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Reality. >> this is bobs way of deflecting. walk off the plank with your fellow libs, well see you in a future years. >> thats fine. >> sean: we will be headed to lansing i michigan for a stimulus project this will bug you. highlights straight ahead.

When the price tag for a project approved by congress balloons out of control. >> it is always the natural tendency of bureaucracies and the politicians who benefit from them to sell us something at one price and then jack that price up later, and in hopes that we wont notice. >> reporter: according to the government account blability office, the osprey development cost increased from $4.2 billion to $12.7 billion between 1986 and 2007. the stimulus project originally passed congress with $87 bi...

So when the storm system ejects from the front range, that cold airs going to be there. the moiture, of course, in the gulf of mexico, thats going to circle back. when it falls to the lower level was of the atmosphere, thats where youll have your snow and the ice. keep in mind, could be a rough situation. as we start at the end of this weekend and workweek. were going to talk about that in a few moments. now, lets send it right back to the news desk. back to you guys. >> thank you, reynolds. >> ...

Next hours. >> what about viewers, what are they saying about all this? >> yesterday you and i invited people on the blog, right? >> we did. >> ive got the computer up and well start off with this first one. the economy is bad but the stimulus has definitely helped me. ive been unemployed for six months and it extended my unemployment coverage and is covering a percentage of my cobra. lets jump to my facebook page. the stimulus project has done nothing for me and my husband but cause our retirem...

Courtney richardson looked at the likelihood of whether something like this is going to happen and they concluded that they believe terrorists are going to look for those physical opportunities, physical harm more so than the economic. so while dennis blair is obviously concerned about this and people arent putting it off the radar by any means, there is no real consensus on how imminent a cyber attack would be. >> and thats his job to be that concerned. >> it is. we want him to be concerned, do...

Volcano. search crews found joseph bohligs body yesterday. they are not sure if he died from the fall or from exposure. dna tests show egypts king tut died from malaria and kplixds from a broken leg. he also had a cleft palate and a club foot. scientists say his parents were likely siblings. the findings were published in the journal of the american medical association. the stimulus project in paradise. millions of dollars spent in the u.s. virgin islands and we are showing it all to you. th...

They have got a website, nfcc.org. youll be hooked up with a counselor who can put you on a debt management plan. take advantage of free budget software and ment.com. using these can give you a bigger picture of your financial help. you can start planning the way you should for your future. but if you are in deep, deep trouble get a debt counselor. of course if you have any questions send them to me at gerri@cnn.com. we love to hear from you. >> thank you, gerri. good to see you again. we, of ...

Projects in their districts. >> lets bring in ali velshi. hes been all over the cnn stimulus project. is it conclusive right now, ali, one way or another? has the plan been a success or a failure? >> it depends. ill tell you, we have been studying this for a long time. has it created jobs? it absolutely has. we have direct reports, phoning companies to find out. the question is, the return on investment. was it worth more than $800 billion for the jobs that have been created and will be created ...

Something else to do with your hands. one more thing youll find interesting, this is being run by the american legacy foundation which is getting its funding out of that major settlement that big toba with a bunch of states all over the country. thats where the funds for the program came from but its a stimulus project for a million dollars. >> ive been open to the idea that one persons pork is another persons stimulus project and the jobs associated with it. but you look at this and a million d...

Today, however, investors doing a bit of a flat line dance here on the market numbers. continuing fears about the global recovery, thats feeding in. the numbers dont look nearly as bad. maybe the markets are happy that tony harris is back from his vacation. the dow off four points. back above 10,000. 10,008. nasdaq up seven points at 21.48. >> back, rested and happy. thats the leading indicator of good times to come. >> we like it when youre like that, tony. >> stephanie, good to see you. all ...