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October 10, 2014
• New Violence Ahead of Ferguson Protest Weekend; Interview with Senator Rand Paul; Paul vs. Obama on Closing Guantanamo Bay; American Teen Accused of Trying to Join ISIS; Mystery Grows on Kim Jong-Un; Search for Missing UVA Student Expands


October 09, 2014
• ISIS Advancing; Protests Near Ferguson; Ebola Screenings to Begin at Major U.S. Airports
• Teen Terror Suspect Appears in Chicago Court; Progress on Anti- ISIS Campaign in Iraq, Syria; Turkey: No Ground Action Alone Against ISIS; New Fears after First U.S. Ebola Death; Interview with Mayor Mike Rawlings; Where is Kim Jong-Un; Search for UVA Student Nears Crucial Point


October 08, 2014
• Interview With U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson; Ebola Fears; Battle Against ISIS; Texas Deputy May Have Been Infected with Ebola; Women CEOs Stand By the NFL
• Update on Possible New Ebola Patient; FBI: Hundreds of U.S. Terror Tips Coming In; Where is Kim Jong-Un?; Search for Missing UVA Student Expanding


October 07, 2014
• Mysterious ISIS Figure; Ebola Fears Growing; Panetta Slams Obama on ISIS; New Ebola Screening Procedures; Ferguson Protesters, Cardinals Fans Clash at Game
• U.K. Source: Arrests May Have Foiled Terror Plot; FBI Asks for Help Identifying Jihadist in Video; Turkish Border City 'About to Fall' to ISIS; Turkey: Border City 'About to Fall' to ISIS; North Korean Leader Missing for a Month; Specialist Joining Search for Missing UVA Student


October 06, 2014
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Ebola Turning Point; Ferguson Protests; New Fears Airports Not Doing Enough to Stop Ebola
• Obama: Ebola "A Top National Security Priority"; U.S. Teen Arrested Trying to Join ISIS; Biden: Sorry for Saying Allies Helped ISIS; Parents: 'Help Us to Bring Hannah Home; Parents Plea to Find Missing UVA Student


October 03, 2014
• Ebola Fears; ISIS Beheading; Crisis in North Korea?; County Police Replace Ferguson Cops at Protests
• White House Update on Ebola Response; ISIS Claims Beheading of Another Hostage; Search Expanding for Missing UVA Student


October 02, 2014
• Ebola Hunt; Ferguson Misconduct?; New Video May Show Intruder Inside White House
• 4 People Quarantined in U.S. Ebola Scare; Thousands Flee as ISIS Closes In; Investigators Search for ISIS Supporters on Social Media; State to Test UVA Suspect's DNA in 2013 Murder; Hong Kong Protests Expected to Grow


October 01, 2014
• Ebola Concerns; Secret Service Director Resigns; ISIS Adapting, Advancing Despite Airstrikes
• Secret Service Director Resigns; Details Revealed of White House Intruder; U.S.: New Airstrike Near Besieged Syrian Town; U.S., Coalition Step Up ISIS Airstrikes; Children Exposed To Ebola Patient; Drone Searching for Missing Virginia Student


September 30, 2014
• Secret Service Under Fire; First Ebola Case in U.S.; Interview With D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; Source: DNA Links Virginia Suspect to 2009 Death; New Standoff Between Police Protesters in Ferguson; Chris Christie Slams Obama on ISIS Threat
• CDC: First Ebola Case Diagnosed in U.S.; Armed White House Intruder Indicted; ISIS Forces Take Iraqi Military Base


September 29, 2014
• Interview With Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz; Battle Against ISIS; Secret Service Under Fire; Tension in Ferguson; Armed Man Ran Through White House; Eight Arrested in Ferguson after Violent Protests; CNN Poll: Airstrikes Popular, But No Obama Bounce
• Report: Intruder Made it Deeper into White House; Fear of Massacre as ISIS Closes in on City; Protests Continue in Hong Kong; Air Travel Disrupted; The Science of Work; Hannah Graham Case Leads to "Significant Break" in Another Murder


September 26, 2014
• War Against ISIS; Where's North Korea's Leader?; Suspect Arrested in Hannah Graham Disappearance; New Denial by NFL Security Chief in Race Rice Scandal; LeBron James Opens Up About Race in America
• Kurds Battle ISIS; U.K. to Join Air Campaign in Iraq; Source: Al Qaeda Plotters May Have Survived Strike; Travel Chaos after Fire & Attempted Suicide; Ferguson Police Chief's Apology Scorned; Man Handling Ferguson Police PR Fired


September 25, 2014
• Ferguson Police Chief Apologizes; New ISIS Threat?; Inside ISIS Black Market Oil Money; Ferguson Police Chief: 'I Won't Resign
• FBI: Al Qaeda Group Could Attack; Alleged Plot to Attack New York Subway Revealed; Airstrikes Damage ISIS Oil Facilities; Syrian Rebel Groups Unite to Fight ISIS


September 24, 2014
• War on Terror: Strikes in Syria; Interview With U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes; Airstrikes on ISIS Oil Facilities
• U.S. Airstrikes Resume in Syria; U.S. and Arab Partners Strike ISIS Oil Facilities; Bill Clinton on War Against ISIS


September 23, 2014
• War on Terror: Strikes in Syria; Syria's U.N. Ambassador Weighs in on Strikes; U.S. Strikes to Thwart 'Imminent' Terror Plot; U.S., Arab Allies Strike ISIS in Syria
• U.S., Arab Allies Strike ISIS in Syria; New Homeland Security Alert Warns of Lone Attackers; Family of British Hostage Receives Plea for His Life; Interview with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond; High-Tech Weapons Hitting Syria


September 22, 2014
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; ISIS Threat; White House Security Breach; Police: 800 Rounds of Ammo in Intruder's Car; Mystery Deepens as Missing Afghans Found; Obama's Challenges At The United Nations
• ISIS Leader Calls for Attacks in U.S., West; Official: FBI Tracking Americans Back from Syria; Interview With Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Wanted: Man Seen With Missing Student; Manhunt for FBI 'Ten Most Wanted' Suspect


September 19, 2014
• ISIS Threat; NFL Commissioner Speaks Out
• ISIS Forces Seize 60 Villages; U.S. Makes Case for War on ISIS; "Major Break" in Hunt for Missing Student; Hunt for Suspected Cop Killer; Interview with Rear Admiral John Kirby; NFL Scandal


September 18, 2014
• Interview With California Congressman Ed Royce; ISIS Plan of Attack; New Warning Al Qaeda Cell Plotting Against U.S.; Syrian Embassy Worker Turns Spy for Opposition; Senate Approves Arming Syrian Rebels; Infamous Ex-Governor, Ex-Con Running For Congress; California Wildfire Emergency
• U.S. Ready to Begin Syria Airstrikes; Ukraine President Implores U.S. for Weapons


September 17, 2014
• Interview With Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers; Battle Against ISIS; Vikings Reverse Course, Bar Peterson; Players Association Appeals Rice Suspension; Major Wildfires Burning in California
• Obama Rules Out Another "Ground War" in Iraq; Interview with Josh Earnest; House Votes to Arm Syrian Rebels in Fight with ISIS; Obama: Some Things Only America Can Do; Interview with Tim Kaine


September 16, 2014
• Battling ISIS; NFL Outrage; Interview With Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders; Report: 2nd Peterson Child Abuse Incident; NASA Returns to Human Space Flight
• Top General Won't Rule Out U.S. Ground Forces; U.S. Airstrikes Move Closer to Baghdad; Obama to Send 3,000 Troops to Fight Ebola; California Wildfires Growing


September 15, 2014
• NFL Controversy; ISIS Threat; Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Hillary Generating 2016 Election Buzz in Iowa; Rice Expected to Appeal NFL Suspension; Computer Security Hole Puts Kids at Risk
• Iran Won't Cooperate with U.S. on ISIS; Is Accused Killer an Anti-U.S. Jihadist?; American Sentenced to Six Years Hard Labor in North Korea


September 12, 2014
• War Against ISIS; Hillary's Next Move?; Congressman's Facebook Rant; Reports: Sarah Palin & Family Involved in Brawl; Driver: George Zimmerman Threatened to Shoot Me
• CIA: ISIS May Have Tripled in Size; White House: U.S. is 'At War' with ISIS; Foley's Mother: 'U.S. Wouldn't Let Us Pay Random'


September 11, 2014
• New Ferguson Shooting Video; ISIS Threat
• White House: Targets Identified in Syria; Ambassador Speaks Out about Foley Execution; New Witness on the Michael Brown Shooting


September 10, 2014
• Interview With Texas Senator Ted Cruz; Protesters Target Major Missouri Interstate; Excerpts from Obama ISIS Speech Released; NFL: 'No Knowledge' of Getting Rice Tape in April
• President to Lay Out ISIS Strategy; Kerry in Mideast Seeking Help Against ISIS; New Protest, Clashes Near Ferguson


September 09, 2014
• Interview With Maryland Senator Benjamin Cardin; Ray Rice Fallout; Fighting ISIS; NFL Commissioner Under Fire Over Rice; Inside Obama's ISIS Attack Plan; No Mention of Missile in MH17 Report; Poll: Voter Enthusiasm Low
• Family: Sotloff Was Sold to ISIS by "Moderates"; Twitter Looking Into Terror Threats; Interview with Marie Harf; Obama to Reveal ISIS Strategy to Nation; Interview With Sen. Bob Corker: Has U.S. Targeted Top ISIS Leaders?


September 08, 2014
• New Ferguson Witness Speaks Out; Fighting ISIS; Ray Rice Terminated; NFL Star Fired, Suspended after Violent Video; Tension as Brown Body Lay in Street for Hours; Record Rain Triggers State of Emergency; Political Odd Couple: Bush & Clinton
• Obama to Reveal ISIS Strategy; Unmasking the ISIS Executioner; ISIS Shows off Jets, Drone, Artillery; Poll: Worried Country, Weakened Leader


September 05, 2014
• Forced Landing in Iran; Fighting ISIS; Plane Crashes Near Jamaica; Key Senate Race a Dead Heat in Arkansas
• U.S. Flight Ordered to Land in Iran; Searchers Race to Crash Site Near Jamaica; Iran and U.S. Deny Cooperating Against ISIS; Interview with Sen. Murphy


September 04, 2014
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; NATO Summit; Joan Rivers Dies; ISIS Videos: Brutal and Sophisticated
• Joan Rivers Dead at 81; Interview with Kelly Ripa; Boston Man Suspected of ISIS Ties; New Probe on Michael Brown Shooting


September 03, 2014
• Interview With Florida Senator Bill Nelson; ISIS Brutality; Interview With U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken; Senator Drafting Bill for Strikes on ISIS in Syria; ISIS Horrors Revealed; New Poll Shows GOP Senate Leader in Tight Race
• U.S. Sending Troops to Two War Zones; U.S. Leaders Talk Tough About ISIS; Clues to Identity of Terrorist in Beheading Videos; Statement from Family of Murdered Journalist


September 02, 2014
• Interview with State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf; ISIS Claims Execution of Second American Journalist; Inside North Korea's Control Over CNN Interviews
• ISIS Video: Second American Beheaded; Interview with Rep. Michael McCaul; ISIS Blames U.S. Strikes for Beheadings


September 01, 2014
• Americans Held in North Korea Ask for Help; U.S. Continues Airstrikes on ISIS Targets
• North Korea Lets Detained Americans Speak; What Does North Korea Want?; British P.M. Wants New Anti-terror Powers; Crisis in Ukraine; Militia's Pool Party in Libya


August 29, 2014
• Britain Raises Terror Threat Level; Joan Rivers Hospitalized; Cop Resigns After Threatening Ferguson Crowds; Google Running Drone Delivery Tests
• Urgent Warning About ISIS Terror Attacks; U.S. Aircraft Launch New Strikes in Iraq; U.K. Raises Terror Threat Level to 'Severe'; Interview with Rep. Peter King


August 28, 2014
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki; Interview With White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest; Ukraine- Russia Conflict Escalates; President Obama: Russia Responsible for Ukraine Violence; Company: Audio from Same Time as Brown Shooting; New Clue Revealed in Flight 370 Mystery
• Obama on ISIS: We Don't Have A Strategy Yet; Ukraine: "Full- Scale Invasion" by Russia; Second American Killed Fighting in Syria; No Strategy on ISIS Yet; Interview with Representative Adam Smith; New Video of U.S. Suicide Bomber; Hillary Clinton on Michael Brown Shooting


August 27, 2014
• Gun Range Death; Militants Seize Border Post Near Israel; Nine- Year-Old Girl Accidentally Kills Shooting Instructor; Gov. Perry Battles with Drunken Driving D.A.
• Obama Weighs Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria; Hundreds Seize Border Post Near Israel; ISIS Growing Stronger And More Capable; What is the Threat Posed by ISIS?; American Journalist Freed after Two Years in Captivity in Syria; A Mother's Plea To ISIS


August 26, 2014
• Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; American Jihadi; Audio Recording of Ferguson Shooting?; FBI Analyzing Alleged New Audio of Brown Shooting; American ISIS Fighter Killed; White House Confirms Death of American ISIS; Obama Vows to Change the V.A.; New Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Underway
• Official: Obama OKs Syria Spy Flights; American ISIS Fighter Killed in Syria; Spy Flights Could Lead to Syria Air strikes; American ISIS Fighter Dies in Syria; Recorded Gunfire May Be Brown's Shooting; Interview with Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island; Recorded Gunfire May Be Brown's Shooting; Alarming Increase in Near-Collisions>


August 25, 2014
• Michael Brown Laid to Rest; On Trail of ISIS Killer; New Details on Brown Shooting Investigation; U.S. Considering Air Strikes in Syria; British Close to I.D.'ing James Foley's Killer; ISIS Gains in Syria as U.S. Considers Airstrikes; Three Mothers of Slain Sons Share Grief
• ISIS Captures Key Air Base in Syria; Jihadists in Syria Free American Hostage; U.S. Weighs Attacking ISIS in Syria; Thousands Attend Michael Brown Funeral; Huge Explosion in Gaza


August 22, 2014
• Interview With Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver; The ISIS Threat; Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Officer Put on Leave after Controversial Comments; New Federal Alert for ISIS Attack on U.S.; Chinese Fighter Jet Buzzes U.S. Navy Plane
• New White House Warning to ISIS; Details Emerge of ISIS Email to Journalist's Family; Incident Report Released on Michael Brown Shooting; Officer on Ferguson Crowd Control Relieved of Duty; St. Louis County Officer Relieved of Duty; Interview with Ileana Ros- Lehtinen


August 21, 2014
• New Details on Failed Hostage Rescue Attempt; Police Pull Back in Ferguson
• Governor Orders National Guard to Leave Ferguson; New Video of Second Police Shooting; ISIS Threat Worse than Al Qaeda?; Growing Fears of ISIS Sleeper Cells in America


August 20, 2014
• Eric Holder Visits Ferguson; ISIS Kills American Journalist; U.S. Attempted Rescue of ISIS Hostage in Syria
• U.S. Airstrikes Follow Beheading of American; Obama Vows Justice for Murdered American; U.S. Weighs Sending More Troops to Iraq; Attorney General Holder Visits Ferguson; Officer Suspended for Threatening Protestors; Protests in Ferguson Continue to be Tense; War Returns to Israel, Gaza as Talks Fail


August 19, 2014
• Show of Force in Ferguson; New Criticism of Ferguson Police Tactics; American Journalist Beheaded by Terrorists; ISIS Beheads an American Journalist
• Dozens Arrested in Latest Protests; New Police Shooting Near Ferguson; Ferguson Police Tactics Questioned; Rocket Fire Exchanged as Ceasefire Breaks Down; Gov. Rick Perry to be Booked, Take Mug Shot


August 18, 2014
• Ferguson On Edge; Protestors Clash with Ferguson Police; Robbed, Ransacked and Burned Out
• Private Autopsy: Brown Shot Six Times; National Guard Deploying in Ferguson; Investigating Ferguson Police's History; A Fight for Mosul Dam


August 15, 2014
• Controversy Continues Over Missouri Shooting; Kurds, ISIS Killers Wipe Out Iraqi Village
• Police Officer Didn't Know Brown Was a Suspect; Did Michael Brown Rob Convenience Store?; Ferguson Street Protests; Interview with Alderman Antonio French; Mass Killings Reported After New ISIS Raid; Obama's Vacation Full of Crises


August 14, 2014
• Protests in Missouri; Interview With Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver
• Al-Maliki Out as ISIS Advances; New U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS Targets; Interview with Rear Admiral John Kirby; First Look at U.S. Air Flight to Mount Sinjar; Highway Patrol Takes Over Security in Ferguson; President Calls for Calm in Ferguson


August 13, 2014
• Dangerous Rescue in Iraq; New Shooting Details in Missouri; Refugees Escape to Safety from Iraq; Police: Officer in Teen Shooting was Injured; Intense Fighting in Ukraine Worsening Humanitarian Crisis; Did Clinton "Hug It Out" with Obama?
• New U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq; Will Maliki Go Quietly in Iraq?; Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Rockets Fired Into Israel as Truce Expires; U.S. Special Forces in Sinjar Mountain; Woman's Body Found in Suitcase


August 12, 2014
• Crisis in Iraq; New Details in Death of Robin Williams; Obama Calls Teen's Death "Heartbreaking"; After War's Trauma, Coping With Pain
• Iraqi Helicopter Crashes on Aid Flight; New Details on Death of Robin Williams;


August 11, 2014
• Interview With California Congressman Ed Royce; Interview With State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf; Iraq in Crisis; Americans Accused of Sympathizing with ISIS; Gaza Truce Begins Second Day; FBI Probes Police Shooting of Teen
• Dramatic Rescue Mission in Northern Iraq; U.S. Obama Statement on Iraq; U.S. Welcomes Naming of New Iraqi Prime Minister; New U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq; FBI Investigates Police Shooting of Teen


August 08, 2014
• Interview With U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes; Cease-Fire Shattered; U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq
• New U.S. Air strikes in Iraq; Interview with Qubad Talabani


August 07, 2014
• Interview With South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham; Crisis in Iraq; Cease-fire in Israel; FDA Changes Hold Status on Ebola Drug; U.S. Humanitarian Air Drop Mission Begins in Iraq; Russia Threatens U.S., European Flight Ban
• U.S. Considers Air Strikes in Iraq; Report Says Ebola Possibly Spreads to Fifth Country


August 06, 2014
• President Obama Holds News Conference
• CDC Raises Ebola Response to Highest Level; Awaiting Obama News Conference at the State Department


August 05, 2014
• U.S. General Killed in Afghanistan; U.S.-Africa Summit; Another Edward Snowden at Work?; Truce Holding Between Israel, Hamas; Israeli Government Official Responds to Hamas Remark; Explosions Near City Center; Second American Ebola Victim Arrives in U.S.
• : U.S. General Killed in Afghanistan; Interview with Rear Admiral John Kirby; Egypt's Role in Mideast Cease-Fire; Interview with Nasser Judeh; Interview with Nachman Shai; Would 2014 Contender Cut Aid to Israel?


August 04, 2014
• Interview With U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken; Crisis in Israel; Ebola Fears; New Cease-Fire Announced in Middle East; Israel, Palestinians Agree to 3-Day Cease-Fire; Hamas Leader on Fighting & The Future
• New York City Patient Tested for Ebola; Israel, Palestinians Agree to New Truce; Netanyahu: 'Very Severe Blow at Hamas'; Israel, Palestinians Agree to New Truce; Israel, Palestinians Agree to New Truce; Near Confrontation in the Skies


August 02, 2014
• Netanyahu Says Full-Scale Fight Against Hamas Will Continue; President Obama Demands Unconditional Return Of Israeli Soldier


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