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America's appetite for drugs
Mexico's army is pouring into towns struggling to stop drug cartels' bloody tactics.
Washington is pledging cash and manpower – but the violence is threatening to tear Mexico apart.
Former Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Robert Strang joined us live for reaction.
What do you think? Is America's appetite for drugs fueling the violence?
Mr. President, you've got mail
President Obama - open for questions.
He'll be fielding them, not from the press, but from you... in an online, town hall meeting beginning at 11:30 am eastern time today. And, the president is making a direct video pitch to the public for those questions. 75-thousand questions have already been submitted.
Nicholas Thompson, "Wired" Magazine Senior Editor, joined us live.
Mexican drug crackdown
This is a developing story we've been covering for you. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Mexico – as violence threatens to rip that country apart.
65-hundred people were slaughtered last year as rival drug cartels battled each other and the authorities. 800 killed so far this year. Many – beheaded to send a message. And the misery is heading north along with the drugs.
Phoenix is now America's kidnapping capital. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, who testified on border violence Tuesday on Capitol Hill, joined us live.
Regret saving money?
We've all heard about buyer's remorse. It's happened to all of us.
But there is something new emerging in this new tough economy – "saver's remorse."
It does exist... And take note – it can be harmful to your health.
How's the President doing?
Pretty well if you just look at the polls. His popularity is north of 60%, and that should be enough to drown out all but the most vocal boo birds.
But following the President's press conference Tuesday night an undercurrent of dissatisfaction was evident. The Presidential "Honeymoon Clock" is ticking.
CNN analyst Alex Castallanos, who supports Republicans, says the President's impatience at the news conference over a question about AIG is a sign that Mr. Obama himself is on the defensive about his politics. That question came from CNN's Ed Henry, and had to do with why it took Obama so long to react to the AIG bonuses. "Because," the President said, "I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak."
The next morning, CNN's "American Morning" received mostly favorable calls about the President's press conference, but once again there were doubters. Gloria from Georgia said, "as I watched the Presidential address I want to know when and where can we the people expect some changes." Another said, "He is putting fiction on the plate and not really solving the problems."
Commentary: No job? Create your own!
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/03/26/art_peter_bregman.jpg caption=" Peter Bregman says the best strategy in the downturn may be to create your own work."]
By Peter Bregman
Special to CNN
Editor's note: Peter Bregman is chief executive of Bregman Partners Inc., a global management consulting firm, and the author of "Point B: A Short Guide to Leading a Big Change". He writes a weekly column, How We Work, for HarvardBusiness.org.
NEW YORK (CNN) - Madame Alexander was one of the great innovators in the doll industry.
According to the company that bears her name, she made the first doll with moving eyelids, the first doll based on a licensed character (Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind), the first doll fashioned after a living person (Queen Elizabeth) and many others.
But what's most interesting is how and why the company got started.
Beatrice Alexander's father owned the first doll "hospital" in New York City, where broken porcelain dolls were sent to be repaired. That got her thinking. Maybe porcelain wasn't the best material for a doll. So she sat around her kitchen table with her four sisters, and they started a business sewing dolls out of cloth.
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