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Here comes the sun: Obama goes for solar power
Solar power is coming to President Barack Obama’s house. The most famous residence in America, which has already boosted its green credentials by planting a garden, plans to install solar…
Race-based predatory lending fueled housing crisis
Predatory lending aimed at racially segregated minority neighborhoods led to mass foreclosures that fueled the U.S. housing crisis, according to a new study published in the American Sociological Review. Predatory…
Scandal-ridden officials become outcasts in Bell, California
There was a time in this modest blue-collar community when Mayor Oscar Hernandez was all but hailed as a superhero, the big friendly guy who said hello to everybody when…
The high cost of living without a bank
The nickel-and-diming never stopped. The fees were constant: $28 to cash a paycheck. $1.50 for a money order. A dollar or more every time I swiped the prepaid cash card…
Teens use rubbers more than adults
American teens are not as reckless as some people might think when it comes to sex, and they are much more likely to use condoms than people over 40, according…
Verizon wireless owes $90 million in refunds
US telecom titan Verizon Wireless will pay back up to 90 million dollars to some 15 million cell phone users who were charged for services they did not use, the…
Both parties play the economic blame game
If you don’t like the economy, blame President Barack Obama and Democrats because they’re making times tougher, Republicans are telling voters entering the four-week homestretch to an election the GOP…
Republicans, Democrats fine tune midterm strategies
Democrats have all but written off at least three Senate seats — in North Dakota, Indiana and Arkansas — and at least six House seats in Tennessee, Louisiana, New York…
Health care reform’s growing pains
It’s a centerpiece of President Barack Obama‘s health care remake, a lifeline available right now to vulnerable people whose medical problems have made them uninsurable. But the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance…
As midterm elections approach, Democrats see hope
After enduring months of bad news and gloomy political forecasts, some Democrats are seeing signs of hope that Republican gains in the November 2 congressional elections will not be as…
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