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April 22, 2011
• Sen. McCain Visits Rebels In Libya; Says Gadhafi Must Go; New Trouble for Obama in 2012?; Backlash Over U.S. Drone Attacks; Brutal Attacks Against Medical Personnel in Bahrain


April 21, 2011
• U.S. Drones Over Libya; Justice Department Investigates Gas Prices
• U.S. Unleashes Armed Drones in Libya; U.S.: Pakistan Working with Terrorists; Defending Controversial Medicare Changes; President Probes Gas Price Gouging; Inside Fukushima Daiichi; 'Strategy Session'; Dodgers' Owners Lose Control in Divorce


April 20, 2011
• Acclaimed Photojournalist Killed In Libya; Potential Candidates on Birther Issue; WikiLeaks Suspect Moved To New Prison
• Obama Seeks Facebook Friends/Voters; U.S. Plan to Help Libyan Rebels; Fierce New Clashes Erupt In Syria; Terror Alerts Get More Specific; President Obama vs. GOP on Budget and Deficit; 'Strategy Session'


April 19, 2011
• Michelle Obama's Landing Aborted; New Airstrikes in Libya
• New Plea for NATO troops in Misrata, WikiLeaks suspect to be moved, Too many wounded to treat in Misrata; Dangerous U.S. Credit Risk; Reviving Immigration Debate; Big Day at McDonald's


April 18, 2011
• Deadly Twisters; Violence in Syria
• FAA Takes New Rules To Air Controllers; S&P Cuts Outlook On U.S. Debt; Yemeni Women Join Push to Topple Leader; Donald Trump Steps up Attacks on President Obama; President Obama Flip-Flopping on Campaign Promise?


April 16, 2011
• From Google Executive to Revolutionary; Brutal Regimes Collaborating?; "The Most Fortunate Can Pay More"; Pain at the Pump; Cop Maces Squirrel; Obama's Deficit Plan


April 15, 2011
• Interview With Egyptian Activist Wael Ghonim; Dueling Debt Plans
• House Passes GOP Budget Plan; President Obama's Open Mike; Vouchers and Vulnerability; Rebels Go to Next Level; Should U.S. Keep Running Tab on Libya?; Starving for Jailed Family's Freedom; Trump: Running or Not?


April 14, 2011
• Deadly Collaboration?; Arlington Outrage
• House Approves Last Minute Budget Deal; NATO Wants More Fighter Jets in Libya; Gadhafi Forces Pound Misrata; Sadat Assassination Conspirator Speaks; Interview With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Senate Passes Budget Deal; Man Allegedly Set up Fake Army Unit


April 13, 2011
• Cleaning Up America's Red Ink; G.E. Target of Press Release Hoax; Bryant Fined For Anti-Gay Slur
• President Unveils 'Vision' For America; GOP On Notice: No Renewal of Tax Cuts For Wealthy; U.S. Fighter Jets Flying Missions in Libya; Child Climbs Out of Sinking Minivan as Mother Commits Suicide Killing Thee Younger Children; Fact-Checking the President; Fueling Debate Over Spending; Rift Between U.S. and Saudi Arabia


April 12, 2011
• Donald Trump for President?; Former Pakistani President in Hospital
• Japan Nuclear Crisis Rivals Chernobyl; "Dirty Tactics" in Misrata Violence; Targeting Medicare in Budget Battle; D.C. Mayor Arrested and Hauled Away in Handcuffs; Courage and Defiance in Afghanistan; American Detained in North Korea; Chopping Billions From Budget


April 11, 2011
• New Budget Battle; Libyan Rebels Reject Cease-Fire Agreement
• Proposed Plan To End Libya Fighting; Explosion Rocks Belarus Subway Station; W.H.: It Would Be "Armageddon-Like"; President Obama's Defining Moment?; Nuclear Plant Ghost Town; Pain at the Pump


April 09, 2011
• Plight of the Libyan Rebels; "We Will Not Accept Any Compromise"; The Risks in Helping the Rebels; "I Was Tortured, Raped and Beaten"; Al Qaeda Plotting in Yemen?; To the Moon and Beyond!; Libyan Rebels in Retreat; Should U.S. Recognize the Rebels; Can the Gadhafi Family Cut a Deal?; Making Millions off Gadhafi


April 08, 2011
• Government Nearing Shutdown; Libyan Rebels in Retreat
• Women's Health Caught in Budget Stalemate; Looming Government Shutdown; Libyan Rebels: Expected More From NATO; Cairo Calls for Change


April 07, 2011
• Government Shutdown?; Can Gadhafi Be Persuaded to Leave Libya?
• Tensions Boil Over possible government shutdown; New trouble targeting Gadhafi; Libyan Rebels in Panicked Retreat; Should U.S. Recognize the Rebels?; Meeting With Gadhafi; Washington, D.C. to Feel Burden of Shutdown; Religious Leaders Fast to Protests Cuts for Poor


April 06, 2011
• Gadhafi Urges End to NATO Air Strikes; Majority Leader Harry Reid Addresses Congress; Making Millions Off Gadhafi
• New Victory for Libyan Rebels; "We Want Everybody to Act Like Adults;" Former U.S. Representative Visits Libya; Brutal Battle Between Rebel Forces and Gadhafi Loyalists; Off-the-Grid Spending for 2012; Interview With Shimon Peres


April 05, 2011
• Government Shutdown Looming?; Possible Terror Plots Against U.S. in the Works?
• Libyan Rebels Forced to Retreat; Gadhafi Forces Control Zawiyah; Deadly Clashes Escalate in Yemen; Government Shutdown Looming; 2012 Presidential Campaign to Shatter Records; Millions of E- Mail Addresses Stolen


April 04, 2011
• Terror Trial Reversal; President Obama to Run for Reelection
• Boeing Recommends 737 Inspections; President Obama Launches Re- election Bid; Role of Big Money in 2012 Campaign; Rebels: Gadhafi Troops Surrounded; Gadhafi Family Feud; 9/11 Suspects to Face Military Tribunal; Radioactive Water Dumped into Pacific; Massive E-mail Hack Sparks Worry; Shuttle Launched Delayed; Reports: Museum Painting Attacked


April 02, 2011
• Misrata Carnage on Camera; Battling Libya's Dictator; Gadhafi's Son Left US to Fight; Willpower Versus Heavy Weapons; Willpower Versus Heavy Weapons; What Makes Libya Different?; Zooming in on the Battlefield; Moussa Koussa Mystery; Center of Power, Center of Controversy


April 01, 2011
• Libyan Rebel Cease-Fire Offer Rejected; Middle East Unrest
• Koran Burning Protest Turns Deadly; Violence Spreads Across Middle East; Gadhafi Regime Rejects Cease-fire; What Makes Libya Different; Arguing About the Jobless Rate; Hope Fades in Search for Missing in Japan


March 31, 2011
• Libyan Rebels Retreating; Interview With California Senator Dianne Feinstein
• Misrata Carnage on Camera; Highest Level Libyan Defector; Anwar al-Awlaki Calls Out CNN's Peter Bergen; Rep. Dennis Kucinich Challenges Obama on Libya Policy


March 30, 2011
• Arming Libya's Rebels; Marine Chopper Crashes,1 Killed; $5 Million For Info. In Agent's Killing; Gadhafi's Son Left U.S. to Fight; Assad Family Center of Power, Controversy; U.S. Nuclear Pools Strong Enough?; Obama Rolls Out New Energy Plan
• Libyan Foreign Minister Resigns; Syrian President Fails to Ease Crackdown; Report: Secret U.S. Help for Rebels; Congress Receives Briefing from White House Cabinet Regarding Operations in Libya; President Criticized For Not Gaining Congressional Authorization; Energy Secretary Chu Assures Americans U.S. Nuclear Plants Are Safe


March 29, 2011
• Libyan Rebels' Stunning Reversal; Gadhafi Exit Strategy?
• Opposition Loses More Ground in Libya


March 28, 2011
• President Obama to Address the Nation; Libyan Rebels Advance; Radiation Reaches U.S. East Coast
• Japan Death Toll Soars; New Fears of Japan's Radioactive Leak; Yemen Blast Kills at Least 121; Witness: Government Forces Storm Syrian City; Former President Carter in Cuba; The Price of Protecting Libyans; GOP Lines of Attack on Libya; Woman Charges Gadhafi Troops With Rape; Rebels Push Toward Gadhafi Birthplace; What To Expect from President Tonight; What Obama Critics Want to Hear


March 26, 2011
• Will U.S. Arm Libyan Rebels?; "Not Primarily a NATO Operation"; Searching for Collateral Damage; Alleged Torture of Egypt Protesters; Elizabeth Taylor's Impact in Washington; Odyssey Dawn Under Fire; A Change In Command Over Coalition Air Strikes In Libya Is In The Works; Libyan Rebel Sacrifices Himself and Turned the Tide in Benghazi


March 25, 2011
• Nuclear Crisis Worsening in Japan; Interview With General Carter Ham
• Gadhafi Recruiting, Arming Fighters; Dozens Killed in New Syria Protests; Nuclear Reactor Core May Be Leaking; Interview With General Carter Ham; President Obama Confronts Libya Concerns; If Japan's Nuclear Crisis Happened Here


March 24, 2011
• NATO to Assume Control of Libya No-Fly Zone; Interview with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
• Gadhafi's PR War Against Coalition; Deal on NATO and Libya May be in Jeopardy; Surviving Japan's Search and Rescue; Mass Protests Escalate in Syria


March 23, 2011
• On The Front Line In Libya; Bloody Bombing In Jerusalem
• Gadhafi Not Pulling Back; Backing Libyan Rebels in War; Boehner: War Not Clearly Defined; 'We Will Apply A Range of Pressure'; Interview With Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat; U.S. Military Equipment Decontaminated in Japan; Potential Shutdown of Toyota Factories


March 22, 2011
• Gadhafi Remains Defiant; Unrest in Egypt
• U.S. Fighter Jet Crashes in Libya; Tracking Gadhafi's Gold; 'Carnage' in Misrata; Tripoli Port Bombing; Gadhafi Addresses Supporters in Tripoli; Critics: U.S. Can't Afford Libya Mission


March 21, 2011
• Goal of Libya Mission?; Gadhafi's Compound Hit by Missile
• Yemen Nearing Shift In Power?; Anti-Aircraft Fire in Tripoli; War Against Gadhafi; Dogs Critical to Desperate Search for Survivors in Japan


March 20, 2011
• Libya War
• Libya War


March 19, 2011
• Coalition Air Strikes Reportedly Hit Main Libyan Air Force Base in Tripoli
• Target Libya; U.S., Allies Fire on Libya; Operation Odyssey Dawn Under Way; Coalition Attacks in Libya
• U.S., Allies Fire on Libya; Operation Odyssey Dawn Under Way; Coalition Attacks in Libya


March 18, 2011
• Japan Raises Nuclear Crisis Level; President Obama Warns Libya
• U.S. Warns Libya of Military Action; Nuclear Accident Level Raised; Disaster 'Storm Troopers'; Interview With U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice; Nuclear Dangers Here in U.S.; Three-Time Quake Survivors


March 17, 2011
• Nuclear Crisis in Japan; No-Fly Zone Over Libya?
• Radiation Still High After Water Drop; Winds and the Radiation Threat; "What Have We Done to Deserve This?; Clinton's Fears for Americans in Japan; Preventing a Full-Scale Meltdown; Military Families Fleeing Japan; Lessons From Japan's Crisis


March 16, 2011
• 'Extremely High' Radiation Levels Detected; NYT Journalists Missing In Libya
• Japan Radiation 'Extremely High'; Unprecedented Exodus Out of Japan; Japan Nuclear Crisis 'Deteriorating'; Nuclear Industry Fights to Survive; Workers Still at Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant; Libyan Troops Gear up for Big Offensive


March 15, 2011
• Crisis Escalating in Japan
• Nuclear Fear Spikes After Third Blast; 'It's Easy to Get Overwhelmed'; U.N. Resolution to Pressure Libya; 'Inspired by Egypt's Revolution'; Concern About Nuclear Reactors in Japan; Face-to- Face With Tsunami


March 14, 2011
• Japan in Crisis
• New Breakdown and Nuclear Danger; A Half Million Stuck in Shelters in Japan; Concerns of Earthquake and Tsunami Impact; Hunts for Japan's Victims Intensifies


March 12, 2011
• Conflicting Reports About Meltdown; Situation at Daiichi Nuclear Facility in Question; Aftershock Recently Felt in Shonai, Japan; Japanese P.M.: More Than 3,000 People Rescued; Danger & Death in the Quake Zone; Quake Moves Japan's Coast 8 Feet
• Devastation in Japan; Debris, Water and 140+ Aftershocks; Conflicting Reports on Meltdown
• Danger and Death in the Quake Zone; Conflicting Reports About Meltdown; Search and Rescue Challenges; Japanese Ambassador Says Evacuation is Ordered Due to a Potential Nuclear Meltdown in Wake of Quake; Search and Rescue Is The Next Priority, As Temperatures Dip Below Freezing


March 11, 2011
• Devastating Earthquake Rocks Japan; Setback for Anti-Gadhafi Forces
• U.S. Help With Quake Relief; Devastation in Japan; Possible Radioactive Leak in Japan


March 10, 2011
• Controversial Hearings on Capitol Hill; Gadhafi Forces Gain Ground; High Emotion at Controversial Hearing; Drone Size of a Bird Being Developed; Lady Gaga Splits with Target
• Gadhafi's Son Vows to Crush Rebels; Clinton to Meet Libyan Rebels; U.S. Intel Chief Under Fire; Muslim Representative: "This is Scapegoating"; First In Depth Intel on No-Fly Zone; First In-Depth Intel on No-Fly Zone; 'Strategy Session'; Business Booming in Midst of Recession


March 09, 2011
• Sex Abuse Scandal Roars To Life; The Risks Of A Libya No-Fly Zone; McCain Urges No-Fly Zone in Libya; Will Hearings on Radical Islam Do More Harm than Good?; NPR Chief Resigns Amid Scandal
• Gadhafi: 'It Will Be Aggression'; Rebel Wanted by Gadhafi Speaks Out; Talking to Gadhafi; Are Americans Too Dependent on Government Handouts?; Congressman Peter King Defends Muslim Witch Hunt; Peace or Waste?; Inside the Mind of a Dictator


March 08, 2011
• Moammar Gadhafi Under Pressure; NPR Executive Under Fire; Who Should U.S. Talk to in Libya?; Activist Targets NPR in Sting; Man Breaks into House, Calls 911
• Moammar Gadhafi Leaves Tripoli Hotel; Bangladeshi Migrant Workers Desperately Try to Get Home; Critics Bash President Obama on Libya


March 07, 2011
• No Food for 4 Days for Refugees; Pop Stars Took Gadhafi Millions; House Probe Stokes Muslims' Fears; Sheen Fired from Hit Sitcom; Civil War in Libya; Congressional Hearing or Witch Hunt?
• Libya Civil War Carnage; Libyan Rebels Strike Back; Gates: "You All Keep Me Up At Night"; French Ex-President Chirac Goes On Trial; Interview With Bill Richardson


March 05, 2011
• Refugee Crisis along Libya Border; Global Migration Crisis Feared; Tired, Filthy and Stuck at Border; "Moammar Ordered This"; Gadhafi Is Bombing Rebel Towns In Libya; Untrained Rebels Are Outgunned, Plead For A No-Fly Zone


March 04, 2011
• New Battles in Libya; Unemployment Reality Check
• 'Indescribable' and Deadly Assault; 'There is A River of Blood'; Clashes Erupt Across Eastern Libya; Fuel Prices Soar on Libya Unrest; War of Words Over No-fly zone; Talk Heating up Over Imposing No-Fly Zone Over Libya; 'Strategy Session'; Royal Wedding 'Security Nightmare'


March 03, 2011
• Libya Nearing War?; Newt Gingrich For President?
• Obama: 'U.S. and World Outraged by Appalling Violence' in Libya; Dutch Marines Captured in Libya; Fears of Humanitarian Catastrophe; NFL Players and Owners Agree to 24-Hour Extension; 'Radicalized Muslim' Emerged in Facebook Profile; Mike Huckabee Questions President Obama's Americanism; Interview With RNC Chairman Reince Priebus


March 02, 2011
• Gadhafi Bombs Rebel-Held Town; Petraeus Apologizes; Christian Politician Killed in Pakistan
• Interview With House Majority Leader Eric Cantor; Calls for Military Action in Libya; Congress Averts Government Shutdown for Now; Mickey Rooney Goes to Washington; Gadhafi Bombs Rebel-Held Town


March 01, 2011
• Libya Unrest Creating Humanitarian Crisis; Libyan Rebels' Firepower?
• Protesters Fear Death in Tripoli; US Navy Moves Ships Closer to Libya; Newt Gingrich for President?; Dodd Goes Hollywood; Chaos Plagues Libyan Border; Thousands of Libyans Flee; From Libya's Streets to Your Computer; President Obama's Mideast Challenge


February 28, 2011
• Moammar Gadhafi Defiant; Interview With Libyan Ambassador to United States
• Gadhafi Still Clings to Power in Libya; U.S. Urges Democracy in Iran


February 26, 2011
• Should President Obama Do More in Libya?; US-Libya Hot and Cold Relations; Oil Supply at Risk in Middle East; Americans Murdered by Pirates; Libya's Strange Strongman


February 25, 2011
• Interview With Libyan Ambassador to United States; United States Imposes Sanctions on Libya
• Defying Gadhafi's Crackdown; U.S. Moves to Sanction Libya; Evacuees Describe 'Carnage' in Libya; U.N. Warns Libya Crackdown is Escalating


February 24, 2011
• Libya Slipping From Gadhafi's Grasp?; Saudi Terror Suspect in Custody
• Discovery's Final Liftoff; Gadhafi Loses More of Libya; Why Americans Are Stuck in Libya; Boeing Wins $35B Air Force Tanker Contract; Battles Over Public Unions Spreading; Gadhafi: Blame It On Bin Laden ; Careful Steps With Libya; Weapons of War for Sale; Foam Falls Off Shuttle Discovery


February 23, 2011
• Death Toll May Be 1,000; No Defense For Defense Of Marriage Act; Getting Americans Out Of Libya
• Obama Speaks on Libya; Libyans Defy Gadhafi's Crackdown; Oil Prices Spike Above $100 a Barrel; Search for Survivors Continue in New Zealand; President Obama to DOJ: Don't Defend Gay Marriage Ban; 'Strategy Session'


February 22, 2011
• Moammar Gadhafi Vows Fight to the Death; Pirates Kill Four Americans


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