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April 03, 2013
• Interview With Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; New Problems for Carnival Triumph; Interview With Ted Turner; Madeleine Albright Weighs in on North Korea; Rutgers Fires Coach Over Abusive Video; President Pushes for Tough New Gun Safety Laws; CNN Founder Working to Save Planet; Hovering Around the Golf Course
• North Korea: Nuke Attack on U.S. Approved; Obama Takes Gun Control Fight on the Road; Gun Control: Still Alive in Congress; Sanford's Road To Redemption; Obama Takes Gun Control Push to Colorado; Families of Shooting Victims Speak Up


April 02, 2013
• Would-Be Mayor Busted; Atlanta's School Cheating Scandal; Educators Surrender in Cheating Scandal; Yonkers to Keep Kids in School Longer; Jackson Family Suing Over Michael's Death; Pope Kisses Disabled Boy; Seal Keeps the Beat in Study
• Putting Guns in the Schools; Interview with Asa Hutchinson; No Purple Hearts For Fort Hood Victims; Background Check; GOP's Sen. Kirk Backs Same-Sex Marriage; Contest to Stop Robocalls


April 01, 2013
• Horrific Sports Injury; North Korean Threat; Surgery after Player's Gruesome Injury; Inside a Special Forces Firefight; American Tourist Brutally Attacked in Brazil; Syracuse Offers Truce to Gang Members; Australia's Dumbest Crook a Global Laughingstock
• Immigration Reform Deal In The Works; Gun Control Effort Loses Steam; Interview With Senator James Inhofe; Caroline Kennedy as Ambassador to Japan?; What GOP Voters Don't Like


March 30, 2013
• President Obama Launches New Shame Offensive On Gun Control; Ted Olson and David Boies Join Against Proposition 8; U.S. Officials Spending Billions Of Tax Dollars To Attempt High-Speed Rail System


March 29, 2013
• North Korean Threat; Dental Danger; Interview With Pervez Musharraf; Catholic Campus Condom Controversy; Supreme Court Weighs Same-Sex Marriage
• Dr. Ben Carson: I Apologize; Think Before You Tweet


March 28, 2013
• Newtown Gunman's Weapons Revealed; Tiger Attack; North Korea Puts Rockets on Standby; Boy-with-Gun Photo Sparks New Probe; Tiger Attacks Zoo Keeper; Adults Text More than Teens Behind Wheel
• U.S.: Ex-Soldier Helped Al Qaeda Group; Obama: "Shame on Us if We've Forgotten"; Interview with Senator Johnny Isakson; Guns in America; Mandela in the Hospital; Same-Sex Marriage Cover Controversy


March 27, 2013
• New Info on Arizona Shootings; Supreme Court Examines Same-Sex Marriage
• Colorado Shooter Offers Guilty Plea; Sebelius Says Some Health Insurance Premiums May Rise under Obamacare; SCOTUS Takes Up DOMA; Ashley Judd Won't Run for Senate


March 26, 2013
• Italy to Retry Amanda Knox; New Revelations About Death of Osama bin Laden
• Secret Service Gets Female Boss; Interview With Bill Richardson; Senator Rand Paul Plans to Filibuster Gun Control Bill; Interview with Senator Chris Murphy


March 25, 2013
• March Madness Gets Even Crazier; President Obama's Red Line
• Same-Sex Marriage Reaches Supreme Court; Quicker Trigger on North Korea; Big Money, Big Names Push Gun Control; Obama Wants Quick Action on Immigration


March 23, 2013
• President Barack Obama Ends Middle East Visit; Harry Reid Introduces Gun Bill; House Passes Ryan Budget Plan; U.S. Military Officer Benjamin Bishop Arrested; Interview with Paul Ryan; Interview with Rand Paul; Syrian Conflict Update


March 22, 2013
• Desert Diplomacy; North Korea's Virtual War; New Info on Colorado Shooting Suspect
• "They Are A Great Civilization"; Stunning Apology Between Key U.S. Allies; Senate Reportedly Close to Immigration Deal; Showdown Over Same-Sex Marriage


March 21, 2013
• Colorado Manhunt; Did Syria Use Chemical Weapons?
• Heckler Interrupts Obama Speech; Intel on Chemical Weapons Claims; Iran Threatens to Destroy Israeli Cities; Obama Pushes for Mideast Peace; New Jersey Weighs Gay Therapy Ban; Palestinians' Big Divide; Did Secret Service Fire Near Iran's President?; Rethinking the Use of Killer Drones


March 20, 2013
• President Obama on Syria; Interview With Israeli Government Spokesman Mark Regev; Deadly Knock at the Door for Head of Colorado Prisons; Speaker Reflects on Massacre; For Some Species, Life After Extinction?; Teen Aims High for the Prom
• "We Intend to Investigate Thoroughly"; "The Beast" Breaks Down; Who is the Hacker Named "Guccifer"?; Gun Ban Can't Pass; Interview With Rep. Paul Ryan; Peace Process on the Back Burner


March 19, 2013
• Interview With Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Mike Rogers; North Korea Imagines Attack on U.S.; Chemical Weapons in Syria?
• Interview With Sen. Rand Paul; The Art of Political Comeback; An Unfortunate Interruption


March 18, 2013
• Escalation in Syria; Interview With Tennessee Senator Bob Corker; GOP Split Over Reaching 'Grand Bargain'; Mayor Wants Stores to Hide Cigarettes; Florida Cyber Attack Could Have Changed Election; New Leads in 22-Year-Old Art Heist
• Interview With Reince Priebus; Inside Look At Fox News; The Iraq War 10 Years Later; Fifteen Candidates Face Off in Bizarre South Carolina Election


March 16, 2013
• Obama To Visit Israel Next Week; Senator Rob Portman Reverses Stance On Same-Sex Marriage; A Look At What Women Want; Interview With Michael Oren; What Happens To Items Banned From Airplanes; Michelle Obama On Cover Of "Vogue" Again


March 15, 2013
• North Korean Nuclear Threat; Republican Senator Changes Mind on Gay Marriage
• Fifth Graders Denied White House Tour; Portman: I've Had A "Change Of Heart"; Interview With Rep. Dan Kildee
• North Korean Nuclear Threat; Interview with Ohio Senator Rob Portman; "A Change of Heart" on Gay Marriage; Interview with Michael Oren; Talking Tough on Iran; High School Football Players on Trial for Rape; Plane Crashes Near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport; Celebrity Hack Attacks


March 14, 2013
• Pope Francis Gets to Work; Iranian Nuclear Threat; Interview With House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
• Obama Wraps Up Charm Offensive On Hill; Another Fight Brewing Over Cabinet Pick? Big GOP Names Take the Stage; Supreme Court Justice Weighs in on Sequester; Michelle Obama in Vogue Again; Senator Spar Over Assault Weapons Ban
• Pope Francis Gets to Work; Iranian Nuclear Threat; Interview With Michigan Governor Rick Snyder; Governor Picks Attorney to Lead Detroit; ICE: 2,200-Plus Illegal Immigrants Released; The New Pope's Biggest Challenges; Anger Erupts After Police Kill Teen; "Dream" Voyage Turns to Nightmare; Allowing Knives on Planes; Searching for Common Ground


March 13, 2013
• New Pope Elected; President Obama Meets With Republicans; Cardinal Dolan Hails New Pope; Obama Meets with House Republicans; Banned Items Yield Big Profit
• New Pope Takes Name of Francis; Kim's New Threats; Differences May Be Too Wide
• New Pope Chosen; New Pope Takes Name of Francis;


March 12, 2013
• No New Pope Announced; President Obama's Charm Offensive
• Rich, Famous, And Powerful Victims; Obama Takes Outreach Campaign To Capitol Hill; Outreach Campaign "A Joke"?; Sarah Palin to Release Christmas Book
• No New Pope Announced; President Obama's Charm Offensive; Raining on Obama's Parade; Reaching Out to Democrats; Staring Into The Mouths Of Sharks; Iran's President Takes Heat For A Hug


March 11, 2013
• Two American Deaths in Afghanistan; Electing the Next Pope; Interview With Kentucky Senator Rand Paul
• Obama Stepping Up GOP Charm Offensive; Interview with Jason Chaffetz; Backlash Against New TSA Guidelines; Nun Accused of Voter Fraud; Can Working Women Have It All?
• New Korea War Fears; Electing a New Pope; Longtime Friends Perished Together; A Third Bush in the White House?; Deandre Jordan's "Dunk Of The Year"; Are Doctors Running Out Of Magic Bullets?; Why Antibiotics Are Losing Their Punch; Laura Bush Talks To CNN's Erin Burnett


March 09, 2013
• North Korea Threatens to Attack United States and South Korea; Osama Bin Laden's Son-In-Law Captured; New York To Implement Ban On 16-ounce Sodas Starting Tuesday; Will Lower Unemployment Numbers Help Obama In Upcoming Negotiations?; From Political Rivals To BFF


March 08, 2013
• Bin Laden Relative in U.S. Custody; Date for Vote on Pope Set
• Bin Laden Son-In-Law Pleads Not Guilty; Interview With Rudy Giuliani
• Bin Laden Relative in U.S. Custody; North Korea Tests Weapon More Dangerous to the U.S.; Vote on New Pope to Begin Tuesday; Bin Laden Son-In-Law Pleads Not Guilty; Why Isn't Bin Laden Son-In-Law Going to Gitmo?; Jesse Jackson at Chavez Funeral; Report: Fake Bomb Bypasses TSA; Civil War Sailors Buried 150 Years Later; Justin Bieber's Bad Week


March 07, 2013
• Bin Laden Relative Captured; Interview With U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Susan Rice; North Korea Threatens Nuclear Attack
• Rand Paul Gets What He Wanted; Reaching Out To Republicans
• Interview with Senator Ron Wyden; Bin Laden Relative Captured; Lion Kills 24-Year-Old Intern; President Obama on Brennan Confirmation; Obama Lunches with Rep. Paul Ryan' Interview with Chris Van Hollen; Nuclear Strike on the U.S.; Controversial Take on Women and Work; Text Message Scam


March 06, 2013
• Knives on Planes Now OK?; Obama's Dinner Diplomacy; Small Knives to be Allowed on Planes; Sex, Lies and Horror in Jodi Arias Trial; Ballet Dancer Behind Vicious Acid Attack
• "I Will Speak Until I Can No Longer Speak"; What Happened To Washington Snow?; Bush 41 and Clinton 42; No Drinking at the U.N.
• Rand Paul Filibusters Brennan Nomination; Interview With Kansas Senator Pat Roberts; President's Surprise Dinner Date; Analysis Of Obama's Dinner Outreach; Pocket Knives On Planes; Venezuelans Fill Streets For Hugo Chavez; Ballet Dancer Behind Vicious Attack


March 05, 2013
• Winter Storm to Hit East Coast; Obama's Job Approval Dips as Furloughs Take Hold; Jeb Bush Not Ruling out Presidential Bid; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Dies
• Hugo Chavez Dies; Kerry Ends First Foreign Trip
• Hugo Chavez Dies; Dow Hits Record High; Federal Crackdown on Marijuana?; Interview with Jeb Bush; Former Drugs Chiefs Urge Pot Crackdown; Delicate Balance On Supreme Court; Ruth Bader Ginsburg Going Strong; Killing U.S. Citizens At Home?


March 04, 2013
• Police Name Suspect in Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash; Obama-Clinton Relationship; Budget Cuts Begins to Take Hold; Baby 'Cured' of HIV; Woman Denied CPR Dies in Retirement Home; Escort: Paid to Smear Menendez; East Coast Braces for Winter Storm
• Forced Cuts Reality Check; The Battle to Win Back the House; Crane Demolishes Sinkhole Home; Full Plate For Secretary Kerry; Mark Sanford Reportedly Asks Ex-Wife To Run His Campaign; Surrogate Defies Wishes of Family; Bush 41 on Bush 43
• Budget Cuts Begins to Take Hold; Obama-Clinton Relationship; Obama-Clinton Rifts Revealed; Sinkhole Swallowed Florida Man; Rodman: "I Love Him, I Love Him"; Manhunt In "Miracle Baby" Hit And Run; Hanging Out With Michelle Obama


March 02, 2013
• The Father Of Sandy Hook Victim Makes Emotional Plea To Congress; Forced Spending Cuts Being Implemented; Basketball Diplomacy; Yahoo! CEO Takes Hard Stance Against Telecommuting


March 01, 2013
• No Budget Deal; Sinkhole Swallows Man; Horsemeat to Be Processed in US?; Keystone Pipeline Report Examined; Independent Lab Tests Alcohol Content in Budweiser; Sinkhole News Conference
• Forced Spending Cuts Less Than Seven Hours Away; Interview With Gov. Rick Snyder; Detroit Financial Situation; Interview with Rep. Peter King; Ashley Judd to Run for Senate?; Diplomatic Firestorm Erupts Between U.S. Allies; Groupon CEO Fired; Was Show Dog Poisoned?
• No Budget Deal; Sinkhole Swallows Man; Interview with NBA Commissioner David Stern; Michigan Takes Over Detroit's Finances; Adidas Unveils College Hoops Uniforms; Budget Cuts Blame Game; New Report On Controversial Pipeline; Dennis Rodman's Sports Diplomacy


February 28, 2013
• Interview With Arizona Governor Jan Brewer; Budget Fail
• Was Bob Woodward Bullied?; Former Swiss Guard on Popes Benedict and John Paul II; President Obama's Softer Side; Inside Pistorius Murder Case
• Stocks Fall Short of All-Time High; Pope Benedict XVI Steps Down; "I Am No Longer the Pope"; Dennis Rodman's Diplomatic Score; White House to Support CT: Overturn Gay Marriage Ban; "Serious Criminals Are Being Released"; What's Going Wrong In Iraq; Taxpayers On The Hook For Luxury Travel?


February 27, 2013
• Budget Battle; Pope Says Goodbye; Proof of Education Secretary's Claim about Layoffs; Woodward vs. Obama on Budget Cuts; Budweiser's Maker Fights Back; Rosa Parks Tribute Unites Political Foe
• New Controversy Over Coming Spending Cuts; Kerry: Syrian Rebels Need "More Help"; Jump Starting the Motor City; Titanic to Sail Again
• Budget Battle; Pope Says Goodbye; Interview with Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York; Interview With Tom Vilsack; Hagel's First Day As Defense Secretary; What Makes A Cut "Devastating"


February 26, 2013
• Budget Battle; Supreme Court Examines Voting Rights Act; Flexibility for Obama on Cuts?; Was Coast Guard Hoaxed by Distress Call?; Deadliest Balloon Crash in 20 Years
• Hagel Receives Enough Votes From Senate; "N.Y. Mayor Will Never Control This Election"; GOP Weighs Giving President Obama Flexibility; 72 the New 30?; Obama's Fighting Words Over Budget; Top Republicans Backing Gay marriage; John Kerry Starts International Tour As Secretary Of State
• Forced Spending Cuts; Hot Air Balloon Crashes; New Details About Pope's Retirement; Hoops Diplomacy with North Korea; 19 Killed In Hot Air Balloon Disaster; Passengers, Crew Plummeted To Ground; Hagel Receives Enough Votes From Senate; Alarming New Breast Cancer Study; Study Backs Mediterranean Diet


February 25, 2013
• Interview With Senator Lindsey Graham; Budget Impasse; Real Story Behind 'Argo'; Michelle Obama Goes Hollywood; Dr. C. Everett Koop Dies at 96; How Budget Ax Will Hurt Pentagon
• Talk But No Action As Cuts Loom; "We Are Abandoning Ship"; Yahoo Goes Low-Tech on Telecommuting; Iranian Fans Go Crazy for American Athlete
• Budget Impasse; New Catholic Church Scandal?; British Cardinal Resigns; Scandals Distract from Pope's Good-bye; Dow Posts Worst Loss of the Year; Seth MacFarlane's Oscar Debut; What NASCAR's Doing To Keep Fans Safe; Pistorius Faces Random Drug Testing; Syrian Regime: We're Ready To Talk; Raul Castro To Retire In 2018; 101-Year-Old Marathoner Retires


February 23, 2013
• The FBI Disciplines Over 1,000 Employees, Fires 85; March 1st Marks Implementation Of Sequestration


February 22, 2013
• Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail; Airport Delays Looming?; Most Expensive Weapon Ever Grounded; Northeast Braces for Up to 18 Inches; Millionaire Funding Mission to Mars; Film Critic Evaluates Oscar Chances; A Hug That Helped Change Medicine
• Pres. Obama Holds Out Hope As Cuts Loom; Interview with Jay Carney; CNN Investigates High Costs of Health Care
• Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail; Expect Long Lines, Canceled Flights; Interview with TSA Administrator John Pistole; Recent Flu Vaccine Ineffective for Elderly; Unnecessary Drama Over Budget Cuts?; Time to End Cold War with Cuba?; FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Drug; Terrorists' Guide to Avoiding Drones; White House to Share Info on Benghazi


February 21, 2013
• Misconduct at FBI; Republican Opposition to Obamacare Slipping?
• Will Congress Share The Misery?; Biden: Take A Stand On Guns
• Las Vegas Mayhem; Oscar Pistorius Investigation Continues; Cardinal Questioned in Sex Abuse Lawsuit; Billboard's Surprise #1 Hit; Detroit Could Go Bankrupt; Conservative Senator's Secret Child Revealed; Car Bomb Detonates in Heart of Damascus; 70,000 Dead in Unending Civil War; TSA Apologizes to 3-Year-Old


February 20, 2013
• Pistorius Defense Fights Back; Interview With Dan Pfeiffer
• Jesse Jackson, Jr. Pleads Guilty; Shattering Blast Levels Popular Restaurant; Not Much "Wiggle Room" in Spending Cuts; Playing A Blame Game with Forced Cuts; Death From The Skies In Syria; Allegations of Voter Fraud Hit Ohio; Rats Invade Parts of New York; Tracing $50 Million in Stolen Diamonds
• Catholic Questions; Pistorius Defense Fights Back; New Tea Party Favorite Makes Waves; Millions Of Passengers, Little Regulation; GOP Blames Crisis On "Failed Leadership"; Nine Days Until Forced Spending Cuts; Inside The Rocket Factory


February 19, 2013
• Budget Cuts Looming; Daring Diamond Heist; Social Media & Obama's Message; Chinese Army Tied to Hacking Attempts; Any Hope of Budget Compromise?
• Secret Chinese Army Unit Tied To Hacking; Attacking Ashley Judd; Royal Baby Bump
• Budget Cuts Looming; Diamond Heist; Possible Motive for Newtown Massacre; Dow Industrials at 5-Year High; "She Died in My Arms"; Scandal Over "Beef" That's Horse Meat; Syrian Regime Firing Scuds At Aleppo; U.S. Arms For Syrian Rebels?; Alec Baldwin Plus Photographer Equals Trouble


February 18, 2013
• Country Music Star Dies; Gun Tragedy; President's Golf Game with Tiger Woods Off Limits; Political Race or Reality Show?; A First for Women in NASCAR; Scientist Search for Fallen Meteor; Lakers Owner Remembered
• Dueling Immigration Reform Plans; Gas Prices Go Up, Up, Up; Country Music Star's Apparent Suicide; Country Music Star's Apparent Suicide; Nightmare Scenario For Spending Cuts; How GOP View Second Chance for Sanford; High-Profile Visits to Israel; Accused Baby Slapper Charged; Living in American Nightmare?
• Country Music Star Dies; Gun Tragedy; McCain: "Massive Cover- Up" on Benghazi; Leaky Oil Line Caused Fire; Obama's Very Private Golf Getaway; Danica Patrick Makes Racing History; Meteor Fragment Hits Lake; Lennon Assassin Had Other Targets


February 16, 2013
• Catholics Wait For Benedict's Replacement With Bated Breath; Warnings That Troops May Be Less Prepared For Surprise Attack; Automatic Defense Cuts Mere Weeks Away; The Hero Who Confronted A Killer


February 15, 2013
• Olympian Charged With Murder; Impact on Planet Earth; Secretaries Say Upcoming Cuts Will Hurt; Canadians Prepare for Zombie Apocalypse
• Tiffany: Costco Selling Counterfeit Rings; Meteor Blast Injures More Than a Thousand People; Obama's New Cabinet in Limbo
• Olympian Charged With Murder; Impact on Planet Earth; First Lawsuit over "Floating Hell" Cruise; Asteroid Zips Past Earth; 1,000- Plus Hurt by Meteor Detonation; Secretary Panetta Stuck on the Job; Obama Talks Gun and Economy in Chicago; Cruise Passengers Scatter After Homecoming


February 14, 2013
• Final Hours of Nightmare Voyage; Two Major Airlines Merge
• Families Wait for Loved Ones from Disabled Cruise Ship; Democrat Attempt to End Hagel Filibuster Fails; First Images from Stricken Ship
• Cruise Ship Nightmare; Olympic Athlete Accused of Murder; Senate Voting on Hagel Filibuster


February 13, 2013
• California Manhunt Ends; Rubio's Awkward Moment; Police Officer Honored in SOTU Speaks Out; Carnival Gives Extra Money to Stranded Passengers; Newark Mayor Lambasts Violent Video


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