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August 20, 2012
• Iraq Helps Iran Bust World Sanctions; Ryan Faces Split Among Fellow Catholics; Congressman Slammed for Remark; Rosie O'Donnell Suffers Heart Attack; Handcuffed Man Shoots Himself; Director Plunges to Death; Zapping Rocks on Mars
• President Obama Holds Press Conference; Republican Congressman Under Fire Over Rape Comments; GOP Reps Reprimanded for Late-Night Dip; "Legitimate Rape" Comments Spark Outrage; Obama: Being President Is A "Privilege"; Skinny Dipping At Israeli Holy Site; Crane Collapses In Toronto; Apple: Most Valuable Public Company In History; Bus Crashes Into House, Nine Injured


August 19, 2012
• President Obama Attacked by Former Navy SEALs in Ad; Negative Campaigning Normal in Every Election; Mitt Romney Confirms He Paid Taxes


August 18, 2012
• President Obama Attacked by Former Navy SEALs in Ad; Negative Campaigning Normal in Every Election; Mitt Romney Confirms He Paid Taxes


August 17, 2012
• Romney's Tax Returns; Outrage Following Police Shooting; Interview with Congressman Van Hollen
• NATO Arms Troops at Afghan Headquarters; 34 Killed In Mine Bloodbath; Questions About Ryan's Record
• News Mars Pictures; War on West Nile; Aerial Assault on Killer Disease; "Let's Make A Deal" On Romney Taxes; Retired Navy Seals Slam President Obama; Syrian Rebels Improve Firepower; Brand New Pictures From Mars; South Africa's Unlikely Rock God


August 16, 2012
• GOP Ties to New Obama Attack?; WikiLeaks Founder Granted Asylum; Nastiest Campaign Ever?; Cooking Up Tributes to Julia Child
• Raging Wildfires Devastating Western U.S.; Washington State Wildfire Scorches 22,000 Plus Acres; "I've Paid Taxes Every Single Year"; Louisiana Deputies Killed In Shooting; Seven Americans Killed In Helicopter Crash; Arizona Undermines Obama Immigration Order; South African Police Fire on Miners; Mourning Family's Insurance Fight
• New Wisconsin Poll Numbers; Investigation Continues Into Family Research Council Shooting; Feds See Political Motive in Shooting; Romney's Low Tech Economic Pitch; Romney: I Never Paid Less Than 13 Percent; Biden Gaffe Fallout; "Going Negative" Is Nothing New; Syria's War Spills Into Lebanon; Salt Creeps Into Mississippi River


August 15, 2012
• Remembering Julia Child; Paul Ryan Enthusiasm Factor; Pennsylvania Judge Rejects Voter I.D. Challenge
• What A Difference Four Years Makes; Deadly West Nile Outbreak Spreads Across U.S.; Interview with Former Virginian Governor Douglas Wilder; Race Factor?; Violence in Syria Continues
• Mitt Romney Unplugged; Shooting at Family Research Council; Syria Faces Suspension From Islam Group; Ryan's Influence On Romney; "We're On Exactly The Same Page"; How Long Until A Balanced Budget?; Biden: "Back In Chains"; Hypersonic Jet Spins Out Of Control


August 14, 2012
• Personal Side of Paul Ryan; Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Diagnosed With Bipolar Depression; Romney versus Ryan on the Issues; Energy on the Campaign Trail
• Obama Rallies Supporters in Iowa; Thousands Embrace Ryan In Colorado; Violence in Syria; Islamic Countries Two-Day Summit; Stealth Technology; Mitt Romney's Presidential Campaign; Airline Asks Man to Change Seat
• Obama and Romney Battle Over Energy; Canadian Shoppers; Americans Watched Around the Clock?; Debating The Tax Plans; GOP Convention Lineup; Romney Hits Obama On Small Business; Furor Over Biden's "Back In Chains" Remark; Border Battle Over Low Prices


August 13, 2012
• House Republicans Target Attorney General; U.S. Warship Collides with Oil Tanker; Interview with John Sununu
• Egypt's New President Ousts Top Generals; Ryan's Resume; Interview with Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Airport Security?
• New Energy for Romney Campaign?; Violence in Syria Continues; Perilous Life in a City Under Siege; Three Presidential Debates Set; Comparing Palin And Ryan; Romney Rallying Supporters In Florida


August 12, 2012
• Romney Picks Rep. Ryan for V.P.; How Romney Chose Ryan; Paul Ryan's Roots in Wisconsin; Interview with Newt Gingrich; Interview with Chris Van Hollen; Paul Ryan Addresses Supporters in North Carolina


August 11, 2012
• Mitt Romney Announces Paul Ryan as His Running Mate in the 2012 Election; Interview with Newt Gingrich


August 10, 2012
• Swine Flu Outbreak; Paul Ryan for Vice President?
• U.S. Terror Group Planning Attacks In Europe; Suicide While Handcuffed?; Record Drought Shrinking Mississippi River; Sinkhole as Deep and Wide as a Football Field; Romney Trailing Obama in Polls; American Captured in Venezuela?; Disabled Vet Forced to Crawl Down Stairs; Dramatic Rescue
• Romney Nears V.P. Decision; Donald Trump at Republican National Convention?; Attacks Continue Despite Show of Force; Ad Shows Congressman Punching Woman; Do Nasty Ads Work With Viewers?; New Polls: President Obama Leads Romney; Donald Trump At The RNC; New U.S. Sanctions On Syria; "Insiders" Keeping Al Assad In Power; Soldier Sentenced To Life For Bomb Plot


August 09, 2012
• Inside Scene of a Massacre; Vice Presidential Short List; Obama, Romney Decry Attack Ads; Former Skinhead Finds Life After Hate; Plane Crash Caught on Video
• Syria's Largest City Under Siege; President Obama's Health Care Law; Underground Cult; Attack Ads; Amazing Mars Photos
• New Presidential Poll Numbers; Hurricane Season Forecast; Inside a Life of Hate; Obama Wraps Up Colorado Campaign Swing; Romney Versus Obama Super PAC; Most Voters Expect Obama To Win; Gunmen Fire On Sinai Police Station; Report: 100 Million People Get Welfare; NOAA: July In U.S. Hottest On Record


August 08, 2012
• How Did Wisconsin Gunman Die?; Romney's V.P. Pick?; Interview with Bill Burton
• Struggling To Survive In A War Zone; Training For Race War In The Army?; Obama Cutting Welfare Reform? Interview with Newt Gingrich; Pictures from Mars
• Battle Over Welfare; Clearest Pictures Yet from Mars Rover; FBI: Temple Gunman Killed Himself; Neo-Nazis Versus Al Qaeda; Swing State Polls Highlight Tight Race; More Or Less Confidence In U.S. Economy?; Fly Now, Have Bags Delivered Later


August 07, 2012
• Presidential Name-Calling; All-Out Fighting in Syria; Romney Sows Discord Among Dems; Super PAC Ad Blames Romney for Woman's Death; Museum Employees Accused of Stealing Parking Fees
• Source: Wis. Shooter Wasn't On FBI Radar; Ad Pins Woman's Death On Romney, Jared Loughner Pleads Guilty; Copycat Theater Shooting Thwarted?; Man Has Mysterious Stash of Fake IDs
• Earth Goes Mars Crazy; Presidential Name-Calling; Romney: Obama's Gutting Welfare Reform; U.N. Pulls Monitors Out of Aleppo; What Was The Gunman's Motive?; Will GOP Convention Speakers Help Obama?; Should Sarah Palin Get A Big Convention Speech?; Do Political Parties Care About You?; Mars Rover Sends New, Better Pictures


August 06, 2012
• Temple Shooting Investigation Continues; Romney's Running Mate?; Mars Vehicle Lands Successfully
• White Supremacist Tied to Wisconsin Massacre; Interview With Mayor Steve Scaffidi; Defection From "The Killing And Terrorist Regime"
• Details on Wisconsin Shooter; Romney's V.P. Pick?; Rover Lands on Mars; Recent Shootings Spark Gun Control Debate; Who Is on Romney's Shopping List for a Running Mate; Romney Beats Obama In July Fundraising; New Obama Ad Targets Women; Calm Winds Help Oklahoma Firefighters


August 04, 2012
• Jobs Numbers for July; Three Jet Near Accident; Replays of Interviews with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Ehud Barak; US Drought Continues; More Fighting in Aleppo


August 03, 2012
• New Unemployment Numbers; Cal Ripken Speaks Out
• Rebels Claim New Massacre Inside Syria; Same-Sex Kiss Day At Chick-fil-A; U.S. Economy; Jobs Report; Deadly Ebola Outbreak; NASA's Riskiest Mars Landing
• Battle for Syria; New Unemployment Numbers; Wildfire Outside Oklahoma City; New Massacres Reported In Syria; Can Bill Clinton Save Obama's Presidency?; Same Sex "Kiss-In" At Chick-Fil-A; Ernesto Threatens Caribbean; Two Tropical Cyclones Strike China; Roller Coaster Diplomacy; Ripken: Help Find My Mom's Kidnapper


August 02, 2012
• Planes Come Too Close for Comfort; New Al Qaeda Terror Plans?
• Suspected Al Qaeda Terrorists Arrested; Special Envoy to Syria Resigns; Unprecedented Funding Fueling Presidential Race; Reaching out to Middle Class; Candidates' Wives; Ebola Virus Outbreak; Putin Visits Britain
• Drought Aid?; Planes Come Too Close for Comfort; No Aid for Livestock as Lawmakers Leave; Romney's Horse In The Spotlight; Big City Mayors Versus Chick-Fil-A; Terror Suspects Under Arrest In Spain; Boehner: GOP "In Pretty Good Shape"; Romney Reviews Running Mate Search; A Motorcycle You Drive Like A Car


August 01, 2012
• U.S. Drought Worsens; Tea Party Victory; Obama Leads Romney in 3 Battleground States; Whooping Cough on Rise in U.S.
• Bomb Threat at San Antonio Airport; Rebels Lead Their Prisoners to Execution; Postal Service Default Expected Tonight; Power Grid Back Up In India; Current Drought One of The Worst; GOP Questions White House Transparency; Olympic Scandal; Robot Boot Camp; Screening of Airline Food; Professor Accused of Plotting Attack
• President Obama in Ohio; U.S. Drought Spreads; San Antonio Airport Evacuated; Tea Party Favorite Wins in Texas; Fed: U.S. Economy "Decelerated"; Dems: Romney "Basically Paid No Taxes"; Ebola Death Toll Grows In Uganda; Drought Could Cause Higher Food Costs; Microsoft Design Puts Robots To Work; Playing Politics By Ordering Chicken; Latest Olympic Results


July 31, 2012
• More Gaffes From Romney Campaign?; Olympic Winners; Romney's 'Great Success'?; Obama Battles to Keep Ohio
• Battle Raging For Syria's Commercial Capital; "Closer To The Edge Of Collapse"; Interview with Israeli President Shimon Peres; Nuclear Plants Feeling the Drought; Chicago Murder
• More Overseas Gaffes for Romney Campaign?; Interview With Rick Santorum; Campaigning With Ferrell And Galifianakis; 14 Dead In New Ebola Outbreak; Defense Secretary Panetta Meets Egypt's New President; Spoiler Alert: Olympics Results


July 30, 2012
• Interview With Mitt Romney; Bill Clinton to Speak at Democratic Convention; Mitt Romney in Jerusalem; Black Couple Denied Wedding; Uplifting Olympic Moments
• Interview with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak; Romney Affirms Jerusalem as Israel's Capital; 140 Counts Of Murder, Attempted Murder; Battle in Syria; Interview with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta; Dust Storm in Arizona; Mountain Climbing Tragedy for Two Americans
• Interview With Mitt Romney; Bill Clinton at Democratic Convention; As Romney Leaves, Israelis Praise Obama; Romney On Clinton "Showmanship"; President's Surprising Roots; Governor's Husband Deploying To Afghanistan; Scranton To Pay Workers Back; Government: Child Alert Devices "Unreliable"; Noah's Ark II: 300 Cubits Long; Blackout Hits 350 Million


July 28, 2012
• Special Interview with Admiral William McRaven


July 27, 2012
• New Developments in Colorado Shooting; Olympics Begin
• "The Mother Of All Battles"; Iran Preparing To Strike U.S. Warships?; Economy Takes another Hit; Nonprofit Organization Offers Free Plastic Surgery; Olympics Opening Ceremony; Home on Brink of Falling 200 Feet
• Romney's Olympic Gaffe; Opening Ceremony Begins at Olympics; Team Obama Running Scared?; ; Unprecedented Security For Olympics; Olympic Worst Case Scenario; Preventing Another Theater Shooting; Storms Kill Three, Thousands Lose Power; Touch The Screen, Get A Ride


July 26, 2012
• Interview With Admiral William McRaven; Mitt Romney Criticizes London Olympics
• Rebels Fight To Seize Key Syrian Hub; "How Guns Won"; Chick- fil-A President Opposes Same-Sex Marriage; Supreme Leader Marriage; Gun Control Problem; Intelligence Operations
• Romney Criticizes London Olympics; Interview With Admiral William McRaven; Royal Welcome for Olympic Torch; Hurdles, Diving, Gymnastics And More; Russians Converge On Montana Ranch; Confusion Over Obama Faith Growing; Report: Jeb Bush Wants Rubio As VP


July 25, 2012
• Mystery Package From Alleged Colorado Shooter?; Killer Whale
• Outraged Crowds Trash Anaheim Streets; Guarding the Games; Where the U.S. is Most Vulnerable; Burying the Dead and Vowing to Fight; Romney Controversial Quote; Middle Class Tax Cuts; Child Sneaks onto Overseas Flight; North Korea's First Lady
• Mystery Package From Alleged Colorado Shooter?; Wealthy Tax Havens; The Impact of Going Negative; Who Should Authorities Be Profiling?; Chase Ends With Jump Into Niagara Gorge; New Guardian For Michael Jackson's Children; Nine Olympians Caught Doping, One Racist Tweet; World's Smallest House; Details Of Olympic Spectacular Leaked; Senate Votes On Dueling Tax Plans; Report: World's Super Rich Hiding $21 Trillion


July 24, 2012
• Interview With Bill Gates; Crisis in Syria Continues; New Push for Gun Control?
• Gun Sales Spike In Wake Of Massacre; U.S. Concerns Over Syria's Chemical Weapons; Romney Attacks President Obama on Foreign Policy
• Wave of Killings in Iraq; Mitt Romney Speaks to Veterans; More Campaign Attacks; Clinton Warns Of Mass Atrocities In Syria; Ad Wars Heating Up; Campaigns Changing Tone In Colorado; Gun Control: A "Fool's Errand"; For First Time In Decades, No Vet Running


July 23, 2012
• Suspected Colorado Gunman in Court; Sanctions for Penn State
• Chilling First Look At Alleged Shooter; Penn State Hit With $60 Million Fine; James Holmes' Finances; Iran's "Open War" with Israel; Gun Control Debate; Clashes in Syria
• Looking Dazed, Shooting Suspect in Court; "He Has No Right To A Sad Face"; Campaigning After A Tragedy; Skirting The Issue Of Gun Control; NCAA's "Stark Wake Up Call" For Penn State; Iraqi Officials: Attacks Kill 82 People; 13 Die in Texas Pickup Truck Crash; Stocks Drop On Worries About Spain; 30,000 Lbs. Of Ground Beef Recalled


July 21, 2012
• Twelve Dead in the Colorado Theater Shooting; James Holmes, the Suspect is in Custody; The Suspect's Apartment Blasted by Police; Interview with Ed Perlmutter


July 20, 2012
• Movie Theater Massacre
• Seventy-One Shot in Colorado Theater Massacre; Witness to Theater Massacre
• Movie Theater Massacre; Police Searched Suspect's Home; Politics On Hold After Colorado Shooting; Romney: "Our Hearts Break"; Colorado Shootings And Gun Control Debate; Colorado Horror: 71 Shot, 12 Dead


July 19, 2012
• Syria Attacks; Interview With U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Susan Rice; McCarthy-Like Smear against Hillary's Aide; Bill Clinton Visits Rwanda
• Suicide Bomber Caught On Tape; Romney Seizing On Obama Remark; Interview with Dan Rather; Racial Profiling; Nazi War Crimes Trial
• Interview With Speaker of the House John Boehner; Milk Prices Rising?; Syrian President Appears On State TV; 48 Tones Of Silver From Shipwreck; Freeman Gives $1M To Pro-Obama PAC; Spammer Offline After Global Takedown; Boehner: Election Is Referendum On Obama; GOP Leaders Slam "Degrading Attacks"; $10 For Dead Person's Identity; Register To Vote On Facebook; Food Allergy Treatment Shows Promise


July 18, 2012
• Syrian Officials Killed; Attack on Israeli Tourists
• Deadly Blow to the Heart of the Regime; U.S. Drought Crisis; Chicago Murders; Political Ads; Massive Fraud Revealed
• Syrian Regime Members Killed; Interview With Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren; Punishing Drought Across Midwest; Israel Suspects Iran In Bus Bombing; Middle East Peace Going Forward; Peace Process And Presidential Race; Invite Palin To Speak At GOP Convention; NCAA Examining Penn State Football; Tattoo Rules Imposed On U.S. Capitol Police


July 17, 2012
• Blistering Campaign Attacks; Big Bank Used By Terrorists?; Interview with Former President Bill Clinton
• Syrian City Bombarded; Campaigns Waging Verbal Warfare; Needles Hidden In Airline Sandwiches; New Chapter for North Korea; Worst Drought in Decades; U.S. Economy; Financially Irresponsible Government
• Campaign Attacks; Drug Smugglers Lose; Seizing Billions in Cocaine, Marijuana; Report: Big Bank Used by Terrorists; Campaigns Taking The Low Road; Boy Scouts Reaffirms Ban On Gays; "Seven Minutes Of Terror" Over Mars; Cat Celebrates 15 Years As Mayor; From Arab Spring To Olympic Games; Excitement Lags Among Young Voters; Google Exec Jumps To Rival Yahoo


July 16, 2012
• New HIV Drug Approved; Campaign Rhetoric Heating Up
• Romney Aide: No Decision on Running Mate; Interview with Hillary Clinton; "History Will Curse You"; Voter Purge Uproar; FDA Spying Scandal; North Korea Power Struggle; Global Financial Scandal; When Pigs Fly
• Campaign Heats Up; Crime-Fighting Robots?; FDA OKs Medicine to Reduce AIDS Risk; Obama Camp Responds to Apology Demand; Romney and Bain Capital; Reports: Weiner Thinking of a Comeback; Sources: Three Allege Early Abuse by Sandusky; Fiat Offers In-Car Espresso Maker


July 14, 2012
• Mitt Romney Responded to the Sharpest Attacks on his Record with Bain Capital; Secretary Hillary Clinton's Epic Trip; Who is the Woman Besides Kim Jong-Un? U.S. Olympic Uniforms Made in China?


July 13, 2012
• Interview with Mitt Romney; J.P. Morgan's Trade Debacle
• Two Charged With Iran Nuclear Conspiracy; Opposition: At Least 70 Killed In Syria; GOP VP Pick?; JPMorgan Bad Trades; Caregiver Abuse; Flooding in Japan; Penn State Scandal; Charity Scam
• Condoleezza Rice for Vice President?; President Obama in Virginia; JPMorgan's Bad Trades Cost $5.8 Billion; Romney Confronts A Media Firestorm; Live This Hour: Obama In Virginia; Solar Storm To Reach Earth Saturday; Heavy Rain Brings Flooding In Houston; Soccer Star Cleared Of Racial Abuse; Jennifer Lopez Leaves "American Idol"; A Simple Test To Save Your Baby's Life; Washington's Waste Of A Week


July 12, 2012
• Romney Ad Calls Obama a Liar; Scathing New Report on Penn State Scandal
• Pentagon's Message To Iran; Losing The War On Suicide; Interview with Ken Feinberg; How Much to Give; Caregiver Abuse; Made in China; Second Amendment
• Romney Ad Calls Obama a Liar; Scathing New Report on Penn State Scandal; Romney's Bain Departure Questioned; Boeing Gets Multi-Billion Dollar Order; First Time Jobless Claims Plunge; 450,000 Yahoo Passwords Hacked; Jackson Suffering "Mood Disorder"; Cheney Holds Romney Fundraiser; Calls for a Deadline to End the Killing; How Wrong Was Joe Paterno?; Hope After the "Killing Fields"


July 11, 2012
• Mitt Romney Booed at NAACP Convention; Cambodia Health Mystery Solved; Wealthy Heir Arrested
• City Broke, Mayor Takes Drastic Action; Bin Laden Driver Released From Gitmo; Outsourcing Jobs; Abortion Clinic; NASCAR Sponsor Split; Olympic Athletes
• Mitt Romney Booed; Passengers Rocked in Sky; Iran Producing Deadlier Missiles; Courting the Black Vote; President Obama Not Going to NAACP Conference; Running Mate Race; DirecTV Drops 19 Channels; Florida A&M President Resigns; Priest Denies Shoplifting Charges; Secret Sauce No Longer Secret; Religious School Accused Of Making Students Panhandle; Border Patrol Closings Prompt Concerns


July 10, 2012
• Romney's Tax Returns; Outsourcing Debate; Chicago Mayor in the Hot Seat
• Russian Flotilla Headed to Syria; Hillary Clinton's Round the World Marathon; Obama vs. Romney Getting Nasty; Warm Waters Fueling Pacific Storms; Fire Destroys RVs, Boats; Israel's War against Iran; Alligator Attacks Teen; Queen Welcomes the Olympic Torch; Sexual Predator at Sea
• Outsourcing Debate; North Korean Mystery Woman; Congress Probes Cover-Up of Filthy Hospital; It's The Middle Class, Stupid!; The Obama Campaign's Biggest Mistake; Consumer Watchdog Versus GOP Moderate; Armstrong Team Members Banned; Stocks Slide Ahead Of Corporate Reports; Standing Could Add Years To Life; North Korea's Mystery Woman


July 09, 2012
• Interview With Terry McAuliffe and Haley Barbour; President Obama Challenges Republicans Over Taxes; Shark Scare
• War Games To Say "Keep Out"; New Effort to Revive Peace Plan; $1 Million Reward in Border Guard's Murder; Election Results Expected In Libya; Armstrong Moves To Dismiss Charges; Bush Era Tax Cut Extension; Interview with George P. Bush; Romney's Investments under Attack; Online Shopping
• President Obama Challenges Republicans Over Taxes; Shark Scare; Woman Accused of Adultery Executed; Going After Romney's Wealth; Romney Outpaces Obama; Boeing Chief: We've Learned Our Lesson; Close Encounter With Great White Sharks; Is The Internet Making Us Crazy?; $14 Billion Overpaid In 2011; Jordanian M.P. Pulls Gun In TV Debate; Georgia Banker Missing; Killer Floods, No Warning


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