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Thursday      
October 30, 2008
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Incredible Shrinking Economy

We look at what a shrinking economy means for people, who are facing the toughest job market in years with Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at the forecasting firm, Global Insight.

Personal Foreclosure

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As a teenager Ryan Chittum lived in a middle class neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, until his father became ill. He could no longer work and the family lost their home to foreclosure.

Presidential Transitions

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With two active wars and a full fledged economic crisis, some scholars say this may be the most important presidential transition since Abraham Lincoln’s.

Can a Computer Game Predict the Election?

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We speak with Scott Tykoski, the executive producer for the game, about what one computer game predicts for the future.

World Series Radio

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Philadelphia baeball fans get what they’ve wanted for many years.

“Octavian Nothing: Volume II”

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Author M.T. Anderson won a National Book Award for his book “Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation Volume I: The Pox Party. “

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