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Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller is calling for a cut to interest rates at the board's next meeting at the end of the month.

German leaders made the same decision last week, without an explanation. In the lead up to the Winter Games, Russia has been criticized for its anti-gay laws.

Also: French troops move north in Mali; explosions rock Kabul; two Japanese airlines ground their Boeing 787 Dreamliners; many New York City parents face turmoil as school bus drivers go on strike.

In a whistleblower complaint, Bright alleges he was removed from his post for failing to go along with the president's push to promote a drug as a cure for COVID-19.

This week on Alt.Latino, we celebrate the music that rocked our world in 2012 — from a Colombian electronic journey to a Chilean rap masterpiece and a Mexican film soundtrack that left us breathless.

Questions about trade continue amid negotiations to end the United Kingdom's membership in the European Union.

Theologian HARVEY COX. His new book is "Fire From Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-first Century" (Addison-Wesley). It is estimated that by the year 2010, there will be more Pentecostals than all other non-Catholic Christians put together. COX traces the growth of the religion from its origins in a converted stable in Los Angeles in 1906 to its present membership of 410 million worldwide. COX is a professor of divinity at Harvard Divinity School, and the author of "The Secular City."

in Georgia, backing Bob Dole for President and local candidates for the House and Senate races. The group's membership is up 25-percent from last year and experts say their efforts could be significant in a close race. A poll by the Atlanta Constitution shows President Clinton leading Dole by 15 points...the biggest gap in any southern state.

Robert talks with Ralph Reed, Jr., the director of the Christian Coalition. The Coalition is directing most of its resources toward the retention of a Republican majority in Congress, and election of state and local candidates who support the conservative ideals of the Coalition's membership. Reed says that this retargeting of Coalition resources does not mean that they've written off Bob Dole's chances of election, or that they don't support a Dole candidacy...but that their focus has always been on state and local politics and grass-roots involvement in political issues.

Also: 787 Dreamliners grounded; Notre Dame's Manti Te'o at center of bizarre "hoax;" jobless claims fall and housing starts soar; Olympics asks Lance Armstrong to return his bronze medal.