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February 22, 2011
• U.S. Options to Stop A Massacre; Scores Trapped in Quake Rubble; Ohio Showdown Over Labor Rights; A Closer Look at Moammar Gadhafi; Interview With Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown; U.N.: 'Immediate End' of Libya Violence


February 21, 2011
• Violence Rocks Libya; Will U.S. Government Shut Down?
• Gorbachev's Warning: Bend or Be Banned; Anti-Palin Tell-All Leaked To Media; "People Have Fallen In The Street"; Moammar Gadhafi Accused of Genocide; Libya in Turmoil, Gas Prices Climb; American Jailed in Pakistan; Governor to Speak Soon in Budget Standoff


February 19, 2011
• Six Days in North Korea


February 18, 2011
• Showdown in Wisconsin; Federal Government Shutdown?
• Growing Anti-Government Protests in Several Muslim Nations Turn Violent; State Employees on the March in Wisconsin


February 17, 2011
• Sarah Palin for President?; Protests in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Public Workers Revolt; Middle East Protests: How is the U.S. Affected?; Historic Auburn Trees Poisoned; Cartels Go AK-47 "Shopping" in U.S.; Wisconsin Public Workers Revolt; Does Birther Talk Hurt GOP?; FBI "Going Dark" Poses Security Risks; Consumers May Feel New Pinch


February 16, 2011
• Iranian Warships In Suez Canal; Police Clash With Libyan Protesters; Borders Files For Bankruptcy
• Unrest Spreads to Libya; Big Picture on Mideast Uprisings; Does Christie's "No" Mean Yes?; From Transparency to Private Conversations; Sen. Brown Reveals Sexual Abuse; U.S. Tensions With Pakistan at a Boil; 'Incalculable Value' of Aid to Egypt; From Protests to Power?; CIA: Bin Laden Could Go to Gitmo if Caught; Armenian Gang Members Busted; Boxing Star Packed Punch in Senate Race


February 15, 2011
• Italian P.M. Faces Trial on Sex Charges; Iran Cracks Down; Obama Defends Budget; Interview With Senator Portman
• Speaker Slammed Over Jobs Remark; CBS Reporter Attacked in Cairo; Missing Protesters: Dead or Alive?; Islamic Influence on the New Egypt; Vets Allege Rape, Assault in Ranks


February 14, 2011
• Iranians Protest; Mubarak in Hiding
• Texas Parking Structure Collapse; Rep. Flake Announces Arizona Senate Run; Giffords Talking More Everyday; Egypt Struggles to End Protests; Who's Punting on Budget Cuts?; GOP Pushes for Spending Cuts Now; Cheney, Rumsfeld Booed at CPAC; Egypt Revolution Changes Young Minds; The Making of "Mama Grizzlies"


February 12, 2011
• Egypt Military Power Grab?; Region Celebrates Egypt Victory; U.S. Turns Up Heat on Iran; Egypt Revolution: What's Next?; Egypt Honors "Martyrs of Tahrir"


February 11, 2011
• Egyptian President Steps Down
• Revolution in Egypt: Egypt's Military Takes Control Crowds Chant 'Egypt is Free'; Obama: 'Egyptians Changed the World'; Mubarak Rule Ends; Egypt's Military in Charge


February 10, 2011
• Unrest in Egypt
• Reaction to Mubarak's Speech From Streets of Cairo; 'Everyone's Lost, Everyone's Lost'; Obama Reportedly Watched Mubarak's Speech on Air Force One


February 09, 2011
• Source: Rep. Christopher Lee Resigning; Ship To Search For Downed Jet
• Egyptians Protesting in Fear; 'Strategy Session'; Protests in Egypt Continue; Economic Situation in Egypt Deteriorates; Virginia Senator Jim Webb Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection in 2012


February 08, 2011
• Facebook Firing Test Case; Egypt's Biggest Protest Yet; Republican Presidential Front-Runner?
• Cairo Protest Largest Yet; Mixed Signals to Egypt; How Looters Hit Cairo's Treasures; Crackdown at Major Fast Food Chain; 'Strategy Session'


February 07, 2011
• Egypt Standoff Continues; Hosni Mubarak's Fortune
• Southern Sudan To Split With North; U.K. Reviews Lockerbie Bomber Release; Protesters, Journalists Targets of Police Brutality in Egypt; 'Strategy Session'; Drugs Smuggled on Flights


February 04, 2011
• Day of Departure in Egypt; President Obama Speaks Out on Egypt Crisis
• Egypt's 'Day of Departure'; Mubarak: Ready to Reach Out?; Mixed Signals About Unemployment


February 03, 2011
• Discontent in Yemen; Journalists Targeted in Egypt
• Media Attacked in Egypt; Obama: 'A Better Day Will Dawn Over Egypt'; Egypt's Social Elite Tense and Fearful; Anxiety in Alexandria, Egypt; Mubarak: Chaos if I Resign Now; Getting Americans Out of Egypt


February 02, 2011
• Violent Turn in Egypt Protest; Gunfire, Explosions in Tahrir Square
• Bitter Chaos Erupts in Egypt; Gunfire, Explosions in Tahrir Square; White House Urges Change for Egyptian People; Social Media Play Key Role in Unrest


February 01, 2011
• Mubarak Pledges to Step Down; Obama Addresses Crisis in Egypt; Tourists See Delays in Fleeing Egypt
• Mubarak Will Step Down; U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner Top on List Advising President Obama


January 31, 2011
• Egypt in Crisis; Judge Overturns Health Care Law; Israel Concerned Over Egypt's Future; Egypt: The WikiLeaks Connection
• Tension Ratcheting up in Egypt; White House Calls for "Orderly Transition"


January 28, 2011
• Protests Continue in Egypt
• President Hosni Mubarak Addresses Egypt, Asks Government to Resign; Stakes Enormous for Israel


January 27, 2011
• Protests in Egypt; Rahm Emanuel Back on Chicago Ballot
• Uprising in Al Qaeda Battleground; If Radicals Take Power in Egypt; Egypt in 'State of Revolt'; Interview with Representative Anthony Weiner; Missing Nerve Agent Found; War Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria; State of the Budget Battle; 'Strategy Session'; Snow Delay Horror Story II


January 26, 2011
• Egypt in 'State of Revolt'; Chopping $500 Billion From the Budget; Rahm Emanuel Drama; Ferry Rescue on Hudson River; New Doubts About Health Reform; Why All the Talk about Sputnik?; New Info May Spell Trouble for Tucson Killer's Defense
• Egypt "In State of Revolt;" President Obama Goes Back to the Future; GOP Vs. President: The Day After; Next Stop for 'Obamacare Repeal'; Gun Control Not Part of President's SOTU Speech; Update on Congresswoman Giffords' Condition; 'Strategy Session'; WikiLeaks Suspect Unfairly Detained?


January 25, 2011
• President Obama Set to Deliver State of the Union Address; Who Speaks For Republicans?
• President to Seek Spending Freeze; GOP Calls for Budget Cuts; Interview With Congressman Ron Paul


January 24, 2011
• Terrorism in Moscow; President Obama Set to Deliver State of the Union Address
• Not Guilty Please For Accused Shooter; Abbas: Al-Jazeera Report "Shameful"; Confession In 1987 Abduction; Deadly Airport Bomb Attack; State of the Union Issue Number One; Confession in 1987 Abduction; If U.S. Mideast Allies Fall; Cops' 'Most Dangerous' 24 Hours


January 22, 2011
• Pelosi Discusses the Political Power Shift; Michael Steele on the RNC Elections; The Politics of the Arizona Shooting; Trump's Tough Words for China; The First Gulf War 20 Years Later


January 21, 2011
• Bin Laden's Chilling New Message; Giffords Moved to Houston
• Update on Representative Giffords; President Taps CEO to Create Jobs; Tennessee's "No-Fly List" Nightmare; Back to the White House; Fixing a 'National Disgrace' in Detroit; Hawk Takes Shelter in Library of Congress


January 20, 2011
• President Mum on Gun Control; Santorum Compares Abortion to Slavery; New Details in Daniel Pearl Killing
• America's "Palin Fatigue"; America Divided on Obama Presidency


January 19, 2011
• U.S. and China: The To-Do-List; Lawyer: Ex-Dictator Plans To Stay; More Airplanes Targeted By Lasers; Video Shows Tucson Shooting; Drug Use Issues Raised about Tucson Shooter; NFL Players Lobby Congress
• Awaiting Health Care Repeal Vote; President Obama Forced to Apologize; Water Pipes Failing Across the U.S.; Interview With Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele; Anger Behind the Diplomacy; House Votes to Repeal Health Care Reform


January 18, 2011
• Interview With House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi; Health Care Repeal Debate Begins
• 'Strategy Session'; Budget Woes Endangering N.J. City; Dems Warn Of Millions Uninsured; President Obama's Gift To Business; New Interviews in Tucson Shootings


January 17, 2011
• Piers Morgan Makes CNN Debut; Apple CEO Takes Leave of Absence
• Still Missing Decades After Korean War; 'Strategy Session'; Arizona Statute Endangers Congresswoman Giffords' Seat; Senators Visit Afghanistan, Pakistan; WikiLeaks Could Release New Documents; Apple CEO Takes Leave Of Absence


January 15, 2011
• Citizen-Heroes at Tucson Shooting; Possible Insanity Defense; "Miracle on Husdon" Two Years Later


January 14, 2011
• New Information Emerges in Arizona Shooting Investigation; RNC Ousts Michael Steele
• Giffords Making More Progress; Michael Steele Drops Out; W.H. Shake-Up & Tilt to Center; The U.S./China Connection; Reince Priebus Elected New RNC Chair; Her Husband Died Saving Her; Inside an Accused Assassin's Mind; President Obama's Popularity on the Rise; Pope John Paul II Nears Sainthood


January 13, 2011
• Giffords's Husband Shares Experiences; Backup Commander Sought for Space Shuttle; Obama's Speech v. Palin's Video on Shooting; Congressman Concerned about Security
• Farewell to Youngest Shooting victim; Obama White House Forced to Defend Democracy; Talking in A Way That Heals; Back to Bipartisanship As Usual?


January 12, 2011
• Pres. Obama Arrives In Arizona; Palin Speaks Out On Shootings; S. Sudan: Independence Vote Valid
• Remembering Shooting Victims; Awaiting President Obama in Arizona; Alleged Shooter's Brushes with the Law; Lawmakers Rush to Protect Themselves; Federal Judge Larry Burns Named to Oversee Federal Trial of Tucson Gunman; Victims Recovering From Shooting; From War Zone to Tucson Massacre; Links Drawn Between James Brady and Gabrielle Giffords' Wounds; 'Strategy Session'


January 11, 2011
• Interview With Alan Dershowitz; President Obama to Visit Tucson
• Steps Towards Healing in Arizona; Tracing Accused Assassin's Path; Dr. Giffords is Holding Her Own; Missed Warning Signs in Loughner Case; Arizona Legislature Passes Funeral Protest Law; Uproar Over High-Capacity Magazine


January 10, 2011
• Alleged Arizona Gunman in Court; Tom DeLay Sentenced to Prison
• Biden Visits Afghanistan; Winter Storm Slams Southeast; What Palin Says About Shooting; Accused Assassin Speaks in Court; Tea Party Movement Reacts to Critics after Shooting; Accused Assassin Speaks in Court; Lawmakers Rethink Poisonous Words


January 07, 2011
• Fiery Package at D.C. Postal Facility; Jobless Rate Falls to 9.4 Percent; President Names Clinton Vet to Key Post; Britain Boosts Terror Threat Level; Flood Crisis in Australia; Shocking Details of A.F. Base Arrest; Doctor in Court Over Jackson's Death
• Envelope Ignites at D.C.'s Postal Building; Urgent Drive to Kill Health Reform; Two Thousand Apply for Two Hundred Fifty Jobs; Sisters Released From Mississippi Prison; D.C. Metro Police Chief Press Conference on Mail Package Incidents in D.C. and Maryland; Interview With Austan Goolsbee; China's New Stealth Fighter Jet; 'Strategy Session'


January 06, 2011
• B-Plus for President on Afghanistan; Massive Fish Kill Discovered in Maryland; City Bans Sidewalk Smoking
• GOP Responds to Backtracking Charges; Pre-Emptive Strike on Military Budget; Ex-CIA Officer Arrested; Republicans Breaking Promises; Defense Department Trying to Get Spending Under Control; Financial Protection for Troops; Reading the Constitution


January 05, 2011
• Power Shift in Congress; White House Spokesman Gibbs Leaving
• 'Strategy Session'; Bizarre Murder Mystery; Why Birds Dropped Dead From the Sky; Shake-Up in Team Obama; GOP Takes Charge of the House; GOP Changing the Rules; New Speaker Takes Charge; Daniels for President?; Denying Babies U.S. Citizenship


January 04, 2011
• Interview With Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist; GOP Prepares to Take Over House
• Thousands Get Unneeded-Heart Device; Interview With Education Secretary Arne Duncan


January 03, 2011
• Interview With George Clooney; Navy Investigates Crude Videos; GOP Targets Health Care
• Health Repeal Bid Starting Now; Former Pentagon Official Dead in Landfill; Falling Birds Likely Died of Trauma; Health Repeal Bid Starting Now; New Governors Awash in Red Ink; Republicans Moment of Crisis; The GOP's Real Power Center


December 31, 2010
• Deadly Storms Sweep Through Midwest; Keeping Terror from Times Square; Airport Screeners Under Fire; Health Reform Battle to Reignite
• Rare New Year's Eve Tornadoes; Governor Christie Defends Disney Trip; President Is Close to Where He Started; Stopping Terror in Times Square; Headlines & Resolutions


December 30, 2010
• Blizzard Aftermath; Christine O'Donnell Under Investigation
• Ray of Hope for Jobless Americans; Making the Snow Go Away; Terror Threats in New Year; Behind "I'm Not A Witch"; Can Insulting Islam Get You Killed?; Why Public Admires Hillary Clinton; 'Strategy Session'


December 29, 2010
• Trapped Up To Nine Hours on Tarmac; Senate to Reconsider Filibuster Rule; Lawmakers to Tackle National Debt; Apple Sued Over Privacy; U.S. Aid Worker Released in Haiti; Virginia Textbook Full of Errors
• Weather Messes On Both Coasts; Winds Blamed For Lift Derailment; Putin's Nod to Obama Win; Charges of 'Voodoo' Kidnapping; Michigan Building Explodes; Immigration Policy Back on Front Burner in New Year; Girls Warned About Dating Arabs; Grading President Obama's Policies


December 28, 2010
• Endless Travel Nightmare Continues; U.S. Troops Leaving Iraq?
• Stuck On Tarmac For 11 Hours; Why the Budget Will Be Delayed; 10,000 65th Birthdays-A-Day, Suspected U.S. Drone Strike Kills 10; Shake-Up at Pentagon?; 10,000 Flights Canceled; Encouraging President Obama to Run Again


December 27, 2010
• Air Travel Paralyzed; Game Show Ripoff?
• Where GOP Would Cut the Budget; On the Brink of War?; New Break In Travel Gridlock; Terror Suspects In Court


December 23, 2010
• Ineffective U.S. Intelligence Bureaucracy?; North Korea Threatens War
• Future of Afghan/Pakistan Region; 'Strategy Session'; North Korea Photo Album


December 22, 2010
• DNI Clapper Caught Unaware of Recent Terror Arrest in Britain; Government Warns of Possible Terror Attacks; Senate Approves START Treaty
• President: "We're Not Doomed to Gridlock;" Intelligence Chief Caught Unaware; Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; When Gay Troops Can Come Out; 'Strategy Session'; Snapshots of North Korea


December 21, 2010
• Report from North Korea Visit; Terrorists Targeting Food?; Accident on Broadway
• Wolf Blitzer Debriefs on North Korea Visit; Senator Arlen Specter Criticizes Supreme Court For Judicial Activism


December 20, 2010
• Tensions Ease on Korean Peninsula; Interview With New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
• Interview With Congressman Peter King; President Obama's Scorecard; Fight to the Finish over START; Bus Burst into Flames; Grilling on Homegrown Terror; Taking on Radical Muslims


December 18, 2010
• Going Inside North Korea; Gunman Takes School Board Hostage; Missile Shield Test Failure; Wikileaks Founder Free on Bail; Ambassador Bill Richardson Is In North Korea


December 17, 2010
• Koreas on Brink of War?; Interview With New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; President Obama Signs Compromise Tax Cut Bill; Al Qaeda in Yemen a Growing Threat; Treatment of Army Leaker Questioned; Retailers Finding New Ways to Learn about Shoppers; Marines Return Home for Holidays
• Spending Bill Dies; Julian Assange Speaks Out; Hollywood Treatment for Abramoff; "The Nature of Compromise;" Senator Lieberman: Our Own "Surge"; Tensions on the Korean Peninsula; Death of $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill


December 16, 2010
• Gridlock on Capitol Hill; Christmas Terror Attacks Planned?; Congress Battles Over Earmarks; Could South Korea Drill Lead to War?
• Poll: Most Oppose Afghan War; Launching 'Operation Redemption'; Journey Into North Korea; House Dems Hung Up on Tax Bill; President: "On Track" against al Qaeda; Missile Shield Defense Failure; Could the Spending Bill Hurt the President?


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