NPR News  David Greene and Steve Inskeep have the last word in
business. Federal Reserve policymakers announced on Wednesday
they will begin reducing the amount of stimulus they've been
providing the economy each month. The Fed also promised it would
keep short-term interest rates near zero even longer than
previously expected. President Obama's intelligence review panel
has produced a report hundreds of pages long. It endorses a
series of checks on the National Security Agency. The advisers
have a list of recommendations for how to protect privacy while
still trying to prevent terrorist attacks.