
Nov 18 - By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer
Janet Jackson says she recognized her brother Michael's drug problem, and tried to help him, but that he rebuffed those attempts to intervene. "You can't make 'em drink the water," Jackson told ABC News in an interview airing Wednesday. When asked if her brother was in denial about his addiction, she replied, "Possibly."

Sep 2 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
Women will anchor two of the three major network evening newscasts — the premier jobs in the TV news business — as Diane Sawyer replaces Charles Gibson, who is retiring from ABC at the end of the year.
Jul 30 - By Marilynn Marchione, AP Medical Writer
ABC News has hired a top government doctor as part of an expansion of its medical coverage.

Jul 13 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff returned to Iraq on Monday for the first time since he was nearly killed there by a roadside bomb more than three years ago.
Jun 16 - By Associated Press
ABC News is crying foul over a report that says "World News" most likely had its smallest audience ever.
Jun 15 - By Associated Press
ABC News will present a prime-time interview with President Barack Obama on health care issues next week.

Jun 10 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
The economic crisis isn't over yet, but ABC News is concentrating some reporting on what life will be like when it is.
Jun 9 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
ABC News has asked Nielsen Media Research to investigate after the company's ratings indicated that "World News" most likely had its smallest audience ever.

Mar 13 - By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer
George Stephanopoulos and John McCain plan to be "tweeting" Tuesday in an interview hosted on the Twitter Web site.

Sep 7 - By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press Writer
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin made her first solo campaign appearance outside her home state Saturday, sticking largely to a speech that has boosted her popularity among Republican faithful but drawn criticism for having misstatements.
Aug 28 - By Dan Elliott, Associated Press Writer
An ABC News producer covering the Democratic convention was pushed into traffic by a sheriff's deputy on Wednesday and then arrested, the network said.

Aug 8 - By Pete Yost
Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter.

Jun 22 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
In filming a sequel to a 2000 series about Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, ABC News producers found that reality television had changed how they could present reality on television.
Jun 8 - By Sara Kugler, Associated Press Writer
John McCain and Barack Obama rejected an offer Sunday from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and ABC News to host the first proposed presidential town hall because they do not want it limited to one television network.

Apr 18 - By Associated Press
It's the last full day of campaigning before the Pennsylvania primary, and once again, the two Democratic candidates will spend the day criss-crossing the state.

Apr 17 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
ABC News drew both impressive ratings and a heap of complaints about how Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos moderated the Democratic presidential debate, criticism that Stephanopoulos on Thursday called a sign of how much people care.

Apr 10 - By Associated Press
Bob Woodruff, the ABC News correspondent nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, has won the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism.

Mar 19 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's call girl scandal prompted ABC News to give the go-ahead to a two-hour prime-time special on prostitution that includes Diane Sawyer's visit to a legal brothel in Nevada.
Feb 20 - By Associated Press
A woman who was shown on an ABC News program being beaten by her stepfather sued the network Wednesday, claiming negligence and recklessness.

Feb 15 - By Associated Press
The doctor behind the "Body Worlds" exhibits that show cadavers in different poses says he has stopped using bodies from China for fear that some of them may be executed prisoners, ABC News reported on Friday.
Feb 6 - By Associated Press
John McWethy, a retired ABC News correspondent who had to flee the Pentagon after the 2001 attacks but continued reporting live, died Wednesday after a skiing accident. He was 61.
Jan 30 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
ABC News will broadcast five hours of live primary coverage on Super Tuesday as voters in nearly half the country go to the polls next week.
Jan 16 - By Associated Press
A woman accused of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring cannot demand documents from ABC News as part of her defense strategy, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Jan 4 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates on Saturday.
Nov 29 - By Associated Press
Unionized ABC News staffers who have been working under an expired contract for nearly three years reached a tentative labor agreement with the Disney-owned network, the Writers Guild of America East said Thursday.