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How will President Obama respond to the scourge of piracy infesting some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes?  Should he be getting good, lousy or mixed reviews for his performance overseas this past week?  Who has the upper hand in the special congressional election in New York?  Should Norm Coleman concede the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota – or keep fighting for all the votes to be counted?  And should Ted Stevens feel vindicated this week, or robbed of his senate seat by unethical prosecutors?  We ask John Gizzi, political editor at Human Events.

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We have Wednesday’s top news…What is the latest on the story of Somali pirates seizing an American ship off the coast of Africa?  What help is on the way?  What’s the best way to survive and escape such an attack?  What message did the U.S. send to Iran today?  What is the reaction to espionage charges being filed against an American reporter in Iran?  What reaction does a major Islamic cleric have for Obama’s outreach to muslims in Turkey?  We have the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

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We have more of Wednesday’s headlines…What did Vice President Joe Biden say to troops returning from Iraq to Ft. Bragg?  How serious was a recent hacking into the nation’s electricity grid?  How likely is bankruptcy protection for General Motors?  How close is Chrysler to a deal with Fiat?  What happened on Wall Street today?  We have the answers in our second newscast for Wednesday, April 8. 2009.

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Why is the coast of Somalia such a haven for pirate hijackings of commercial vessels?  What should we know about these attackers?  Is paying the ransom the best way to keep people safe or does it just breed more piracy – much like terrorism?  What can we expect when the Navy arrives on the scene?  And how can the U.S. and other nations make sure these hijackings don’t happen again?  We ask retired U.S. Navy Captain Chuck Nash.

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One of President Obama’s top climate advisers says it’s time to investigate using geo-engineering to combat climate change.  What is geo-engineering?  Why would shooting pollution particles into the atmosphere even be considered?  What would actually happened if that were tried?  We ask Dr. Tim Ball, former professor of climatology at the University of Winnepeg.

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On Thursday, the comment period will close on the Obama administration’s executive order that overturns a Bush administration policy on the rights of medical professionals. The Bush order mandated that doctors could not be forced to perform procedures which they find morally objectionable – especially abortion. So what will life be like for pro-life physicians if Obama gets his way? Is Obama right in saying other laws still protect dioctors? Why might this decision be paving the way for abortion to be a major piece of the Obama health care plan? And what else will doctors be forced to do besides abortions? We ask Dr. Donna Harrison, President of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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We have Tuesday’s top news…What did President Obama say on a surprise visit to the troops in Iraq?  When will Obama’s next Middle East trip be and where will he be headed?  What ruling did a federal judge make today regarding the corruption conviction against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens?  Which long-serving senator could get a challenge from within his own party next year?  What’s the latest in the Minnesota recount saga?  What ruling did the Supreme Court make today about the admissibility of confessions?  What happened on Wall Street?  We have the answers as we bring you the biggest stories for Tuesday, April 7, 2009.

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Is the new Pentagon budget proposal trimming government waste or showing a failure to make the military the priority it needs to be?  What strategy does this budget show for the war on radical Islam?  Does it show a strategy at all?  What are the facts about the missile defense program that would see a massive spending cut?  What should we make of Obama’s call for the eradication of all nuclear weapons?  And how solid is his strategy for Iraq and Afghanistan?  We ask retired U.S. Army Major General Paul Vallely.

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On Tuesday, state lawmakers in Vermont legalized gay marriage by overriding the veto of Republican Gov. Jim Douglas.  How did the veto happen when the bill barely passed in the first place?  How significant is it that the law changed through the legislative process rather than an activist court?  What is the gay movement agenda in the next three years?  Why are states without constitutional amendments defining marriage legally vulnerable?  And how significant is the District of Columbia’s decision to recognize gay marriages performed in the four states where it’s legal.

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After months of rampant pessimism, American consumers are seeing a brighter economic future in the coming months than they did just 30 days ago.  What has changed in the past few weeks?  Why are huge job losses not weighing down the outlook as much as they did earlier in the year?  What must the government do or not do to ruin a coming recovery?  We ask Terry Jones, associate editor at Investor’s Business Daily, which conducted the poll.

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