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     ABC RUNDOWN FOR AUGUST 12, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
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ABCConsumer spending, personal income, confidenceRetail rebound expected: less on gas, housingLinsey DavisNew York
ABCReal estate home mortgage foreclosures increaseOwners switch to renters, evictions preventedSteve OsunsamiGeorgia
ABC2012 Iowa caucuses previewedDebate, straw poll may winnow Republican fieldJake TapperIowa
ABC2012 Michele Bachmann campaignExplains her submissive marriage as respectfulSharyn AlfonsiNew York
ABCBat colonies depleted in temperate zonesTropical vampires head north as climate warmsDavid WrightLos Angeles
ABCWWII: French Resistance against German occupationFemale saboteur dubbed White Mouse, dies aged 98Diane SawyerNew York

     CBS RUNDOWN FOR AUGUST 12, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
CBS2012 Iowa caucuses previewedBachmann, Pawlenty vie for frontrunner statusNorah O'DonnellIowa
CBS2012 Rick Perry to announce candidacyWill emphasize record of jobs creation in TexasWyatt AndrewsTexas
CBSSyria politics: protests against Baath regimeOpposition after Friday prayers in 13 citiesDavid MartinPentagon
CBSAfghanistan's Taliban regime aftermath, fightingNational army under US training, 170K strongSeth DoaneAfghanistan
CBSElectric utilities subsidize poor householdsLite-Up Texas funds diverted for state coffersMark StrassmannDallas
CBSHS sports: players suffer football injuriesRare cases of paralysis break school budgetsChip ReidIllinois
CBSNYSE-NASDAQ closing pricesUBS trading floor had unusually hectic weekJim AxelrodNew York

     NBC RUNDOWN FOR AUGUST 12, 2011: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
NBC2012 Michele Bachmann campaignExplains her submissive marriage as respectfulAndrea MitchellIowa
NBC2012 Iowa caucuses previewedBachmann, Pawlenty vie for frontrunner statusChuck ToddIowa
NBCConsumer spending, personal income, confidenceConfidence index falls to three-decade lowsSue HereraNew York
NBCClinics provide healthcare for urban, rural poorLong lines of uninsured need free dental careMark PotterGeorgia
NBCSyria politics: protests against Baath regimeOpposition after Friday prayers in 13 citiesRichard EngelNo Dateline
NBCLondon youth riots, looting, arsonVolunteers, vigilantes retake control of streetsJim MacedaLondon
NBCNewsworthy events eclipsed by headline crisesZany, cute, trendy, quirky highlightsBrian WilliamsNew York