19 March 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 19 Mar 2009 Fed announces it will pump an additional $1.2 trillion into the economy, which could lower interest rates--and stimulate inflation. Dodd: We ensured A.I.G.'s bonuses would be paid because the administration feared costly lawsuits. I.R.S. says it will allow Madoff victims to claim a tax deduction for the bulk of their losses. Rushkoff: In a perfect world, the stock market would decline another 70 or 80 percent along with the shuttering of about that fraction of our nation's banks. As currencies' values continue to fluctuate, more businesses embrace corporate bartering as a means to close deals. Round two begins today in the Tournament of Books! "Everybody is going to tell you they taste like chicken...That's a lie." Visiting the International Comstock Mountain Oyster Fry. Related: TMN's Geoff Badner shoots the world's largest rattlesnake roundup in Sweetwater, Texas. Britney Spears's dirty pun title--"If You Seek Amy"--reaches back to Joyce, Shakespeare. Video: Dolphins at SeaWorld learn to blow bubbles from air-holes, teach fellow dolphins how to do it. From 2003, Paul Ford interviews a dolphin. A photo of a lion in a sidecar.
