WASHINGTON (AP) — Did the stimulus work or not? A year after Congress passed President Barack Obama’s huge economic revival plan, the results are mixed – and hardly final.

Despite Obama’s bold promises, unemployment remains stubbornly high. But job losses have slowed dramatically.

And the nation’s recent economic growth is real, even though the government has spent just one-third of the massive stimulus plan. The program- originally estimated at $787 billion but now priced at $862 billion – is to continue pumping federal money into the economy into 2011. Read the rest of this entry »