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December 21, 2012
• Boehner's "Plan B" Goes Bust; President Obama Remarks about Deficit Reduction Talks
• NRA Under Fire; Interview with Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Obama to Make Statement on "Fiscal Cliff"; Obama Taps Kerry as Secretary of State; Fiscal Cliff Blame Game; Shedding Light on Asperger's; Washington Honors Daniel Inouye; Russian Lawmakers Pass U.S. Adoption Ban; Massive Storm Moving Across U.S.; Church Bells Ring for Newtown; Children Reach Out to Newtown


December 20, 2012
• Benghazi Investigation Continues; Interview With Senator John McCain
• Biden Promises Swift Action on Gun Violence; Can Data from Lanza Home Computer Be Saved?; Backlash Hits Possible Defense Secretary Pick; Fallout from Benghazi Report; Farewell to a Senate Legend
• Connecticut Shooting Investigation Continues; Winter Storm; GOP Senator's Gun Law Switch; Booker's Political Future; Potatoes on Planes; Film About Bin Laden Hunt "Misleading"; Congress Honors Senator Inouye; Upstart Firm to Buy NYSE; Warning: Gift Cards Often Charge Fee; Making Money Off Doomsday, Tomorrow?


December 19, 2012
• President Obama on Gun Control; Interview With Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers; Scathing Benghazi Report
• Report Faults State Department for Benghazi Attack; Police Searching for Shooting Motive; Should Teachers Be Armed?; Coping with Losing a Child; Finger-Pointing over Fiscal Cliff; Week from Hell; Abuse Scandal at Military Daycare Center
• President Obama on Gun Control; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue; Newtown's Day of Shared Grief; Gun Owners Race to Buy More; Gun Law Reform Challenge; Obama's New "Perspective"; "What Makes Us So Different?"; Nancy Lanza Was in New Hampshire Last Week


December 18, 2012
• Gun Rights Fight; Remembering Newtown Victims; Interview With Congressman Chris Murphy
• They Said, "Our Teacher Is Dead"; Back at School after Massacre; "He Had Problems Socially"; Investigating a "Truly Devastating Crime"; More of Police Spokesman Interview
• Remembering Newtown Victims; Interview with Connecticut State Police Spokesman; Autopsies Complete on Gunman and Mother; NRA Issues Statement On Massacre; Four Dead in Colorado "Murder Suicide"; NBC Crew Free After Syria Kidnapping; U.S. Gas Prices Nearing Two-Year Low; Two More Small Coffins in Newtown; Will Congress Tackle Gun Control?; Disagreement Over Second Amendment; Reopening Schools After Massacre


December 17, 2012
• Remembering Connecticut Victims
• The Gunman's First Victim, His Mother; New Clues About Gunman's History; Heartbreaking Task of Laying Dead to Rest; Gun Rights Back on the Agenda
• Connecticut Massacre Victims Remembered; Investigation Focusing on Why; Sandy Hook Students to Change School; The Mood Today In Newtown; Preventing Violence: What's Required?; Sandy Hook Elementary: Love And Loss


December 15, 2012
• Connecticut Elementary School Shooting; President Obama Travels to Connecticut Tomorrow
• Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting in Connecticut Coverage; State Secretary Hillary Clinton Fainted and Advised to Rest at Home;
• Three Guns Found Next to Shooter's Body; Family Mmebers of Victim Speak to Press; Remarks by Connecticut Gov. Malloy; Brother of Shooter Wants to Speak Out


December 14, 2012
• Connecticut School Shooting Kills Nearly 30
• Coverage of Connecticut School Shooting
• Connecticut School Shooting Leaves Close to 30 Dead; Further Details of the Incident and Aftermath; Inteview with Connecticut State Police Officer; President Obama Wipes Away Tears; Mass Shooting at Elementary School; 20 Children, 6 Adults Dead


December 13, 2012
• Fiscal Cliff Standoff; Susan Rice's Choice
• Susan Rice Won't Be Secretary of State; Obama, Boehner Meeting at White House; American Tech Giant Back in U.S.; Hidden Costs of Genetic Testing; Grisly Plot to Kill Justin Bieber
• Susan Rice Won't Be Secretary of State; Other Obama Advisor Candidates Examined; Rice: Secretary of State Job "Not Worth It"; Interview with Congressman Mike Rogers of Michigan; "Still A Work In Progress"; Boehner and Obama Meeting Soon; Looming Cyber Attack Targets Banks


December 12, 2012
• North Korean Nuclear Fears; Syria Launching Missiles; Interview With Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
• Syria Firing SCUD-Type Missiles; North Korea Closer to Missile That Could Hit U.S.; Complex and Difficult Recovery For Chavez
• North Korean Nuclear Fears; Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Failing?; Fed Targets 6.5 Percent for Jobless Rate; Surprise Launch Sparks Alarm; Medicare Age: Could It Go Up?; Lugar's Parting Shot On National Security; Amazon.com To Collect Massachusetts Sales Tax; Pope Sends First Personal Tweet; Celebrating 12/12/12; "Merry Cliff-Mas"


December 11, 2012
• CIA Analyst Under Fire; Michigan Anti-Union Bill Signed Into Law
• Cooking Up Explosive Recipe for War; U.S.: American Detained in North Korea; GOP Sends New Counter-Offer to White House; Scalia Plays Defense On Legal Writings
• Michigan's Labor Fight; Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff; Interview with Former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin; Who Will Replace Tim Geithner?; Deal Done Behind Closed Doors?; The Senate's "Three Amigos"; Who Will Be Next Secretary Of State?; Egyptians to Decide on Constitution; Air Force Launches Secret Space Drone; Comedians Poke Fun at Politics; Who Was Mona Lisa?


December 10, 2012
• American Hostage Rescued; Syria's Chemical Threat
• Costas Speaks Out on Gun Controversy; U.S. Declares Syrian Rebel Group Terrorists; WMD Threat Prompts Desperate Measures; Diva Killed in Plane Crash; Safety of Rivera's Jet Questioned; What the Fiscal Cliff Really Looks Like; Possible Mass Graves Found at Old Reform School; American Tech Mogul Wants to Return to U.S.
• Gas Prices Dropping; President Obama Weighs in on Michigan Labor Fight; GOP Asks, "What Went Wrong?"; Broadcasting to Battle- Scarred City; Hillary Clinton's Approval Rating At 60 Percent; Navy SEAL Killed in Daring Rescue; Singer Jenni Rivera Dead in Plane Crash; Hospitalized Mandela Doing "Very Well"; McDonald's Key Sales Figures Up 2.4 Percent; Aussie DJ's "Shattered, Gutted, Heartbroken"


December 08, 2012
• Interview with Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Senator Jim DeMint to Leave Senate; Latest Jobs Report is 7.7. Unemployment Rate


December 07, 2012
• Supreme Court Takes Up Same-Sex Marriage; Unemployment Rate Drops; Nurse in Duchess Kate Hoax Found Dead; Secret Service Info Left on Train
• U.S. Updates Plans for Possible Syria Strike; Are Rebels Ready for Chemical Strike?; Unemployment Rate Hits Four-Year Low; Battle Over Legal Marijuana
• Supreme Court Takes Up Same-Sex Marriage; Jobless Rate Drops to 7.7 Percent; Improving Economy in Peril; Seniors Warn Congress Hands Off; Fighting Over Trillions; Axelrod Shaves His Mustache; Secret Service Info Left On Train; Nurse In Duchess Kate Hoax Found Dead


December 06, 2012
• Syria's Chemical Threat; Interview With Jane Harman; Interview with Jim DeMint
• Middle-Class Family Hosts Pres. Obama; U.S. Weighs Threat of Chemical Weapons; NFL Commissioner Tackles Football's Culture; Getting High Legally; Cashing in on Legal Pot; Pregnant Duchess Goes Home
• Interview With South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint; Syria's Chemical Threat; Syria on Top of Clinton's Agenda; Tea Party Hero DeMint Leaving Senate; Advice From Debt Reduction Plan's Author; Privacy Experts Worry About Plan


December 05, 2012
• Hillary for President?; Fiscal Cliff Stalemate
• Deadly Clashes Rock Cairo Streets; Interview With Sen. John Kerry; President and Speaker Boehner Speak by Phone; Bracing for Chemical Weapon Attack
• Congress Leaves Town; Polls: Voters Want Clinton in 2016; Fallout from Royal Prank Call in Britain; As Fiscal Cliff Gets Nearer, GOP Goes Home; Should GOP Declare Victory on Taxes?; "I Will Not Play That Game"; Asylum for Syria's Al Assad?; Study: Aspirin Coating May Reduce Benefits; Emergency Landing Spurs Questions about Jetliner


December 04, 2012
• New Revolution in Egypt?; FOX News Chief Eyed Petraeus For President
• Fiscal Cliff Plan Pits GOP Against GOP; Huge Crowd Storms Egyptian Presidential Palace; Syrians Terrified of Chemical Weapon Attack
• Chemical Fears; No Progress on Fiscal Cliff; NATO OKs Patriot Missiles for Turkey; Interview with Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Egyptian Protesters Tear Gassed; For Royals, No More "Boys First"; Fox News Chief Wanted Petraeus For President; Rare Speech For George W. Bush; Twin Rumors Swirl Around Royal Baby


December 03, 2012
• New Al Qaeda Plot Revealed; Worst Campaign Mistakes
• U.S. Source Says Syrian Forces Mixing Chemicals; Living in Fear on the Front Lines; Pentagon Expanding Spy Operation?; White House Rejects GOP Fiscal Cliff Plan; Duchess Hospitalized with Acute Morning Sickness; McAfee Out of Hiding?; Murder-Suicide Rocks NFL
• Republicans Make Fiscal Cliff Proposal; New Al Qaeda Plot Revealed; Plot Targeted U.S. Embassy in Jordan; Interview with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh; Hillary Clinton Warns Syria; Obama Speaks At Nuclear Conference; McCain Calls Kerry "Mr. Secretary"; Britain Buzzing Over Royal Pregnancy; White House Rejects New GOP Fiscal Cliff Offer


December 01, 2012
• President Barack Obama, the GOP at Odds Over Spending Cuts, Higher Taxes; Estate Realtors are Rushing to Sale Houses by Year's End; Interview with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto


November 30, 2012
• Tax Fight; Syrian Rebels Make Gains; Interview With Senator Max Baucus
• FDA: Stop Taking Recalled Generic Lipitor; Bankruptcy Judge OK's Hostess Exec Bonuses; Rebels Threaten Syria's Capital; North Korea A Step Closer to Launch; Boehner Sees Fiscal Cliff "Stalemate"
• Fiscal Cliff Stalemate; Interview With Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad; Obama Back in Campaign Mode; Powerball Winners Enjoy Good Luck; Jackpot Win Means Big Tax Bill; Manning Considered Suicide; Damascus Airport Closed for Second Day; NYC Storm Emergency Hotel Rooms Go Vacant; Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Turns 30; Radical Treatment for PTSD


November 29, 2012
• Obama Meets With Romney; Interview With Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders
• Syria Communications Blackout; Palestinian Status Upgraded at U.N.; New Twist to Egypt Crisis; Blame Game in Fiscal Stalemate; Syrian Rebels Gaining Ground; Palestinian Status Upgraded at U.N.; Life After Losing a Presidential Race; Could 9/11 Mastermind End up in U.S.?
• Fiscal Cliff Rhetoric; Obama Meets With Romney; Interview with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren; Before the Cameras Versus Behind Closed Doors; America's Next Top Diplomat; Iran Trading Oil for Solid Gold; Scandals Rock Military's Top Brass; Hollywood Spotlight on Same-Sex Marriage


November 28, 2012
• Interview With Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein; Susan Rice Under Fire
• Interview with Sen. Susan Collins; Syrian Rebels: Regime Aircraft Downed; Palestinians Set for Big Gain at U.N.; GOP vs Ambassador Susan Rice
• Susan Rice Under Fire; President Obama Back in Campaign Mode; Interview with Senator John Thune; Will Erickson Challenge Senator Chambliss?; Will GOP Give In on Taxes for Rich?; Rare Report: CNN Crew Inside Syria; Cold War Plan to Nuke the Moon; Fear of Public Reaction in U.S.; Protests Near Egypt's Tahrir Square; EPA Suspends Future BP Contracts; Apple Fires Maps App Manager; Win a Date with Betty White; A White House Christmas


November 27, 2012
• Susan Rice Under Continued Fire; Was Yasser Arafat Poisoned?
• Stepped-Up Activity at North Korean Missile Site; Activists Say Children Killed by Cluster Bombs; 2016 Buzz Heats Up; Tortured, Stabbed, Beaten to Death; Interview with Mexican President-Elect
• President Obama in Campaign Mode?; Susan Rice Under Fire; New Details in Petraeus Scandal; Egyptian Protesters Clash with Police; Rice Faces Her GOP Critics; Devastated By Sandy, Denied By Insurance; 7-Year-Old Fights Cancer with Marijuana; Eight Car Bombings Kill 29 in Iraq; ACLU Sues Over Women in Combat; Hawaii Lava Reaches Ocean; Powerball Jackpot Hits $500 Million


November 26, 2012
• Congress Works on Debt Deal; Interview With Congressman Kevin McCarthy
• Report: $2,200 Tax Increase Per Family; Clashes and Crisis Talks; Keeping the Troops in Afghanistan; Does Egypt Have A New Dictator?
• Home Interest Deduction Going Away?; Congress Working on Fiscal Cliff; GOP Rethinks a Clinton Successor; Home Deductions on Cutting Block; McCain's Softer Tone on Rice; Can Rice Be Confirmed?; Some Lawmakers Dump Anti-Tax Pledge; Wolf Talks "Fiscal Cliff" with Top GOP Leader; Syrian Government Accused of Atrocity; Cloak and Dagger From North Korea


November 24, 2012
• Interview with Israeli President Shimon Peres; New Protests Against President Morsi; New App Detects When Rockets Go Off


November 23, 2012
• Interview With Grover Norquist; Will Israeli-Hamas Cease-Fire Hold?
• In Conflict's Wake, A Stronger Hamas; Children of the Conflict; From Peacemaker to Dictator?; Hundreds Protest Walmart Nationwide; Painful Journey Inside a Horrifying Past; Top Secret Twist in Petraeus Probe
• Protests in Egypt; Inside the Bin Laden Raid; Husband Wants Answers on Wife's Death; Two Killed, 120 Hurt in Texas Pile-Up; Boehner: U.S. Can't Afford Obamacare; Obama Fashion Rakes in Big Bucks; Rubio Sparks Creationism Debate; New Details: What Happened to Bin Laden; Protests Turn Ugly in Cairo; Sandy's Mess May Be a Health Hazard; Changing Times: A Bisexual Congresswoman


November 21, 2012
• Israel, Hamas Reach Cease-Fire Agreement; Interview With Israeli President Shimon Peres
• Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire in Effect; Turkey Asks NATO for Missiles
• Israel, Hamas Reach Cease-Fire Agreement; Interview with the Spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; New Details on Ceasefire; White House: President "Closed the Deal"; Wolf Talks with Israel's President; Clinton at Center of Mid-East Ceasefire


November 20, 2012
• Crisis in Israel
• Israel-Hamas Fighting Rages for Seventh Day; Israeli Missiles Pound Gaza; Israeli Soldier Killed in Rocket Attack; Israel, Hamas Step Up Military Firepower; Plot to Kill Americans Overseas
• Crisis in Israel; Clinton Meeting with Israel's Netanyahu; No Peace Deal Announced; Three Calls from President Obama in 24 Hours; Egyptian President Plays Key Role; IRS: $370,000 Makes Top 1 Percent; Children and Families on the Front Lines


November 19, 2012
• Crisis in Israel
• Death Raining Down from the Sky; Growing Fear of Gaza Ground Invasion; Urgent Effort to Broker Cease-Fire; Iran Fueling Hamas Firepower?; Egypt's Changing Role in Mideast conflict; NYC Serial Killer on Loose?
• Crisis in Israel; Interview with Saeb Erekat; Interview with Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich, Israel Defense Forces; No Warning Before Airstrike Hits; "No Good That Comes With War"; State Department: U.S. "Working Hard"; President Pays Visit To Asia; President Talks To Leaders Of Israel, Egypt; Israel Protected By "Iron Dome"


November 17, 2012
• Mitt Romney Speaking Out About His Election Loss; Growing Death Toll and Growing Concern Over Deadly Fighting Between Israel and Hamas; Former CIA Director David Petraeus Testifies About Benghazi


November 16, 2012
• Petraeus Testifies; Conflict in Israel; Interview With Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez
• Bombs Rain Down on Gaza; Egypt's Prime Minister Visits Gaza; Obama's Response to Middle East Violence; Iranian Nukes May Be Closer Than Feared; Israel Ready to Invade Gaza?
• Conflict in Gaza; Petraeus Testifies; Rockets Hit Near Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; Petraeus: Benghazi Attack Was Terrorism; Dems Defend Susan Rice's Comments; Political Firestorm Over Susan Rice; Republicans Seek Distance from Romney; Romney Blames Loss on Obama "Gifts"; Christie: Romney's Comments "Divisive"; Parade Crash Kills Four Vets; Two Missing in Oil Rig Explosion; Farthest Known Galaxy Discovered; Twinkie Maker Closing Business


November 15, 2012
• Libya Debate Heats Up; Conflict in Israel
• What Petraeus Knew and When He Knew It; CIA Now Investigating Petraeus; Fears Of All-Out War Escalate
• Libya Debate Heats Up; Romney Speaks Out About Election Loss; What's On The New Benghazi Video?; U.N. Ambassador Under Fire From GOP; Dear Mr. President; Self-Driving Cars Hit The Road; President Obama Visits Storm-Damaged New York


November 14, 2012
• President Obama Holds Press Conference; Israel Strikes Hamas
• President Obama Speaks Out on Petraeus Sex Scandal; Interview with Michael Oren
• President Obama Holds Press Conference; Israel Strikes Hamas, Scandal Figure Under Scrutiny; Obama to Critics: "Go After Me"; Hamas Military Chief Killed in Gaza; Questions Surround North Korean Regime; Broadwell's Security Clearance Revoked; Tight Grip on Capitol Hill Power; Reaching Out to Romney?; Buffett Not Worried About Fiscal Cliff; Petraeus Scandal and Online Privacy


November 13, 2012
• CIA Scandal Grows
• The Downfall Of A Decorated General; Shocking Scandal Engulfs Second U.S. General; Interview with Jane Harman; Shadow of Petraeus Scandal Grows; Who is Jill Kelley?; Preparing to Exhume Arafat Remains
• Interview With California Senator Dianne Feinstein; New Developments in CIA Scandal; Shirtless FBI Agent The Whistleblower?; President Obama's Cabinet Shakeup; Cutting A Deal To Avoid The Fiscal Cliff; The Downfall Of Powerful Men; Fiscal Cliff Fast Approaching


November 12, 2012
• Tax Deal Possible?; New Details Emerge in CIA Scandal
• Petraeus Affair Time Line Sparks Concern; Inside FBI Petraeus Probe; Pres. Obama's Plan for Avoiding Fiscal Cliff
• New Questions About Petraeus Resignation; Taxing the Rich; Talented, Bright, and Now at Center of Storm


November 10, 2012
• CIA Director General David Petraeus Resigns; Hopefuls for 2016 Presidential Elections Get Ready; Mitt Romney Blamed for Losing Presidential Election; Colorado Legalizes Marijuana for Recreational Use


November 09, 2012
• CIA Director Resigns; President Obama's Economic Agenda
• U.S. Edging Closer To Fiscal Cliff; CIA Chief Resigns Over Affair
• CIA Director Resigns; President Obama's Economic Agenda; "Open to Compromise, New Ideas"; Navy SEALs Reprimanded Over Video Game; Obama's Rare Display of Emotion


November 08, 2012
• Why Did Republicans Lose?; President Obama's Agenda; Interview with Jason Chaffetz, Steve LaTourette
• Minorities Came Out in Droves for Obama; What Can President Obama Accomplish?; Pentagon: Iran Fires on U.S. Drone; Obama Campaign's Secret Strategy
• President Obama's Agenda; Jared Lee Loughner Gets Seven Consecutive Life Terms; Can Dems, GOP Work Together?; Government: "Don't Break Out The Cheetos"; Post Election Laughs


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