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  • Mortgage 'Robo-Signing' Continues In Mass., Across The Nation Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:37AMMortgage industry employees are still signing documents they haven't read and using fake signatures more than eight months after big banks and mortgage companies promised to stop the illegal practices that led to a nationwide halt of home foreclosures.
  • Mortgage companies' 'robo-signing' goes on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:53AMLenders say they are working with regulators to fix the problem but cannot explain why it has persisted
  • Mortgage 'robo-signing' goes on, investigation by The Associated Press shows Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:48AMIn this May 12, 2011 photo, Guilford County, N.C. registrar Jeff Thigpen shows a group of signatures on loan documents all "signed" by Linda Green in Charlotte, N.C., County officials in at least three states say they have found an alarming number of suspect signatures on mortgage documents filed over the last 12 years.
  • Malloy's Cuts: Judicial Branch Won't Meet Constitutional Obligations; Torrington Court to Close Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:43AMHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The leader of Connecticut's Supreme Court said Friday she fears the Judicial Branch won't be able to meet its constitutional obligations to the public due to more than $76 million in cuts over two years mandated by the legislature to help balance the state budget.
  • Elaine Boyer: In My Opinion Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:19AMIn a week where DeKalb County unemployment passed the national average and county foreclosures spiked over 1,300 for June, the DeKalb County CEO and a split Commission handed citizens a property tax increase up to 40 percent for 2011.
  • Judge Harold Cook tied to foreclosure Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:30AMThe problems at 892 Belmont Ave. present a new twist in the story of Cook's troubles in that they came at the expense of a bank with which he and a partner had ties.
  • Texas Man Gets $300,000 House for $16 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:12AMTexas Man Gets $300,000 House for $16
  • Warren bypassed for consumer agency Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:50AMPresident Obama intends to nominate Richard Cordray, Ohio's former attorney general, to lead a new consumer protection agency that was a central feature of a law that overhauled financial regulations.
  • GOP vows to block new consumer watchdog Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:07AMWASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The Senate will block President Barack Obama's pick to lead a new U.S. consumer watchdog agency if the White House snubs structural changes, GOP lawmakers say.
  • Metro Detroit's arson crackdown goes up in smoke Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:06AMOverloaded state prison and justice systems aren't making enough room for convicted arsonists, often treating firebugs to light sentences of probation or less, county prosecutors and insurance industry officials warn.
  • City Council to consider hiring law firm tonight Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:12PMCity Council will consider hiring a private law firm to proceed with the proposed foreclosure on 59 Duncan Place, a senior-apartment complex.
  • Ex-Ohio attorney general Cordray picked to lead consumer agency Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:10PMPresident Barack Obama said Sunday that he would nominate Richard Cordray, the former attorney general of Ohio, to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, passing over Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard law professor who was the driving force behind the agency's creation.
  • Ex-Ohio leader picked for consumer agency Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:40PMEx-Ohio leader picked for consumer agency
  • Chafee won some, lost some in the Assembly Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:46AMProjo.com, the Web site of The Providence Journal: 24-hour news coverage around Rhode Island, breaking news and news from The Providence Journal
  • Man wins legal battle vs. UPRR Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:10AMThe North Platte Telegraph A North Platte man will get his job back as a machinist at the Union Pacific Railroad after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health investigation found that his firing was in retaliation for reporting an on-the-job injury.
  • On the House: Make sure you own your home Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:57AMIt would never occur to me that I wasn't the legal owner of my current house, or, for that matter, that I hadn't owned my two previous homes.
  • Bankrupt Country Club Hills police chief part of failed ventures Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:09AMThe police chief of Country Club Hills, who with her husband earns more than $200,000 courtesy of city taxpayers, apparently is broke.Thanks to a series of failed businesses, including theaters they ran on Chicago’s South Side and in Dolton, Regina Evans and her husband, Ronald Evans, the inspector general of the city of 16,000, have declared personal bankruptcy.When Regina Evans, a retired ...
  • Homework Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:58AMThe kitchen is the most important selling point of a house, and this is the first place to tackle when preparing a house for the marketplace. Start by clearing clutter off counters, even appliances.
  • Top Jurist: Cuts Could Compromise Justice In Connecticut Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:14PMWarning of delay, frustration and inconvenience, the state Judicial Branch on Friday revealed a budget reduction plan that would slash services while closing four courthouses, a jail for juveniles, six law libraries and numerous other court offices.
  • Budget cuts may affect rights Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:08PMThe leader of Connecticut's Supreme Court said Friday she fears the Judicial Branch won't be able to meet its constitutional obligations to the public due to more than $76 million in cuts over two years mandated by the legislature to help balance the state budget.
  • Bankrupt Country Club Hills police chief part of several failed ventures Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:02PMThe police chief of Country Club Hills, who with her husband earns more than $200,000 courtesy of city taxpayers, apparently is broke.Thanks to a series of failed business decisions from theaters they ran on Chicago’s South Side and in south suburban Dolton, Regina Evans and her husband, Ronald Evans, the inspector general of the city of 16,000, have declared personal bankruptcy.By the time ...
  • Business digest, July 16, 2011 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:41PMBy Jean Hayes, Times Staff Writer Friday, July 15, 2011 Briefly FreightCenter.com , a provider of freight shipping technology and logistics services in Trinity, was recently recognized by two business organizations for growth and development. FreightCenter.com received Business Leader's 2011 Top 300 Small Businesses of the South award for revenue growth, business achievements and civic ...
  • Dealing with nuisances caused by neglected properties may be difficult Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:16PMSince the housing bubble burst in August 2008, residents are seeing more neglected houses and properties with high grass, weeds and even swimming pools filled with stagnated water.
  • Man claims house for $16 as neighbors accuse him of squatting Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:12PMThanks to a little-known law in Texas, a man apparently won ownership of a house for less than $20, but neighbors aren't happy with his deal and are trying to get him out.
  • Utah lawsuit alleges illegal foreclosures Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:04PMSALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah attorney has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Bank of America and its subsidiaries for allegedly executing tens of thousands of illegal foreclosures statewide. read more
  • Conn. chief justice: Budget cuts may affect rights Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:00PMConn. chief justice: Budget cuts may affect rights
  • Fitch Downgrades JPMCC 2002-CIBC4 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:54PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has downgraded four and affirmed nine classes of J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2002-CIBC4 (JPMCC 2002-CIBC4). A detailed list of rating actions follows at the end of this press release. The downgrades reflect an increase in Fitch-modeled losses from specially-serviced loans ...
  • 66 percent decline in June for Hawaii foreclosures Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:47PMHONOLULU (AP) — Foreclosures in Hawaii declined last month to the lowest amount since January 2009.
  • W.Va. AG seeks action against debt relief company Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:30AMAttorney General Darrell McGraw has gone to court seeking to stop a California-based company from charging advance fees to West Virginia homeowners seeking to modify their mortgages.
  • Nashville People in Business Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:29AMNashville People in Business: Awards, Achievements and Promotions
  • Stranger moves into foreclosed home citing Texas law Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:37PMFLOWER MOUND - A little known Texas law and a foreclosure could have a man in Flower Mound living on easy street. Flower Mound's Waterford Drive is lined with well-manicured $300,000 homes. So, when a new neighbor moved in without the usual sale, mortgage-paying homeowners had a few questions. "What paperwork is it and how is it legally binding if he doesn't legally own the house?" said Leigh ...
  • Gazette.Net: Crossway prepares for charter school microscope Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:02PMCrossway Community’s strong and diverse ties to community groups will help it survive time under the microscope as it prepares to open Montgomery County’s first charter school, the group’s executive director said this week.
  • HOA Horror Stories: NASCAR driver, Raleigh mom call for more oversight Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:22PMMore than 50 percent of North Carolina homeowners have a house governed by a homeowners association, but when it comes to the rules regulating HOAs, there really are not many.
  • Romney faults economy under Obama Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:45PMROCHESTER – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney straddled that fine, political line Thursday of trashing the American economy under President Barack Obama in a state doing much better than the nation. Romney heard several tales of economic woe in a meeting with businessmen at a real estate office hosted by a campaign supporter, former GOP state Rep. W. Packy Campbell. Campbell stars in ...
  • Mortgage help line connects needy with federal assistance Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:56PMTold on Monday that there's a new program to avoid foreclosure, Debbie McManus wasted little time before dialing the just-inaugurated 211 help line. Ms. McManus has struggled for years to save the McKeesport home in which she grew up, which is now occupied by her sister but burdened with a predatory loan of around double its value.
  • Miami Seeking Budget Relief Courts Commercial Developers Abroad Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:28PMMiami is looking abroad for developers to revive its commercial real-estate market, counting on revenue from new projects to relieve a fiscal hangover left by the collapse of residential prices.
  • Where’s the MONEY? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:23PMHealth care, tax cuts, space exploration … all have become a black hole that the little guy must keep feeding and feeding and feeding
  • Massillon to foreclose on 59 Duncan Place Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:18PMIn 1994, the city struck a complex deal with a developer to turn an abandoned bank into a 66-unit apartment high-rise for senior citizens, known as 59 Duncan Place. It was “something of a demonstration project,” John Dougherty, president of Scioto Development of Columbus, the enterprise that bought the property, said in August 1992. Though all but a few units are filled, Scioto Development has ...
  • Feds arraign four on marijuana, money-laundering allegations Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:18PMFour people who allegedly conspired to grow and sell large amounts of marijuana -- under the mask of medical-marijuana laws -- have been arraigned in U.S. District Court in Portland. Charged today with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute more than 1,000 marijuana plants; manufacturing more than 100 marijuana plants; and money laundering were Tu Ngoc Tran, 37, and Minhthy Ngoc Nguyen, 32 ...
  • Fleeting meeting with Casey Anthony counsel Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:36PMArticle by: C.J. , Star Tribune Now you know she did it! I said with a laugh to defense attorney Jose Baez . "No, she didn't," Baez replied flatly, turning his back to me and his full attention to his cellphone.
  • Cover Story: Moorish Science Temple Tactics Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:20PMAn obscure religious sect is accused of taking over dozens of homes in the Charlotte area.  They're seizing foreclosed property with bogus property deeds.  PrimeTime's Jeff Atkinson reports in our Cover Story.
  • Recession sets back progress made by blacks Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:24AMBALTIMORE #8212; Growing up black in the segregated 1960s, Deborah Goldring slept two to a bed, got evicted from apartments and watched her stepfather climb utility poles to turn their disconnected lights back on. Yet Goldring pulled herself out of poverty and earned a middle-class life #8212; until the Great Recession.
  • Edwards questions mining bill Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:10AMDemocratic presidential candidate John Edwards sat down for an interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal during his campaign stop in Reno on Sunday. Here are excerpts from the interview.Question: Your campaign has said it has not come out with an official position on the mining reform bill that recently pass Congress. (The bill would charge a 8 percent royalty for new mines on public lands and a 4 ...
  • A Clean Slate, Inc. (DRWN) Offers Hope, Solutions and a New Beginning for the Financially Distressed Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:12AMThe following is being announced by A Clean Slate, Inc.
  • Bair with the banks: a tough term at FDIC Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:45AMSheila Bair's term as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has been one of the most tumultuous in banking history.
  • Why is this house frozen? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:27AMAuckland’s change to a “super city” prompted Te Tuhi gallery in Pakuranga to stage an exhibition that looks at how sudden shifts in the law or economy can radically alter the lives of millions.
  • DOJ: We can force you to decrypt that laptop Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:39AMThe U.S. Justice Department is seeking court order that would require defendant in Colorado mortgage scam case to disclose her passphrase or decrypt the files.
  • Blacks' economic gains wiped out in downturn Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:20AMJob loss has knocked some blacks out of the middle class and back into poverty. Some even see a historic reversal of hard-won economic gains that took black people decades to achieve.
  • African-American Economic Gains Reversed By Great Recession Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 9:46AM(AP) BALTIMORE — Growing up black in the segregated 1960s, Deborah Goldring slept two to a bed, got evicted from apartment after apartment, and watched her stepfather climb utility poles to turn their disconnected lights back on.
  • For Discussion: White Folks Have Recovered From Recession, Blacks Still Suffering As Middle Class Declines Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 9:28AMThe recession has been real for the past few years and unfortunately for people in our community there has been no relief or recovery; meanwhile white people have been able to overcome: Who gets more job callbacks: White felons or