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U.S. Gov’t Reneges on Promise to Allow Texana Hollis, 101-Year-Old Detroit Foreclosure Victim, to Return to her Home

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Ominous Milestone: $15.3 Trillion U.S. Debt Now As Large As ENTIRE National Economy

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Four Years into Housing Crisis, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Finally Slams “Costly and Inefficient” Foreclosures
The housing crisis that has seen millions of Americans lose their homes has been going on for more than four years now. And for all that time, we haven't heard ...
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FHFA Inspector-General: Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Improperly Foreclosed on Homeowners, Cost Gov’t Billions
A U.S. government watchdog has found that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac improperly foreclosed on homeowners and cost the federal government billions of dollars due to lax adherence ...
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Banks May Have Illegally Foreclosed on 5,000 Active-Duty U.S. Military Members
New data from a federal regulator has revealed that 10 major U.S. banks may have illegally foreclosed on nearly 5,000 active-duty U.S. military service members. [caption id="attachment_14906" align="alignright" width="220" caption="(Photo: Brendel)"][/caption] According ...
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‘The Moral High Ground’: Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputies Refuse to Evict 103-Year-Old Vita Lee from her Foreclosed Atlanta Home of 53 Years
Atlanta-area police and a moving company hired by a bank to evict a 103-year-old woman and her 83-year-old daughter from their foreclosed home of 53 years have refused to carry ...
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Bank of America Threatens Shantell Curtis with Foreclosure Over $1 Bank Error
Bank of America threatened to foreclose upon the former home of a Utah woman and her family over a $1 bank error, even though the house had been sold months ...
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‘Douche du Jour’: Steven J. Baum “Foreclosure Mill” Halloween Party Mocks People Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure
Photographs submitted to a New York Times columnist show an appalling Halloween party thrown last year by a leading "foreclosure mill" at which employees dressed up as and mocked the ...
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‘Occupy Wall Street’ Goes Global: Hundreds of Thousands of the “99%” Rally in 82 Countries
'Occupy Wall Street' has gone global. Inspired by the protest movement against Wall Street greed, which was inspired by Spain's 'May 15' movement, which was inspired by the 'Arab Spring,' hundreds ...
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‘Occupy’ Movement: Teens Fighting Back, Peacefully
Observing the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement that’s sweeping the nation, I was moved by how many teens I saw participating. Perhaps this should come as no surprise; after all, it’s ...

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