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updated 3:51 p.m.EDT, Wed September 21, 2011

Fed takes steps to lower interest rates

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday launched a stimulus intended to lower interest rates on everything from mortgages to business loans, giving consumers and companies an incentive to borrow and spend. FULL STORY

THE FED AND THE ECONOMY

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Info emerges in dumping of 35 bodies

A video may hold clues to how the drivers of two trucks filled with 35 bodies in rush-hour traffic in Mexico were able to abandon them, block traffic and leave the bodies on the highway, police say. FULL STORY

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