| 2005 | Top Story of the Week | mins |
|---|
| Dec26-Dec30 | Indonesia tsunami first anniversary | 25 |
| Dec19-Dec23 | New York City mass transit system strike | 38 |
| Dec12-Dec16 | Iraq politics: election for new parliament | 52 |
| Dec05-Dec09 | Hurricane Katrina aftermath in La, Miss | 25 |
| Nov28-Dec02 | Hurricane Katrina aftermath in La, Miss | 45 |
| Nov21-Nov25 | Hurricane Katrina aftermath in La, Miss | 41 |
| Nov14-Nov18 | Iraq combat: troops-out debate in Congress | 41 |
| Nov07-Nov11 | Jordan terrorism: Amman luxury hotel bombs | 35 |
| Oct31-Nov04 | Justice Samuel Alito nomination announced | 32 |
| Oct24-Oct28 | CIA agent's name leaked: indictments filed | 60 |
| Oct17-Oct21 | Hurricane Wilma forms in Caribbean Sea | 52 |
| Oct10-Oct14 | Kashmir earthquake kills at least 30,000 | 58 |
| Oct03-Oct07 | Hurricane Katrina aftermath in La, Miss | 55 |
| Sep26-Sep30 | Hurricane Katrina aftermath in La, Miss | 70 |
| Sep19-Sep23 | Hurricane Rita builds over Gulf of Mexico | 94 |
| Sep12-Sep16 | Hurricane Katrina aftermath in La, Miss | 145 |
| Sep05-Sep09 | Hurricane Katrina floods in New Orleans | 213 |
| Aug29-Sep02 | Hurricane Katrina blasts La-Miss-Ala coast | 263 |
| Aug22-Aug26 | Iraq combat: soldier's mother pickets President | 30 |
| Aug15-Aug19 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Gaza evacuation | 47 |
| Aug08-Aug12 | ABC News' Peter Jennings dies, aged 67 | 56 |
| Aug01-Aug05 | Iraq combat: Haditha bomb kills 15 Marines | 47 |
| Jul25-Jul29 | NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission | 55 |
| Jul18-Jul22 | London mass transit bombs investigated | 41 |
| Jul11-Jul15 | London mass transit bombs investigated | 60 |
| Jul04-Jul08 | London mass transit blasted by four bombs | 63 |
| Jun27-Jul01 | Iraq combat: President Bush TV address | 28 |
| Jun20-Jun24 | Iraq combat: Secy Rumsfeld Senate hearings | 42 |
| Jun13-Jun17 | Michael Jackson acquittal at child-sex trial | 29 |
| Jun06-Jun10 | Lodi Cal terrorist cell suspected | 15 |
| May30-Jun03 | Watergate scandal remembered | 50 |
| May23-May27 | Jordanian exile al-Zarqawi manhunt | 22 |
| May16-May20 | Federal judge nomination blocked in Senate | 24 |
| May09-May13 | Small plane violates Washington DC airspace | 25 |
| May02-May06 | Iraq combat: heavy death toll for local security | 22 |
| Apr25-Apr29 | Social Security: President Bush unveils plan | 20 |
| Apr18-Apr22 | Catholic Conclave of Cardinals convenes | 37 |
| Apr11-Apr15 | Iraq combat: US may begin troop withdrawal | 17 |
| Apr04-Apr08 | Pope John Paul II dies, aged 84 | 129 |
| Mar28-Apr01 | Pope John Paul II is in ailing health | 50 |
| Mar21-Mar25 | Right-to-die case sparks Fla family feud | 90 |
| Mar14-Mar18 | Right-to-die case sparks Fla family feud | 21 |
| Mar07-Mar11 | CBS News' Dan Rather retires as anchor | 16 |
| Feb28-Mar04 | CBS News' Dan Rather surveys his career | 19 |
| Feb21-Feb25 | President Bush visits European Union leaders | 22 |
| Feb14-Feb18 | Lebanon politics: former PM assassinated | 24 |
| Feb07-Feb11 | Federal budget FY06 submitted | 26 |
| Jan31-Feb04 | Iraq politics: constitutional assembly vote | 33 |
| Jan24-Jan28 | Iraq politics: constitutional assembly vote | 61 |
| Jan17-Jan21 | Bush Presidential Inauguration ceremonies | 71 |
| Jan10-Jan14 | Indonesia earthquake causes killer tsunami | 36 |
| Jan03-Jan07 | Indonesia earthquake causes killer tsunami | 154 |
