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News roundup: MRAPs carry rollover risk; Russian nukes in Cuba?
6 hrs ago | via USA Today
In the top story at Yahoo News, the Associated Press reports on rollovers involving MRAPs, the blast-resistant vehicles that are used to transport troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Budget gaps triple for '09
17 hrs ago | via Stateline.org
The drumbeat of bad fiscal news from statehouses is intensifying. States collectively faced deficits of $40.3 billion in writing their current budgets - triple the $13 billion shortfall states weathered the ...
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Home Prices Sink Slightly in May
Yesterday | via Tools of the Trade
Home prices declined 0.3 percent nationally in May, according to the monthly index released today by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight , which tracks the values of homes purchased with Fannie ...
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Analysis: Bush, Dems face economic reality
Yesterday | via UPI
U.S. President George W. Bush has dropped his lifelong opposition to government bailouts by approving one of the biggest in modern American history for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Fifth Third, Wachovia report losses
Yesterday | via Traverse City Record-Eagle
Fifth Third Bancorp is reporting a net loss of $202 million, or 37 cents a share, in the second quarter compared with a profit of $376 million, or 69 cents a share, for the same period in 2007.
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