From 1998 &ndash; December 30 , 2006 , Lin served as a news anchor and correspondent for CNN and was based in the network 's worldwide headquarters in Atlanta , Georgia . During her tenure at CNN , Lin anchored several news programs , including '' CNN Early Edition '' , '' CNN Live at Daybreak '' , the weekend editions of '' CNN Newsroom '' , and the former news-magazine program '' CNN NewsStand '' . She traveled the globe to report on numerous breaking news stories for CNN , including the rebuilding of Kosovo , the shootings at Columbine High School , the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 , and live from New York City 's Times Square as part of CNN 's worldwide Millennium night coverage
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