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Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

AP - Sat Jul 19, 3:29 PM ET

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

  • In this Nov. 21, 1990 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, laughs with his then-administrative assistant Chris Koch on Capitol Hill in Washington. Playing a dual role as shipping lobbyist and member of a federal advisory panel, McCain's campaign policy coordinator helped shape a controversial homeland security initiative that has taken the government 5 1/2 years to develop.(AP Photo/John Duricka, File)
    Congressman still faces airport screening problem AP - Fri Jul 18, 4:52 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta says a mix up on a terrorist watch list is still wreaking havoc on his air travel five years after the problem arose.

  • In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' former Vice President Al Gore appears during the taping of 'Meet the Press'' Friday, July 18, 2008, and made available Sunday, July 20, 2008, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, Brendan Smialowski)
    Correction: Gore-Electricity AP - Fri Jul 18, 11:48 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - In some versions of a July 17 story about former Vice President Al Gore's energy proposals, the first name of the president of Securing America's Future Energy, a nonpartisan energy policy group, was misspelled. He is Robbie Diamond, not Robby.

  • In this March 21, 2007 file photo, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio products are advertised side by side on the exterior windows in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. The potential deciding vote in the U.S. government's review of the $3.1 billion merger between satellite radio companies tells The Associated Press he will vote in favor of the deal if the companies agree to tougher conditions. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
    Satellite radio saga takes unexpected turn AP - Fri Jul 18, 6:57 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - During his tenure at the Federal Communications Commission, Jonathan Adelstein has been a fierce critic of government policies that allow big media companies to get bigger. So it came as a surprise when the Democratic commissioner put forth a proposal that would allow the nation's only two satellite radio companies to merge.

  • Record number of babies born last year AP - Thu Jul 17, 10:52 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - More babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yet.

  • A pile of tomatoes are seen on display at a wholesale produce market in Washington, June 12, 2008. Representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they are continuing to search for the source of the Salmonella outbreak, after reports of people falling ill from eating Salmonella-tainted tomatoes and that they now have 167 reported cases from 17 states. REUTERS/Jim Young
    FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes again AP - Thu Jul 17, 9:02 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - It's OK to eat all kinds of tomatoes again, the U.S. government declared Thursday — lifting its salmonella warning on the summer favorites amid signs that the record outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing.

  • In this Jan. 9, 2007 file photo, wind turbines are seen at the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Project in rural Taylor County north of Wingate, Texas. Texas is moving forward on the nation's largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of dollars worth of new transmission lines to bring wind energy from gusty West Texas to urban areas, it was announced Thursday, July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file)
    Gore: Carbon-free electricity in 10 years doable AP - Thu Jul 17, 7:38 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Al Gore called Thursday for a "man on the moon" effort to switch all of the nation's electricity production to wind, solar and other carbon-free sources within 10 years, a goal that he said would solve global warming as well as economic and natural security crises caused by dependence on fossil fuels.

  • Salim Ahmed Hamdan is seen in this undated file photo. Hamdan, a one-time driver for Osama bin Laden, helped the FBI try to track down his boss after being captured in Afghanistan, his former interrogators testified Wednesday, July 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Photo courtesy of Prof. Neal Katya/file)
    Judge clears way for first Guantanamo Bay trial AP - Thu Jul 17, 6:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. can begin trying Osama bin Laden's former driver next week at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the defendant's plea to halt the historic first trial in the military system set up following the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

  • Bulgaria sends uranium fuel to Russia AP - Thu Jul 17, 4:19 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Bulgaria has sent its remaining highly enriched uranium to Russia for safeguarding from terrorist or other potential misuse.

  • Census won't recognize gay marriages in 2010 count AP - Thu Jul 17, 3:02 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Same-sex marriage is legal in two states, but not a single one will show up in the 2010 census.

  • County music entertainer Kenny Chesney, right, performs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in Washington after President Bush hosted a social dinner in honor of Major League Baseball. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
    Outside the Beltway? Out of luck winning contracts AP - Thu Jul 17, 4:37 AM ET

    BELCHERTOWN, Mass. - Small firms that want to do business with the federal government must keep three cardinal rules in mind: Location, location, location.

  • In this March 3, 2004 file photo, Britney Spears performs at the Glendale Arena in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
    Wireless microphones flap causing static AP - Wed Jul 16, 10:23 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices.

  • Investigators find abuse in gov't contract program AP - Wed Jul 16, 10:06 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Companies collected millions of dollars in government contracts by claiming to have main offices in poor neighborhoods that were actually empty duplexes, part-time offices and other ineligible locations, congressional investigators charge.

  • Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters displays a device designed to eliminate flammable gases in large passenger airplane fuel tanks, during a news conference at the National Transportation Safety Board Training Academy in Ashburn, Va., July 16, 2008. A flammable mixture of fuel and oxygenated air caused the catastrophic explosion of a Boeing 747, TWA Flight 800, in 1996. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    US unveils new rule on airplane fuel tanks AP - Wed Jul 16, 8:23 PM ET

    ASHBURN, Va. - A device to prevent airplane fuel tanks from exploding must be installed on certain passenger jets and cargo planes, federal officials said Wednesday, 12 years after such an explosion destroyed TWA Flight 800, killing all 230 people aboard.

  • Energy tsunami coming, ex-policymakers warn AP - Tue Jul 15, 6:23 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of 27 elder statesmen is sending an open letter to both presidential candidates and every member of Congress saying the country faces "a long-term energy crisis" that threatens the security and prosperity of future generations if swift action isn't taken.

  • Bush administration highway safety chief resigning AP - Tue Jul 15, 6:20 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Bush's highway safety chief is resigning after leading the administration's efforts on auto safety and vehicle fuel economy standards for two years, officials said Tuesday.

  • Product Recall: bench scale adapters AP - Tue Jul 15, 4:59 PM ET

    The following recall has been announced:

  • This handout image provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows the 42-cent 'Hallelujah' stamp, part of the Vintage Black Cinema postage stamps series. (AP Photo/USPS)
    Stamps honor early black cinema AP - Tue Jul 15, 1:20 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Josephine Baker looks straight at you with bright eyes and shining smile, fearless and demanding attention.

  • FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair speaks at the Reuters Regulation Summit, in Washington, February 5, 2008. The majority of U.S. banks would have the option to adopt alternative risk-based capital adequacy rules based on the Basel II agreement, under a proposal agreed to by the FDIC. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)
    FDIC chair: deposits in nation's banks are safe AP - Tue Jul 15, 8:01 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The nation's banking system is "absolutely safe" and Americans' insured deposits in banks protected, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said Tuesday.

  • Report: Gov't tardy securing radioactive material AP - Tue Jul 15, 6:23 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The government is taking too long to secure radioactive materials across the country that could get into terrorists' hands, according to a government report.