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Today’s headlines
Flying on edge
Airline passengers aren't the only ones in the cabin with jitters these days.

Venture capital funds reduced to a trickle
Dozens of hopeful entrepreneurs got discouraging, but hardly surprising, news in Tampa on Wednesday.

Nation's growth spurt is finished
For the first time since 1993, the national GDP for a quarter shrank, prompting some to cry recession again.

Business today
30-YEAR BONDS PHASING OUT: The government is eliminating sales of new 30-year bonds and will instead rely on securities with a shorter maturity to finance the national debt.

Microsoft, Justice form tentative pact
WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department have agreed on the outlines of a settlement in the long-running antitrust case against the software maker, the Washington Post has learned.