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May 13, 2013
• Shooting at New Orleans Mother's Day Parade; IRS Targets Tea Party Groups; Interview with Keli Carender; Kidnapped Cleveland Women Freed After 10 Years of Captivity; Brothers of Ariel Castro Interviewed


May 10, 2013
• Justifying His Actions?; Lab Rushes DNA Results; Prince Harry's U.S. Visit; Fame and Fashion for Kate Upton
• Castro Arraigned; Ariel Castro's Daughter Speaks; Ariel Castro Charged With Kidnapping, Rape
• Inside A "Torture Chamber"; Who Is Ariel Castro?; A Mother's Lament; Inside The Mind Of A Monster; Bangladesh Factory Collapse; Jodi Arias In Psychiatric Ward; Grow House Shootout; Prince Harry Goes To Washington; ISS Leaking Coolant; Same Sex Support In Minnesota; Scooping Up The Cash
• The Investigation in Cleveland Continues; Exclusive Pictures of Castro's Backyard; Angie Gregg, Daughter of Ariel Castro, Speaks to CNN; Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Buried; Boston Police Grilled in House Hearing


May 09, 2013
• Ariel Castro Bail Set to $2 Million Per Charge; Was Castro Undercharged?; Escape from Captivity; Boston Marathon Bombing Hearing; Benghazi Hearing
• A Decade of Hell; Arias Talks After Guilty Verdict; Arias Convicted Of First-Degree Murder
• Inside A House Of Horrors; Police Report Details Torture And Abuse; Arias Talks After Guilty Verdict; Arias Convicted Of First Degree Murder; Prosecutors Seek Homicide Charge; Charged With Sexual Battery; Triumph Sets Sail; Navigating The Fallout; Prince Harry On Capitol Hill
• Three Women Rescued from Captivity in Cleveland; Interview with Amanda Berry's Grandmother; Arias Asks for Death Penalty; Castro to be Arraigned Today


May 08, 2013
• Three Women Found in Ohio; Interview with Kaite Beers; Escape from Captivity; Three Women Bound in Captivity; Hero Neighbor Speaks Out
• Escape from Captivity; Shock in Cleveland; Former Bandmates of Suspect Speak Out; With Three Women Found, One Still Missing
• FBI To Interview Suspects; Abduction Story Stuns Ohio Community; Escape From Captivity; The Politics Of Forgiveness; Sanford Wins Back House Seat; Hero Neighbor Speaks Out; Shock In Cleveland
• Mark Sanford Wins Seat; Amanda Knox Speaks Out; New Information on Benghazi Attack, Republicans Say; Three Kidnapping Victims Rescued; No Burial Place for Tamerlan Tsarnaev; Mark Sanford Wins Congressional Election


May 07, 2013
• Father of Elizabeth Smart: Victims Often Manipulated; Connection Between Possible Kidnappers & Hostage's Family; Three Men in Custody in Ohio Abduction
• Missing Women Found Alive; Interview with John Walsh on Three Missing Women Found in Cleveland; Chris Christie's Weight Loss Surgery; Shark!!!; One on One With Amanda Knox
• Women Missing for Ten Years Found Alive; Interview with John Walsh of "America's Most Wanted"; Interview with Buzz Aldrin
• Three Kidnapped Women Rescued; Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Accused of Sexual Assault; Amanda Knox Speaks Out


May 06, 2013
• Soccer Ref Loses Life Over Foul Call; Bachelorette Party Tragedies; Interview with Shug McGaughey, Trainer of Derby Winner Orb; Can't Get to the Prom?
• No Final Resting Place for Tsarnaev; Limousine Fire Kills 5 People; Syrians Vow Retaliation Against Israel; Interview with Danny Danon, Israel's Deputy Defense Minister and a Member of Israel's Parliament; "Can I Separate Sins From Sinners? No"
• No Final Resting Place For Tsarnaev; Assigning Blame Over Benghazi; Obama To Grads: "Do Better, Be Better"; Handgun Training In Church; Huge NASCAR Crash, Close Finish; Sanford Seeking Congressional Seat; Cocaine Bundles Wash Up On Florida Shore; "Iron Man 3" Is Box Office Gold
• Limo Catches Fire in California, Killing Five; No Burial Ground Yet for Tamerlan Tsarnaev; Israel Bombs Syria; Interview with Andrew Tabler


May 03, 2013
• April Jobs Report Better Than Expected; Kentucky Derby Security Stepped Up; "Get Layed" Billboard Causes a Stir; Ride with Emilio; Top of the World
• Boston Marathon Terror Investigation; South California Wildfire; U.S. Military Plane Crashes; Wanted For Domestic Terrorism
• Closing Arguments In Arias Murder Trial; A Tough Act To Follow; Kentucky Derby Security Stepped Up; Benghazi Victims Remembered; Neighbor Recants Seeing Leila Fowler's Killer; Rhode Island Legalizes Same Sex Marriage; Reese Witherspoon Apologizes; Talking Tebow
• Investigations Continue into Background of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects; Wildfires Threaten Parts of California


May 02, 2013
• Search Continues for Missing Michigan Woman; Interview with Chief Daniel Shaw; Obama to Travel to Mexico; Balancing Privacy with Prevention; Biggest Loser, Canine Edition
• FBI Focuses on Brothers' Inner Circle; Interview with Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York; Intense Wildfire; Fight Over Access To Morning-After Pill
• FBI Focus On Tsarnaev Brothers' Inner Circle; 747 Cargo Jet Crashes In Afghanistan; FBI Seeks Three Men About Deadly Benghazi Attack; Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Trial; Young Unmarried Moms On The Rise; Bootleg Botox?; Kriss Kross Rapper Dies At 34; Boy Kills Little Sister; Investigation At Home Of Saudi Diplomat; NRA Names New President; Daughter of Newtown Victim Confronts Senator
• New Arrests Made in Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation; Wildfires Spread in Southern California; American Sentenced to Jail in North Korea; More on the Boston Bombing Investigation; JCPenny Wants You Back


May 01, 2013
• Fingerprint Found On Bomb Debris; Boston Terror: Survivor's Story; Presidential Announcement At 2:15 PM ET; Vigil For Leila Fowler; FBI Affidavit In Ricin Investigation; Jodi Arias Trial; Morning After Pill; Contaminated Ground Turkey; Military Brother Banned; Jason Collins' Former Fiance Speaks Out; Michigan Woman Missing Since Friday; Read My Lips; High Pressure Hiccups
• Fingerprint Found on Bomb Debris; Boston Terror: "Danny" Speaks; Paul Broadwell Speaks Out; Snow in May?; Amanda Knox Breaks Her Silence; Goodbye Octopussy, Hello Streamageddon
• Paula Broadwell Speaks Out; Fingerprint Found On Bomb Debris; Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Trial; Zimmerman: No Stand Your Ground Defense; Starbucks Customer Spots Tainted OJ; "She Devil With An Angel Face"; FBI Affidavit: No Motive In Ricin Investigation; Sheryl Crow's New "Mission"
• Witness Carjacked by Boston Bombing Suspects Gives Interview; Amanda Knox Releases Memoir; Interview with Gen. Michael Hayden; Yahoo! Extends Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave


April 30, 2013
• Hunting for the Mysterious Misha; Interview with Golden State Warriors' Rick Welts; Jason Collins, Trailblazer; New King Crowned in Netherlands; Panetta Family Six Months After Sandy; Using Yoga to Beat Addiction
• Boston Bombing Investigation; NBA Player Jason Collins Says He's Gay; Interview with Greg Hilliard, Gunmen Seize Libya's Justice Ministry; Day 2 of Jackson Wrongful Death Suit; AEG To "Show Some Ugly Stuff"
• Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets New Lawyer; Report: Female DNA Found On Bomb Parts; Tamerlan Tsarnaev Linked To Plotnikov?; Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Trial; U.S. Military Exercises With South Korea End; 7- Year-Old Battling Cancer Meets Obama; King Willem Alexander Of The Netherlands; No Bail For Man Accused Of Possessing Ricin; Top Secret America
• Investigations Continue into Background of Boston Bombing Suspects; NBA Player Comes Out as Homosexual; Libyan Justice Ministry Surrounded by Armed Militia; Vigil for Murdered Girl to be Held Tonight; Female DNA Found at Boston Bombing Crime Scene; Lawyer Joins Boston Bombing Suspect's Legal Team


April 29, 2013
• Russian Security Forces Investigate Dagestan; Car Bomb in Syria Targets PM; Jets Release QB Tim Tebow; Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx Nominated for Transportation Secretary; Will Manchin-Toomey Be Brought Back?; Court Hearing for Mississippi Man; Have You Checked your Credit Report?; On the Wings of Man
• Boston Bombing Investigation; Raid by Russian Special Forces; Search for a Killer; Michael Jackson Death Trial Begins; "Iron Man" Rules Worldwide Box Offices
• Boston Bombing Investigation; Radicalizing Influences?; Raid By Russian Special Forces; Court Hearing For Mississippi Man; Defeated Senate Gun bill To Return?; Washington Cracks A Joke; Lakers Knocked Out Of Playoffs; Miami Heat Advance Past Bucks; Six Months Since Hurricane Sandy
• Investigations Continue into Background of Alleged Boston Bombing Suspects; Suspected Killer Loose in Small California Town; Wrongful Death Suit over Michael Jackson's Death to Commence; One World Trade Center Marks Construction Milestone; Interview with Gary Bernsten; Boston Bombing Investigation Continues


April 26, 2013
• Boston Bombing Creates Controversy; Economic Growth Rises; Boston Bombing Suspect Moved; Boston Strong; Devastated Town Salutes Blast Heroes
• Boston Bombing Suspect; Times Square Plot Revealed; Interview with Congressman Ed Royce; Carjacking Victim Tells His Story
• Parents Relocate; Evidence of Security Gap?; Did Boston Bombing Suspects Target New York?; "The System is Broken"; Senate Passes Plan to Avoid Airport Woes; Bangladesh Building Collapse Kills 286; Devastated Town Salutes Blast Heroes; Dreamliner Taking Flight Again; Five Living Presidents Gathered Together; Eric Fisher First Pick in NFL Draft; UFC Champ Tells Personal Story
• Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Moved to Prison Facility; Airport Delays Due to Sequester Continue; NFL Holds Draft; Syria Used Chemical Weapons?


April 25, 2013
• Opening of the Bush Library; Ty Pennington "Makes a Difference"
• Tsarnaev Parents Tearfully Speak Out; Boston Remembers; Interview with Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah, Search For Ricin Suspect; Tour of the Bush Library
• Fuel Barges Explode in Mobile, Alabama; Tsarnaev Parents Tearfully Speak Out; George W. Bush Library Dedication; Obama to Speak at Dedication; Tracking Down Ricin Scare Source; Heart Failure to Nearly Double by 2030; Sexually Explicit Material; Memorial Service for Victims of Blast; Morning Show Wars
• Investigation into Background of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects Continues; CIA Added Boston Suspect to Watch List; Vladimir Putin Speaks about Boston Bombing; Interview with Rep. Adam Schiff


April 24, 2013
• Stock Futures Turn Mixed; Deadly Flooding in the Midwest; Boylston Street is Back; Boston Bombings Suspect Speaks to Investigators; A Tale of Heroism in Watertown; Interview with Rep. Peter King.
• Boston Takes Back Boylston Street; U.S. Delegation Arrives in Dagestan; Interview with Senator James Risch of Idaho; MIT Officer Laid to Rest
• U.S. Delegation Arrives in Dagestan; Taking Back Boylston Street; "Biggest And Loudest"; Remembering Sean Collier; Boat Owner Speaks Out; No "Enemy Combatant" Label for Suspect; Deadly Flooding in the Midwest; L.A. Agrees to Pay $4.2 Billion; Uncle: Bombing Suspect "Brainwashed"
• Investigations Continue into Background of Tsarnaev Brothers; Interview with Congressman Bob Goodlatte; Charges Dropped for Ricin Suspect Paul Kevin Curtis; Apple Stock Dips in PreMarket Trading on News Customers Buying Old iPhones


April 23, 2013
• Boston Bombing Suspect: Brothers Acted Alone; SWAT Team Tactics Against Tsarnaev; Bomb Experts Study Pressure Cooker Bombs; Israeli Intelligence Says Syria Used Sarin Gas; Midwest Flooding; Rock Revival
• Tsarnaev Communicating; Interview with Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland; Alleged Plot To Attack Train In Canada
• Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Communicating; FBI Wants To Speak With Tsarnaev's Widow; Charged At His Hospital Bed; Challenges In Defending Terrorist Suspects; Israeli Intel: Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons; Kerry, Russia's Foreign Minister Meet; Hurry Up And Wait At The Airport; Stocks To Open Higher; Midwest Flooding; 6-Year- Old Survives Gator Attack
• Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Links Attack to Islamist Jihad; Investigations Continue into Background of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects; Learning More About Tamerlan Tsarnaev


April 22, 2013
• Umass Students Stunned; Remembering Victims from This Week's Tragedies; Interview with B.J. Walters; Search and Recovery in West, Texas; Anatomy of a Terror Attack; Communication Between Authorities and Suspect
• Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation; Interview with Congressman Michael Capuano of Massachusetts; Brother Under International Influence? Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation
• Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation; Boston Tries To Heal; Did The FBI Drop The Ball?; Hiding In Plain Sight; Searching The Blast Crater For Clues; Deadly Avalanche; Search For Survivors In China; Hagel Pushes Israel Arms Deal; FAA Furlough Fallout; Witherspoon "Sorry," "Embarrassed"
• Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Wounded in Gunfight; Investigators Look into Background of Deceased Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect; Interview with Rep. Patrick Meehan


April 19, 2013
• BREAKING NEWS: Boston Marathon Bombing Manhunt
• Boston Bombing Suspects Identified, Interview with Eric Machado, Friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
• Boston On Lockdown For Manhunt; AP: Suspects Are Brothers
• Police Report One Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Killed and Another on the Run; Police Search for Remaining Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect


April 18, 2013
• Flash Flood Warnings in Chicago Area; Investigators Pinpoint Two Men in Photo
• Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion; Investigators Pinpoint Two Men In Photo
• Explosion At West,, Texas Fertilizer Plant; Obama Heads To Boston Today; Investigators Pinpoint Two Men In Photo; Remembering The Victims; Obama Rips Senate Over Gun Vote; Tainted Letters Sent To Obama And Senator Wicker; Cruise Ship Power Failure
• Fertilizer Plant Explodes in Texas; Rescue Efforts Continue After Fertilizer Plant Explosion in Texas


April 17, 2013
• 19 Patients Treated at Boston Medical Center; Update from Boston Medical Center; A Family's Anguish
• Exclusive: Pressure Cooker Lid Found on Rooftop; Interview with Congressman Patrick Meehan of Pennsylvania; More Tests Today On Ricin- Laced Letter
• New Photos Show Remains Of Boston Bomb; Searching For Evidence; Lid Of Pressure Cooker Found On Roof; Obama Will Travel To Boston Tomorrow; Tornado Threats Increasing; No Reservations; Responding To Medical Emergency
• Investigations Continues into Boston Marathon Bombings; Poisonous Substance Likely Found in Letter to Congressman


April 16, 2013
• Deadly Attack at Boston Marathon; Dozens Still Recovering in Hospitals; U.S. Cities on Heightened Alert, Interview with Rep. Peter King; Interview with a Marathon Runner; Stocks Up This Morning
• Boston Marathon Terror Attack; Interview with Congressman Michael McCaul of Texas, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee; Looking For Suspects & Motive
• Boston Marathon Terror Attack; Boston Celebs React To Bombings; Three Dead, 144 Injured in Boston Bombing
• Two Bomb Explosions at Boston Marathon Kill Three and Injure over 100 people


April 15, 2013
• Congress Faces Gun and Immigration Bills; "42" the Magic Number; Interview with Matthew Hussey on "Ready to Love"; Unconventional Model Casey Legler
• Kerry Calls for Talks with North Korea; with Former Ambassador Chris Hill on North Korea; Break in Texas D.A. Murder Case?; Can Human Genes Be Patented; The Battle over Guns
• Break In Texas D.A. Murder Case?; Former Justice Of Peace Arrested In Texas; Kerry To Visit Slain Diplomat's Parents; Search Suspended; Buried By An Avalanche; Florida Police Sergeant Fired; Spectacular Prison Break In France; Girl Survives Fall Down 60-Foot Well; Ann Frank A "Belieber?"; An Aussie Takes Augusta Finally!; Global Singer's Space Journey
• Tensions Continue between North Korea and South Korea; Suspect in Murder Case Arrested Kaufman County; Adam Scott Wins Masters; Gitmo Op-Ed Stirs Controversy; Is North Korea All Bluster?


April 12, 2013
• Close Call for Arizona Pilot; Circus Elephant Wounded in Drive- By Shooting; ATF Investigating Possible Mail Bomb for Arizona Sheriff; Max Bogue Talks 3-Doodler; Best Housing Market for First-Time Buyers; CNN Hero Serves Free Meals to Motel Kids
• Strong Words from Kerry; Paving the Way in Sports
• Senate Debates Gun Control; Three Teen Boys Arrested For Sexual Battery; Hijacking A Plane From A Smartphone; Grieving Family: "Never Text And Drive"; Federal Budget Cuts Threaten New York's Fleet Week; Bob Seger's Coma Fan Gets Her Wish; Deadly Charter Bush Crash; Tiger Within Striking Distance; Tackling Life's Dreams
• Secretary of State Kerry Speaks Out on North Korea; Tornadoes Hit Parts of U.S.; Pentagon Releases Intelligence on North Korean Nuclear Capabilities; Dodgers Pitcher Injured in Brawl; Interview with Buck McKeon


April 11, 2013
• Hakkens in Court Today; Teen Daughters Pull 3,000 Lb Tractor Off Dad; Boys Hook Great White Shark on Fishing Trip; A "Great" Invasion?; Magical Reunion
• Trail of Destruction; Massive Auto Recall; North Korean Missile Threat; Congress Expected to Take Up Gun Control; Interview with Senator Joe Manchin on Gun Legislation; Interview with Bill Richardson on North Korea
• Kidnapped Children Back In The USA, Parents Charged; New Developments in James Holmes Trial; Interview with Sen. Johnny Isakson; Twister Tears Through Arkansas; Interview with Molly Shannon
• Tornadoes Hit Parts of U.S.; North Korea Continues Threatening Posture; Gunman Killed in Standoff with Police; Shark Takes Fisherman's Catch Senate Gun Debate to Start This Morning;


April 10, 2013
• Obama's Budget Delivered This Morning; Interview with Virgin CEO Richard Branson; College Seniors Face Tough Job Market; "Breastaurant" Brawl; The Flying Racoona
• Back from Havana; 14 Injured in Texas College Stabbing Attack; "Guns Under Fire"; North Korea May Launch Multiple Missiles
• North Korea Poised To Launch Missile Test; New Jersey Child Killed by Gunshot; Dorner 911 Tape; Elephant Hit In Drive By Shooting; Mitch McConnell's Office Bugged; Billion Dollar Donation; Lotto Surprise; "Be Bold, Be Courageous"; Expanding Background Checks On Gun Sales; Bubba Watson Breaks Down; Tiger Looking For Fifth Masters Win; UConn Wins Eighth NCAA Title; Memphis Soul Rocks The White House
• U.S. Children Kidnapped by Parents and Brought to Cuba Now Back in U.S.; Student in Texas Goes on Stabbing Spree; North Korea Continues Preparations for Missile Test; Guns Under Fire: a CNN Special Report; Yahoo! and Apple to Team Up; Terrible Bosses


April 09, 2013
• Mother Versus Son in Mayorial Election; Interview with Halle Berry & Michael Kors on Battling World Hunger; Remembering the Bataan Death March; Truman Capote's Iconic Novella
• Preparing for War?; Interview with Congressman Peter King of New York; West Braces for Blizzard; Hakken Brothers Abducted to Cuba?; Louisville Outlasts Michigan; Outrage Over Controversial Song
• Obama Gun Control Push; At Home With Gabrielle Giffords; Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan; John Kerry Overseas; Pilot Texting Before Fatal 2011 Crash; This Isn't Sesame Street; Firefighters Rescue Dangling Trucker; Police: Hakken Children Abducted To Cuba; An Anniversary Trip In Cuba; America's Smallest Running Back; Grounded Dreamliners Airborne Next Month?; Airport Worker Accused Of Looting Luggage; Annette Funicello 1942-2013
• North Korea Continues Threats; Anti-Missile Batteries Prepared in Japan; Two U.S. Children Kidnapped and Taken to Cuba; March Madness Ends; Rescued Hiker Speaks Out; Bill Clinton, Welcome to Twitter


April 08, 2013
• Margaret Thatcher Dies; Red Meat and Heart Disease; Gun Control Battle on the Hill; Gun Control Battle on the Hill; Anthony Bourdain: "Parts Unknown"
• Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Dead; 2 Children Buried in Dirt Wall Collapse; Interview with Thomas and Mary Beth Smedinghoff; Interview with Ian Dale; Interview with Henry Kissinger
• Boaters Asked To Watch For Kidnapped Boys; WHO Plays Down New Bird Flu Strain; Remembering Roger Ebert; Mudslide Pushes Train Off Track; Stranded Sea Turtles Released; The Battle Over Gun Control; President Ends Gun Push Near Newtown; NCAA Championship Is Tonight; Women's NCAA Final Is Set; 7-Years-Old Runs For Glory; Flag Raised To Honor Slain Texas D.A.; Hepatitis Scare; Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Dead


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