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     ABC RUNDOWN FOR DECEMBER 30, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
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ABCNYSE-NASDAQ closing pricesVolatile year results in little overall changeRon ClaiborneNew York
ABCCellular telephone billing abuses, surchargesVerizon retracts plan to charge $2 online feeLinsey DavisNew York
ABC2012 Newt Gingrich campaignGrows tearful, denounces negative campaigningJonathan KarlIowa
not available onlineABC2012 Mitt Romney campaignHis son tries to make birther joke, retractsJonathan KarlIowa
ABCHollywood arson spree torches car portsFlames spread to homes, 19 fires set overnightAbbie BoudreauLos Angeles
ABCInternet online gambling to be legalizedDoJ allows states to regulate poker, lotteriesMatt GutmanMiami

     CBS RUNDOWN FOR DECEMBER 30, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
CBSCellular telephone billing abuses, surchargesVerizon retracts plan to charge $2 online feeLee CowanLos Angeles
CBS2012 Iowa caucuses previewedMany social conservatives are still undecidedJan CrawfordIowa
CBSNYSE-NASDAQ closing pricesVolatile year results in little overall changeRebecca JarvisNew York
CBSSyria politics: protests against Baath regimeArab League monitors see renewed suppressionMark PhillipsLondon
CBSUnemployment: joblessness, corporate layoffs persistMulti-generation jobseekers, doubled-up familiesMark StrassmannAtlanta
CBS2012 Iowa caucuses previewedRepublicans will meet in neighbors' homesDean ReynoldsIowa
CBSEtiquette rules require handwritten thank-you notesAntiquated ritual redounds to writer's benefitSteve HartmanNo Dateline

     NBC RUNDOWN FOR DECEMBER 30, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
NBCCellular telephone billing abuses, surchargesVerizon retracts plan to charge $2 online feePete WilliamsWashington DC
NBC2012 Iowa caucuses previewedRomeny exudes confidence, Gingrich is tearfulPeter AlexanderIowa
NBC2012 Rick Santorum campaignSocial conservative's retail effort bears fruitChuck ToddIowa
NBCSyria politics: protests against Baath regimeArab League monitors see renewed suppressionAyman MohyeldinAmman
NBCHollywood arson spree torches car portsFlames spread to homes, 19 fires set overnightGeorge LewisHollywood
NBCSiberian permafrost thaws, leaks methane gasContinued warming will cause carbon catastropheJim MacedaRussia
NBCYear in Review 2011Prevailing national mood was discouragementMike TaibbiLos Angeles