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Thursday October 25, 2007

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10:00U.S. Housing Market

Existing home sales fell 8% last month and many analysts say there's more pain ahead for the housing sector in particular and the economy in general. We'll talk about ongoing fall-out from the sub-prime mortgage meltdown and possible interventions being considered on Capital Hill.

Guests

Kathleen Day, Center for Responsible Lending

Damian Paletta, Dow Jones Newswires

Brian Gardner, public policy analyst with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a brokerage firm and investment bank specializing in the financial sector.

11:00David Michaelis: "Schulz and Peanuts" (Harper)

Charles Schulz knew from early on that he'd one day be a cartoonist. A new biography examines the life of the artist who created Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown. The man behind the most successful cartoon strip of all time.

Guests

David Michaelis, author of "N.C. Wyeth: A Biography," among other books.

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