| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $800: A breaking news photo award went to Ryan Kelly for his shot of a 2017 car attack on protesters in this city in Va. Charlottesville |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | THE TV BIZ $400: Often caused by a breaking news story, it's the replacement of a previously scheduled TV broadcast pre-emptions |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | NEWER WORDS $400: Using a breaking story to market your product is called " news " -this; no vehicle theft involved newsjacking |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | NEWSPAPERS $600: In 2014 this paper won a Pulitzer Prize for its "Breaking News Reporting" of the marathon bombing The Boston Globe |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | THE 2016 PULITZER PRIZES $400: This paper won the Breaking News Pulitzer for going 60 miles east to cover the San Bernardino terrorist attack The Los Angeles Times |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | THE NEWS $2000: Also what a comic does in a club, it's the term for a reporter's report straight to camera from the scene of breaking news stand-up |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | MY EX-WIVES & ME $800: Breaking (up) news... this longtime CNN host & wife No. 6, Julie Alexander Larry King |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER WINNERS $1000: (I'm Carolyn Ryan.) In 2009 I was part of the team that won the Pulitzer for breaking news coverage of this New York governor & his stunning fall from grace (Eliot) Spitzer |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | NEWSPAPERS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2013 this paper won a Pulitzer for its breaking news coverage of the Aurora theater shooting The Denver Post |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $400: (I'm Chris Wallace.) I broke the story that Reagan had selected this former rival as his running mate at the 1980 Republican Convention George Herbert Walker Bush |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $800: (I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) In April 2009 I broke the story that this youngest of the "Big 3" car companies was entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Chrysler |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $1200: (I'm Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News.) I broke the story that this Democratic senator ended his candidacy for president in 2004, though he ended up as No. 2 on the Democratic ticket John Edwards |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $1600: (I'm Chuck Todd of NBC News.) In 2006 I broke the story that this man, the ex-governor of Virginia, had decided not to run for president in 2008--he went for the U.S. Senate instead & won Mark Warner |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $2000: (I'm New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.) In 2002 I broke the story of a peace plan--a return to June 1967 lines & a Palestinian state for a full peace between Israel & the Arab world--proposed by this now-king of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $400: In 1429 at about age 17, she left home to fulfill her mission; she said god sent her to drive the English from France Joan of Arc |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $800: This Greek "Father of Medicine" could not heal himself, dying around 377 B.C.; he was buried at Larissa in Thessaly Hippocrates |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $1200: In 1584 this Golden Hind sailor represented the town of Bossiney in the House of Commons Sir Francis Drake |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $1600: In 1209 the pope excommunicated this king known for the Magna Carta; 4 years later, all was forgiven John |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | VERY NON-BREAKING NEWS $2000: In February 1940 the Soviets became a Mannerheim line steamroller & invaded this northern country Finland |
| #6111, aired 2011-03-21 | AN ANCIENT GREEK NEWSCAST $600: Breaking news 479 B.C.: Greece has beaten the remaining forces of this Xerxes-led empire! Let's party! the Persian Empire |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $200: Before this hotel mogul's elbow broke through it, a Picasso he owned was worth $139 million; after, $85 million Steve Wynn |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $400: It was 103 degrees in July 2010 & Con Ed's command center in this N.Y. borough showed 12,963 megawatts consumed at 1 time Manhattan |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $800: Gambler Charles Wells is believed to have inspired the song "The Man Who" did this "At Monte Carlo" "Broke The Bank" |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $1000: Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called this "friendly skies" airline "Breaks Guitars" United Airlines |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $3,600 (Daily Double): Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's Martin Luther King |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | "I"s IN THE PRIZE $200: The Seattle Times won one in 2010 for its breaking news reporting a Pulitzer |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | THE FIRST CHRISTMAS: LUKE REPORTING $200: Breaking news--this Caesar has spread panic with his decree that "all the world should be taxed" Augustus |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | THE SHAKESPEAREAN ROOM $2,000 (Daily Double): (Wolf Blitzer delivers the clue from the Shakespearean Room.) Breaking news... decapitation & regicide in Scotland! Macbeth is dead, & Macduff hails this man as the new king! Malcolm |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | "UP" WORDS $600: Breaking news from Seth Meyers Weekend Update |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | THE '50s $300 (Daily Double): On Labor Day weekend in 1957 John Chancellor raced to this state capital to cover breaking news Little Rock, Arkansas |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | CROSSWORD CLUES "S" $200: Ice cream portion, or breaking news story
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| #980, aired 1988-12-02 | "FAST" OR "SLOW" $100: Adjective describing the swift-moving L.A. Lakers, or a quick-developing news story fast-breaking |
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