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August 09, 2010
• Search For Missing Convicts Continues; Democrats Avoiding President Obama?; Interview With White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod
• President Walks Softly in Bush Country; Dems Struggle with Tax Cuts; President Obama-Bill Clinton Proxy War


August 07, 2010
• Hotly Debated Arizona Law Goes Into Effect, Amid Protests, Lawsuits; Pakistan's Ambassador Denies Accusations that His Country is Aiding Taliban; Interview with Gov. Granholm


August 06, 2010
• Iranian Lawyer Fears For Life; BP's Drilling Plans
• Economy Loses More Jobs; Steele: "It Is morning in America;" Dems Accused of Helping the Tea Party; Where Are the Jobs?; Bush Tax Cuts Set to Expire; Wrestling Tycoon in Senate Fight; Some Republicans Bailing on Bush Tax Cuts; Senate Majority Leader Scolds Franken; A World With No Nuclear Weapons


August 05, 2010
• American Terror Suspects Arrested; BP Plugs Oil Well; Gay Marriage in Legal Limbo; Where Did All the Oil Go? Firsthand Look at the Gulf From Above; School Bus Crash Kills Two
• Interview With Senator Lindsey Graham; 'Strategy Session'; Billionaire Pact


August 04, 2010
• BP Lowers Gasoline Prices; Second American Revolution Coming?
• Same-Sex Marriage Ban Overturned


August 03, 2010
• BP Begins Static Kill Operation; Immigration Debate Continues
• "Static Kill" Begins; Fishermen Reluctant to Return; Big Victory for New York Mosque Developer; New Front in Immigrant Battle


August 02, 2010
• The New bin Laden?; Oil Spill's Environmental Impact
• President: Iraq Combat Mission Ending; Leak Suspect Disciplined Before; Second House Democrat Faces Ethics Trial; Interview with Denis McDonough


July 31, 2010
• Pentagon Brass Slam War Logs Leak; Auto Industry is in Need of Boost; Private Tour of the White House; Hotly Debated Arizona Law Goes Into Effect, Amid Protests, Lawsuits


July 30, 2010
• Hundreds Fight Latest California Blaze; Wildfires Rage Across Russia; Debris Delays Effort to Kill Well; U.S. Passport Security Scare; U.S. Consulate Closed in Mexico; Clinton Wedding Details Emerge
• Deadliest Month of Afghan War; Car Accident Unleashes Riot; The Next Immigration Law; Administration Weighs Alternative Immigration Plan; Growth Slows in 2nd Quarter; GM Banking on New Electric Car; Fallen Troops & Fraud Allegations


July 29, 2010
• Pentagon Criticizes Leak of Afghan War Documents; Arizona Appeals Immigration Decision
• Arizona Appeals Immigration Ruling; Rangel Slapped With Ethics Charges


July 28, 2010
• Judge Blocks Parts of Arizona Law; Pres. Obama on "The View"; Fisherman Fears for Gulf
• Where Did All the Oil Go?; Judge Blocks Part of Arizona Immigration Law; BP Drilling by Land or by Sea?


July 27, 2010
• Judge Set to Rule on Arizona Immigration Law; BP's New Oil Leak Estimate
• BP Chief Forced Out; Young Russian Charged with Smuggling; Headaches for Democrats; Fears of Another Oil Disaster


July 26, 2010
• Afghanistan War Documents Leaked; Will BP Fire Tony Hayward?
• White House Condemns Leak of Classified Reports; Interview With Mayor of New Orleans


July 24, 2010
• "Top Secret America" Revealed; "An Oil Embargo on Ourselves"; Shirley Sherrod's Story Is Center Stage In Washington: She Talks With Wolf Blitzer About Her Dramatic Past, Bittersweet Present, And Hope For The Future Of Race Relations


July 23, 2010
• Congressman Charlie Rangel Under Investigation; Tropical Storm Bonnie Threatens Gulf
• Rig Alarm Disabled Before Blast; Storm Forces Gulf Evacuations


July 22, 2010
• Storm Threatens Gulf; President Obama Reaches Out to Former USDA Employee
• Rep. Rangel To Face Ethics Hearing; President Shares Regret with Sherrod; Bomber's Release Questioned; President Obama Trims the Fat; Top Secret America Revealed; Behind Russian Spy Swap; Using the Oil Spill to Prosper


July 21, 2010
• Vilsack Apologizes, Offers New Job to Sherrod
• Vilsack Apologizes to Sherrod; British Prime Minister Flies Commercial; Taunting North Korea?


July 20, 2010
• Racially-Charged Resignation From Former USDA Employee; Ground Zero Islamic Center Mosque Debate Rages On
• Well Testing Under Way; U.K. Prime Minister Comes to the White House; Racially Charged Resignation


July 19, 2010
• BP's Progress in Capping Well?; Top Secret America
• Gulf Well Cap Watched in 24-Hour Intervals; Senate to Vote on Jobless Benefits


July 17, 2010
• Business Leaders vs. Pres. Obama; Your Health at Risk; BP's Cap On The Gulf Well


July 16, 2010
• New Concerns For Oil Containment?; Apple iPhone Headaches
• Oil Seal Holds on New Well Cap; U.S. Addiction to Foreign Oil


July 15, 2010
• No Oil Flowing Into Gulf; Interview With Doug Suttles
• BP: No Oil Leaking from Gulf Well


July 14, 2010
• Govt. Green-Lights Integrity Test; Times Square Bomber Reveals Motive
• Coast Guard Briefing; Interview With Congressman Markey


July 13, 2010
• Capping the Gulf Oil Leak; George Steinbrenner Dies
• Critical Test of Well Cap Soon; President Drafts New Budget Director; Obama White House Leans on Bill Clinton


July 12, 2010
• New Cap Could Stop Oil Leak; Clinton: Never Seen Damage Like Haiti; Quake Survivor: "It is Futile Now"; Suicide Bombers Strike World Cup Fans; U.S. Missionaries Hurt in Attacks; Bailout Vote Haunts Lawmakers; Castro Makes Live TV Appearance; Inside the Search for a Serial Killer; Octopus Beats the Odds
• While the Cap's Been Off; Terror Strikes Africa


July 10, 2010
• Delivering on Immigration Reform; Allies' Show of Unity; Octopus Oracle Picks World Cup; Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul Propose Changes in U.S. Troops Levels in a Post-Soviet World


July 09, 2010
• Interview With Thad Allen; Spy Swap Completed; Russian Agents Tracked for Years; Returning to Haiti; Below the Surface of Oil Spill; NAACP Official Slammed for Marijuana Stance
• Spy Swap Still Unfolding; Intelligence Chief Nominee in Limbo; Below the Surface of the Oil Spill; Oil Dumping Enrages Communities; Spy Swap Still Unfolding; President Gets in the Ring in Vegas; Independents Turn on President Obama; Avoiding a Blackout in the Heat


July 08, 2010
• "Lebronathon" Ending Tonight; "Climategate": Trick or Truth?
• Russian Spy Swap With U.S. In works. Economy is losing Jobs, Robert Gates Announces Mattis


July 07, 2010
• Spy Swap in the Works?; Survey on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Solar-Powered Plane Test Flight Under Way
• President Obama Sidesteps Congress; Reports of U.S.-Russia Spy Swap; NASA Administrator Under Fire


July 06, 2010
• United States vs. Arizona; Interview With Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren
• Obama Administration Sues Arizona Governor; President Says Bond with Israel is "Unbreakable;" Skimmers Getting Enough Oil?; If Relief Wells Don't Work; Awaiting the Queen at Ground Zero


July 05, 2010
• Vice President Biden Visits Iraq; Gulf Coast Tourism Devastated
• Obama tries to repair Israel relations after flotilla raid, Job creation an issue for U.S. present economy


July 03, 2010
• Candid Conversation With Former President Bill Clinton on Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and the Palestinian-Israeli Issue


July 02, 2010
• Cargo Craft Misses Space Station; Alleged Spies Reveal Real Identities
• U.S. Economy Loses Jobs; Pelosi Defies President Obama on War; Delays in Disaster Zone; BP Ripe for Takeover After Spill


July 01, 2010
• Alleged Russian Spies in Court; LeBron James Sweepstakes Begin
• Russian Spy Confesses.; President Obama Speaks on Immigration Reform; Hurricane Alex Complicates Gulf Oil Cleanup.


June 30, 2010
• Hurricane Alex Eyes Texas; Storm Disrupts Oil Cleanup; Time to Scrap the Dollar?
• The Nerve to Apologize to BP; Desperate for Relief in Oil Spill; Sealing the Mexican Border First; Kagan Cautious in Final Q&A; How Gen. Petraeus Will Run the War;


June 29, 2010
• Kagan Confirmation Continues; Is Afghan War Winnable?
• New Urgency on Immigration Reform; Biden Visits the Gulf States


June 28, 2010
• Alleged Russian Agents Arrested; Supreme Court Nominee Testifies
• Bill Clinton: Blowing Up Well Possible; Kagan Hearings; Supreme Court Expands Gun Owners' Rights; Senator Byrd Dies


June 26, 2010
• Psychological Toll Oil Disaster Has Taken; DNC's 2nd Swipe at Congressman Barton; Bin Laden Hunter Returns Home; U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Relieved Of Command


June 25, 2010
• Tropical Depression Forms; Oil Drilling Legal Battle; Getting Things Done; U.S. Team Faces Big Test at World Cup; ; President Obama Scores Victory on Wall Street Reform
• Oil Claims Overseer Visits Gulf; Why President Obama Needs to be in Canada


June 24, 2010
• BP Worker Warns of Catastrophe; Will Change of Command Force Change in Afghanistan Policy?
• GOP Holds Fund-Raiser For Rand Paul; Dems Launch IPad App; Kerry, Brown to Introduce Kagan


June 23, 2010
• McChrystal Relieved of Command; Deep Sea Accident: More Oil Escapes
• McChrystal Resigns; Oil Gushing Without Any Cap; Worst Oil Yet to Strike Florida


June 22, 2010
• McChrystal Summoned to the White House; Federal Judge Lifts Freeze on Deepwater Oil Drilling; Interview With Kenneth Feinberg
• President Obama Confronts Controversial Comments; Judge Rules against Deepwater Moratorium; Compensating for the Spill;


June 21, 2010
• Judge to Rule on Drilling Ban; Times Square Suspect Pleads Guilty
• Suspect in Times Square Bomb Attack Pleads Guilty; Judge Weighs Lifting Drilling Ban


June 19, 2010
• The Politics Of The Gulf Oil Disaster Heat Up, As Tony Hayward Appears On Capitol Hill, While The Size Of The Leak Gets Even Bigger; Desperate Effort to Save Birds; U.S. Lawmakers Blast BP CEO; "A Weird Malaise" Haunting Dems?; Taking A Verbal Beating


June 18, 2010
• Connection Between BP and Judges?; Turmoil in Kyrgyzstan
• Can Gulf of Mexico Recover From Oil Spill?; Hillary Clinton Announces Administration Will Sue Arizona


June 17, 2010
• BP CEO Grilled on Capitol Hill; Killer to Face Firing Squad
• Fallout over Barton Apology to BP CEO Tony Hayward.


June 16, 2010
• $20 Billion For Oil Disaster Victims; What Fiscal Austerity Looks Like; White House Announces New Iran Sanctions
• Oil Disaster Lessons Ignored; President Obama Confronts BP; Advance Look at BP CEO's Testimony


June 15, 2010
• President Obama to Address the Nation; Oil Executives Under Fire on Capitol Hill
• President: U.S. Shores Under "Assault;" Oil Spill Damage Control; Flow Rate Estimate Rises Yet Again


June 14, 2010
• President Obama Visits Gulf Coast; Stunning Discovery in Afghanistan
• Flash Floods Batter Oklahoma; Critics: Senate Primary Winner a Fake


June 12, 2010
• Florida Beaches Hit by Oil; President Meets with Victims' Families; Hard Times in the Harbor; Reporters in Search of Oil


June 11, 2010
• Oil Flow Estimate Increased; Should President Obama Get Tough With BP?
• President Summons BP Chief to White House; Oil Coming Between U.S. & Britain?; Sandbagging the Oil; The Nuclear Option; Arkansas Floods Turn Deadly


June 10, 2010
• Oil Spill: Lessons from the Past; White House Summons BP Execs; Obama Meets with Rig Blast Victims' Families; Oil Leak Worse Than Believed?; Family Members of Oil Rig Workers Speak Out
• Coast Guard Suffers Setbacks; Oil Spilling at 20,000-40,000 Barrels a Day; Remains Mishandled at Arlington


June 09, 2010
• BP Collects 15,000 Barrels a Day; Hard Times in the Harbor; Missing Iranian Scientist Mystery
• Oil Disaster's Growing Cost; The New Year of the Woman?


June 08, 2010
• Gulf Oil Leak Getting Worse?; Interview With Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren
• New Questions About Oil Flow Rate; Making Sure BP Pays; Dying Birds, Endangered Wetlands


June 07, 2010
• Oil Disaster Day 49; Interview With Israeli Ambassador to the United States


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