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Albany: Foreclosure bill
Spin CyclePaterson and the legislature have agreed on a bill to address the sub-prime crisis. Key provisions: 90-day notice before foreclosure proceedings are instituted, and a mandatory settlement conference requiring face-to-face meeting with homeowner and...Tags: Fraud, Loans, David A. Paterson, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Crime
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McCain ad ties Barack Obama, Tony Rezko
The Swampby Mark Silva Now the gloves come off. Sen. Barack Obama hit Republican rival John McCain today with a television campaign ad mocking McCain's immediate inability this week to recall how many homes he owns - "seven,'' the Obama ad......Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Chicago Real Estate, Values, Religion and Belief
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Biden: Questions on house sale
Spin CycleCamp McCain flags a Wilmington News Journal story today that flags some problematic questions about Joe Biden's real estate dealings: Essentially, the story reports that most of Biden's net worth is the result of two lucrative deals with campaign......Tags: Alaska, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin
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ACORN, villain or victim?
The Swampby Frank James ACORN, the community organizing group, has become the incarnation of all that is unholy for many Republicans who accuse it of doing two things: trying to steal the presidential election for Sen. Barack Obama and causing the......Tags: Prosecution, News Media, Fannie Mae, Loans, Fraud
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The forest and the trees
Who's on Team Gloucester?If you’ve driven on Route 17 lately, you’ve probably noticed that a colossal patch of pine trees across from Salsa’s Mexican Restaurant is gone. Another housing subdivision? Perhaps a shopping center? Wrong on both accounts. Trees on the...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Forestry and Timber, Sports
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A 4.5 percent mortgage for all?
The Swampby Frank James Who wouldn't want one of those 4.5 percent mortgages that are now being considered as a way to revive the economy? Sign me up. But there's evidently some disagreement about whether such mortgages would be available to......Tags: Lobbying, Freddie Mac, Money and Monetary Policy, Fannie Mae, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Ten for a Friday: Change of Control
Spin CycleDemocrats secured control of the NYS Senate when Malcolm Smith, with Paterson, made a backroom deal to reward his least loyal members. Putting their best foot forward, Dems made Sen. Pedro Espada (left), who has had some brushes with......Tags: Drug Trafficking, Xavier Becerra, Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Parliament
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Obama Meets the Press on his No. 1 job
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with transcript President-elect Barack Obama, confronting the question of the beleaguered economy and tense international challenges that he is facing, explained his approaches to both fronts in an interview aired by NBC's Meet...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Education, Terrorism, Joe Biden, Economy, Business and Finance
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Boehner still tries to crack ACORN
The Swampby Frank James If you thought the Republican war against ACORN ended on Election Day passed, you would be wrong. Very wrong. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio is demanding that the Housing and Urban Development Department withhold $17.2......Tags: Government, Freddie Mac, Barack Obama, Ohio, National Government
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LI real-estate scammer: A widening view, UPDATED
Spin CycleIsaac R. Toussie, who essentially admitted to ripping off Suffolk taxpayers along with submitting false documents regarding home buyers, wasn't the only convict who got special access to the White House for a pardon that did not fit Justice Department.......Tags: White House, George W. Bush
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Exclusive: Setting father-son criminal precedents
Spin CyclePresident George W. Bush's first-ever retraction of a pardon - for convicted real-estate scammer Isaac Toussie - has the potential to become a defining legal precedent. If so, Toussie, 37, will have found the weirdest way yet to follow......Tags: John McCain, Mount Sinai, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Oregon
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$800 billion stimulus buys what? This
The Swampby Janet Hook with Noam N. Levey, Jim Puzzanghera, Richard Simon and Jim Tankersley. . With Congress moving toward passage of an $800-billion-plus economic stimulus plan, big government is back. Unabashed. With a vengeance. The stimulus is bigger than...Tags: James L Oberstar, Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, International Military Interventions
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