What's that sound?

Was that the Bush Boom I heard? Nahh...just Wall Street ripping off a ripe one in Dubya's general direction over bad CPI data.

Dow Plunges; Nasdaq Turns Negative on Yr.

NEW YORK -- Stocks plunged Wednesday after a stronger-than-expected rise in consumer prices intensified Wall Street's fear that interest rates will keep climbing. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 200 points, and the Nasdaq composite index turned negative for the year.

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