The Houses That Buffalo BuiltpO157.Posted to Politics on Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 08:46:59 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS."I doubt I'll get that kind of deal again," said Tameka Jenkins (then 19 and pregnant with her fourth child) about a Buffalo, NY program that allowed her to put $500 down on a $89,900 brand new home in 2000 and receive a subsidy for $25,000 towards the mortgage principal. She agreed to mortgage payments of $556/month but stopped paying them after developing relationship problems. After the bank refused her demand to take her husband's name off the mortgage & title she abandoned the home and moved into a nearby, smaller, and more expensive rental unit. (3 comments, 644 words in story) Full Story |
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Featured Diary: Put Pinky To Lips, and Use Dr. Evil's VoicePolitics, Mon Mar 8.gerrymander.9.8 trillion dollars. That's how much the CBO projects Obama's latest budget is going the put United States into the red over the next ten years. (78 comments, 67 words in story) Full Story |
I came here to talk about the draft.Sport, Sat Mar 6.pO157.Well, Sports Fans, it is only a few weeks to the NFL Draft. With some teams planning on making major moves during the draft it's important to remember that the draft can be a mixed bag, with possibility of signing the next Ryan Leaf always looming large over every GM's head. (7 comments, 132 words in story) Full Story |
Your dog wants his abuser on a registryLegal, Fri Mar 5.pO157.Many of the criminal world's greatest monsters started out with one thing in common: they abused animals. Because of this, legislators in California are pressing for the creation of a new type of registry: An Animal Abuser List. (6 comments, 411 words in story) Full Story |
Breaking News: Shooting at Pentagon Metro
HidingFromGoro.
Posted to Etcetera on Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 08:58:25 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The gunman is dead and two Pentagon police officers are injured after a shooting at the Pentagon metro station around 6:40 PM yesterday. The assailant, John Patrick Bedell of Hollister, California, died of his wounds shortly after the incident.
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OK to put babies behind bars?
pO157.
Posted to Business on Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 08:57:12 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
A tree is not the only thing growing in Brooklyn. So is a new social phenomenon that its boosters say is the best thing since the resealable sippy cup: Parents bringing their infants & toddlers along with them to the bar.
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Scandal Deepens, Gov. Personally Linked to Cover-Up
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Posted to Politics on Wed Mar 03, 2010 at 07:30:09 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
A week after a new domestic violence and witness intimidation scandal forced widely unpopular and unelected NY Governor David Paterson (D) from an election year race, new information has surfaced that indicates the Governor may have been personally involved in having his protective detail contact a domestic violence victim that was allegedly brutalized by a friend and member of his staff. The New York Times reports that it has confirmed the Governor himself called the alleged domestic abuse victim to speak to her while her case was pending against his aide and friend.
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Featured Diary: USA vs. Canada, Banking Regulation Edition
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Posted to Business on Tue Mar 02, 2010 at 09:04:38 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
The Canadian banking system survived the recent worldwide slowdown without a single bank failure. So what can the United States learn from Canada about sound banking?
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Taking a Stand for Radical Catholic Judaism
Thalia.
Posted to Legal on Mon Mar 01, 2010 at 02:51:15 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In a war played out in the media, a father is fighting a restraining order against taking his daughter to church. While it's couched in terms of religious freedom, the real story is a bit more complicated.
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Featured Diary: Late February Supreme Court Round-Up
DEMachina.
Posted to Legal on Mon Mar 01, 2010 at 08:26:36 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
There're some pretty big ones this time around.
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Taxed Enough Already!
HidingFromGoro.
Posted to Religion on Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 11:28:45 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
How much of your labor did the government steal with 2009 taxes?
If you were as hardworking as the top 400 earners (average daily income $945,000), the answer would be 16.62%.
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No More YouTube For Italy?
Thalia.
Posted to Media on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 01:00:33 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Three Google employees were convicted in Italy of privacy violations in connection to a video uploaded to YouTube.
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