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  • NASA MRO: Location of Sites Within 'Cryptic Terrain' (SpaceRef)

    A regional landscape near Mars' south pole is called "cryptic terrain" because it once defied explanation. New observations show how springtime outbursts of carbon-dioxide gas there sculpt intricate patterns and paint seasonal splotches.
    2008-01-23 07:26:11
  • Gold & the Fed's Crystal-Meth Hit (GoldSeek.com)

    "The one sure way to prolong a depression is to resist it..."
    2008-01-23 07:50:03
  • Lawmakers still trying, although specific help for homeowners in stimulus plan faces long odds (KTVN Reno)

    CAPITOL HILL (AP) - Democrats in Washington are continuing efforts to get help for struggling homeowners into the economic stimulus package being hammered out by Congress.
    2008-01-23 07:57:11
  • Lawmakers still trying, although specific help for homeowners in stimulus plan faces long odds (Fox 12 Idaho)

    Associated Press - January 23, 2008 10:53 PM ET CAPITOL HILL (AP) - Democrats in Washington are continuing efforts to get help for struggling homeowners into the economic stimulus package being...
    2008-01-23 07:57:31
  • Asiana Corporation (Asiana) (ASIC) Receives New Ticker Symbol

    Forbes - ... they are very convenient for consumers, they are prone to online fraud. Closed loop systems are the only type currently allowed in China. The Company has recently signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Brookcor Holdings, Inc. a Canadian Mortgage ...
    2008-01-23 01:07:00
  • OPERS, investors suing Freddie Mac

    Columbus Business Journal - Dann said he has filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit in federal court in Youngstown, alleging McLean, Va.-based Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:FRE) was "deeply invested" in the collapsing subprime mortgage industry and artificially ...
    2008-01-23 01:07:00
  • Family, friends offer property, homes for ex-Evergreen president's ...

    Akron Beacon Journal - Willan, 37, is charged with multiple first-degree felonies in a 147-count Summit County indictment alleging widespread Akron-area mortgage fraud. He has been held in lieu of a $3 million bond since his Dec. 19 arrest. His lawyer, William ...
    2008-01-23 04:18:00
  • State takes aim at foreclosure rescue firm

    Orlando Sentinel - Last September, the Attorney General's Office created a mortgage-fraud task force after the office noticed a spike in consumer complaints relating to mortgage fraud and foreclosure rescue scams. Representatives of National Foreclosure Management and ...
    2008-01-23 09:25:00
  • CORRECTED: FACTBOX: Floridians to vote in Republican primary

    Reuters - Its market is suffering from the biggest condominium glut in decades and Florida leads the nation in mortgage fraud, according to the Mortgage Asset Research Institute. The state is also reeling from huge increases in insurance premiums since eight ...
    2008-01-21 12:41:00
  • SunTrust Q4 profits plummet 99 percent, mortgage division hardest hit

    Nashville Business Journal - The spike was driven primarily by mortgage application fraud on its Alt-A home loans, the bank's earnings release stated. SunTrust has a 14.1 percent market share in Middle Tennessee and about $4.3 billion in deposits, according to data from the ...
    2008-01-23 09:25:00
  • Michigan Lawyers Weekly Names 'Lawyers of the Year-

    PR Inside - McClorey of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, a champion for elders' rights and preventing elder abuse, brought down an independent contractor, who swindled more than $1 million from unknowing seniors, in a massive reverse mortgage fraud case in ...
    2008-01-23 10:58:00
  • Neighbors sue lender over house left vacant

    Minneapolis Star Tribune - Such buyers sometimes lend their names in cases of mortgage fraud. Later last year, CitiMortgage started foreclosure proceedings and bought back the property at an October sheriff's auction. But the house remained empty, and accumulated police calls ...
    2008-01-22 03:53:00
  • Florida Launches Campaign Against Mortgage Fraud

    CBS 4 South Florida - FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― State investigators are concerned that as foreclosures rise, scams by people claiming to rescue homes from foreclosures will rise as well, and that's why the Florida Attorney General's office has filed a lawsuit that ...
    2008-01-22 02:49:00
  • State Headlines

    KCEN TV NBC 6 - Among the indictments were charges against Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife, Francisca, as well as 30 others on unrelated mortgage fraud. State District Judge Jim Wallace ruled that an order extending the panel's term past its ...
    2008-01-23 12:03:00
  • Harris County prosecutors grappling with invalidated indictments

    El Paso Times - HOUSTON—Harris County prosecutors grappled Wednesday with fallout from invalidated indictments handed up by a grand jury against a Texas Supreme Court justice and more than 30 others in an unrelated mortgage fraud case. State District Judge Jim ...
    2008-01-23 01:43:00