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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he expects the U.S. economy to "slow noticeably" in coming months as the housing slump intensifies. Bernanke also said the economy has shown considerable resilience and should rebound next year.

There are increasing signs that frozen credit markets are thawing, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says he could support another stimulus package. David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, talks about whether another stimulus package can stave off a recession.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about the lessons that can be learned from the 1980 actors strike as a new strike is now underway.

Over two decades of journalism, Audie Cornish has become a recognized and trusted voice on the airwaves as co-host of NPR's flagship news program, All Things Considered.

In a rare departure from tradition, Saturday's presidential address was delivered not by President Obama but by Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben, 6, died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. Wheeler urged the Senate to pass gun control legislation it has scheduled for debate.

His songs are the subject of a new C-D called " >Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison." Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, and Ben Sidran all appear on the disc. They're among the dozens of other musicians who've been influenced by Allison's words and music.

His film The Bourne Identity is being released on DVD next week. The Bourne Identity is a thriller about a man with amnesia who is plucked from the Mediterranean Sea, riddled with bullet holes. Damon has been in many hit films, including The Talented Mr. Ripley, Saving Private Ryan and Good Will Hunting, which he co-wrote with close friend Ben Affleck. This interview first aired June 19, 2002.

A chain of Hong Kong health clubs emphasizes modesty -- or perhaps vanity -- in an age of instant information. Also, they name hurricanes, don't they? Well, Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson has a plan to personalize a much different -- and more local -- form of natural disaster.

Los Angeles film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the new movie Meet the Parents. It stars Ben Stiller as a prospective son-in-law who needs to win over his girlfriend's over-protective father before he can propose. Turan says both Stiller and Robert De Niro, who plays the father, turn in solidly comic performances in a film that has wide appeal.

With Passover approaching this weekend, the search is on by many Jewish families for Kosher beef brisket for their Passover Seder. Brisket has become the traditional Passover entree for many families. But with changes in imports because of foot-and-mouth disease and a fire at a Kosher slaughterhouse in Kansas, brisket is in extremely short supply this year. Robert Siegel talks with Jay Parker, owner of Ben's Best Kosher Deli in Rego Park, Queens, New York.