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You may have read about the latest public and private efforts to help financially distressed homeowners cope with their mortgage payments. But you might not have caught key details that could have an effect on you or people you know -- now or in the months ahead.
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More than a year into the foreclosure crisis, whether a distressed homeowner is eligible for a more affordable mortgage can often come down to the fine print.
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Britain's largest banks were on Thursday locked in meetings with regulators, officials and investors as they attempted to work out the implications of the government's £400bn bail-out package
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We all know how difficult it is to make a business trip these days, but who knew it would be such a problem to cancel a business trip?
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We all know how difficult it is to make a business trip these days, but who knew it would be such a problem to cancel a business trip?
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The presidential candidates and their respective parties have benefited significantly from large donors who have given tens of thousands of dollars to fund-raising committees.
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The candidates have benefited from large donors who give tens of thousands of dollars to fund-raising committees.
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In what is shaping up to be a subdued art season, the annual International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair at the Park Avenue Armory is a reassuring presence.
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The government and mortgage industry -- including federally run mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- today announced a new streamlined system for modifying the mortgages of hundreds of thousands of borrowers to avoid foreclosure, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Jim West, a Cariboo B.C. resident, was nearly killed by an angry mother bear near 70 Mile House. He survived by clubbing the bear with a stick the size of his arm.
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The federal government needs to take up affordable housing as its responsibility once again, say advocates for the homeless.
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Petruzelli's comments after win make some think fight's promoters tried to protect the popular Slice. The mixed martial arts world is abuzz by post-fight comments made by Seth Petruzelli, the little-known, last-minute replacement on CBS' national broadcast of Elite XC fights Saturday who needed only 14 seconds to knock out popular heavyweight Kimbo Slice.
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The Cook County sheriff said Wednesday that he was ordering his deputies to stop evicting renters from foreclosed properties because many people his office has helped remove had done nothing wrong.
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Food firm begins diversity program to further distance itself from major donor to Proposition 8, who sold his stake in company in 2005. The food fight is over.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday admitted that Ireland is now running the risk of being fined by the EU for not safeguarding wildlife.
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Police: Cowboys' Pacman Jones involved in fight at hotel; no arrests made
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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said today his office plans to stop serving eviction notices on people who have fallen behind on mortgage payments as well as renters unaware their buildings have fallen in arrears.
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Wearing your pants nonchalantly tucked into your boots requires not only fastidious attention to detail, but also the right boots and pants.
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US rock band the Foo Fighters tell Republican John McCain to stop using song My Hero in his presidential campaign.
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Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones may have found himself in trouble once again. According to multiple reports, Jones was involved in an altercation with his personal bodyguard late Tuesday night at the Joule Hotel in downtown Dallas.
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Review of a lecture given by Professor Richard ParryJones who is chairing the latest Government enquiry into lowcarbon technology. As a firstprinciples guide to what the transport sector needs to do about climate change it is peerless.
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In the latest post on the "Engineering Windows 7" blog, Microsoft officials acknowledge what everyone's been assuming: Microsoft is going to fine-tune the User Account Control (UAC) feature with Windows 7.
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This is a novel legal strategy. And so far it's working. Last month, in an effort to preserve the state's monopoly on legal gambling, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear sued to have 141 online gambling sites' domains transferred to the state's control. According to the Washington Post, a big part of Beshear's election was based on bringing casinos to Kentucky. Kentucky circuit court judge Thomas Wingate granted the request, ordering domain registrars to do just that. Wingate found that Kentucky's anti-gambling statutes allowed such a court order in that gambling website domains are "gambling devices" under the state's law. But what jurisdiction does the Kentucky court have? Opponents say none, since none of the sites or the registrars are based...
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On March 4, Hillary Clinton delivered the following remarks to supporters at her victory party in Columbus, Ohio: "You know, they call Ohio a bellwether state. It's a battleground state. It's a state that knows how to pick a president. And no candidate in recent history, Democrat or Republican, has won the White House without winning the Ohio primary. "You all know that if we want a Democratic president, we need a Democratic nominee who can win the battleground states just like Ohio. And that is what we've done. We've won Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, Arkansas, California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. read more »
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Troubled cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones is still in the lineup for the Dallas Cowboys after his latest incident involving police....
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Emile Heskey has branded as inadequate the fine handed out to the Croatian FA after he was subjected to monkey chants from fans during England’s World Cup qualifier in Zagreb last month.
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Cautious, responsible homeowners who took out cautious, responsible loans and bought cautious, responsible houses, are not necessarily thrilled at the idea of their idiot profligate neighbors getting a federal bailout for the idiot profligate loans they took out on their...
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The homes on Seven Mile Island range from two-story contemporary houses to small single-story cottages.
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Greg Biffle isn't angry with teammate Carl Edwards for starting a 12-car crash at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Housing officials in Northern Virginia and Richmond are meeting this week to determine how to allocate $46 million in emergency federal aid set aside to stanch the region's foreclosure crisis.
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The debate over Stansted's expansion goes on
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Life still hard for 'hero' of East Timor struggle
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England striker Emile Heskey says Fifa fines are not good enough to tackle racist fans in football.
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Wales prop Chris Horsman has received a fourweek ban following his appearance at a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing.
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MICHAEL Williams had no interest in golf as a child - but a brief encounter with an international star has led to a lifetime love affair with the sport.
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Facing a free-speech uproar, the University of Texas backed down Thursday from punishing two students who refused to remove political signs from their dormitory window.
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Fuzuli Ismayilov, Department Head of Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company on Music, Feature and Entertaining Programs has confirmed that this fine has been paid by the broadcaster and has explained why the countries withdrawal from the Junior contest was
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New software integrated into net.tickIT
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Oct. 9 - Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration escalated a bitter fight with airlines on Thursday by pushing ahead with a plan to auction takeoff and landing rights at New York-area airports despite key congressional opposition and an industry threat to block the initiative in court.
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