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A chill descends as 1928 warehouse falls
More than a year has passed since Baltimoreans last saw a high-rise building near downtown demolished the old-fashioned way, with a 4-ton wrecking ball rather than explosives. It has been even longer since a high-profile demolition drew no opposition...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Major League Baseball, Alex Brown, General Motors Corp., Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Relief bill could help both buyers and homeowners
Congress left town for the July 4 recess with a half-baked cake in its legislative oven - one that has huge potential significance for the housing and mortgage markets. The unfinished work is a major relief bill designed to rescue hundreds of thousands of...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Credit and Debt, Fannie Mae, George Bush, National Government
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Gun control is ineffective in stopping criminals
In the June 29 editorial on the Supreme Court's Second Amendment ruling, you stated, ''It will require lawmakers to carefully craft gun controls.'' There are sufficient gun control laws but very little enforcement. The thug who murdered the police officer...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Criminal Laws, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Credit card trap is just that The article "Debt rescue not in the cards" [Business & Technology, June 30] reminded me how treacherous credit maintenance can be. Although there are laws against usury, somehow credit card companies are able to charge 29...Tags: Murder, Town of Oyster Bay, Transportation, Long Island Expressway, Prosecution
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Lawmakers look at how credit cards are sold to students
Recently, a subcommittee of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the marketing tactics companies use to pitch credit cards to college students. It's not the first time the issue has come up in Congress, and it probably won't be...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Federal Reserve, Credit and Debt, Consumers, Marketing
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Housing bill hangs in the balance
Congress left town for the July 4 recess with a half-baked cake in its legislative oven -- one that has huge potential significance for the housing and mortgage markets. The unfinished work is a major relief bill designed to rescue hundreds of thousands...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Credit and Debt, Fannie Mae, George Bush, National Government
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Can McCain or Obama help homeowners?
Of The Associated PressHome foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November. Even the optimism that surrounds a new president taking office cannot resurrect home values overnight, and presidents have no direct ability to reduce rising...Tags: Polls, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, Chris Dodd, Political Candidates
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Lawmakers Put Focus On College Kids, Credit Cards
Recently, a subcommittee of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the marketing tactics companies use to pitch credit cards to college students. It's not the first time the issue has come up in Congress, and it probably won't be...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Financial and Business Services, Banking, Federal Reserve, Credit and Debt
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Shucet says there wasn't enough consensus-building
Former Transportation Commissioner Philip Shucet has been working on Hampton Roads transportation problems for more than 14 years, as a private engineering consultant and as the leader of the Virginia Department of Transportation. In Monday's Daily...Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Transportation, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Political Candidates, Executive Branch
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Wi-Fi on wheels
Technology observes no speed limit. First came the cell phone, which allows us to carry on conversations at 70 m.p.h. Then came the wireless headset, which allows us to carry on conversations at 70 m.p.h. and still hold a Starbucks in one hand. Then...Tags: Cell Phones, Road Transportation, Game Playing, eBay Incorporated, Transportation
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