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Did Face to Face in a Town Hall Format Make a Difference?
Since Obama and McCain won their respective nominations, the economic crisis has created a new set of problems for American voters. Did the candidates propose new solutions in last night's debate or fall back on familiar promises? We hear from supporters on both sides and from observers in some of the critical battleground states. Also, central banks cut rates in a global show of force, and another battle between the courts and the Bush Administration over prisoners at Guantánamo Bay.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenSince Obama and McCain won their respective nominations, the economic crisis has created a new set of problems for American voters. Did the candidates propose new solutions in last night's debate or fall back on familiar promises? We hear from supporters on both sides and from observers in some of the critical battleground states. Also, central banks cut rates in a global show of force. On Reporter's Notebook, the Bush Administration concedes that 17 Chinese Muslims are not "enemy combatants." So why is it opposing a judge's order to release them after 6 years at Guantánamo Bay?
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3 storiesCentral Banks Cut Rates in a Global Show of Force
The Federal Reserve announced a cut in interest rates today, with unprecedented coordination with other central banks around the world. Reporter Greg Robb is covering the Federal Reserve for business news website MarketWatch .
Read the story6 minAnalysis of Second Presidential Debate
At last night's presidential debate in Nashville Tennessee, the growing economic crisis provided an opportunity for John McCain and Barack Obama to rise to an historic occasion. It also set the stage for the kind of mistake that voters would never forget.
Read the story35 minDistrict Court Orders Release of Uighurs at Guantanamo Bay
A federal judge has ordered the Bush Administration to bring 17 prisoners from Guantánamo Bay to his court in Washington, where he's ordered that they be set free. They are Uighurs, Muslims from western China, picked up in Afghanistan in 2002.
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