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ABC RUNDOWN FOR OCTOBER 17, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
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| ABC | Indycar auto racing crash at Las Vegas 300 | Champion Dan Wheldon killed in 15-car pile-up | Josh Elliott | New York |
| ABC | Unemployment: joblessness, corporate layoffs persist | President Obama urges item-by-item vote on plan | Jake Tapper | North Carolina |
| ABC | 2012 Herman Cain campaign | Hardline conservative uses simplicity, humor | Jonathan Karl | Washington DC |
| ABC | Mentally disabled held prisoner in Phila basement | Suspect identity theft scheme to cash SSI checks | Pierre Thomas | Washington DC |
| ABC | Cellular telephone billing abuses exposed | Pledge advance warning of over-limit surcharges | Lisa Stark | Washington DC |
| ABC | Poverty: endemic on Indian tribal reservations | Plight of South Dakota's Pine Ridge publicized | Diane Sawyer | New York |
| ABC | Rural small towns revitalized by local grocery | High school students run store in tiny Leeton | Chris Cuomo | Missouri |
CBS RUNDOWN FOR OCTOBER 17, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
| not available online | CBS | Indycar auto racing crash at Las Vegas 300 | Champion Dan Wheldon killed in 15-car pile-up | Bill Whitaker | Las Vegas |
| CBS | 2012 Barack Obama campaign | Bus tour in NC, Va slams GOP's jobs inaction | Norah O'Donnell | North Carolina |
| CBS | Occupy Wall Street protests against financial sector | NYC park sit-in is one month old, still growing | Seth Doane | New York |
| CBS | Israel-Palestinian conflict | Hamas negotiates freedom for 1,000 prisoners | Mark Phillips | Tel Aviv |
 | CBS | Poverty: small southern milltowns deindustrialized | Red tape blocks renewal aid to some NC counties | Michelle Miller | North Carolina |
 | CBS | Computer CEO Steve Jobs of Apple dies, aged 56 | Lasting legacy of Stanford commencement speech | John Blackstone | San Francisco |
NBC RUNDOWN FOR OCTOBER 17, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
 | NBC | Indycar auto racing crash at Las Vegas 300 | Champion Dan Wheldon killed in 15-car pile-up | George Lewis | Las Vegas |
 | NBC | 2012 Barack Obama campaign | Bus tour in NC, Va slams GOP's jobs inaction | Kristen Welker | North Carolina |
 | NBC | Occupy Wall Street protests against financial sector | NYC park sit-in is one month old, still growing | Mara Schiavocampo | New York |
 | NBC | Cellular telephone billing abuses exposed | Pledge advance warning of over-limit surcharges | Tom Costello | Washington DC |
 | NBC | South Pole researcher needs medevac plane rescue | May have suffered stroke, arrives in New Zealand | Anne Thompson | New York |
 | NBC | Prescription drug shortages, stockpiles depleted | Chemotherapy medicine hoarded, prices gouged | Lisa Myers | Washington DC |
 | NBC | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder coverage | Guidelines for toddlers, children, teenagers | Nancy Snyderman | New York |
 | NBC | Boston apartment building fire: jumping boy escapes | Firefighter catches six-year-old, 30 feet below | Ron Mott | Boston |
