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Rachel Lee: The U. S. economy slowed to a crawl in the last three months of 2005. Gross Domestic Product grew just 1. 1%. Economist John Narof:
John Narof: There were a number of factors that are easing back consumer spending, business spending, even residential investment. And all of those are trends that will see over the course of this year and it tells us growth this year will likely be slower than last year.
Rachel Lee: Economy grew 3. 5% for all of 2005 as the country coped with soaring energy prices and the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
Rachel Lee: Los Angeles is suing the makers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, accusing them of hiding pornography in the video game. J has details:
J: In the game, simply the main characters try to avenge his mother's death and pick up women along the way. The game with an M(Mature) rating, had been deceiving, there was sexually explicit material in the game. LA city attorney Rocky Delgadillo says the company deceived the ratings board, so the game could be on wider release, therefore made more money. He says even though the company did rework the game and rerelease a cleaner version, they still have to pay.
Rocky Delgadillo: It is illegal to sell pornographic materials to minors.
J: Efforts to reach the makers Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games for comment are unsuccessful. J. CNN , Los Angeles.
Rachel Lee: Nearly half of American workers are victims of workplace aggression and it's not coming from the cubicle next door. Researchers say most of the abuse is from customers, clients or patients. Business professor Aaron Schat at Ontario's McMaster University says workers in certain positions experience more aggression.
Aaron Schat: If the job involves working alone, or working at night, then that we know that (ur) the both individuals are more likely to be exposed to aggression, so organizations, that they need to consider some job redesign in those cases whereby they don't have people working alone, particularly at night.
Rachel Lee: Most the aggression workers experience is psychological like getting screamed out or threatened.
Rachel Lee: If you drive a Honda or Chrysler to work, you are parking across the street. At the Ford truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan, salaried and hourly workers can park only Fords in the parking lot.
CNN Radio Marketplace, I'm Rachel Lee.
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