Economic Trouble in an Election Year

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The Federal Reserve made a surprise cut in the interest rate today, but the markets dropped anyway, and there's more talk about a recession. Is it coming? Is it already here? Is the stimulus package really about the economy or politics? Also, Jose Padilla is sentenced to 17 years, and there's no Hollywood blockbuster, but the show must go on.  We hear about this year's Oscars.


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Warren Olney