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October 06, 2008
• The Dow Dives; Stocks Plunge Worldwide; Obama Urges Help for Middle Class


October 03, 2008
• Wall Street Gets Bailed Out; Who Won Vice Presidential Debate?; The Ailing Economy and the Election; Power of the Vice Presidency; Children of VIPs in War Zones
• Wall Street Bailout Approved; What Comes After the Bailout?; Outrage Over the Bailout; McCain and Obama On Bailout Legislation; What's Buried in the Bailout?; Examining the Debate
• President Bush Signs Bailout; McCain's Stake in Bailout; Obama Looks Beyond Bailout


October 02, 2008
• Biden vs. Palin; McCain Campaign Abandons Michigan
• Politics As Usual in the Bailout Bill; Americans' Retirement Accounts Take A Hit; Vice Presidential Debate Preview
• All Eyes on $700 Billion Cliffhanger; Sarah Palin Under Enormous Pressure for VP Debate; McCain targets Colorado, Obama Talks Jobs in Michigan


October 01, 2008
• Bill Clinton Campaigns For Obama; Rescuing the Bailout
• Obama Speaks on Bailout Bill in Senate; Bill Clinton Hits Florida for Obama; Obama Gains in Key States; Palin Hits Back At Media
• Senate to Vote on Bailout; Obama: Voting to 'Save' Economy; McCain's Vote on Bailout


September 30, 2008
• McCain and Obama Promote Federal Bailout; McCain Defends Running Mate
• Bush Faces Fallout After Failed Bailout Bill; Critical Look: Should Sarah Palin Step Down?; Medical Flight Dangers
• Rescuing the Bailout; Obama Prodding Congress on Bailout; McCain: Inaction 'Not an Option'; Interview With Congressman James Clyburn


September 29, 2008
• Wall Street Responds to the Bailout; Palin's Stumbles and the Vice Presidential Debate
• Plan To Rescue Wall Street Fails; Stocks Die After Bailout Plan Fails
• Bailout Bill Fails, Stocks Plunge; Obama: 'Get it Done'


September 26, 2008
• Candidates Prepare For Presidential Debate; McCain's Campaign Gamble
• Bailout Deal Standoff; Biggest U.S. Bank Failure; McCain & Obama Face-Off
• President & Dems vs. House GOP; Dems: McCain Hurt Negotiations; Obama Ready to Debate


September 25, 2008
• Interview With Illinois Senator Barack Obama; Debate Drama; President Bush Holds Emergency Talks on Bailout
• No Agreement in Congress on Bailout
• Historic Meeting: Bush, Obama, McCain; Emergency Talks on Bailout; Will John McCain Attend Presidential Debate?


September 24, 2008
• McCain Suspends Campaign to Focus on Ailing Economy; President Bush to Address Nation
• McCain Puts Campaign on Hold-Obama Reacts; Biden Takes on McCain; Shifting Battlegrounds: Why Obama is Gaining
• McCain Puts Campaign on Hold to Focus on Financial Crisis; President Bush Speech on Bailout; Interview With Senator Lindsey Graham


September 23, 2008
• Sarah Palin Goes Global; Price of Economic Fear
• Selling the Bailout To Congress; Biden Criticizes Own Ad; Who's Voting Early and Why; Latinos May Hold Key To Colorado
• Threat of Deep Recession, Financial Markets Collapsing; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Speaks at U.N.


September 22, 2008
• Palin's Global Crash Course; Bill Clinton Speaks Out
• Battle Over and Reaction to the Government Bailout of Wall Street; Attack In Israel; Prejudice At the Polls
• $700 Billion Bailout: White House, Congress Make New Progress; John McCain Seeks Oversight for Federal Bailout; Barack Obama Lays out Economic Reform Proposals


September 19, 2008
• Stocks Surge Following News of Government Bailout; Palin Blasts Iran and Democrats
• Candidates Respond To The Federal Bailout; McCain Offers His Economic Strategies; Obama Says Holds Off, Give Bush Plan 'A Chance To Work'
• Massive Bailout Proposed; Candidates Focussing on the Economy


September 18, 2008
• Wall Street Rebounds; Feds Plan Dramatic Move to Confront Financial Crisis
• Stocks Soar; Bill Clinton Weighs in on America's Financial Crisis
• Election Continues With the Focus on The Economy; President Bush Tries to Ease Fear of Economic Hardships


September 17, 2008
• AIG is Rescued By The Federal Government for $85 Billion; A Look At "The Express"
• Stocks Tumble Following Fed Bailout; Presidential Dead Heat in Battleground States
• Bailout For AIG Sends U.S. Markets On Another Free Fall Sell Off
• AIG Bailout has Investors Worried; Obama and McCain Camps React to News; New CNN/"Time" Poll Revealed


September 16, 2008
• Obama, McCain Talk Failing Economy; Sarah Palin and Tax Cuts
• Fears of Another Wall Street Collapse; Obama: McCain Doesn't Get It
• AIG in Danger of Collapsing; Interview With Mitt Romney


September 15, 2008
• Sarah Palin Flies Solo; Lehman Brothers Files For Bankruptcy; Worst Financial Crisis Since Great Depression?; Obama Speech
• Banking Meltdown; Presidential Race Turns Ugly
• Financial Turmoil; Campaign Happenings; Houston Under Curfew in Ike Aftermath


September 12, 2008
• Texas Prepares For Monster Storm; Sarah Palin Speaks Out
• Flee or Face "Certain Death"; Is Palin Like Obama on Pakistan?
• Ike Targets Texas; Obama Campaign Goes on the Attack; Ike Strands Freighter in Gulf of Mexico; Interview With Michael Chertoff; McCain Defends 'Lies' Claims; Palin in the Spotlight


September 11, 2008
• Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Do Lunch; Hurricane Ike Barrels Toward Texas
• Ike Takes Aim At Texas; Bill Clinton Will Help Obama; Special Ops Terror Hunt; Tribute to 9/11 Victims & Heroes; Palin's Record on Pork; Obama Attacks on Economy; Palin Takes Question; Ike Eyes Texas; Joe Biden Revealed, Life Changing Aneurysm
• Obama and McCain Visit Ground Zero; Obama, McCain Campaigns Focus Attention on Battleground States; Prepping & Tutoring Governor Palin; Using the Clintons


September 10, 2008
• Pigs & Lipstick; Sex, Oil & Government Scandal
• Sex, Drugs & Scandal with The Interior Department; Stunning Take by Military Officer on Afghan War; Obama Getting More Aggressive; The Latest on Hurricane Ike
• Obama Campaign Accuses McCain of Phony Outrage; Republican Congressman Ron Paul Makes Push For Third-Party Candidates


September 09, 2008
• Does Palin Help or Hurt McCain?; Where Is North Korea's Leader?
• Deficit Soars to Near Record High; Bush Announces Plan to Shift U.S. Troops; Obama Facing Ohio Hurdles
• Interview With South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham; Obama Slams McCain Over Iraq War; Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin


September 08, 2008
• Obama Looks for Palin Antidote; Palin's Faith Explored
• Killer Storm Eyes U.S.; Government Seizes Mortgage Giants; Palin's Ex-Pastor Speaks Out; McCain Leads for First Time; Russian Navy in U.S. Backyard; Pictures of Airstrike Victims
• Clinton Hits Trail For Obama; McCain Rides Palin Popularity


September 05, 2008
• McCain, Palin Hit the Road; Obama Attacks McCain Over Economy
• Controversy with Gov. Palin on Trooper and Plane; East Coast on Alert for Tropical Storm Hanna; The Situation in Louisiana; Eavesdropping on an Ally
• Obama Fights McCain; Palin Reform Pitch; Jobless Rate Soars; McCain & Palin Road Test


September 04, 2008
• John McCain Prepares to Accept Republican Presidential Nomination
• McCain's Big Night; Dangerous Storms Closing In; Power Still Weeks Away in Louisiana; Kwame Kilpatrick Resigns; Candidates' Kids in Iraq; Obama Fires Back
• Renewed Ferocity on Convention Stage; Obama Camp's Pushback; Strategy Behind Palin Pick


September 03, 2008
• Sarah Palin Prepares to Accept Republican Vice Presidential Nomination
• Sarah Palin's Big Night At The Republican National Convention; Obama on the Offensive
• All Eyes on Sarah Palin Tonight; Iowa and Minnesota: Two Battleground States for Obama & McCain; Obama Slams Republicans


September 02, 2008
• Republicans Prepare For Day Two of Convention
• Three More Storms Threaten; Clues in Palin's Past; Iraqi Oil Contract with China
• Fears of V.P. Bombshells; Republican Convention Back on Track; After Gustav: Flooding, Debris, No Power


September 01, 2008
• Republicans Scale Back Day One of Convention; Gustav Pounds Gulf Coast
• Gustav Pounds the Gulf; Palin's Teen Daughter Pregnant
• Baton Rouge Currently Getting Brunt of Gustav; Close Eye on New Orleans Levees; Republican VP Pick Sarah Palin's Teen Daughter is Pregnant


August 29, 2008
• McCain Chooses Alaska Governor as Running Mate; Gulf Coast Braces For Gustav
• Hurricane Gustav's New Track in the Gulf of Mexico; John McCain Taps Governor Sarah Palin as V.P. Candidate
• John McCain's Surprising VP Choice; Dems: GOP in 'Political Panic'; Interview With Senator Lindsey Graham


August 28, 2008
• Obama Prepares to Address Democratic National Convention
• Preparations for Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech; Vladimir Putin Blames U.S. for Conflict in Georgia; Louisiana Prepares for Tropical Storm Gustav
• Obama Prepares to Accept Party Nomination; McCain on Verge of Revealing VP


August 27, 2008
• Demoratic Convention on Day Three Ready For Roll Call
• Obama Nomination Will Alter History; Bill Clinton's Speech; Reaction to Hillary Clinton


August 26, 2008
• Hillary Clinton in the Spotlight; Democrats Hungry For Red Meat
• Day Two of the Democratic National Convention; Barack Obama Woos Blue-Collar Voters; John McCain's V.P. Pick?
• World Set to Watch Clinton; Warner Speech is Key; Interview With Charles Barkley


August 25, 2008
• Democrats Begin National Convention; Kennedy Surprise?
• The Democratic National Convention Begins
• Avoiding Disunity in Democratic Party; Ailing Kennedy Shows Up; Dead Heat Race


August 22, 2008
• Obama V.P. Watch; U.S. to Leave Iraq By 2011?; Awaiting Barack Obama's V.P. Pick; Inside the August Curse; Evangelist Won't Lead Prayer at Democratic Convention
• Date for U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq; Fiery Train Derailment in Oklahoma; Russian Troops Pull Back in Georgia
• Obama Keeps Everyone Guessing; Train Derailment in Oklahoma; McCain Camp Preps for Obama's VP Choice


August 21, 2008
• Clock Ticking on Veepstakes; Tropical Storm Fay Soaks Florida
• Russia Troops' Stranglehold on Georgia; Identifying Remains in Spain; Awaiting Obama's V.P. Pick; Why Building 7 Collapsed; Soldiers Instantly Killed in Bloody Afghan Ambush; Pilot on Terror Watch List; State of Emergency in Florida
• Obama Hits McCain on Homes; Clinton Supporters Resist Obama


August 20, 2008
• Obama V.P. Announcement Nears; 153 Killed in Fiery Madrid Plane Crash
• Deadly Airport Disaster; Russia's Missile Defense Shield Warning; Moore Wants Caroline Kennedy for V.P.
• Fighting Words From Barack Obama; McCain's V.P. & Abortion: Growing Anxiety on the Right


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