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August 19, 2009
• Pan Am Bomber To Be Freed; Dems May Proceed Alone on Health Reform; Interview with Bill Richardson; Milwaukee Mayor Talks About Being Attacked; Violence and Voting in Afghanistan; Don Hewitt Dies of Cancer at 86; Democrats Consider "Going It Alone" to Pass Health Care Reform


August 17, 2009
• Health Care Uproar; Toxic Air on Planes?
• Major Hurricane Brewing; President: Afghan War Will Be Tough; Senator's Mission to Myanmar; College Student Vs. the President; Blue Dog on the Defensive
• The Possibility of Dropping thePublic Option; Are Co-Ops Adequate Substitution for Public Option?; California Fire Blamed on Drug Traffickers; Taiwan Cleans Up After Typhoon; Public Option Outcry; Violence Faced by Gay Men in Iraq; Unstarlike Treatment for Bollywood Star; Vets Trying to Find 'New Direction' Upon Returning Home


August 14, 2009
• President Obama Pushes Health Care Reform; Michael Vick Signs With NFL Team
• Vick Gets Second Chance in NFL; President: Don't Start from Scratch; Twitter Fight over "Death Panels"
• President Obama Selling Health Care Reform; Blue Dog's Bite on Health Reform; 11-Year-Old Journalist Gets to Interview President Obama; Ravages of Weekend Typhoon


August 13, 2009
• Shoppers Not Buying Economic Recovery; Democrats Feeling Health Care Heat; Air Crash Survival Secrets; Fringe Groups Push Protests; Sarah Palin's Facebook Post; Economy Front & Center
• Bloody Fight To Secure Election; Guilty Verdict in "Fight Club" Case; Public Outrage Over "Public Option"; Wind-Driven Wildfire Threatens Homes; Pilot's Miracle Rescue; Who Pays for Illegal Immigrants' Health Care?
• New White House Tactic on Health Reform Sparking Some Questions; 'Blue Dog' Sweats Dog Days of Summer; Afghan Drug Lords on 'Kill or Capture' List


August 12, 2009
• End of Recession Near?; President Obama Continues Health Care Push
• GOP Senator Faces the Heat; Insurance Insider Blows the Whistle; Marines Battle for Taliban Stronghold; AARP: President Obama Went Too Far
• White House Wants to Set Record Straight on Health Care Debate; Senator Grassley's Critical Role in Health Reform; Push to Kill 'Death Panel' Claim


August 11, 2009
• Fighting Mad About Health Care; Swine Flu Risk For Children; Stadium Turns Into Free Clinic; Hidden Hospital Charges Revealed; Posters Mention Obama Girls; The Kennedy Family Tree
• Al Qaeda Attack Derailed; Town Hall Free-For-All; Ex-President Faces Possible Arrest; Targeting Kids, Celebrating Suicide; London Jewelry Heist; Trapped On A Plane
• Angry Crowds Confront Lawmakers Over Health Care; President Obama Beats Back 'Scare Tactics'; Interview With GM CEO Fritz Henderson


August 10, 2009
• Drug War Secret Weapon; Immigration Reform Delay?
• Divers Find Crash Wreckage; Major Quakes in Japan and Indian Ocean; "Broken Immigration System"; Backing Mexico's War on Drugs; Michael Jackson Autopsy; Taliban Gaining Upper Hand
• Certainty on Taliban Leader's Death; Three Leaders vs. Deadly Problem; Congressman Screams at Constituents at Town Hall


August 07, 2009
• Fear over Plane Equipment Failures; Lawmakers Want Pricey New Planes; Eunice Kennedy Shriver in Critical Condition
• They Think They Got Him; How Schools Can Fight the Flu; Starting Over in Detroit; When Town Halls Turn Ugly
• President Obama: Recession May Be Behind Us; Breakdown of Unemployment Numbers; Health Care Industry Steps up Lobbying


August 06, 2009
• Health Care Debate Continues During Congressional Recess; Judge Sotomayor Confirmed To Supreme Court; Battle Ensues Over The Source of Production For Protective Uniforms for U.S. Troops; Clinton Speaks About His Trip To North Korea
• Families Held in Private Prison; What Clinton Learned in North Korea; President's Popularity Slips; Grading the President; Twitter Attacked by Hackers; Underwent Borrowers
• Senate Confirms Sonia Sotomayor; Overall Unemployment Remains High; President Obama's 10 Point Slide


August 05, 2009
• U.S. Journalists Return Home; A Killer's Confessions; Getting Over the Shock of Captivity; Shouting Mad About Health Care; Like Old Times for Bill Clinton
• Freed Journalists Return Home; Fitness Club Shootings; Counting Down to 200 Days; Grading the President on the Economy
• Nightmare Over for Two American Journalists; President Obama Announces $2.4 Billion in Clean Car Grants; What Really Happened in 2008 Election?


August 04, 2009
• North Korea Pardons U.S. Journalists; Severe Weather in Southeast U.S.
• Former President Bill Clinton Secures Release of Two American Journalists from North Korea
• North Korea Pardons U.S. Journalists; September Summit to Combat Accidents Planned; How Well Did Obama Weather Gates-Gate?


August 03, 2009
• Will President Obama Raise Taxes?; Three Americans Believed Detained by Iran; Ordeal at Altitude
• No Info from Iran on U.S. Detainees; Iran Standoff: From Bad to Worse; Refueling Cash for Clunkers; Interview with Ray LaHood; No Break from Health Care Battle
• Middle Class Tax Hike?; Finding the Next Guantanamo; Alan Greenspan: Recession Hit Bottom


August 01, 2009
• John Boehner on Health Care; Interview with Melody Barnes; Brain Injuries Common in Soldiers; Interview with Bill Maher


July 31, 2009
• Economy Rebounding?; Postal Service Delivers Debt
• U.S. Tourists Reported Held in Iran; Refueling Cash for Clunkers; Economy "Better Than Expected"; Patient Dumping or Better Care?; Iran's President v. Ayatollah; Happy Hour at the White House
• Obama Administration Does Self-Grading; Lawmakers Leave, Health Reform Waits; Economy Inches Away From 'The Edge'


July 30, 2009
• White House Beer Summit
• Custody Deal on Jackson's Kids; White House Beer Chat; Neda's Grave Is Scene of New Clash; Taliban Code of Conduct
• Obama Set to Have Beer Summit; Health Care Reform Hits Brick Wall in Senate; Possible Obama Challenger in 2012?


July 29, 2009
• Health Care Reform Deal?; Free Flights For Homeless; 911 Caller Speaks Out; Madoff's Wife Sued for $45 Billion; Money, Money, Money
• Police Officer's Alleged Racial Slur; 911 Caller Speaks Out; Madoff's Wife Sued for $45 Million; John Boehner on Dems' Health Care Deal; On the Road for Health Care Reform; Healthcare Ads Get Sharper for Members of Congress; Capitol Hill Building Evacuated; Homeland Security Secretary Visits New York; Wrongly Convicted Man Now Free after 14 years; New Study Found Tanning Beds to be Cancerous
• President Fired Up Pushing Health Care Reform; Potential Breakthrough on Reform in Congress; Debate Rages Over Stimulus Money


July 28, 2009
• Jackson Doctor's Home Searched; Sotomayor One Step Closer to Supreme Court
• Jackson's Doctor's Home Searched; Money to Keep Cops on Beat; President Digs in His Heels on Health Care
• President Obama Hustles to Ease Health Reform Fears; Dems Set to Block President on Reform; Home Prices Go Up


July 27, 2009
• Interview With Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood; Germ Lab in Tornado Country?
• Iran on the Clock; U.S., China in the Same Big Boat; 911 Call That Led to Gates' Arrest
• Dems vs. Dems in Health Debate; 'Two Black Men' Not in Gates 911 Call; 'Cash for Clunkers' Offers Big Rebates


July 25, 2009
• President Obama Steps Back from Fighting Words; Terrorists Recruiting in America's Heartland; Republicans Show Support for Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation


July 24, 2009
• President Obama Clarifies Remarks on Harvard Arrest; America's Secret Weapon
• Ousted Honduran President Returns; Dems in Disarray on Health Care; Black Market Organ Dealing; An Arrest That Rocked America; Obama Reacts to Cambridge Police Incident; Scandal in Italy
• President Obama Expresses Words of Regret in Role Over National Controversy; Palin's Last Days as Alaska Governor


July 23, 2009
• Health Care Delay; Alarm Sounded Over Electronic Cigarettes
• American Al Qaeda Suspect; Senate Stalls President's Timetable; Bin Laden's Son Reportedly Killed
• Senate Rejects President Obama's Health Reform Timetable; North Korea Slam: Hillary Clinton a 'Schoolgirl'; Debate Over Why African- American Scholar was Arrested


July 22, 2009
• President Obama to Address Nation on Health Care Reform
• Jackson's Doctor's Clinic Raided; Anger Sparked by Gates' Arrest; Republicans Break Ranks; Going All Out on Health Care
• President Obama's Primetime Health Care Challenge; Interview With Rudy Giuliani


July 21, 2009
• Health Care Reform Push Intensifies; Bailout Cost
• Feeling the Heat on Health Care; Tracking Your Bailout Money; President Wins F-22 Dogfight; Target: Heroin Heartland
• President Obama's Health Care Battle; Battle Over Gun Amendment; Taxing Medical Marijuana Sales


July 20, 2009
• Health Care Showdown Heats Up; Medicare Throwing Away Tax Dollars?
• Congress Behind Closed Doors; Captured Soldier Admits Being Scared; Special Operations War of Words; Search & Destroy in Heroin Heartland; Losing Patience with the President
• Buzz Adlrin Remebers Apollo 11 Flight


July 18, 2009
• Secret CIA Plan to Assassinate Al-Qaeda Leaders Revealed; Suicide Bombers Strike Hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia; Marking 40 Years Since Americans Landed on the Moon


July 17, 2009
• President Obama Pushes Health Care Reform; Explosions Rock Indonesian Hotels
• Florida Couple Murdered; Bombers Strike Marriott & Ritz Hotels; Caught in Swine Flu Fears
• President Obama on Health Care; Suicide Bombers Bring Terror Back to Indonesia; President Obama Clings to Your Approval


July 16, 2009
• President Obama Undercut on Health Care Reform; California's Budget Woes
• Latest on Murdered Parents of 14 Kids; Hepatitis C Scare; Oldest Woman To Give Birth Dies
• Last Day of Grilling for Sotomayor; President Obama's Message to NAACP; The Launch That Changed History


July 15, 2009
• Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off; Sotomayor Hearings Continue
• Day 3 of Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings; Awaiting Critical Space Mission
• News Conference on Slain Florida Couple; Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing


July 14, 2009
• Sonia Sotomayor Hearings Continue; Jackson Custody Battle?
• Second Day of Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings
• Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing and Discussion


July 13, 2009
• Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Begin; Was Michael Jackson Murdered?
• Parents of 16 Children Killed; Interview with President Obama; Jackson Hearing Delayed; Shuttle Endeavour Launch Threatened; Sotomayor Finally Gets To Speak
• News Conference on Florida Slayings; Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing; President Obama Defiant in Vow to Reform Health Care


July 11, 2009
• A Rare Glimpse Into the Lives and Grief of Michael Jackson's Children; Sarah Palin Insisting She's Not a Quitter; The Obama Family Travels to Russia, Italy and Ghana


July 10, 2009
• President Obama Visits Africa; Health Care Reform Detour
• Dollars for Boehner's District; President and Pope Hit Touchy Subjects; Anger on the Streets of Iran; Bailed Out Firm Gives Bonuses Again; Homicide Not Ruled Out; President Obama Arrives in Ghana
• President Obama Leaves G8 Summit Disappointed; Why is Ghana Only African Stop for President?; Dark Picture of Jackson Pill Use


July 09, 2009
• Michael Jackson's Final Resting Place?; Second Stimulus Package?
• Outrage Back in Full Force; IED Attacks Soar 1,000%; Where's Jackson's Body?; What Killed Michael Jackson?
• Limit on President Obama's Clout; Dems: CIA Misled Us for Years; Jackson's Final Resting Place


July 08, 2009
• Sarah Palin Addresses Critics; Jackson Memorial Draws Huge Audience
• Security Misses Bomb Parts; General: I Need More Afghan Troops; McNair Died in Murder-Suicide; Sources: Jackson Had Numerous Track Marks
• What President Obama Hopes to Get Out of G8 Summit; Health Care 'Backroom Deals'; Sarah Palin Blasts Ethics Complaints Against Her


July 07, 2009
• Interview With Barack Obama; Michael Jackson Remembered
• Coverage of The Michael Jackson Memorial
• Michael Jackson Memorial


July 06, 2009
• President Obama Meets With Russian Leader; Jackson Estate Power Grab?
• Jackson Family To Gather Tomorrow; Cross-Dressing Militants Fool Marines; Defiance At the Top
• Who's Russia's Boss?; FBI: Palin Not Under Investigation; Jackson Estate Power Grab


July 04, 2009
• Jackson Memorial; Sarah Palin to Resign


July 03, 2009
• Jackson's Memorial Service; Powell's Opinion of President Obama; Palin Resigning As Alaska Governor


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