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This story has mostly positive ratings. 56 votes / 1 sink

What Lenders Could Have Done to Avert the Foreclosure Crisis

Real Estate – I was chatting with a friend yesterday about her upcoming balloon payment on her mortgage. Like many, she owes more than what the house is worth and we talked about options such as contacting the lender to modify the loan, or paying down enough principal over the next few years to get back to an equity position.

View Story Discuss (6) (mortgagemarketnews.blogspot.com) 1 day ago by Shannonyork

Voted for on May 15, 2008 04:06pm

Fraudulent
This story has mostly positive ratings. 87 votes / 1 sink

Fraudulent "foreclosure reinstatement" scheme discovered

Real Estate – Millionaire foreclosure fraud scheme discovered in LA.

View Story Discuss (3) (foreclosureconnections.com) 19 hours ago by xorabotta

Voted for on May 15, 2008 04:06pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 56 votes / 1 sink

Biden calls Bush comments 'bulls**t'

Politics – "This is bullsh*t. This is malarkey. This is outrageous. Outrageous for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, sit in the Knessetââ;¬Â¦and make this kind of ridiculous statement," Biden said angrily in a brief interview just off the Senate floor.

View Story Discuss (154) (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) 15 hours ago by Bkumm

Voted for on May 15, 2008 03:10pm Commented on 25 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

This story has mostly positive ratings. 43 votes / 1 sink

The Undemocratic Primaries - How to Democratize Them ?

Politics – As the long and tedious presidential primary season draws to a merciful close, what have American citizens learned about the democratic nature of the process and why should they care ?

View Story Discuss (8) (2concon.org) 1 day ago by SunnyDays

Voted for on May 15, 2008 03:06pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 81 votes / 6 sinks

Obama faces racism in West Virginia

Politics – Many blue collar Democrats are not ready for a black president

View Story Discuss (130) (therealnews.com) 1 day ago by jovial

Voted for on May 15, 2008 02:39pm

911 Operator: ' I Don't Give A S**t What Happens To You'
This story has mostly positive ratings. 90 votes / No sinks

911 Operator: ' I Don't Give A S**t What Happens To You'

Do No Evil – As we first revealed, when Sheila Jones needed help, help never came. That despite repeated calls to Metro Nashville's 911 over a three-hour stretch about an ex-boyfriend who'd assaulted her and was threatening to come back. (via rawstory)

View Story Discuss (31) (newschannel5.com) 1 day ago by TimALoftis

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29% Of Dems Want Hillary To Run As Independent; 38% Want Her To Drop Out
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29% Of Dems Want Hillary To Run As Independent; 38% Want Her To Drop Out

Politics – That would complete the Dem meltdown as Hillary and Obama would divide the majority of the vote, but would give the election to McCain.

View Story Discuss (344) (rasmussenreports.com) 1 day ago by AlphaGnosis

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In The Know: Are Politicians Failing Our Lobbyists?
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In The Know: Are Politicians Failing Our Lobbyists?

Popular Videos – THE ONION NEWS NETWORK - Panelists discuss the alarming trend of politicians who break their promises to the lobbyists who paid to get them elected.

View Story Discuss (26) (theonion.com) 1 day ago by ind06

Voted for on May 15, 2008 01:35am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 34 votes / 2 sinks

How the Byrne Fund Corrupts Cops and Destroys Lives

Do No Evil – The Corrosive Consequences of Anti-Drug Task Force Funding

View Story Discuss (1) (counterpunch.com) 13 days ago by populist

Voted for on May 15, 2008 01:32am Commented on 1 time: 1

Foreclosures Filings Up By 65 Percent In April
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Foreclosures Filings Up By 65 Percent In April

Real Estate – Foreclosure filings went up by 65 percent in April, while bank seizures rose by more than 50 percent, indicating the continued slump of the U.S. housing industry triggered by the economic slowdown, subprime mortgage crisis and tight credit squeeze.

View Story Discuss (7) (stocksandcommerce.com) 1 day ago by BusinessandFinance

Voted for on May 14, 2008 09:49pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / 4 sinks

Halliburton Bribe Case Haunts Cheney

Politics – Dick Cheney's tenure at Halliburton ended eight years ago, but a federal investigation of alleged bribes from a company subsidiary to Nigerian officials lingers from the Cheney era, raising questions about what the Vice President knew or should have known.

View Story Discuss (0) (afterdowningstreet.org) 16 days ago by populist

Voted for on May 14, 2008 09:46pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / 2 sinks

Democrats Complete Special Election Trifecta

Politics – Democrats have completed a trifecta of special election victories in GOP-held House seats, narrowly winning a hard-fought contest in Mississippi's 1st district Tuesday and raising the specter of an expanded playing field in November.

View Story Discuss (6) (blog.washingtonpost.com) 2 days ago by Beau7890

Voted for on May 14, 2008 09:40pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 58 votes / No sinks

Edwards gives long-awaited endorsement to Obama

Politics – Democrat John Edwards has given his long-awaited endorsement to Barack Obama. It's a major boost from a former presidential rival as Obama tries to shrug off Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is determined to press ahead.

View Story Discuss (17) (news.yahoo.com) 1 day ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on May 14, 2008 09:39pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / 1 sink

Bush: I quit golf over Iraq war

Politics – US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year.

View Story Discuss (4) (rawstory.com) 2 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on May 14, 2008 09:39pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 55 votes / 6 sinks

What 8 years of Bush-Cheney have done to the world

Politics – This record of the Bush administration's performance on international matters - a factual accounting of the Bush legacy - helps explain why 81% of the American people presently say that our country is headed in the wrong direction.

View Story Discuss (16) (hightowerlowdown.org) 2 days ago by bubba2

Voted for on May 14, 2008 09:38pm

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