension for U.S. Soldiers; Iraq: Fueling Terror?; NSA Wiretap Bill
• Some Democrats and Republicans Feuding Over Part Of National Intelligence Report Saying War in Iraq Is Making Terror Threat Worse; Leak Of National Intelligence Estimate Concerning Iraq And War On Terror Could Have Significant Political Impact; Interview with Frances Townsend


September 22, 2006
• Musharraf to Publish Book; Interview With Charlie Rangel
• President of Pakistan Says After 9/11 United States Threatened to Bomb Pakistan Back To Stone Age If It Didn't Help U.S.; Commerce Department Has Lost Track of Computers Containing Personal Information; Hassan Nasrallah Speaks in Beirut
• Musharraf Makes Light Of Alleged Threatening Talk by Bush Administration In Days Following 9/11; Lawmakers Studying Fine Print In Terror Compromise; New Push in Congress To Require All Voters To Show IDs; Ed Gillespie Interview


September 21, 2006
• Did Bush Administration Threaten to Bomb Pakistan?
• GOP Senators Reach Deal on Terror Detainee Legislation; Two Of President Bush's Biggest Foreign Foes Keep Up Drumbeat of Defiance; Bush Said He Would Send Forces Over Pakistani Border To Get Osama bin Laden; Madeleine Albright Interview
• Ahmadinejad and Chavez Find New Forums To Display Defiance; Republicans Trying To Work Out Compromise In Treatment of Terror Suspects; New Poll Numbers Concerning November Elections; George Allen Interview


September 20, 2006
• Exclusive Interview with President Bush; Hugo Chavez Delivers Tirade at United Nations; Oprah in '08?
• Interview With President Bush; NATO Allies Agreeing To Send More Troops to Afghanistan; Chavez Likens Bush To The Devil
• George W. Bush Interview; Chavez Likens Bush To Devil; New Chief Judge in Hussein Case Asserts Authority; Dueling Republicans Try To Reach Compromise Over Terror-Fighting Tactics Before Leaving Washington For Campaign Trail


September 19, 2006
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Addresses the United Nations General Assembly
• President Bush Offers Warm Embrace to Iranian People, Cold Shoulder to Their Leaders; Case Against Iran; Mutiny in Thailand; Curiosity and Criticism Of Former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey's New Memoir
• Iranian Leader Was A No-Show For Bush's Address To U.N. General Assembly; White House Attempts To Reach A Deal on Treatment of Terror Suspects; John Bolton Interview; George Allen Being Questioned About His Religious Roots; Bill Frist Interview


September 18, 2006
• Bush Administration Reacts to Iranian Showdown; President Bush Hails Global Literacy As Weapon Against Terrorism; President Chirac Says France Willing to Work with U.S. on Iraq
• President Bush Meets World Leaders on Eve of Speech to United Nations; UN-Welcome in NYC?; Bursting Into Capitol Hill
• President Bush at the U.N.; Armed Intruder Breaks into Capitol; Interview with Ken Mehlman


September 17, 2006
• Five Duquesne University Basketball Players Shot; Search On For Missing Missouri Baby; South Carolina Teenager Uses Text Message for Kidnapping Rescue


September 15, 2006
• U.S. Troops Diverted to Baghdad to Stem Bloodshed; Dozens More Bodies Found in Baghdad; President Bush Fights Republican Senate Rebellion on Terror Suspect Interrogation; President Bush Says Suspects Won't be Interrogated Unless Congress Acts; Muslims Criticize Comments by Pope; Don't Eat Spinach; Outbreak Linked to Spinach From Natural Selection Foods
• President Bush Taking Aim at Fellow Republicans Who Oppose His Plan For Tougher Treatment of Terror Suspects; Death Squads Roam Streets in Baghdad; Most Countries Participating in Nonaligned Summit in Cuba Have Good Relations With United States; FDA Warns Fresh Bagged Spinach May Contain E. coli; Joseph Biden Interview; George Soros Interview
• Revolt in Republican Party Over Detainees; Summit of Non- Aligned States in Cuba; Representative Ney May Face Charges in Abramoff Scandal


September 14, 2006
• Powell, McCain Come Out Against Bush Administration on Handling of Detainees; Interview With Barack Obama
• Senate Panel Approves Terror Bill Opposed by President Bush; Series of Shattering Attacks Across Iraq Today; Are Some U.S. Officials Exaggerating Extent of Iran's Nuclear Activities; John McCain Interview; Barack Obama Interview; David Petraeus Interview
• Colin Powell Against Key Provision of Bush's Plan To Create Military Tribunals for Suspected Terrorists; Robert Novak Taking Direct Aim at Richard Armitage in CIA Leak Case; Barak Obama Interview; California Governor's Race Controversy; Jim Webb Apologizing For Long-Ago Claim That Women Not Fit For Combat


September 13, 2006
• Suspected Taliban Gathering Spotted by U.S. Intelligence; NATO Commanders Say Need More Troops to Battle Insurgency; At Least 50 Reportedly Killed Across Afghanistan Today
• Bitter Fighting as NATO Forces Try to Counter Taliban Insurgency; 20 Wounded in Montreal School Shooting; Measure Honoring 9/11 Causes Skirmish in Congress; Jimmy Carter's Disagreement with Bush Administration; NASA Loses Another Bolt From International Space Station; Keith Ellison Interview; Leaders of Cuba, Iran and Venezuela Gather In Havana
• Democrats Take New Aim at Donald Rumsfeld; Republicans and Democrats Argue over War on Terror and Iraq; National Republican Party Did Not Get What It Wanted In Arizona Primary; Jack Murtha Interview; Duncan Hunter Interview


September 12, 2006
• Iraqi, Iranian Leaders Meet; A Look at the Afghan-Pakistan Border
• U.S. Embassy Attack; Classified Intelligence Report Gives Sober Assessment of Iraqi Security; Terror Threats in English
• Critics Accuse Bush of Using 9/11 Speech to Defend Iraq War; Campaign Trail Heats Up in Rhode Island; Hillary Clinton Likely To Win; Dick Durbin Interview


September 11, 2006
• Taliban Making Comeback in Afghanistan; President Bush Prepares to Address Nation
• Afghanistan Attacks; New al Qaeda Threat; Anniversary of 9/11
• Americans Mark Five Year Anniversary of 9/11; New Public Opinion Poll on President Bush; Interview with Longtime Bush Adviser Karen Hughes; Rocket Fire Hits Afghanistan During 9/11 Commemoration


September 08, 2006
• Senate Report Denies Saddam-9/11 Connection; Clinton Urges ABC to Tell the Truth
• Bipartisan Report Concludes Saddam Hussein Had No Relationship With Former Head Of Al Qaeda in Iraq; Taliban Claiming Responsibility For Suicide Car Bombing in Kabul; Thomas Kean Interview; Controversy Surrounds ABC Docudrama About 9/11; Ground Zero Air Quality; Samuel Berger Interview
• Some Top Democrats Calling New Senate Report On Iraq Devastating Indictment of Bush Administration; President Bush Prepares For Fifth Anniversary of 9/11; New 9/11 Poll Numbers; Michael Chertoff Interview


September 07, 2006
• New Video Shows bin Laden Planning 9/11 Attacks; Former Clinton Aides Outraged About New ABC Mini Series
• Al Qaeda Speaks out Before 9/11 Anniversary; Bush Updates War on Terror Efforts; NATO Troops Meeting Resistance in Afghanistan; President Bill Clinton's Former National Security Team Taking ABC To Task Over Miniseries "The Path to 9/11"
• Chilling New Video Purportedly Shows Terror Leaders Preparing For 9/11 Attacks; Democrats And Some Republicans Disagree With President Bush's Latest Anti-Terror Moves; Bush Urges Congress To Move Quickly On Legislation Dealing With Military Court Trials For High- Level Terror Suspects; Barbara Boxer Interview; Hot Button Issues Important in Upcoming Elections


September 06, 2006
• Israel Lifting Blockade of Lebanon; Top Terror Suspects Moved from Secret Prisons to Guantanamo Bay; President Bush Says Al Qaeda Suspects Will Face Military Tribunals; Senate Debates Democrats No Confidence Measure; Steve Irwin's Manager Shares New Details About His Death
• President Bush Admitting United States Has Secret Overseas Prisons; One of Iraq's Top Political Leaders Suggesting Iraq Could Collapse If Bickering Political Leaders Do Not Reconcile; Mahmud Durrani Interview; Jane Harman Interview
• President Bush Finally Acknowledging Existence Of Secret CIA Prisons All Around The World; Senate Debating Measure by Democrats Calling to Remove Rumsfeld; Many Republicans Distance From President Bush For Midterms; Growing Divide Between Bush Administration and Public's View of War in Iraq; Saxby Chambliss Interview


September 05, 2006
• Interview With Alberto Gonzales; Allied Forces on the Offensive in Afghanistan
• White House Issues Updated Counterterror Strategy; White House: Rumsfeld no 'Bogeyman'; Older Dads, Higher Risk?; Alberto Gonzales Interview; Max Cleland Interview; New Study Has Sobering Diagnosis for Some People Who Worked at Ground Zero
• White House Reacts to War on Terror; New Poll Shows Congress Fares Poorly in Job Performance; Democrats Heat Up Battle on National Security; Tony Snow Interview; Iraq and Terrorism May Frame Midterm Elections; Some Candidates Making Immigration an Issue on Campaign Trail; Katherine Harris Hopes To Win Senate Seat


September 04, 2006
• Stingray Attacks: Could It Happen to You?; United Dems Blast Bush on Iraq; Fmr. Iranian Pres. States Iran Doesn't Seek Nuclear Weapons
• "Croc Hunter" Steve Irwin Killed by Stingray in Australia; Democrats Say Bush Administration must change Iraq Policy; Gunman Opens Fire on Tourists in Jordan; Iran's Former President Criticizes President Bush While in U.S.
• Steve Irwin Dies of Sting by Stingray in Australia; Voter Discontent increases as Election Nears; John King Discusses Iraq with Major General William Caldwell; Conflicting polls tell Different Stories in Connecticut Senatorial election


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