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ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports:

Sarah Palin got her facts wrong in Thursday's debate with Joe Biden when discussing where John McCain stands on new protections for homeowners facing foreclosures.

The Alaska governor incorrectly made it ( Read more... )

America Could Buy Every Single US House In Foreclosure For $700 Billion

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on September 30, 2008

The housing bubble bailout is a scam and we are being bamboozled into throwing money into the coughers of the wealthy and powerful. This is being blamed on the housing crisis, but I believe that this is a fabricated crisis ( Read more... )

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Justice Department won't send prosecutors to polls

By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not station criminal prosecutors at the polls on Election Day after civil rights groups said minority voters who are expected to turn out in unprecedented numbers because of ( Read more... )

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RENO, Nev. (AP) - A few tents cropped up hard by the railroad tracks, pitched by men left with nowhere to go once the emergency winter shelter closed for the summer.

Then others appeared - people who had lost their jobs to the ailing economy, or newcomers who had moved ( Read more... )

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Should Biden Share Blame for Foreclosure Crisis?

Experts: Many Americans Lost Homes Due to a Bill Championed by Biden

By JUSTIN ROOD

August 28, 2008

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Home loan troubles break records again

By ALAN ZIBEL - 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - A record 9 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of June, as damage from the housing crisis continues to mount, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Friday.

But the source of trouble in the ( Read more... )

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Should Biden Share Blame for Foreclosure Crisis?

By JUSTIN ROOD

August 28, 2008-

Experts say hundreds of thousands of Americans may have lost their homes due to a bill championed by Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., Barack Obama's vice-presidential running mate.

At least two studies have concluded that the United States' foreclosure crisis was ( Read more... )

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The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

Nationwide, 739,714 homes ( Read more... )

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