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Minnesota lawmakers consider three foreclosure bills
The proposed bills would work together to address the deepening foreclosure crisis in Minnesota. From the StarTribune: One would prod homeowners facing foreclosure to get help, even forwarding their phone numbers to foreclosure prevention counselors...

AZ Legislature Passes Two Bills Restricting Abortion
The Arizona Republic: Senate votes send abortion bills to Napolitano, by Amanda Crawford: The Legislature passed two bills Tuesday regulating abortions in Arizona ? one clarifying how a judge can approve an abortion for a minor and the other establishing...

Minnesota legislature passes Subprime Borrower Relief Act
The Subprime Borrower Relief Act gives borrowers with subprime loans the right to defer a foreclosure sale of their residence for one year after the bill becomes law. During the deferment period, the borrower will have to make reduced monthly payments, and a borrower who does not pay will lose the right to deferment...

Unpaid Water Bills Lead New Haven's WPCA To Go On Home Foreclosure Rampage

New Law Protects Foreclosure Scam Victims
A new law addressing distressed property transactions went into effect June 12, 2008. The new law defines a distressed home as one that is in danger of foreclosure or in the process of foreclosure...

FL Legislature Considers "Medically Accurate" Sex-Ed Bill
Orlando Sentinel: Some State Lawmakers Pitch Uniform Sex Education, by Claudia Zequeira: The reason two neighboring school districts can teach sex ed so differently is because Florida law, while clearly preferring abstinence instruction, doesn't mandate it...

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

House Closing
Sealing a home sale

Mylicon Baby's Gas Relief Drops
Urgently Recalled Nationwide

GNG Marketing Violations
Georgia Natural Gas to pay customers $2.5 million in settlement.

GMAC Faces Class Action over Foreclosure Abuses
GMAC Faces Foreclosure Abuses Class Action

Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices
Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices

Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings
Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.