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Today a search for the American dream and a city laid waste by economic collapse.

We hear what happened when a South African policeman was sent to prison after

turning to crime. Find nerves fraying in Istanbul amid an explosion of modern art.

And buy in some body parts and don't forget the candy. Americans are set for the biggest

Halloween of all time.

Widespread discontent with President Barack Obama and the way he's handled the U.S. economy

look set to cost him and his Democrats dearly in Tuesday's midterm elections. The

President came to power with bold plans to breathe new life into some of America's inner cities.

But today unemployment still sky high. Growth has slowed and the housing market stalled. Opponents say his policies haven't worked and are a waste of taxpayers' money.

Paul Mason has been investigating in one of the USA's most desolate urban landscapes,

the predominantly African AmericanAmerican city of Gary, not far from Chicago.

I'd been to Gary, Indiana before to do the standard thing reporters do in this wrecked and poverty-stricken city

to tell the story of its decline. When I came here in March 2009, the mayor told

me, with the air of fiscal stimulus beneath our wings, Gary will soar like an eagle and make our country proud.

Well, 20 months into America's biggest federal spending spree since World War II, Gary is still not soaring.

266 million dollars worth of stimulus money has been spent, but only 327 jobs created. That is $800,000 per job. The short summary of

why is its problems are too deep. The Indiana State has pegged most of the money to

one-off projects. The American system at all levels of government finds it very

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