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Lawmakers From Both Parties Raise Concerns Over Afghan War Escalation

Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) voiced their concerns Sunday about the war in Afghanistan, it...

Foreclosures Rise 5 Percent From Summer To Fall

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of households caught up in the foreclosure crisis rose more than 5 percent from summer to fall as a federal effort to as...

Will California Become America's First Failed State?

The Observer | Paul Harris | Posted 10.03.2009 | Business


California may be the eighth largest economy in the world, but its state staff are being paid in IOUs, unemployment is at its highest in 70 years, and...

Ryan Grim

Foreclosure: In The Midst Of Crisis, No Reliable Data

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics


On Wednesday, both the House and Senate took up bills aimed holding back the wave of foreclosures drowning homeowners. Just how bad is the crisis? No...

ACORN Launches Home Defenders Campaign To Fight Foreclosures

Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics


Yesterday marked the launch of ACORN's Home Defenders Campaign, which seeks to use civil disobedience techniques, complemented by mass communication (...

US foreclosure filings up 71 percent in 3Q

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of homeowners ensnared in the foreclosure crisis grew by more than 70 percent in the third quarter of this year compared...

"Foreclosed Homeless" On The Rise (VIDEO)

CBS News | Posted 10.09.2008 | Business


With home foreclosures rising, many Americans have no choice but to move into their cars. As Hattie Kauffman reports, middle-class Americans don't kno...

Foreclosures Double From Last Year

Reuters | Posted 08.02.2008 | Business


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home foreclosure filings rose 14 percent in the second quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly climb, and more than doubled fro...

June Foreclosure Rate Up 53 Percent From A Year Ago

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50...