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CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks, coming up on IN THE MONEY, find out if you're getting the quality of healthcare you're paying for...ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT, IN THE MONEY: Welcome to IN THE MONEY. I'm Ali Velshi...

ROMANS: It's not news but it is a growing concern in this country and at least we're paying for top-notch healthcare right here the U.S. Right? Best in the world?VELSHI: Well apparently according to a new study that… more

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BLITZER: Other news we're following. She's a well-known academic here in Washington, an Iranian American who went back to Tehran for family reasons and is now in prison. She's not the only American in trouble there. CNN's Jill Doherty has the story. Jill?

JILL DOHERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, she's being held in the notorious Evine (ph) prison in Iran where others have been tortured and died. Ironically her supporters say… more

PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening, everybody. Glad to have you with us tonight.Here are some of the stories we are bringing out in the open.Tonight: talking with the enemy. What do the U.S. and Iran have to say one another? And will it help one war and avoid another?..The first story we're brining out in the open, whether the U.S. should be engaging in direct talks with Iran. For the last five years,… more

New America Senior Research Fellow Stephen Burd appeared on the April 24 edition of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight." A partial transcript is available below; for the full story please visit the CNN website.

ANNOUNCER: This is LOU DOBBS TONIGHT, news, debate and opinion for Tuesday, April 24th.Live from New York, Lou Dobbs.DOBBS: Good evening, everybody... DOBBS: The rapidly rising cost of a college education in this country creating an almost unmanageable… more

[JOHN] ROBERTS [CNN ANCHOR, THIS WEEK AT WAR]: Thursday Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that there was a great reluctance to indulge in happy talk about the security situation in Iraq and that it could be months before any real progress is seen there. In military terms in political terms, can the administration wait that long?.. With me here in Washington in the studio, [is] Flynt Leverett. He's the former Middle East analyst on the national security council, now… more

JOHN ROBERTS, CNN ANCHOR, THIS WEEK AT WAR: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jerusalem on Tuesday. But Israelis and Palestinians meeting to talk about day to day issues is a long way from working out the tough realities of a peace deal. Is this just another dead end or can these leaders actually make it work?Joining us for some perspective is Daniel Levy. He is a former adviser to the Israeli government and a senior fellow at… more

Wolf Blitzer is off today. I'm Suzanne Malveaux and you're in THE SITUATION ROOM.Little by little, the Bush administration has been backing off on its refusal to hold direct talks with Iran. The U.S. State Department appears to be opening the door to talks just a little bit wider. Here's our State Department correspondent Zain Verjee.Zain?ZAIN VERJEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Suzanne, after months of playing hard to get the U.S. is showing it's in the… more

[MILES] O'BRIEN [CNN ANCHOR]: The Bush administration still trying to build its case that Iran is meddling inside the borders of Iraq. Whether true or not, it would not seem out of character for Iran's defiant and outspoken president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but he might be just the foil the Bush administration needs. Zain Verjee at the State Department with more this morning. Good morning, Zain.ZAIN VERJEE, CNN STATE DEPT. CORRESPONDENT, AMERICAN MORNING: Good morning, Miles.The U.S. has a… more

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks very much, Lou. And to our viewers, you're in THE SITUATION ROOM where new pictures and information are arriving all the time. Standing by CNN reporters across the United States and around the world to bring you tonight's top stories...

BLITZER: The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has certainly inspired ill-feeling from many people around the word with his venomous anti-U.S. comments, but it also appears he's also inspired some resentment among some, some, in his… more

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks very much, Lou. And to our viewers, you're in THE SITUATION ROOM where new pictures and information are arriving all the time. Standing by CNN reporters across the United States and around the world to bring you tonight's top stories.Happening now, why a surprising announcement could signal a nuclear arms race in the Middle East -- do Arab states now fear Iran more than Israel and could the U.S and China be headed… more