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Ohio Budget Deficit Spinning Out of Control

As Ohio lawmakers started looking for a compromise on the new state budget they knew a financial bombshell was ticking, but they didn't know how big it was until today (Thursday). Estimates now are that the state faces a 3-point-2 billion dollar shortfall over the next two years....far bigger than predicted just a few weeks ago. And as Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports, lawmakers aren't exactly stepping up to the plate.