| 2001 | Top Story of the Week | mins |
|---|
| Dec24-Dec28 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime aftermath | 35 |
| Dec17-Dec21 | Saudi exile Osama bin Laden manhunt | 42 |
| Dec10-Dec14 | Saudi exile Osama bin Laden manhunt | 97 |
| Dec03-Dec07 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime surrenders | 96 |
| Nov26-Nov30 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime in disarray | 78 |
| Nov19-Nov23 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime in disarray | 69 |
| Nov12-Nov16 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime in disarray | 87 |
| Nov05-Nov09 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime attacked | 56 |
| Oct29-Nov02 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime attacked | 48 |
| Oct22-Oct26 | Anthrax spores spread maliciously by mail | 88 |
| Oct15-Oct19 | Anthrax spores spread maliciously by mail | 95 |
| Oct08-Oct12 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime attacked | 82 |
| Oct01-Oct05 | Afghanistan’s Taliban regime under fire | 58 |
| Sep24-Sep28 | Hijacked jets kamikaze attacks on NYC, DC | 70 |
| Sep17-Sep21 | Hijacked jets kamikaze attacks on NYC, DC | 118 |
| Sep10-Sep14 | Hijacked jets kamikaze attacks on NYC, DC | 333 |
| Sep03-Sep07 | Sharks confront human in coastal waters | 20 |
| Aug27-Aug31 | Israel-Palestinian conflict | 18 |
| Aug20-Aug24 | Inside-the-Beltway intern goes missing | 35 |
| Aug13-Aug17 | Wild forest fires in western states | 40 |
| Aug06-Aug10 | Human embryo stem cell biotechnology research | 39 |
| Jul30-Aug03 | Healthcare: HMO Bill of Rights passes House | 14 |
| Jul23-Jul27 | Inside-the-Beltway intern goes missing | 12 |
| Jul16-Jul20 | Genoa G8 Economic Summit | 24 |
| Jul09-Jul13 | Inside-the-Beltway intern goes missing | 24 |
| Jul02-Jul06 | Heart disease: artificial pump implanted | 17 |
| Jun25-Jun29 | Microsoft monopoly trial | 17 |
| Jun18-Jun22 | Electric utilities deregulated, underinvested | 17 |
| Jun11-Jun15 | Oklahoma City bombing: McVeigh executed | 39 |
| Jun04-Jun08 | Oklahoma City bombing aftermath | 40 |
| May28-Jun01 | Oklahoma City bombing aftermath | 35 |
| May21-May25 | Sen James Jeffords turns Independent | 37 |
| May14-May18 | Energy shortages: Bush unveils policy | 35 |
| May07-May11 | Oklahoma City bombing aftermath | 38 |
| Apr30-May04 | Anti-missile defense program debate | 15 |
| Apr23-Apr27 | Ex-Sen Bob Kerrey’s Vietnam War record | 27 |
| Apr16-Apr20 | Mississippi and Red River floods | 24 |
| Apr09-Apr13 | USNavy spy plane falls into Chinese hands | 110 |
| Apr02-Apr06 | USNavy spy plane falls into Chinese hands | 123 |
| Mar26-Mar30 | Campaign finance reform debate in Senate | 20 |
| Mar19-Mar23 | NYSE-NASDAQ market action | 21 |
| Mar12-Mar16 | NYSE-NASDAQ market action | 42 |
| Mar05-Mar09 | Santee Cal high school shooting kills two | 39 |
| Feb26-Mar02 | Earthquake in Seattle: 6.8 on Richter Scale | 42 |
| Feb19-Feb23 | US-Russia espionage: FBI agent arrested | 43 |
| Feb12-Feb16 | USS Greeneville collision sinks trawler | 42 |
| Feb05-Feb09 | White Hse grounds threatened by gunman | 26 |
| Jan29-Feb02 | Gujerat in India hit by major earthquake | 23 |
| Jan22-Jan26 | Prisons: Texas inmate fugitive manhunt ends | 41 |
| Jan15-Jan19 | Attorney General John Ashcroft nomination | 42 |
| Jan08-Jan12 | Labor Secretary Linda Chavez nomination | 20 |
| Jan01-Jan05 | Prisons: Texas inmate fugitive gang manhunt | 20 |
