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May 13, 2014
• Bluefin Damaged; Syria at War; Donald Sterling Under Fire Again
• Fear of Killer Virus at Florida Hospital; Outrage as Sterling Slams Magic Johnson


May 12, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Donald Sterling Speaks Out; Flight 370 Search Set to Resume
• Tornado Threatens Detroit; L.A. Clippers CEO Reacts; New Clippers CEO: Apology 'Too Late'


May 09, 2014
• Near Midair Collision; Crisis in Ukraine; New Donald Sterling Tapes?
• New Terror Threat in Yemen; Interview with Mike Rogers; U.S. Military Advisers Arrive in Nigeria; Drone, Airliner Nearly Collided; Interview with Pierce O'Donnell; Drones Raising Fear of North Korea


May 08, 2014
• U.S. Military Helps in Search for Nigerian Girls; New Audio Recording of Donald Sterling?
• Extreme Weather Predicted for Texas; Government Troops Take al Qaeda Strongholds; Source: Kidnapped Girls Believed Split Up


May 07, 2014
• Monica Lewinsky Breaks Silence; Crisis in Ukraine
• New Terror Attack in Nigeria; Details of Sterling NBA Contract Revealed; FBI Agent Arrested in Pakistani Airport; Surveillance Video of Teen Stowaway


May 06, 2014
• New Climate Change Report; Monica Lewinsky Breaks Silence
• Eight More Girls Kidnapped in Nigeria; Al Qaeda Allies Pose New Terror Threats; Clippers' President Takes Leave of Absence; Legal Battle Brewing Over Clippers Sale; U.S. Troops Join War Games in Europe; Abduction of School Girls Sparked Protests; Wildfire Forces Oklahoma Residents to Flee


May 05, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Donald Sterling Controversy; Spy Plane Debacle
• Signs of Nuclear Detonation Imminent; NBA Star's Friendship with Dictator; Sterling Speaks Out about NBA Scandal; Sterling's Wife Backs Husband's Ouster; Islamist Terrorist Vows to Sell Kidnapped Girls


May 02, 2014
• Intervew with OSCE Ambassador; Crisis in Ukraine; Jobs Increase
• Spiraling Violence Across Ukraine; Donald Sterling Breaks His Silence; Search for Malaysia Airline Flight 370; North Korea Ready to Conduct Nuclear Test


May 01, 2014
• Flight 370 Report Released; Violence in Ukraine
• Stunning Missteps after Plane Disappeared; NBA Owners Meet Privately on Sterling Fallout; Republicans Accuse White House of Cover-up; Former President on Brother's Possible 2016 Run; War Raging Between Military and Al Qaeda in Yemen


April 30, 2014
• Interview With Florida Governor Rick Scott; Historic Flooding; California Wildfires; NBA to Owners: Force Sterling to Sell Team; Ukraine 'Helpless' as More Cities Seized; Computer Problems Force Flight Delays
• Fire and Floods Threaten the Country; Sterling's Wife Under Scrutiny; Wildfire Out of Control in California; Obama to Visit Poland; Company Defense Claim It Found Missing Plane Debris; LAX at a Ground Stop


April 29, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Deadly Tornadoes; L.A. Clippers Owner Banned for Life; Pro-Russian Demonstrators Seize Building; Kerry Backing Away from 'Apartheid' Remark; Private Firm Says It May Have Found Flight 370; Extreme Tornado Risk
• Twenty Million at Risk of Severe Weather; NBA Bans Sterling for Life; Tornado Survivors Share Stories; 70 Million at Risk of Severe Weather; Possible Debris Found Outside Search Area; Families Hear Cockpit-to-Tower Recording; Pro-Russian Demonstrators Seize Building; Bodies Found in Ukrainian River


April 28, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Tornado Emergency in Athens, Alabama; Deadly Tornadoes Rip Through Arkansas, Mississippi; New Sanctions Declared on Russia; Crisis in Ukraine; Reports of Multiple Tornadoes on Ground
• Millions Face Severe Weather Alert; Interview With Phil Bryant; Deadly Tornadoes Rip Through Arkansas, Mississippi; Violent Clashes Disrupt Pro-Ukrainian Protest; Tornado Emergency in Mississippi; Clippers Owner Facing Fallout from Alleged Racist Comments


April 25, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Search for Flight 370
• Officials Plan to Expand Deep Sea Search; Malaysian P.M. Denies Time Was Wasted; Emergency Beacons on Flight 370 Failed to Activate


April 24, 2014
• Interview With Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister; What Next in Flight 370 Search?; Malaysian Prime Minister Speaks Out
• Malaysian Prime Minister Speaks Out about Flight 370; Bluefin- 21 Scanning Last 10 Percent of Search Area; Malaysians: Report to Be Released Next Week; New Details on al Qaeda Threat


April 23, 2014
• Ukrainian-Russian Truce Now Shattered; Number Dead Higher Than Missing in South Korean Ferry Disaster; Malaysia: More Resources Likely in Deep Sea Search; Dictator's Secret Childhood Revealed
• Possible New Lead in Airliner Search; New Underwater Assets May Be Brought In for Flight 370 Search; Malaysians Propose Real-Time Flight Tracking; U.S. Troops Touch Down Near Ukraine; Search for South Korean Ferry Survivors Under way, Hope Fading


April 22, 2014
• Al Qaeda Bomb Maker Killed?; U.S. to Put More Pressure On Russia over Ukraine; Death Toll on Sunken Ferry Rises to 128; Next Best Option in Missing Plane Search?
• Crisis in Ukraine; Search for Flight 370; At Least 65 al Qaeda Militants Killed; Death Toll Climbs to 128 in Sunken Ferry; Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Ban; Obama Visits Mudslide Victims as Death Toll Rises


April 21, 2014
• Interview With New York Congressman Peter King; Crisis in Ukraine; Search for Flight 370; White House: No Lethal Aid to Allies in Ukraine; More Bodies Pulled from Ferry Wreckage; Talks on Long-Term Plan for Search Begin; Boston Marathoners "Take Back Finish Line"
• Ukraine: Photos Show Undercover Russian Troops; Source: 'Unprecedented' Attack Targets al Qaeda; Families Wail as Ferry Victims Identified; Teen Survives Flight to Hawaii in Landing Gear?


April 18, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Search for Flight 370; New Terrorist Video
• Source: Jet Crossed Malaysian Peninsula at High Altitude; After Problem, Bluefin-21 Resumes Dive; 29 People Confirmed Dead in Capsized Ferry


April 17, 2014
• Ukraine Crisis; Ferry Disaster; Search for Flight 370
• Fliers Warn Ukraine Jews to Register Their Property; Obama: Obamacare Debate Over; Search for Survivors in Capsized Ferry; Search for Flight 370; Flight 370 Search Could Cost Millions; Terror Trial Begins in New York


April 16, 2014
• Ferry Disaster in South Korea; Crisis in Ukraine; New Bluefin- 21 Mission after Technical Glitch; Divers Search for 300 Missing after Ferry Capsizes in South Korea; New Obama Remarks About Ukraine Crisis; Pro-Russian Militants Stop Ukraine Military Push
• Sub Glitches Set Back Flight 370 Search; Suspicious Cell Phone Revelation Sparks Questions; Two of Three Bluefin 21 Missions Cut Short; Ukraine's Crackdown on Militants Stalls


April 15, 2014
• Underwater Search Continues for Flight 370; Russia's Next Move?; Critics: Obama Isn't Standing Up to Putin; Bluefin Back Underwater After Aborted Mission; Alleged Jewish Center Shooter Charged With Murder
• Bluefin Resumes Search After Aborted Mission; Interview with Rep. Mike Rogers; Is China Helping or Hurting Search for Flight 370?


April 14, 2014
• Flight 370 Search Goes Deep Underwater; President Obama Speaks to President Putin; Bluefin-21 Seeks Wreckage on Ocean Floor; President Speaks to Putin about Ukraine; Armed Pro-Russian Mobs Seize Ukrainian Buildings; Police: "This was a Hate Crime"
• Critical New Developments in the Search for Flight 370; High- Tech Drone Sent to Ocean Floor; Kansas Shooting Victims' Family Speaking Out


April 11, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370; Malaysia Previously Lost Black Box Data; Obama's Health Secretary Shake-Up; Satellite Shows Russian Troop Buildup
• Australian PM: 'Very Confident' on Signals; No New Debris Found by Air


April 10, 2014
• New Ping From Flight 370?
• Buoy Detects Another Possible Ping; Source: Flight 370 Captain Spoke Last Words to Ground Control


April 09, 2014
• New Pings; Stabbings in Pennsylvania School
• Mass Stabbing at Pittsburgh Area High School; More, Fainter Pings Detected


April 08, 2014
• Ping Search More Urgent; Some Families Cling to Hope Loved Ones are Alive; Russia Warns of Ukrainian Civil War; U.S.: Russia Behind Unrest; Obama Sparks Equal Pay Uproar
• New Audio of Pings; Air Search to Resume Shortly; Searchers Trying to Detect More Pings; Flight 370 Search May Be Most Expensive Ever


April 07, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370; Signals 'Consistent' with Black Box Pings; Crisis Intensifying in Eastern Ukraine; Senate Votes to Restore Long Term Jobless Benefits
• Promising New Lead in the Hunt for Flight 370; U.S. Navy 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Search; Searchers Race to Verify Pings Heard by Locator; New Details on Airline's Flight Path; U.S. Watching Russia with Great Concern


April 04, 2014
• The Search for Flight 370; Fort Hood Investigation Continues
• Flight 370 Search Going Underwater; Pinger Locator Deployed in Indian Ocean; New Details on Deadly Fort Hood Shooting; Will Obama's Big Week Help Democrats


April 03, 2014
• New Details on Fort Hood Shooting and Gunman; Search for Fort Hood Shooting Motive; Mystery of Flight 370; Passengers' Families Grow Angry; Big News Conference Expected in Plane Search; Tornado Threat Across Midwest; Obama on "Unspeakable" Fort Hood Shooting
• Officials: SPC Ivan Lopez Bought Gun March 1; New Details on Fort Hood Shooter; Fort Hood Hero: Female MP Confronted Shooter; Update on Fort Hood Wounded


April 02, 2014
• Active Shooter at Fort Hood; Search for Flight 370; Fort Hood Asks Personnel to Shelter in Place; "Active Shooter" Reported at Fort Hood
• The Search for Flight 370 Continues; Is U.S. Doing Enough for Search?


April 01, 2014
• The Mystery of Flight 370; Has Flight 370 Investigation Been Mismanaged?; Iranian Mother Mourns Son on MH-370; G.M. CEO "Deeply Sorry" for Botched Recall, 18 Deaths; Death Toll Rises to 27 After Washington Mudslides; Obama: 7.1 Million Sign Up for Health Insurance
• Malaysia Airlines Boost Security on Its Planes; Search for Flight 370; Obama Victory Lap


March 31, 2014
• The Mystery of Flight 370; Time Running Out to Find Black Box; Flight Attendant's Husband Copes with Disappearance; Search Resumes Over Massive Area; Estimated 40,000 Russian Troops on Border; Multiple Earthquakes Rock L.A.
• Questions Raised about Revised Radar Track for Missing Plane; Time Running Out for Black Box Batteries; Koreans Exchange Artillery Fire; Obamacare Deadline Day


March 28, 2014
• The Search for Flight 370; Planes Returning to New Flight 370 Search Area; Passenger's Partner Emotional Over Announcement
• Search for Flight 370 Area Moves 600 Miles to Northeast; Obama Speaks with Putin about Ukraine


March 27, 2014
• Searching for Flight 370; Sources: 40,000 Russian Troops Near Ukraine Border; Landslide Survivor Tells Harrowing Story
• New Satellite Images Show More Debris; Malaysian Police Link Plane's Course Change to Captain


March 26, 2014
• Search Area In Indian Ocean Offers Challenges; Source: Flight 370's Pinger Batteries May Not Work; Conflicting Reports About Probe of Pilot; Landslide: 24 Dead; Hope Dims For the Missing
• New Development in Investigation of Malaysian Flight 370; U.S., British Officials Not Ruling out Terrorism in Plane Disappearance; Was Pilot Involved in Disappearance? ; Crisis in Ukraine


March 25, 2014
• Search for Missing Plane Resumes; Wife of Passenger Says Malaysian Officials Lying; Plane's Co-Pilot Talked to CNN Last Month; 178 Missing In Washington State Mudslide; Searchers Battle Rain, Mud
• Pinger Locaters to Be Used if Wreckage Found; Mystery of Flight 370; Crisis in Ukraine


March 24, 2014
• Flight 370 Families Told 'All Lives Are Lost'; More Landslides Possible, 108 People Missing; Tuesday Search Called Off Due to Weather
• New Developments on Missing Plane; Air Search Expected to Resume Shortly; Families Notified by Text their Loved Ones Did Not Survive Crash; Search for Flight 370 "Ended" in South Indian Ocean; Obama Vows to Impose Cost on Russia over Ukraine


March 21, 2014
• Mystery of Malaysia Flight 370; 20K Russian Troops Massing Near Ukraine Border
• Transcript Released of Missing Plane's Communications with Air Traffic Control; Search Conditions Challenging in Indian Ocean


March 20, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370; Holding Out Hope
• Air Search to Resume for Debris


March 19, 2014
• Passengers' Relatives Anguished Over Lack of News; No Sign of Plane Over Northern Corridor; New Details of Plane's Route Change; False Leads Emerge Daily; Mysterious New Radar Data
• New Radar Data Received from Missing Airplane; Indonesia Refuses to Approve U.S. Flight; Crimea on the Brink of Violence


March 18, 2014
• The Mystery of Flight 370; U.S. Asks Malaysia For More Transparency; Families Cry Out for Information; Why a 'Smoke-in-Cabin' Theory May Explain Missing Plane; Russia Annexes Crimea; Defies the West
• New Developments in the Search for Flight 370; Crews Search Area the Size of U.S.; Putin Ignores West, Claims Crimea for Russia; Cell Phone Mystery On Flight 370


March 17, 2014
• Update on Missing Flight 370; Passenger's Partner Certain He's Alive; Investigation Focuses on Pilots
• The Search Continues for Flight 370j; U.S. Officials Skeptical of Northern Search Arc; U.S. Navy Changing Its Role in Search; Concerns about Pilots' Mental State; Putin Recognizes Crimean Independence


March 14, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• Latest Developments in Search for Flight 370


March 13, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370
• Officials: Pings Suggest Plane Flew 4+ Hours; White House Search May Expand To Indian Ocean; Russian Military Drills Near Ukraine Border


March 12, 2014
• Mystery of Flight 370; Do Satellite Images Show Missing Plane?; Three Dead, 63 Hurt in New York Blast
• China Satellite Images May Show Missing Plane; Satellite Images May Show Missing Plane; Crisis in Ukraine


March 11, 2014
• Interview With New York Congressman Peter King; Mystery of Flight 370; CIA Not Ruling Out Terrorism in Missing Flight; Possible Scenarios of Missing Plane Explored; Polls About to Close in Key Race
• New Twists in the Disappearance of Flight 370; Families: Missing Passengers Phones Still Ring; Dramatic Confrontation at Ukraine Checkpoint


March 10, 2014
• The Mystery of Flight 370
• Search for A Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet; Two Men Boarded Flight With Stolen Passports; Russia Tightening Grip on Crimea


March 07, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Interview With Ukrainian Singer Ruslana
• Tensions Escalate, Media Targeted in Crackdown; U.S. Navy Missile Destroyers Move into Black Sea; Gunmen Block Military Observers in Crimea; GOP Split Over National Security; Interview with US Amb. to OSCE Daniel Baer


March 06, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Interview With Former Joint Chiefs Chairman General Richard Myers
• Obama Signs Order For Russia Sanctions; Kerry: "Crimea Is Part Of Ukraine"; U.S. And Russia Make Military Moves; Interview with Samantha Power


March 05, 2014
• Crisis in Ukraine; Interview With U.N. Envoy Robert Serry
• The Latest on the Crisis in Ukraine; Pentagon Acts on Ukraine Crisis; Germany's Merkel Speaks with Putin; Germany's Merkel Speaks With Putin; Hillary Clinton Tries To Clarify Hitler Comments; Hilary Likens Putin to Hitler; Reporter Climbs Wall of Ukraine's Naval Base; GOP Leaders Piling on Obama over Ukraine


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