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Really? Homeownership under attack
But in the wake of a housing crash caused by under-qualified buyers defaulting on mountains of debt, many now question that ethic. Among them: CBC News: Housing prices: Can you afford to buy at the current prices? Real estate news and views from around
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:18P
McCoy Gives Ultimatum on Redistricting
Reporter: AP House Speaker Billy McCoy says the Senate will have to approve his chamber's redistricting plan as is, or the matter will immediately go to the US Department of Justice. McCoy, a Democrat from Rienzi, released a statement Wednesday
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:18P
First Amendment Decision Unrelated to the First Amendment
But that's not true if your definition of a conservative justice is a traditional or “originalist” jurist—that is, one who applies the Constitution as the American people understood it when they adopted it. Consider, for example, the Court's latest
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:16P
Special Saloon Car Event Set For Bathurst Motor Festival
As an organ donor, Cooper™s organs helped save the lives of six people with differing illnesses following his untimely passing in a racing crash in 2008 - among them a six-year old Girl who received his liver. "We have been in discussions with Donate
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:15P
No justice for families of victims in the deep South
By The Nation Seven years after Muslim human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit went missing, allegedly at the hands of five police officers, the world is still wondering if and when justice will be rendered to his family and his alleged abductors.
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:15P
No justice for families of victims in the deep South
By The Nation Seven years after Muslim human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit went missing, allegedly at the hands of five police officers, the world is still wondering if and when justice will be rendered to his family and his alleged abductors.
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:15P
5 dead in plane crash at airport
LONG BEACH | A plane crash at Long Beach airport killed five people and injured a sixth on Wednesday, authorities said. Airport director Mario Rodriguez said the six people were aboard the Beechcraft King Air craft. Five people were pronounced dead at
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:14P
Rep. Wu slammed into parked car in 2010
Wednesday afternoon, blaming a 2010 car accident on traveling fatigue. A witness called police, saying that Congressman Wu was driving on the wrong side of the road and also asked her not to call police. "I heard a crash," she told police.
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:14P
Ore bus driver files lawsuit over Confederate flag
An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag from his pickup truck filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to get back his job. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Medford against First Student Inc.,
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:14P
The power of one bagel shop owner
Unemployment insurance and workers' compensation taxes substantially increase the cost of doing business. In Washington, businesses also face the state's business and occupation tax— which is one of the highest taxes in the nation.
Updated: 03/16/2011 09:14P
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