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PBS News Hour

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Season 2012 Episode 2350

Tonight on the program, we examine news that if the United States does not pass a balanced budget by the end of 2012, the country could face another recession. Also: the presidential campaigns in battleground states, the dangers of Whooping Cough, and author Richard Ford discusses his new novel 'Canada,' about morality, murder and coming of age.

Aired: 08/21/12
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