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December 01, 2008
• Hillary Clinton Nominated as Secretary of State; How Baby Moshe Escaped Mumbai Attacks
• Inside the Terror Attack; India Ties Terror Plot To Pakistan; General Jones As National Security Adviser; Making "Team of Rivals" Work
• Obama, Clinton & Company; India Terror Investigation; U.S. Officially in Recession; Interview with Madeleine Albright


November 28, 2008
• New Firefight in Mumbai; Al Qaeda's Fingerprints on Terrorist Attacks?
• Terror in India: City Under Siege; Are U.S. Ports Vulnerable?; Nuclear Rivals, New Tension
• Terror in India: The Threat Now; 'Brutal Murder' of Rabbi & Wife; British Agents Sent to Mumbai to Investigate


November 26, 2008
• At Least 78 Dead in India Attacks
• Attacks in India
• Coordinated Attack on Multiple Locations in Mumbai


November 25, 2008
• McCain Opens Up About Palin; Current Defense Secretary Expected to Stay
• How the Rich Get Richer; Obama's Pledge on the Economy; Obama's Unprecedented Role
• New Confidence Builder in Chief; Bailing Out Consumers; Your Patience With Obama


November 24, 2008
• Michelle Obama's Role; Barack Obama Introduces Economic Team
• Facing Financial Crisis; Joe Biden's Replacement; Guantanamo Detainee Transferred to Yemen
• Obama Announces Crucial Choices for Administration; Eyeing the Next Bailout; Interview With Former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley


November 21, 2008
• President-Elect Obama's Cabinet Fills Out; Dow Jones Up Almost 500 Points
• Obama Cabinet News; Private School for Malia & Sasha; Firings in Obama Phone Scandal; Attorney General Collapses; Democrats Chase Magic 60; Interview with Al Gore; Rating the Transition, How is Obama Doing So Far; Cheaper Oil's Downside; War of Intimidation, Taliban Letters Spread Fear
• Obama Cabinet Picks; Tim Geithner Tapped for Treasury Secretary; Dow Rallies Up Some 500 Points


November 20, 2008
• Automaker Bailout Stalls; Stock Market Plunges
• Scowcroft Advising Obama; Stocks Tumble to New Lows; Holiday Break from Foreclosure; Some GITMO Prisoners to be Freed; Iran Closer to Nuclear Bomb
• Dow Plunges Again; Lawmakers to Automakers: Show Us the Money; Obama's Tough Vetting Process


November 19, 2008
• Obama Filling Cabinet With Familiar Names; Automakers Plead For Billions
• Obama's Latest Cabinet Pick-Daschle for Secretary of HHS; Interview with Mike Huckabee; The Recount in Minnesota; California Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Prop 8
• Obama Picking Clinton Figures; Terrorist's Hateful Obama Slam; Big Names Turn Out for Georgia Race


November 18, 2008
• Obama Makes History Again; Auto Companies Ask Congress For Help
• Obama Picks Attorney General; Bush Administration Under Scrutiny; Cardinal: Obama "Apocalyptic"; Manual Recount in Minnesota; Huckabee Slams GOP Candidates
• Obama Could Name 1st Black Attorney General; Auto Companies: We Need Help; White House Tour for Obama Girls


November 17, 2008
• Obama's Top Priority; Huge Demand For Obama Inauguration Tickets
• Could Bill Derail Hillary's Hopes of Being Secretary of State?; No Presidential E-Mail; Senate to Vote on Joe Lieberman's Future
• How Obama Will Work with McCain; Battling Over an Auto Bailout; Interview With Senator Richard Shelby


November 14, 2008
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?; Laura Bush Speaks Out
• Obama Cabinet Appointments: Clinton Possible Secretary of State?; Obamas Talk to Schools in D.C.; First Lady Laura Bush Speaks out Against Afghanistan Attack
• Turning Rivals Into Partners: Obama Meets With Clinton, McCain; Economic Emergency Summit; Interview With Laura Bush


November 13, 2008
• Biden Meets with Cheney; Sarah Palin Holds Press Conference
• Biden & Cheney Face-To-Face; Obama Gives Up Senate Seat; Private Lives of White House Wannabes; Obama Under Wraps
• Barack Obama Resigning U.S. Senate Seat; Automaker Bailout Stalling; President Bush Gives Economic Pep Talk Amid Job Loss


November 12, 2008
• $700 Billion Switcheroo; Interview With Sarah Palin
• Obama's "Deliberate Haste"; Democrats Vow to Pass Bailout for Auto Industry; Interview with Sarah Palin
• Obama Ponders Possible White House Car Czar; Government's $700 Billion Flip-Flop; Interview With Governor Sarah Palin


November 11, 2008
• Obama's Afghanistan Plan; Sarah Palin Speaks Out
• Obama Pushes for Auto Industry Bailout; Interview With Former Social Secretary to Hillary Clinton
• The Costs of Presidential Power; Officials on Bush/Obama Meeting; How Much Power Will Biden Have?


November 10, 2008
• Obama's Iraq Promise; Bush Meets With Obama
• Obama in the Oval Office; Obama's First Order and Plans for GITMO; President Bush's New Disapproval Rate
• Obama/Bush White House Meeting; Interview With Arnold Schwarzenegger; Palin Criticizes Bush Administration


November 08, 2008
• Palin Not Going Away Quietly; Rescue Work in Haiti; Obama Wants to 'Hit the Ground Runnning'


November 07, 2008
• Palin on Campaign Rumors; Obama Holds News Conference
• Obama's First News Conference; Economic Crisis Impacts Transition; Will Kennedys Be in Obama Cabinet?; Obama's Iraq Challenge
• Obama Vows Swift Action on Economy; Dems Confront Lieberman; Interview With Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm


November 06, 2008
• Automakers Ask For Bailout; Sarah Palin Vents
• Obama Names Chief of Staff; Obama's Top Security Briefing; Foreign Hackers Hit Campaigns; Protest Against Gay Marriage Ban; Journalists Emotions Show
• Obama White House Taking Shape; Republicans in Transition; Interview With Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.


November 05, 2008
• Interview With Colin Powell; What Next For Sarah Palin?
• Challenges Facing Obama; Palin Answers Criticism; Races Still Too Close to Call; What Do Republicans Do Now?; Obama's Top Secret Intelligence Briefing
• Obama's First Moves as President-Elect; McCain-Palin: After Defeat; Colin Powell 'Overjoyed' at Obama Win
• What Awaits Obama


November 04, 2008
• America Heads to the Polls
• Awaiting America's Decision
• Last-Minute Election Day Rallies; Interview With Obama Senior Adviser Robert Gibbs; Voters Determined to Endure


November 03, 2008
• Barack Obama's Grandmother Dies; Final Campaign Dash
• Barack Obama's Grandmother Dies; McCain's Seven State Marathon; Thousands of Volunteers Mobilized in Pennsylvania
• McCain's Seven-State Spring; Obama: 'One Day Away' From Change; Campaigns Knocking at Your Door


October 31, 2008
• Interview With Barack Obama; Schwarzenegger Campaigns With McCain
• Obama Campaign's Final Push; McCain's Must-Win State; Survey Shows Rising Doubts about Palin; Obama Might Consider Offering McCain A Post; Is There a Bradley Effect?
• Obama Campaign Buying Ads in Reliably Red States; McCain: Ohio Will Carry Us; Interview With Barack Obama


October 30, 2008
• Obama, McCain Campaign Hard in Final Days; Courting the Latino Vote
• Obama Says Economy is in a Ditch; Waiting for the Plumber; Palin's Push in Pennsylvania; Big Money Ballot Initiatives; Clinton Helps Obama
• McCain's Plumber Gaffe; Obama's Rearview Mirror; Bill Clinton Heaps Praise on Obama


October 29, 2008
• Obama Campaign Prepares to Air Network Infomercial; Pentagon Advocates Talks With Taliban
• Palin's New Energy; Obama Goes for Knockout; States Changing Colors; Election Day Security Concerns; Siphoning Off GOP Support
• Obama's Six-Day Offensive; McCain's Latest Attack; Obama Leads in Key Red States


October 28, 2008
• Dow Jumps Nearly 900 Points; McCain, Palin Call For Alaska Senator to Resign
• Obama Hits Rival on Health Care; McCain Warns Voters Obama Will Raise Taxes; Fat Pension for Convicted Senator
• Late Afternoon Rally on Wall Street; McCain/Palin One-Two Punch; Obama in Pennsylvania & Virginia


October 27, 2008
• Republican Insiders Attack Palin; Alaska Senator Convicted of Corruption
• Senator Stevens Guilty; The Final Days of the Campaign; Men Charged in Plot To Assassinate Obama; Indiana Official Wants Criminal Probe of ACORN; Voters' Names Erased from Colorado Lists
• Senator Ted Stevens Guilty on All Counts; Obama's Closing Argument; 'Spreading the Wealth' Attack


October 24, 2008
• McCain Fights GOP Pessimism; Dow Tumbles
• GOP Prospects in Congress; Palins Testify in Trooper Probe; Rollins Gives McCain Advice; Voter Suppression Feared
• McCain Fights GOP Pessimism; Obama's Bittersweet Homecoming; Palin & Special Needs Kids


October 23, 2008
• Fight For the Middle Class; Ohio Voting Problems
• Obama's Red State Push; "Joe the Plumber" Tour; Can McCain Turn It Around?; North Carolina Ground Wars
• McCain as Road Warrior; Obama Mocks McCain on Taxes; America's 'Credit Tsunami'


October 22, 2008
• Palin Dragging Down McCain?; Interview With John McCain
• Obama's National Security Theme in Virginia; Bush Holding Post- Election Economic Summit; Interview with John McCain; Al Qaeda and the Election
• Dow Closes Down About 500 Points; Obama on 'Crisis' Test; Battleground State Polls


October 21, 2008
• Interview With Alaska Governor Sarah Palin; Battleground Blitz
• Complaints from Early Voters; Sarah Palin One-On-One; Obama's Florida Strategy
• Palin Sits Down for Interview; McCain Accuses Obama of Pandering Between World Series Teams; Possible Problems In The Senate


October 20, 2008
• Hillary and Barack Campaign in Florida; McCain's Red State Scramble
• Obama and Clinton Joint Appearance in Florida; McCain's "Socialism" Charge; North Carolina and Florida Key
• The Colin Powell Effect; McCain's Red State Scramble; Push for New Stimulus Plan Gains Steam


October 17, 2008
• Ohio Ground War; Powell May Back Obama; Candidates Show Love; Cindy McCain Reveals More Than $4 Million in Income; Obama's Uncharted Territory; Colin Powell Surprise?
• Study Says Some States Unprepared for the Election; Virginia's Unhappy Republicans; McCain Spread Thin; Senator Stevens Takes the Stand
• Obama Hoping for Groundbreaking Win in Virginia; McCain Seeks Joe-Mentum; Dow Dips, Credit Loosens


October 16, 2008
• Obama Backer on 'Racist Area' of Pennsylvania; Wall Street Rebounds
• Nineteen Days and Counting; The Star of the Debate; ACORN Counters Fraud Charges; Dealing with the Deficit
• McCain & 'Joe the Plumber'; Obama: Don't Get 'Cocky'; Market Madness


October 15, 2008
• Interview With Donald Trump; McCain, Obama Prepare For Final Debate
• Dow Takes Giant Plunge; McCain's Negative Vibes; Reagan Breaks Pelvis in Fall; Cheney Undergoes Outpatient Procedure


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