Fed officials were conflicted over revival program

Amid uncertainties about strength of the budding recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers last month were conflicted over whether to expand or cut back a program intended to drive down mortgage rates and prop up the housing market, according to a document released Wednesday.

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Fed minutes: officials saw recession's end in Aug.

With the economy on the mend, Federal Reserve policymakers last month felt comfortable slowing the pace of one of its economic revival programs and not changing any others, according to documents released Wednesday.

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Meltdown 101: What the Fed said — and meant

The minutes from the Federal Reserve's closed-door meetings can offer important clues about where the economy stands — and what the Fed might want to do to make it better.

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Danger of worsening recession drove Fed action

The Federal Reserve's decision last month to plow $1.2 trillion into the economy reflected growing concerns about a vicious economic cycle in which rising unemployment will curtail consumer spending, potentially into 2010.

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Review: `Eleven Minutes' is only skin deep

Even if you're a devoted fan of "Project Runway" — or, maybe especially if you are one — you'll find "Eleven Minutes," the documentary about first-season winner Jay McCarroll seriously lacking.

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Meltdown 101: What shows up in the Fed minutes?

Clues about where Federal Reserve officials see the economy heading — or how they can better battle the worst financial crisis since the 1930s — can be uncovered in documents released a few weeks after their closed-door meetings.

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Fed: Economic woes will last despite radical moves

Even as Federal Reserve officials slashed their key interest rate to a record low and pledged to use other unconventional tools to fight the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, they still feared the economy would be stuck in a painful rut for some time.

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ConsumerMan: Prepaid phone cards probed

Gus West uses prepaid calling cards to keep in touch with friends in Nicaragua. Other than the Internet, this is the cheapest way to call internationally.  “But you never know how many minutes you’ll get out of a card. Some don’t even work,” he says.

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Turn grilling upside down: Use your broiler

It's right there, invisible, inside your oven, the most underappreciated, taken-for-granted appliance in your kitchen: the broiler.

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Fed: Rates not too low; next move likely to be up

Even as they grappled with inflation worries, most Federal Reserve officials at their August meeting didn't believe the Fed's key interest rate was too low given harder-to-get credit conditions straining consumers and businesses alike.

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Fed: Members thought next rate move would be up

Worried about rising inflation, Federal Reserve officials at their meeting in June thought the Fed's next move on interest rates was likely to be up.

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Fed Officials Worried About Recession

Worries about a deep recession — not a shallow one — drove Federal Reserve policymakers to slash a key interest rate last month, meeting minutes show.

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Fed Fears Worsening Credit Market

Federal Reserve policymakers worried at their December meeting about the potential for a vicious cycle to develop in which credit problems could worsen. That could hurt economic growth and force the Fed to act more aggressively in cutting rates, according to meeting minutes made public Wednesday.

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Minutes: Fed Hotly Debated Interest Rate

The Federal Reserve's decision to slice a key interest rate last month to combat the housing slump and credit crunch was a "close call," according to meeting minutes that the board made public Tuesday.

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Fed Minutes: Rate Cut in Sept. 'Prudent'

Worried that a jarring credit crunch would stifle the economy, Federal Reserve policymakers at their September meeting felt compelled to act aggressively in lowering a key interest rate for the first time in over four years.

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Fed Hoped Market Would Right Itself

Federal Reserve policymakers meeting in early August acknowledged that they might have to take action to ease a growing credit crunch, even as they held out hope for "a return to more normal market conditions" without any intervention.

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'United 93' Presents a Painful Tribute

Samuel Franco stood outside the ticket booth, trying to decide which showing of "United 93" he and his wife should catch. He considered 9:45 p.m., then thought better of it. Too close to bedtime. Would they be able to sleep?

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Construction managers and city officials saw measurements that clearly showed Cologne's Historic Archive was sinking into the excavation work below it, weeks before the building collapsed, it has been revealed.

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Casey Anthony is visited by her parents in jail on August 14. Video wasn't released until Jan 15, 2009. (01/15/09)

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Writen documentation (August 13, 2008) about the call for service near where Caylee's remains were found later in December.

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An elementary school teacher retiring after a 36-year career died of a heart attack moments after saying goodbye to her final class for the summer. Sharon Smith, 57, died Friday on the way to a hospital according to her niece, Doreatha Jackson....

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A video for new madonna and justin's "4 minutes" made in a moment of my inspiration. tell me what you think and enjoy!

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Treasurers Meeting Minutes Vanish, Gambling Proceeds Unaccounted For? Shriners: Part 15

Editor's Note: A response to my questions, an email from the secretary of the Shriners Treasurers Association is posted in the comments section.

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A single father-of-two proposed to an American woman he met on the internet four minutes after flying 4,000 miles to see her for the first time.

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Have you ever purchased shoes that were too tight, but didn't want to give them up? There are three ways to cure that problem, and two can be accomplished for about the same price as a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

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In the ad, Zucker, producer of SCARY MOVIE 4, recreates former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's 2000 visit to North Korea.

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If you use Mozilla's Firefox web browser and subscribe to either Verizon or T-Mobile for wireless service -- these extensions will let you track your minutes used each month. Thanks to Winston Huang for writing these useful extensions!

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