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AmeriCorps volunteer firefighters assigned to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Woodland Fire Crew, help contain a spot fire in an evacuated area of forest, ranches and residences, in the Black Forest wildfire area, north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. The blaze in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs is now the most destructive in Colorado history, surpassing last year's Waldo Canyon fire, which burned 347 homes, killed two people and led to $353 million in insurance claims. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

This is News -- June 17, 2013

Domestic News Gang of Eight members sound off on immigration reform, new questions are raised about the NSA, North Korea offers to negotiate, leaders formulate a response to Syria, Rand Paul discusses the "war on Christianity"

Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanese border, in Homs province, Syria.  (Associated Press/Photo by SANA, File )

This is News -- June 14, 2013

Domestic News FBI director says NSA leaks are damaging, the White House confirms the use of chemical weapons in Syria, more trouble for the State Department as another internal memo is released, the Vatican has a scandal on its hands, the U.S. markets gain on consumer spending and labor market reports

Secretary of State John Kerry (Associated Press/Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta)

This is News -- June 12, 2013

Domestic News Immigration reform debate opens in Senate, Democrat calls for hearings on NSA, State Department acknowledges scandal but calls it

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This is News -- June 10, 2013

Domestic News An anonymous source behind the NSA phone-call surveillance story goes public, China sentences the relative of a Nobel Prize laureate to 11 years in prison, Nelson Mandela is in serious condition, the first professional athlete to declare his homosexuality marched in the Massachusetts pride parade, a Colorado same-sex couple pushes legal action against a bakery owner

Acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, left, and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 3, 2013, before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing regarding a report that the IRS spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

This is News -- June 3, 2013

Domestic News A big win on immigration reform is predicted, the Midwest digs out from another round of dangerous weather, unrest in the Middle East spreads to Turkey, the death toll in Syria is reported at around 80 thousand, a lawmaker at the National Religious Freedom Conference says believers have become targets, traders go back to work on Wall Street

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This is News -- May 31, 2013

This is News -- May 31, 2013

Domestic News Syrian opposition says it will not show up for peace talks, advocates of religious freedom meet in Washington, Kermit Gosnell's wife is sentenced to prison, California politicians believe the Boy Scouts haven't gone far enough, Wall Street rises on bad news

This is News -- May 30, 2013

This is News -- May 30, 2013

Domestic News U.S., Russian, and European diplomats are anxious to start Syrian peace talks, Texas cheerleaders are dragged back to court, the White House continues to fend off scandals, high-ranking IRS official signed inquiry letters, U.S. stocks fall sharply

This is News -- May 29, 2013

This is News -- May 29, 2013

Domestic News A House panel looks into whether Attorney General Holder misled Congress, a senior Republican slips over the Syrian border, President Obama visits the Jersey shore,

This is News -- May 28, 2013

This is News -- May 28, 2013

Domestic News Pressure builds on Capitol Hill for an independent probe of the Justice Department, Syria's government agrees to peace talks, a pause to remember the fallen and those who serve, the markets in Britain and the United States open after the holidays