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     ABC RUNDOWN FOR OCTOBER 17, 2013: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
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ABCFederal budget: government shutdown, debt ceilingShutdown ends: White House, Congress reactJonathan KarlWhite House
ABCFederal budget: government shutdown, debt ceilingShutdown supporters urged to forego salariesJeff ZelenyCapitol Hill
ABCKenya terrorism: Nairobi shopping mall invasionPolice scrutinize surveillance video of fightingBrian RossNew York
ABCPrisons: Florida escape uses forged paperworkPair of inmate killers serving life sentencesPierre ThomasWashington DC
ABCComedienne Melissa McCarthy cuts plus-size figureHer body covered up on cover of Elle magazineLinsey DavisNew York
ABCCoyote packs encroach on human communitiesAttacks are rare, deterred by sticks and stonesCecilia VegaLos Angeles
ABCFoster care system children need supportTeenage boy goes to church, asks to be adoptedSteve OsunsamiFlorida

     CBS RUNDOWN FOR OCTOBER 17, 2013: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
CBSPrisons: Florida escape uses forged paperworkPair of inmate killers serving life sentencesJohn MillerNew York
CBSFederal budget: government shutdown, debt ceilingHouse-Senate conference negotiations beginNancy CordesCapitol Hill
CBSFederal budget: government shutdown, debt ceilingTea Party supporters are angry at compromiseMark StrassmannAtlanta
CBSFederal budget: government shutdown, debt ceilingSenator Cruz, Speaker Boehner win GOP supportJohn DickersonWashington DC
CBSHealthcare reform: universal and managed careMany states operate their own exchange WebsitesElaine QuijanoNew York
CBSItaly-bound refugees in Mediterranean shipwrecksRickety smuggling boats wash up in LampedusaAllen PizzeyItaly
CBSArcheologists study earliest human skeletonsSkull in Georgia offers clues to Homo ErectusJim AxelrodNew York
CBSHumpback whale conservation effortsUnderwater songs studied in Cook IslandsScott PelleyCook Islands

     NBC RUNDOWN FOR OCTOBER 17, 2013: CLICK ON GRID ELEMENTS TO SEARCH FOR MATCHING ITEMS
NBCFederal budget: government shutdown, debt ceilingShutdown ends after 16 days, workers returnStephanie GoskPhiladelphia
NBCFederal budget: government shutdown, debt ceilingRepublicans in Congress end in recriminationsKelly O'DonnellCapitol Hill
NBCHealthcare reform: universal and managed careFederal exchange Website rollout has problemsTom CostelloWashington DC
NBCClean Air Act pollution fighting regulationsWHO warns of public health dangers: cancer riskNancy SnydermanNew York
NBCFormer VP Dick Cheney receives heart transplantWrites memoir Heart with his cardiologistAndrea MitchellWashington DC
NBCWWII: female workers had Rosie the Riveter nicknameMuseum at historic park in Richmond shipyardKristen DahlgrenCalifornia