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SmartMoney remembers last year's economic crisis via Twitter

SmartMoney magazine, a joint venture between Dow Jones & Co. and Hearst, has launched a Twitter account that is remembering last year’s economic crisis.

One year ago, the U.S. economy went from bad to worse, culminating in a full-blown financial meltdown. To mark the anniversary, SmartMoney is tweeting — to the day — headlines from a year ago so we can get a glimpse into what our lives were like before the economy went off a cliff and hopefully gain some insight into how everything unraveled.

The Twitter feed can be found here: http://twitter.com/ReliveTheCrash. Today’s headlines include a prediction from a year ago that 100 banks could fail. Right now, there have been nearly 70 banks taken over by the government.

The tweets started this past weekend and will continue through October, making special note of key events like the fall of Lehman Brothers and the AIG bailout. Right now, the Twitter feed has just 34 followers.

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