• Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about her recent trip to New Orleans for the 5th anniversary of Katrina

• Will Bunch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 11:05am ET / 8:05am PT to talk about his new book, “The Backlash: Right Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama”

• Officers scoured the Discovery Communications building in suburban DC overnight after a hostage-taker claiming to have “several bombs” was shot dead, but did not find any “active devices” at the scene, NBC News reported Thursday.

• Much of the East Coast is under warnings and watches as the Labor Day weekend approaches, including hurricane warnings for parts of North Carolina. Category four Hurricane Earl, which has maximum sustained winds near 145 mph, is located about 410 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C.

• The U.S. marked on Wednesday the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to preparing Iraqi security forces to protect the country on their own.

HOUR 2
:20 – Regret – New Order
:24 – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) – Crystal Waters
:30 – Shining Light – Annie Lennox
:34 – Open Your Eyes – Snow Patrol
:46 – Insane In The Brain – Cypress Hill
:50 – I Feel For You – Chaka Khan
:59 – Save It For Later – English Beat

HOUR 3
:20 – Mr. Brightside – The Killers
:24 – 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
:30 – Then The Morning Comes – Smash Mouth
:34 – Something About You – Level 42
:46 – Tell It Like It T-I-Is – The B-52′s
:50 – The Best Disco In Town – The Ritchie Family
:59 – Shut Your Eyes – Snow Patrol

• Karl Frisch, contributor to Media Matters for America, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to co-host Right Wing World

• Labor Secretary Hilda Solis calls in at 11:20am ET / 8:20am PT to talk about Labor Day and what the Obama administration is doing to put people back to work

• President Obama made it official Tuesday: Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the nation’s No. 1 priority is fixing the economy. “The end of our combat mission in Iraq” comes at “a time of great uncertainty for many Americans,” Obama said in a nationally televised address from the Oval Office.

• Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded the election in the Alaska Republican primary Tuesday to a little-known conservative lawyer backed by former governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

• President Obama is opening a new round of Mideast peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together Wednesday for talks aimed at forging an agreement within one year on a two-state solution: a sovereign Palestine and a secure Israel.

• Thousands of people were told to evacuate a North Carolina island and a hurricane watch was issued for Virginia Wednesday morning as Earl weakened but still threatened to sideswipe the East Coast.

HOUR 2
:20 – What You Need – INXS
:24 – When Doves Cry – Prince
:30 – The Story – Brandi Carlile
:34 – The New Pollution – Beck
:46 – She Drives Me Crazy – Fine Young Cannibals
:50 – I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
:59 – Postcards From Paradise – Flesh For Lulu

HOUR 3
:20 – Sunchyme – Dario G
:24 – Juicy – Better Than Ezra
:30 – Shoot You Down – Birdland
:34 – Suedehead – Morrissey
:46 – Runnin’ Down A Dream – Tom Petty
:50 – One Of Us – Joan Osbourne
:59 – Pure – The Lightning Seeds

• Charlie Pierce, Boston Globe writer and author of “Idiot America,” calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the news of the day

• Actress and comedian Aisha Tyler joins us in studio at 11:05am ET / 8:05am PT for another edition of “Tuesdays With Tyler”

• As President Obama prepares to officially end the lengthy and divisive U.S. combat operation in Iraq, he’ll personally thank some of the soldiers who fought there for their service to a mission he forcefully opposed from the start.

• President Obama acknowledged Monday that the economy continues to struggle and too many Americans are still struggling to find jobs. He also took Republicans to task for what he said was partisan politics that are standing in the way of passing a bill aimed at helping small businesses.

• Hurricane Earl, now a powerful Category 4 storm, barreled toward the U.S. coast today after battering tiny islands across the Caribbean with heavy rain and winds that damaged homes and toppled power lines. Earl is forecast to potentially brush the U.S. East Coast late Thursday.

• Consumer spending rose 0.4% in July after three lackluster months, the Commerce Department said Monday. Spending fell 0.1% in April, rose a tiny 0.1% in May and was flat in June.

HOUR 2
:20 – Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
:24 – Set It Off – Queen Latifah
:30 – Step On – Happy Mondays
:34 – Tarzan Boy – Baltmora
:46 – Mary Quant In Blue – The Dylans
:50 – She’s A Beauty – The Tubes
:59 – Genius Of Love – Tom Tom Club

HOUR 3
:20 – Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
:24 – Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves – Eurythmics
:30 – Only Wanna Be With You – Hootie & The Blowfish
:34 – Run Around – Blues Traveller
:46 – Lips Like Sugar – Echo & The Bunnymen
:50 – Shake Your Groove Thing – Peaches & Herb
:59 – Hit – The Sugarcubes

• Ari Rabin-Havt of Media Matters for America calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to co-host Right Wing World

• Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the economic roundtable she participated in this past Friday

• Edie McClurg joins us in studio at 11:05am ET / 8:05am PT for another edition of “Mondays With McClurg”

• GOP commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking Martin Luther King’s legacy held their own rally and march.

• President Barack Obama said Saturday the end of combat operations in Iraq doesn’t just reaffirm the country’s sovereignty, but also makes good on one of his principle campaign pledges.

• The darkly intimate 1960s-era drama “Mad Men” and the comedy romp “Modern Family” were the top honorees at Sunday’s Emmy Awards as American life past and present proved a winning formula.

HOUR 2
:20 – Peter Gunn Theme – Art Of Noise
:24 – Party Up – DMX
:30 – My Love (Paul Oakenfold) – Justin Timberlake
:34 – Planet Love – The Dylans
:46 – Jungle Love – Morris Day & The Time
:50 – Perfect Day – Hoku
:59 – Groove Is In The Heart – Deee-Lite

HOUR 3
:20 – Mr. Wendal – Arrested Development
:24 – Bitch – Meredith Brooks
:30 – Lips Like Sugar – Echo & The Bunnymen
:34 – Marooned – The Lightning Seeds
:46 – It’s A Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads
:50 – Delirious – Prince
:59 – Helpless – Sugar

• John Fugelsang calls in from the Florida Bureau at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT for another edition of “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• An American freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Carter had flown to the North Korean capital three days earlier on a rare private mission to negotiate Gomes’ release

• Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella in chicken feed that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall.

• The first video released of the 33 workers trapped deep in a Chilean mine shows the men stripped to the waist and appearing slim but healthy, arm-in-arm, singing the national anthem and yelling “long live Chile, and long live the miners!” The men made the video with a small camera sent down to them through a small emergency shaft drilled to their emergency shelter.

• Stocks fell Thursday after early gains from a better report on jobless claims faded. The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time since early July.

HOUR 2
:20 – Happy Hour – The Housemartins
:24 – Video Killed The Radio Star – The Buggles
:30 – Hung Up – Madonna
:34 – Do You Want Me (Peanuts Mix) – Salt & Pepa
:46 – Heart & Soul – T’Pau
:50 – Tush – ZZ Top
:59 – D’Yer Mak’er – Led Zeppelin

HOUR 3
:20 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me – U2
:24 – Umbrella – Rihanna
:30 – Burning House Of Love – X
:34 – Hot Hot Hot!!! – The Cure
:46 – In A Big Country – Big Country
:50 – Taking Care Of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive
:59 – Krafty – New Order

• Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) calls in at 9:35am ET / 6:35am PT for another edition of “Face The Grayson”

• Jennifer Palmieri of The Center for American Progress, calls in at 11:05am ET / 6:05am PT to talk about who is funding the Tea Party Movement

• Ken Mehlman, President Bush’s campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he is gay and now wants to be an advocate for gay marriage.

• Fresh eggs being produced by farms at the heart of a massive recall are making their way to consumers via facilities that pasteurize the eggs, process them and rid them of any possible salmonella, the FDA said yesterday.

• President Barack Obama will deliver a major address on Iraq from the Oval Office next Tuesday night, according to the White House. Obama’s remarks also will touch on Afghanistan and the broader war against terrorism, the White House said.

• Stocks were set to advance for a second straight session Thursday, as investors awaited a weekly report on jobless claims. Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures slightly edged up.

HOUR 2
:20 – Tall Cool One – Robert Plant
:24 – Good Times – Chic
:30 – Step On – Happy Mondays
:34 – Supernatural Superserious – R.E.M.
:46 – Right Here – The Go-Betweens
:50 – I Wanna Be Your Lover – Prince
:59 – Peter Gunn Theme – Art Of Noise

HOUR 3
:20 – State Farm (Madhouse Mix) – Yaz
:24 – Let’s Go – The Cars
:30 – Sanctify Yourself – Simple Minds
:34 – Spaceman – The Killers
:46 – Rain In The Summertime – The Alarm
:50 – Let’s Spend The Night Together – The Rolling Stones
:59 – Pressure – Billy Joel

• NY Times columnist Frank Rich calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his columns, “Angels In America” and “How Fox Betrayed Petraeus”

• Karl Frisch, contributor to Media Matters for America, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to co-host Right Wing World

• On a night where most of the incumbents held serve in the political arena, Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski is trailing a political unknown. In AZ, Sen. John McCain won the GOP Senate primary after a bitter campaign against former U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth. In Florida, Rick Scott, a millionaire political newcomer, defeated the state’s Attorney General Bill McCollum on Tuesday in the GOP primary for governor.

• Former Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod has rejected an offer from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to come back to the Department of Agriculture. She has not ruled out helping the department in the future on a consultant basis after it completes its own investigation into discrimination in the department.

• Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) called on Tuesday for President Barack Obama to fire his economic team in a campaign-style speech meant to focus voters on the weak American economy.

HOUR 2
:20 – Express Yourself
:24 – The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades – Timbuk 3
:30 – Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong – Spin Doctors
:34 – Computer Blue – Prince
:46 – Jungle Love – Morris Day & The Time
:50 – Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
:59 – The Fugitive Dance – Spooner

HOUR 3
:20 – King For A Day – Thompson Twins
:24 – The Heat Is On – Glenn Frey
:30 – Genius Of Love – Tom Tom Club
:34 – Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix) – Cornershop
:46 – Mercy (Gareth Wyn Remix) – Duffy
:50 – Stray Cat Strut – The Stray Cats
:59 – Near Wild Heaven – R.E.M.

Actress and comedian Aisha Tyler joins us in studio at 11:05am ET / 8:05am PT for another edition of “Tuesdays With Tyler”

• The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000 for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ahead of the end-of-the-month deadline mandated by President Barack Obama, the American military said in a statement Tuesday.

• Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday he is pressing Iraq’s leaders to settle their differences and form a government, almost six months after the country’s election and a week before the scheduled end of the U.S. combat mission.

• Food and Drug Administration officials said Monday that there is no evidence a massive outbreak of salmonella in eggs has spread beyond two Iowa farms, though a team of investigators is still trying to figure out what caused it. FDA officials said they do not expect the number of eggs recalled — 550 million — to grow.

• Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican who has broken ranks in the past with the GOP, gave Democrat Joe Sestak his second major endorsement from moderates in a week in his bid for a hotly contested Senate seat in Pennsylvania.

HOUR 2
:20 – Human Behaviour – Bjork
:24 – Jump – Van Halen
:30 – Hair Of The Dog – Nazareth
:34 – High – The Lighthouse Family
:46 – Dare – The Gorillaz
:50 – Like A Prayer – Madonna
:59 – Beds Are Burning – Midnight Oil

HOUR 3
:20 – Generations – Inspiral Carpets
:24 – Maniac – Michael Sembello
:30 – Divine Thing – The Soup Dragons
:34 – Everybody Wants You – Billy Squier
:46 – The Crying Scene – Aztec Camera
:50 – Mony Mony – Billy Idol
:59 – Bohemian Like You – The Dandy Warhols

• Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to co-host another edition of Right Wing World

• Jim McLaughlin, UFCW International Vice President and President of UFCW Local 99, calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to tell us how the UFCW fights for working families

• The proposed Islamic community center near ground zero drew hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators Sunday, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting, “Say no to racist fear!” and American flags waving on both sides.

• The companies that have recalled more than half a billion eggs following a salmonella outbreak fell short of safety standards at their farms, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Sunday.

• Shirley Sherrod, who received an apology after being forced to resign from the Agriculture Department, will meet Tuesday with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss a job offer, a department official confirmed Saturday.

• If all goes as planned, the “bottom kill” operation to permanently plug the ruptured underwater well in the Gulf of Mexico should be completed by the week after Labor Day, Thad Allen said Thursday.

HOUR 2
:20 – The Impression That I Get – Mighty Mighty Bosstones
:24 – Nowhere To Run – Martha And The Vandellas
:30 – Houses Of The Holy – Led Zeppelin
:34 – Hung Up – Madonna
:46 – A Girl Like You – Edwyn Collins
:50 – My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson

HOUR 3
:20 – High – The Lighthouse Family
:24 – Mysterious Ways – U2
:30 – Everyday Is Halloween – Ministry
:34 – Here Comes Your Man – The Pixies
:46 – Get This Party Started – Pink
:50 – Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
:59 – Feel It – The Tamperer feat. Maya

• Christian Weller, Economist with the Center for American Progress, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to update us on the economy

• Scientists on Thursday reported results from the first detailed study of a giant plume of oily water near the blown-out BP well — stating that it measured at least 22 miles long, more than a mile wide and 650 feet tall.

• The Obama administration has assured Israel that Iran’s process of converting nuclear material into a working weapon would take at least a year, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

• Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined a growing number of politicians Thursday supporting a move of a proposed Islamic center and mosque away from the ground zero area to state-owned land farther from the Sept. 11 attack site.

• The Labor Department said claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week and the Federal Reserve of Philadelphia said manufacturing activity in the mid-Atlantic region has dropped during August.

HOUR 2
:20 – My Own Worst Enemy – Lit
:24 – All Star – Smash Mouth
:30 – Peter Gunn Theme – Art Of Noise
:34 – Hourglass – Squeeze
:46 – Southside – Moby
:50 – Baby Come And Get It – The Pointer Sisters

HOUR 3
:20 – Near Wild Heaven – R.E.M.
:24 – Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
:30 – State Of Shock – Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger
:34 – Pure – The Lightning Seeds
:46 – Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
:50 – Boom Boom Boom – Outhere Brothers
:59 – Say Hey, Alright – Crystal Waters

• Stephanie Shriock, President of EMILY’s List, calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about what she’s doing to counter Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzly” campaign

• Comedy legend Fred Willard calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about his new book, “Fred Willard’s Magnificent Movie Trivia”

• The last U.S. brigade combat team in Iraq has left the country, a move that helps U.S. President Barack Obama reach his goal of 50,000 troops in the country by September 1. A spokesman for the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, said the last of the 4,000 members of the unit crossed the border into Kuwait early Thursday.

• With the controversy still swirling over plans for a Muslim community center near the former World Trade Center, President Obama said Wednesday that he had “no regrets” about his involvement in the debate.

• Former Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont governor Howard Dean, a hero to many liberals, has called efforts to build an Islamic community center two blocks from the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks “a real affront to people who lost their lives.”

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is raising questions about who is funding criticism of the so-called “Ground Zero mosque.” She joins “those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded.” She added: “How is this being ginned up?”

HOUR 2
:20 – It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy
:24 – Still In Hollywood – Concrete Blonde
:30 – Lips Like Sugar – Echo & The Bunnymen
:34 – Jet Airliner – Steve Miller Band
:46 – Orange Crush – R.E.M.
:50 – Stand Up & Shout – Steel Dragon
:59 – Lola’s Theme – Shapeshifters

HOUR 3
:20 – Regret – New Order
:24 – O.P.P. – Naughty By Nature
:30 – My Love (Paul Oakenfold Remix) – Justin Timberlake
:34 – Marooned – The Lightning Seeds
:46 – Pump It Up – Elvis Costello
:50 – Listen To The Music – Doobie Brothers
:59 – Imitation Of Life – R.E.M.

• Karl Frisch, contributor to Media Matters for America, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to co-host Right Wing World

• The federal jury that found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty of just one count of lying to federal agents was deadlocked 11-1 in favor of convicting him of more serious counts involving an alleged attempt to sell a Senate seat, two jurors said Tuesday.

• Dr. Laura Schlessinger says she’s shutting down her 30-year-old syndicated radio program at the end of the year so she can get her “First Amendment rights” back. Her announcement on “Larry King Live” comes just a week after she repeatedly used the N-word while taking a call on the air from a black woman who wanted to discuss her interracial marriage.

• A campaigning President Barack Obama said Tuesday it will take a few years to dig the nation out of the recession, warning impatient voters that any candidate promising faster results “is just looking for your vote.”

• Two new scientific reports Tuesday raised fresh fears about the environmental fallout from the world’s worst offshore oil spill and questioned government assurances that most of the oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico was already gone.

HOUR 2
:20 – Right Here – The Go-Betweens
:24 – Dude Looks Like A Lady – Aerosmith
:30 – Scary Kisses – Voice Of The Beehive
:46 – Touch Me – The Doors
:50 – Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder
:59 – Venus – Bananarama

HOUR 3
:20 – Wait A Minute – Pussycat Dolls
:24 – I Need A Lover – Pat Benatar
:30 – I Touch Roses – Book Of Love
:34 – Open Your Eyes – Snow Patrol
:46 – Story Of My Life – Social Distortion
:50 – It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
:59 – Shut Up & Let Me Go – The Ting Tings