WEEKEND: SYRIA TO LIFT STATE OF EMERGENCY
VIDEO EXTRA: Report by EuroNews
-Syria's president says his government will remove a 50-year-old state of emergency amid month-long protests.
-ELECTION IN NIGERIA: Tens of millions of Nigerians are voting in Nigeria's presidential election.
-ANOTHER AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SLEEPING ON JOB: The Federal Aviation Administration suspended yet another air traffic controller accused of sleeping on the job.
-DEADLY STORMS RIP ACROSS AMERICAN MIDWEST: At least 17 people have been killed as dangerous storms rip across the Midwest, and head towards the Southeast.
FRIDAY'S NEWS:
-HOUSE TO VOTE ON SPENDING CUTS: The U.S. House is poised to vote on $6 billion in controversal cuts.
-WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES: Walter Breuning, the world's oldest man, has died at age 114.
-WOMAN DRIVES HER KIDS INTO RIVER: A woman who drove her kids into a river reportedly told her kids they were going to die with her.
THURSDAY'S NEWS:
-SENATE APPROVES BUDGET BILL: Both houses of Congress have now passed a bill cutting $38 billion from the budget. It now goes to President Obama's desk.
-AIR CONTROL OFFICIAL RESIGNS: The head of U.S. air-traffic control operations has resigned amid several traffic controllers falling asleep on the job.
WEDNESDAY: OBAMA REVEALS DEFICIT REDUCTION PLAN
-U.S. President Barack Obama called for reducing the federal deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years.
-EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS DETAIN FORMER PRESIDENT: Former Egyptian President Honsni Mubarak and his two sons were detained in Egypt in an investigation into the deaths of protesters during this year's uprising.
-BONDS FOUND GUILTY: Former star slugger Barry Bondswas found guilty on obstruction of justice; other charges in the steroids case waged against him.
TUESDAY'S NEWS:
-LIBERALS/OBAMA DEBATE FIX TO DEBT CRISIS: U.S. President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are at odds over ways to lower the federal debt.
-JET CLIPS PLANE AT NEW YORK AIRPORT: Scary moments for passengers on a small plane in New York as an Air France jet clips it on the runway.
-FDR DIES ON THIS DAY IN 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on this day in 1945, at the age of 63.
MONDAY'S NEWS:
-LIBYAN CEASE FIRE CONTROVERSY
VIDEO EXTRA: Report courtesy of the Associated Press
Rebels in Libya have rejected a plan proposed by the African Union to end fighting, although the African Union says it's supported by Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
In Sunday's show, the KGT team takes a closer look at the government shutdown debate, and U.S. President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan to be unveiled this week. Click on the podcast!-WINKLEVOSS BROTHERS LOSE FACEBOOK CASE: Their story was captured in the movie Social Network. Now the Winklevoss brothers have lost a legal battle, after claiming Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg misled them while lauching his own site.
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