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May 21, 2009
• FBI Foils Alleged NY Terror Attack; President Obama Defends National Security Policies in a Speech; Search for Mom, Cancer- Stricken Boy Continues


May 20, 2009
• Democrats Hand President Obama Defeat on Guantanamo; California Facing Massive Cuts
• Critics Slam President As "Socialist"; Interview with John Boehner
• President Obama Hammered by Dems on Terror; President Obama vs. Dick Cheney; Iran: 'Ticking Clock Must be Stopped'; Republicans Still Not Appearing to Get Along Well Together


May 19, 2009
• New Fuel Standards; California's Economic Doomsday?
• Alarm Spreads Over Child's Death; Deporting Dangerous Immigrants; Bill Clinton's New Job; $12,000 Off Your New Car
• New Fuel Standards for Cars; Confronting President Obama Head- On; No Money to Close Gitmo


May 18, 2009
• President Obama Talks Mideast Peace; Abortion on Front Burner
• Principal Death Linked to Flu; Pakistan's New Nukes Revealed; U.S.-Israel: Glaring Divisions; Potential Rival Now on Obama Team
• President Obama Sets Limit on Iran Nukes; Speaker's Apology Demanded; 'Historic' Chance for Peace


May 16, 2009
• Interviews with Tony Blair, Diane Feinstein, Joshua Ramo, Melody Barnes


May 15, 2009
• House Speaker Under Fire; President Obama's Military Tribunals
• President Obama Causes Uproar; President Names Health Crusader; Soldier Oldest Killed in Iraq; President Obama on the Defense
• Bush-Era Terror Trials Return; GM Axes 1,100 Dealerships; Latinos Pressure President Obama on Supreme Court Pick


May 14, 2009
• Chrysler Closes Dealerships; Pelosi Under Fire
• War & Terror Reality Check; Risky Repair Job in Space; One-On- One with Sir Richard Branson; Pelosi: CIA Misled Me
• Military Finds Itself Short of Certain Specialties; Obama New Mexico Town Hall Meeting; Miss California Situation


May 13, 2009
• Senate Investigates Torture; Detainee Photo Release Blocked
• President: Block Detainee Photo Release; More At Risk of Losing Their Homes; Risky Repair Job in Space; President Caught in Abortion Uproar
• President Obama Speaks About Civil War in Sri Lanka; Detainee Photo Release Blocked; Boat Capsizes off Florida


May 12, 2009
• Retirement at Risk; Should Airlines Bag Extra Fees?
• Changing the Afghan War; Pope Walks Out of Interfaith Meeting; Return to Human Rights Council; Republicans Bashing Republicans
• Recession Threatens to Wipe Out Social Security, Medicare Trust Funds; Doctors, Nurses Advocate For Single-Payer Healthcare System


May 11, 2009
• U.S. Troops in Iraq Shot By Fellow Soldier; Prescription For Health Care Reform
• Top U.S. General Fired; Health Care Reform Reversal
• Soldier Guns Down Fellow Troops; Cheney: Limbaugh Over Powell; Crist to Run for Senate in Florida; Major Boost for Health Care Reform
• Top U.S. General Forced Out; Iran Frees Jailed American Reporter; Shuttle Mission Wrought With Danger


May 09, 2009
• Interviews with Presidents of World Crises


May 08, 2009
• Interview With Afghan President Hamid Karzai; Baby Boom in Congress
• Jobless Rate Slows; Pakistan's Move to Crush the Taliban; Karzai to U.S.: End the Airstrikes; Smoking Out Terror Suspects; President to Give Major Speech in Egypt
• President Obama Speech Planned in 'Heart of Arab World'; President's Plans for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; Interview With Afghan President Hamid Karzai


May 07, 2009
• Pentagon Set to Release Results of Investigation Into American Air Strike in Western Afghanistan; Pakistani Military Attacks Militants
• Pakistani Military Cracks Down on Taliban Militants; Murder on a College Campus
• How Healthy Is Your Bank?; Pakistani Civilians Flee Fighting


May 06, 2009
• Promising Reports from Pakistand and Afghanistan; Specter Stripped of Senate Seniority; Interview with Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid
• Bloody Airstrikes in Afghanistan; Police Offer Teens $500 Reward; Signs of A Rebound?; Air Force One Photo To Be Released; Same- Sex Marriage Milestone
• President Obama Meets With Afghan and Pakistan Leaders; Specter's Seniority Stripped; Senator Harry Reid Discusses His New Position as Majority Leader; President Obama Speaks Live About Afghan, Pakistan Meetings; Schwarzenegger: "Time to Talk About Legalizing Marijuana"


May 05, 2009
• Interview With Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari; Texas Resident Dies of Swine Flu
• Elizabeth Edwards' Resilience; Highway Robbers in Badges; First Lady at the U.N.; Biden Prods Israel on Settlements; Climate Bill Divides Dems; Inspectors Seek Cause of Dallas Cowboys Facility Collapse
• Nuclear Nation Could Explode; Flu Shouldn't Close Schools; Interview With Pakistani President Zardari


May 04, 2009
• Second Wave of Swine Flu Feared; Positive Signs For U.S. Economy?
• If Terrorists Grab Pakistan's Nukes; Were Funds Spent on Mistress?; Interview with Shimon Peres; GOP Back to the Future
• President Obama Targets Tax Cheats; Tracking Tax Dollars Overseas; Interview With Shimon Peres


May 02, 2009
• Swine Flu Continues to Spread; Obama to Choose New Supreme Court Justice; Tavis Smiley Opines on Obama's First 100 Days


May 01, 2009
• Search For New Supreme Court Justice Begins; Cuban-Americans' New Freedom
• President Obama's To-Do List; U.S. Preps for Flu Siege; H1N1: Worst May Lie Ahead; CEO Perks Rise As Pay Falls; Mexico City A Ghost Town; President Stuns White House Press Corps
• President Obama's Supreme Choice; Flu Fears Close Hundreds of Schools


April 30, 2009
• Chrysler's New Lease on Life?; Mixed Message on Flu Safety
• What's Different This Time?; Hundreds More Schools Close; Torture Caught on Tape; Chrysler in Bankruptcy; Vaccine's Horrible Side Effects
• Cabinet Secretaries to Give Briefing on Flu; Troops Help Fight Flu; Chrysler in Bankruptcy


April 29, 2009
• Swine Flu Pandemic Imminent; President Obama's First 100 Days
• World Health Organization: Swine Flu Pandemic Imminent
• World Health Organization Press Conference


April 28, 2009
• U.S. Swine Flu Deaths Feared; Republican Defection
• Vaccine Experts Put on Alert/Bracing for Swine Flu Deaths/Specter Defects to Dems
• Swine Flu Cases Jump in U.S.; GOP Senator Switches to Dems; Fears of Full-Blown Pandemic


April 27, 2009
• Swine Flu Alert Raised; Detroit Desperate
• Swine Flu Spreading; White House Apology to New York City
• Obama Administration Tries to Ease Flu Fears; Swine Flu Ground Zero; Interview With Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano


April 25, 2009
• Countdown to CNN's National Report Card


April 24, 2009
• War Over Health Care; Attacks on the Rise in Iraq
• Torture Debate Twist; Man Texts Wife I Divorce You; White House Spokesman Grades the Press; First Lady Visits with Government Workers; Fakes Uncovered in $20M Bust; Congress Debates Cap & Trade; Iraq Suffers Deadliest 24 Hours of 2009; Inside Madoff's Scam
• How Banks are Being Tested; Deadly Attacks Surge in Iraq; Pakistan Power Grab


April 23, 2009
• Islamic Extremists Gaining Ground in Pakistan?; President Obama on Credit Cards
• "Torture" Methods' Military Roots; Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens/; Life After Taliban Rule; President Obama: Don't Turn Away; Jay Leno Hospitalized
• Dispute Over Briefings on Alleged Torture; Pakistan Pressured to Face Global Threat; Interview With Congressman Eric Cantor


April 22, 2009
• War Over Torture; Earth Day Energy Pitch
• A Counter-Memo on "Torture"; "Mortal Threat" to U.S. in Pakistan; Mortgage Executive Found Dead
• Critical U.S. Ally in Danger of Falling Into Hands of Terrorists; Hillary Clinton: 'Mortal Threat' in Pakistan; Interview With Pakistani Ambassador to U.S.


April 21, 2009
• President Obama Shifts Course on Torture Investigation; Geithner Grilled Over Federal Bailouts
• Cheney Strikes Back; Accused "Craigslist Killer" in Court; Representative Harman Denies Wiretap Report; Accused Pirate Gets Adult Trial; Bailout Cop on Criminal Probes
• Senator Kennedy's Serve America Act; Shift in Torture Investigation; Interview With Mitt Romney


April 20, 2009
• President Obama Defends Terror Memo Release; The Fight Against Piracy
• Iranian President Unleashes Israel Rant; Troops Storm Hijacked Plane; Fire Department Case, Nationwide Impact; Twenty-One Polo Horses Die Suddenly
• President Obama Defends Terror Memo Release; Diplomats Walk Out on Iranian President; Why Pirates are Being Let Go


April 18, 2009
• Interviews with Susan Rice, Gerald Seib, Caesar Milan


April 17, 2009
• More Changes in U.S.-Cuba Relations?; American Captain Returns Home
• Capt. Richard Phillips Arrives Home. Obama Attends the Summit of the Americas.; Dealing with Afghan IEDs.
• Castro Offers to Talk to U.S.; Awaiting Rescued Sea Captain; Power Play on Climate Change; Captain Richard Phillips Speaks Live From Vermont


April 16, 2009
• Interview With New York Governor David Paterson; President Obama Visits Mexico
• New Government Eavesdropping Revealed; Afghan Law Allows Spousal Rape; Palin Back in the Spotlight; President Obama and President Calderon News Conference
• Taking on Drug Kingpins; How President Bush Justified Waterboarding; Crew Describes Being Held by Pirates


April 15, 2009
• U.S. War Against Pirates; Obamas Release Tax Returns
• Feds Warn of Right-Wing Threat; First Family Releases Tax Returns; "Tea Party" Targets Taxes, President; President Obama's Immigration Morass
• U.S. War Against Pirates; Rescued Captain Takes Detour; New 'Border Czar' for Obama Administration


April 14, 2009
• North Korea to Reactivate Nukes; Obamas Get a Dog
• North Korea's "Provocative Threats"; Iran Nukes: No Preconditions; Part Professor, Part Salesman
• President Sees 'Glimmers of Hope'; U.S. Navy Releases Photos From Attack on Pirates; Appeals Court Grants Emergency Stay for John Demjanjuk; Cesar Millan Discusses the First Family's New Dog


April 13, 2009
• American Captain Rescued; Interview With U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Susan Rice
• Sweeping Changes in Cuba Policy; Dramatic High Seas Rescue; Interview with Mayor Michael Bloomberg
• Captain's Wife Issue's Statement; Congressman's Plane Attacked; Interview With Congressman Donald Payne; The ASU Honorary Diploma Controversy; Modern Day Boston Tea Parties


April 11, 2009
• Interviews with John Hannah, Joe Biden, Angela Burt-Murray


April 10, 2009
• Somali Pirates Continue to Hold American Captain; President Obama Optimistic on Economy
• Iraq Troop Timeline in Doubt; U.S. Captain Tries to Escape Pirates; Critics Fire Harsh Words at President Obama; Assessments Could Spark Panic
• Captain Risks Life for Escape; President Obama Sounds Hopeful About Economy; How to Fight Gangs of Pirates


April 09, 2009
• American Captain Held Hostage; President Obama to Tackle Comprehensive Immigration Reform?
• Pirates Holding U.S. Ship Captain; Iran President Claims Nuclear Advances; New Statement on Pirate Standoff; President Prepares for Next Big Fight
• FBI Working to Free Captain Held by Pirates; Comprehensive Immigration Reform; More Money for Iraq/Afghanistan Wars


April 08, 2009
• Pirates Hijack U.S. Ship; U.S. Lawmakers Meet With Fidel Castro
• Hackers Break U.S. Power Grid; U.S. Crew Repels Pirate Attack; Iran Charges U.S. Journalist; Gay Marriage Gaining Momentum; Home to a Host of Problems


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