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ne weemarkthe start of earnings sson. d, with it come new worries about those quarterly financial score-cards. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: the stock market got off to a super start in the first three months of this year. that's as investors were cheered by a stronger u.s. economy and solid corporate profits. but, with a new earnings season just a couple weeks off, the profit picture is looking pretty dismal. standard and poor's predicts first quarter earnings growth of less than 1% for s&p 500 names. thomson reuters is slightly more optmistic with a ho-hum forecast of 3.2%. b...

I understand that they here. >> that's a scene from tkatori hal's new play. called "her village." it is scheduled for demolition. >> absolutely. >> like many across the country have been. how did you come to write this work? >> it's based on a real life housing project called hurt village and in 2002 was demolished. basically, the city applied for a government grant and ended up getting $35 million to raze not only orvilleage but other housing projects. for me i needed to write the story because it was so happening now and i grew up, you know, in this and hearing about this housing project and...

georgetown law student sandra fluke a slut. 50 sponsors have stopped supporting limbaugh despite limbaugh's apology. here is statement from one of the bigger companies. at aol, one of our core values is that we act with integrity. limbaugh continues to downplay the whole thing. not surprisingly. even the loss of advertisers. >> 28 sponsors out of 18,000. that's like losing a couple of french fries in the container when it's delivered to you at the drive-through. >> i don't know about you, but i never have 18,000 french fries! it seems to have had a much larger impact than that actual...

that she must be paid to have sex? what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? it makes her a prostitute. >> what was your first reaction when you heard the comments? >> well, i think my reaction was the reaction that a lot of women have had when historically they've been called these types of names, and that really i think a lot of women across america have had to this, and that was initially to be stunned by it, but then to quickly feel outraged and very upset. >> joining us now to talk about the echos of this media and the twist in the presidential campaign, julia mason, ...

a sympathetic figure and the media descended on sandra fluke giving her a high profile platform to fight back. >> what does it say about the college co-ed susan fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? it makes her a prostitute. >> what was your first reaction when you heard the comments? >> well, i think my reaction was the reaction that a lot of women have had when historically they've been called these types of names, and that really i think a lot of women across ame...