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  1. Jeff Ackerman: Searching for answers to our health care conundrumRead the original story w/Photo

    5 min ago | The Union

    My friends are mostly conservative. They are, by and large, business people who have a far different view of government and government entitlement than those who've never signed the front of a paycheck.

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    Related Topix: Opinion

  2. Dodd says new regulations could prevent econ crashRead the original story

    5 min ago | Post Tribune

    ... signed on. Among the top points of contention is Dodd's desire to create a new agency to protect consumers taking out home loans or using credit cards against predatory lending and surprise interest rate hikes. Republicans counter that creating ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Christopher Dodd, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Christopher Dodd, US Senate, Democrat

  3. The Washington Follies: Stocks soar, unemployment passes 10 percent and the dollar slumpsRead the original story

    7 min ago | Online Journal

    ... by slap-dash appraisals and slick Wall Street financial engineering. Ultimately, homeowners defaulted on mortgages, home prices tanked, banks failed, retail sales collapsed, and layoffs soared. President Bush and the Federal Reserve rescued the ...

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    Related Topix: Financial Markets, Mortgage, Housing, Mortgage, Personal Finance, George Bush, US News

  4. Only 5% Americans Plan To Buy Homes In 2010Read the original story

    7 min ago | ClickOnDetroit.com

    Just one in twenty Americans say they plan to buy a home within the next year, and they're most likely to be 34 years old or younger and living in the South or West, according to a survey released Wednesday.

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    Related Topix: Home Buying, Foreclosures, Housing, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Harrington, DE

  5. Baltimore-area home sales jump 36%Read the original story

    8 min ago | The Baltimore Sun

    ... record 36 percent increase economists attributed to a mad rush to get an $8,000 federal tax credit. In September, area home sales had risen about 10 percent over the previous year. The tax credit, aimed at first-time buyers, was due to expire at the ...

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    Related Topix: Housing, White Marsh, MD, Home Listing, Foreclosures, Mortgage

  6. American CasinoRead the original story

    8 min ago | City Paper

    ... Dackman got a $200,000 house for $122,000. Almalene Wade, another Baltimore borrower featured in Casino , lost a home she had inherited from her mother over a $28,000 Wells Fargo loan. That loan featured an adjustable rate and a prepayment penalty, ...

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    Related Topix: Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Baltimore, MD, Foreclosures, Movies, Entertainment

  7. Madoff's pad: Only $8.9MRead the original story w/Photo

    8 min ago | NY Daily News

    ... this year. You can now get Bernie Madoff 's seized penthouse for a steal. The convicted Ponzi scum's three-bedroom home on E. 64th St. is now $8.9 million - $1 million cheaper than when first listed two months ago. A listing on StreetEasy.com ...

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    Related Topix: Bernie Madoff, Home Listing, Montauk, NY

  8. B&O American BrasserieRead the original story

    9 min ago | City Paper

    Take one nationally recognized, award-winning chef touting an upscale home-style menu heavy on local, seasonal, and eco-conscious ingredients.

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    Related Topix: Dining, Life, Food, Dining, Home Listing, Pork, Meat, Oskaloosa, IA, Pudding

  9. Home loans level off, lenders sayRead the original story w/Photo

    24 min ago | BBC

    The recent rise in mortgage lending to house buyers has levelled off, the Council of Mortgage Lenders says.

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  10. Tax credit boosts home sales in Orlando areaRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | OrlandoSentinel.com - Seminole County News

    Existing-home sales for the Orlando area increased 80 percent last month compared with a year ago, and the median price of the houses sold posted its biggest month-to-month increase in 16 months, according to the October report released Tuesday by the Orlando Regional Realtor Association.

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    Related Topix: Housing, Home Selling, Real Estate, Florida

  11. Sesame Street, iconic TV show, celebrates 40 yearsRead the original story

    10 min ago | ABS-CBN News

    The legendary educational puppet program "Sesame Street," home of Big Bird and Elmo, celebrated its 40th anniversary Tuesday as the longest running children's show on US television.

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    Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Children TV, Sesame Street, Animated TV, Home Gardening

  12. Senate Plan Would Expand Regulation of Risky LendingRead the original story

    15 min ago | StarNewsOnline.com

    The chairman of the Senate banking committee proposed a financial overhaul on Tuesday that included consolidating bank regulators, creating a consumer financial protection agency and imposing new restraints on exotic financial instruments and credit rating agencies.

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat

  13. TD may grow in U.S.Read the original story

    17 min ago | The Toronto Star

    Toronto-Dominion Bank is actively scouting for potential acquisition opportunities in the United States, particularly deals that are being brokered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., says its chief financial officer.

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    Related Topix: Banking, TorontoDominion Bank, Financial Services, Cape Breton Regional Municip., NS, Nova Scotia, Canada, Dominion, NS, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services, New York, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

  14. Housing plan reaches 1 in 5Read the original story

    18 min ago | The Daily News Journal

    ... up from 15 percent at the end of July. In California, about 130,000 homeowners have been enrolled in the "Making Home Affordable" loan modification plan, which President Barack Obama unveiled in February. That works out to about 19 percent of the ...

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    Related Topix: Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, US Treasury, Minnesota, Foreclosures

  15. ING returns to profit in 3rd quarter after a year of heavy lossesRead the original story

    24 min ago | Times-Herald

    ING Groep NV, the bailed-out Dutch financial services company, said Wednesday it made a profit in the third quarter, ending a year of heavy losses, as financial market conditions recovered.

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    Related Topix: ING Group, Insurance, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

  16. Only 5% Americans Plan To Buy Homes In 2010 29 min agoRead the original story

    30 min ago | WTOV9.com

    Just one in twenty Americans say they plan to buy a home within the next year, and they're most likely to be 34 years old or younger and living in the South or West, according to a survey released Wednesday.

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    Related Topix: Home Buying, Foreclosures, Housing, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Harrington, DE

  17. Keeping an eye on credit card chang.....Read the original story

    31 min ago | The Messenger

    Rules are changing for the credit card industry. More regulations for interest fees, annual fees and others are prompting credit card companies to revise their business models, which means consumers need to be aware.

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    Related Topix: Iowa State University, Mortgage

  18. Red army of cute furry things that went bump in the nightRead the original story w/Photo

    36 min ago | Telegraph.co.uk

    Our story-teller was quite taken with the red squirrels for a while, watching them fearlessly hurl themselves down the sheer stone walls into the moat below... It didn't last.

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  19. Foreclosure aid program reaches nearly 1 in 5 Nevada borrowersRead the original story

    41 min ago | Reno Gazette-Journal

    ... up from 15 percent at the end of July. In Nevada, 18 percent of eligible homeowners have been enrolled in the "Making Home Affordable" loan modification plan, which President Barack Obama unveiled in February. To be eligible, homeowners had to be ...

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    Related Topix: Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno, NV

  20. Planning for Spring Landscaping and GardeningRead the original story

    43 min ago | WHTM

    I'm trying to figure out how to make my soil drain better. My yard turns into a spongy swamp every time it rains.

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    Related Topix: Home Gardening