Mortgage delinquencies at lowest level in five years
AGBeat
assuaging fears that a shadow inventory could prevent any housing recovery. Fully 46 states saw improvement in loan performance, as New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Washington did not improve. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA)

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HUD STUDIES SHOW HOUSING COUNSELING HELPS FAMILIES PREPARE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP
RealEstateRama (press release)
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released two reports on the impact of HUD-approved housing counseling has for those families who purchase their first homes and those struggling to prevent foreclosure.

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Grijalva Asks Why Brewer, Arizona Legislature Steal $50 Million From
RealEstateRama (press release)
by Arizona RealEstateRama Washington, DC – May 17, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today called the recent move by Gov. Jan Brewer and the conservative state Legislature to swipe $50 million from a mortgage settlement fund “the best

Boehner: Spending cuts must exceed debt limit hike
KFVS
'Octomom' Nadya Suleman has failed to file the proper paperwork in her bankruptcy case, opening the door to creditors to collect debts and allowing a foreclosure to go ahead against the house she lives in. 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman has failed to file the

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Van Ness Feldman | Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - Apr. 16-20, 2012
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
EPA finalized its long-awaited emission standards for hydraulically-fractured gas wells. Discovering an apparent mid-point between industry and environmental groups, the rule requires methane and VOC capture, but not until 2015 .

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Keith Judd, Texas Inmate, Gets 40 Percent Of Votes Against Obama In West
Huffington Post
By LAWRENCE MESSINA 05/08/12 11:16 PM ET US President Barack Obama speaks during the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) 18th Annual Gala Dinner in Washington on May 8, 2012. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages) CHARLESTON, W.Va.
Some voters choose jailbird over Obama (photo)Gaston Gazette
Ouch! Obama loses 41 percent of W.Va. primary vote to federal inmate.AXcess News
Inmate tried to get on W.Va. ballot in 2008Charleston Gazette
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Financial Planning Checklist for Same-Sex Couples
U.S. News & World Report
By Susan Johnston As North Carolina citizens vote on same-sex unions this week and Washington state begins recognizing same-sex marriage next month, gay and lesbian couples throughout the country find themselves in frustratingly complicated financial

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Online last wishes: What to do with your Facebook profile
WTOP
Family or spouses "must provide notarized form and copies of things." LinkedIn: The site makes it relatively easy to delete profiles of deceased users. "Family will need a copy of the death certificate," Frietchen says. Google Plus: By far the worst

Bloomberg
Abraham Lincoln Glasses Could Fetch $700000 at Auction
Bloomberg
Lincoln was fatally shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington on April 14, 1865, while attending “Our American Cousin,” a play starring Laura Keene. During the comedy, actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth entered Lincoln's box and shot him in

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Neil Macdonald: Why Europe is broken
CBC.ca
Such broader interests hardly ever do in this country. And that, for all Italy's beauty and sophistication, is its pathology. But la casta, as Italians call their closed, inward-looking system has suddenly become the focus of much anxiety and even fear

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Letter To Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe: It Is Time To Resign - OpEd
Eurasia Review
You make the case for shutting rural post offices, slashing 150000 postal employees' jobs, ending Saturday delivery, and extending delivery dates as if they do not produce a spiral of decline and loss of customers who will not come back.

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Interview: Antonio Costa Former UNODC Head Talks About Drugs
Executive Intelligence Review (EIR)
Which side does it come from? Costa: The penetration of the financial sector by criminal money has been so widespread that it would probably be more correct to say that it was not the mafia trying to penetrate the banking system, but it was the banking

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Park Ridge Community Calendar for the week of May 10, 2012
Park Ridge Herald-Advocate
May 14, 4-7 pm: Family Dental Care Park Ridge Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting, 111 S. Washington St., #202, Join Mayor Schmidt and Chamber Board members. May 14,7-8:30 pm: Park Ridge Chamber SCORE Counseling Topic is “Going into Business” at the Park

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Gorgeous hike through Long Island just a kayak trip away
Longview Daily News
Until 1994, a ferry transported logging trucks over the few hundred yards of water that separate the southern end of the island from Highway 101. Since then, the remaining boat ramps make it relatively easy to launch your own water transportation.

Washington Times
Loads of cool things to do in the Hocking Hills area of Ohio
Washington Times
Take a guided kayak tour of Lake Hope, a serene lake in rugged Zaleski State Forest. Touch the Earth Adventures offers sunrise and sunset paddles, along with full moon paddles. At the Wind Chime Shop in nearby Logan, you can learn to make your own

A life spent with nature ends
San Jose Mercury News
He eventually paddled into Washington, where he began to suffer from a congenital heart condition that he treated with herbs and diet. Facer nearly drowned when his kayak became swamped as he crossed the mouth of the Columbia River.

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Coastal marine trail network gives BC paddlers more options
Straight.com
The designation of marine trails in coastal waters has offered kayakers an opportunity to make reservations with BC Parks. By Jack Christie, May 10, 2012 For more than a century, BC has been blessed with visionaries who have worked individually and in

Used-Tire Seller Finding Business Doesn't Revolve Around Internet
HispanicBusiness.com
based company's revenue -- and are growing -- Rea is discovering that many people who might be open to shopping for used tires online still want to "kick the tires" before they buy. "When we started, I wanted to be like the Tire Rack for used tires,"

Man with gun robs two near Beaumont tire store
Beaumont Enterprise
The 38-year-old man and 32-year-old woman were in the parking lot of Alvarez Used Tires, 3595 Washington Blvd., when they say they were approached by a man with a gun who then struck the man and robbed the female. The male victim attempted to chase the

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Tire Business
Study pegs tariff impact at $1B
Tire Business
By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff WASHINGTON, DC — A nonpartisan research institution suggests in a new study the imposition of elevated tariffs on imports of consumer tires from China in 2009 increased the cost of tires for American consumers by

Sportsnet.ca
Earnhardt races way into Sprint All-Star race
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Allmendinger, in his first season with Penske Racing with the team that won this race in 2010 with Kurt Busch, praised his crew for changing his tire fast enough that he didn't go a lap down. "Everybody in the 22 car is used to winning and being in
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