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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Realty Trac 

  With assets of more than $800 billion, Wachovia is the nation's fourth-largest banking institution .

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Local Headlines

• Pa. foreclosure filings slid 1.5 percent from April to May

  Jun 13, 2008 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  Pennsylvania's home foreclosure rate showed slight improvement in May, but it remains well above last year's rate.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, California, PA, Cambria County, PA

• Man versus foul beast quite a spectacle

  Jun 5, 2008 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  Several weeks ago, Spider Horn was walking the border of his estate when he ran into an awesome site.

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• Seize the day - " live life to the limits | Ralph Couey

  May 27, 2008 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  Seize the day - live life to the limits RALPH COUEY BY RALPH COUEY STARSHIPPACIFICA@HOTMAIL.COM Turning 53 years old can be one of three things: A day of celebration, a day of mourning, or just another day.

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• AP National News

  Apr 21, 2008 | via Ashland Times-Gazette 

  Under overcast skies and mild temperatures, the second largest field in the Boston Marathon's history gathered in Hopkinton on Monday morning for the 112th running of the historic race.

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  Related Topix: Nassau, The Bahamas, World News, Bahamas, The Bahamas, The Bahamas, Home, Mortgage

• Sewer tests hike homeselling costs

  Apr 20, 2008 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  The cost of selling a home is going up. Stonycreek Township commissioners and Highland Sewer and Water Authority are the latest sewer operators to require all systems to be tested before resale.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Johnstown, PA, Johnstown Metro

Regional Headlines

• Senators find Pittsburgh casino is in dire shape

  Friday | via Luminary 

  State senators asking questions Thursday about the rescue of a financially troubled Pittsburgh casino project by other investors found the situation more complicated and dire than they originally thought. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Regional economy shows improvement

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite weaknesses in parts of the housing and retail sectors, the economy in the Federal Reserve's Fourth District, which includes Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Kentucky and West Virginia, improved ...

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• Economic Watchdog, July 21

  Monday Jul 21 | via Optionetics 

  The economy might take a backseat to earnings news this week, but there still are several reports that could impact trading.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Pennsylvania, Financial Markets, Home Selling, Housing

• Dundee Homeowners Choose To Auction House

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KETV 

  Some Omaha homeowners are waiting months to sell their homes, but a family in Dundee intends to sell their in an instant.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pennsylvania, Home Listing, Home

• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Friday Jul 18 | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Congress passes mortgage aid bill

  6 min ago | via North County Journal 

  It took fears of a market collapse to push President George W. Bush and Congress to compromise on election-year mortgage help for struggling homeowners.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Housing, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Lawsuit dropped over SoCal congresswoman's home

  8 min ago | via Fox News 

  A man who paid $388,000 for a congresswoman's home dropped a lawsuit that claimed she got special treatment when a bank rescinded the foreclosure, it was reported Saturday.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Financial Services, Banking, Washington Mutual, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Raise a glass of best Chateau Sucker

  9 min ago | via Irish Independent 

  Frankly, I've been getting tired of all the bad news. Every day brings new reports of job losses, price increases, industrial collapse, increasing debt, stock exchange plunges, pension erosion and general ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Train Disaster, Opinion

• US shuts down two more banks

  11 min ago | via Times of Oman 

  WASHINGTON: The US Treasury has shut down two affiliated western banks as the impact of the US real estate crash rolls through the country's financial institutions.

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  Related Topix: Reno, NV, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• A healthy market

  3 hrs ago | via The Daily Advertiser 

  The home buying boom in Lafayette is leveling off, and with national stories of lending disasters and foreclosures tempering the market, local builders are trying to assure potential buyers.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Baton Rouge, LA, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Lafayette, LA