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New capzasin quick relief gel. (announcer) starts working on contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. okay. so, listen, this one is the single, biggest contract from the entire $862 billion stimulus, and it's all about cleaning up nuclear waste right here in the united states. josh levs, managing the stimulus desk today. josh, what are we talking about? are we talking about the simi valley, california, one? >> no. but that's another interesting one. but we have one that's the biggest. let's show you the viewer question we got via...

1,295 jobs reported funded by the stimulus. as we've been taking a look today in advance of the president's trip on what some of these projects are, we found an interesting one about solar energy. i can show you the summary here. it costs $223,000, and zero jobs created. about a quarter million dollars, they are working to advance solar technology. they want to create the new generation of solar technology. they have a few people working on it. they say they are using the money to pay people, a few faculty and a couple of grad students but they can't say the people wouldn't be working otherwis...

Spots went for more than $3 million. due to the recession last year, it wasn't until the day before the super bowl that all ads sold out. >> and we're talking about how about the estimate you slus making its way into the 2010 budget. >> it may be groundhog day as far as the budge set concerned. some of the original things we saw in the american investment and recovery act, the obama administration wants to make sure it lives a little longer. the $862 billion that was put into the plan, a lot are expected to run out this year. the obama administration saying that they want to see them last and ...

Been reported funded by the stimulus. that's a numbers for you but that's an reality check in advance for some of the things as the president highlights the state as an example of what the administration says is a beneficiary of that giant $862 billion package that passed a year ago. top stories now, what caused the crash of flight 3407. 50 people were killed in the crash near buffalo, new york, last year. the ntsb is wrapping up the investigation this morning. it's actually going to tell us the cause and offer possible new safety recommendations for regional airlines. you should be able t...

Number one, we want to know this. where is $862 billion going? that is the price tag for the stimulus plan that passed a year ago. josh levs is following the numbers at the cnn stimulus desk. josh, i understand you're starting with a project about cocaine? >> yeah, isn't this interesting? as we go through the 57,000 projects that there are out there represented in these binders, information about all of them, we stumbled on really interesting projects. one of them is about cocaine dependence. we have a screen that shows you how much money. basically what it does, a the medical university of so...