China builds 15-story hotel in 6 days

Declaring foreclosure fraud, family reclaims home

A family claims they were illegally evicted, and Saturday, they broke the locks and started moving back in even though the home has already been sold.

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McDonald’s Happy Meal resists decomposition for six months

China's nine-day traffic jam stretches 100km

China's nine-day traffic jam stretches 100km (Yahoo News - AFP)

BEIJING (AFP) – Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China's growing road congestion woes.

Winning bid on mortgage buys family heartache

Roberta and Randall Strand took $97,606 out of their paid-off house to buy a foreclosed home at a courthouse auction. Five months later, they found out they actually bought the second mortgage, and that the bank planned to foreclose on the first mortgage, leaving them out in the cold. (SFGate.com)

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Americans Buy IPads While Broke in New Abnormal Economy

World Collapse Explained in 3 Minutes

America's Most Expensive Home

Huge, Ongoing Wall Street Subsidy Allows Banks to Coin Money Every Day at Savers' Expense

"If the government gave you a barrel of fish to shoot, I would shoot and thank you for the barrel" ;-))

Plastic swallowed by albatrosses in the Pacific ocean

Credit Rating is a joke !?

One of the Dirtiest Beaches in the World - Hawaii - Message in the Waves - BBC

Chase Sued: Allegedly Told Homeowner To Stop Payments, Then Foreclosed

Chase Sued: Allegedly Told Homeowner To Stop Payments, Then Foreclosed (yahoo news)

JPMorgan Chase told a California couple to quit making mortgage payments in order to qualify for a loan modification but then foreclosed on their Sacramento home, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

This Is What Happens In China When You Don’t Want To Sell Your Land To A Company That Bought Everything Around Your House

Citigroup Does the Impossible: It Screws Us Taxpayers Again

Sorry, No Mortgage: Experian Says That You're Dead

Sorry, No Mortgage: Experian Says That You're Dead (The Consumerist)

$29,186.50 bill for 5 mins care and the patient is dead !

Slain Sac State Student's Parents Stunned by Hospital Bill, Letter ( News10.net)
SACRAMENTO, CA - The parents of a Sacramento State student beaten to death by a dorm mate last month said they were stunned to receive a $30,000 bill from the UC Davis Medical Center as well as a letter asking their murdered son not to return because of payment issues.

We just lost $2.3 billion on a bad loan !

Neighbors thought dead man's body was part of Halloween display

Neighbors thought dead man's body was part of Halloween display (LA Times)

Wells Fargo Accused Of Pocketing The Difference When Customers Make ATM Math Errors

Wells Fargo Accused Of Pocketing The Difference When Customers Make ATM Math Errors (www.huffingtonpost.com)