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California eyes cattails to combat climate change

On one side of the gravel road are hundreds of acres of corn. On the other is a different crop that scientists hope will enable farmers to rebuild sinking islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, combat global warming and make a profit at the same time.

The U.S. Geological Survey is growing tules and cattails on about 15 acres on Twitchell Island, about 5.7 square miles of rich but fragile peat soil 30 miles south of Sacramento.

Twitchell and other delta islands are slowing sinking, their soil eaten away by wind, rain and farming. Most are more than 20 feet below the surrounding water. A levee system keeps them from being flooded.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, California, Agriculture, Science, Global Warming

5 hrs ago | Stockton Record

Stocks jump as oil prices fall sharply

Stocks rebounded Friday from a sell-off a day earlier as a sharp drop in oil prices eased worries over a quarterly loss from mortgage finance company Fannie Mae that was more than triple what Wall Street ...

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9 hrs ago | Daily Mail

Failure to make mortgage repayments sees repossessions soar by 48% in 10-year high

The number of UK house repossessions jumped by 48 per cent in the first half of the year to its highest level for 10 years, figures showed today.

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13 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Horticulture Conference Coming

If I asked you to locate your hibiscus or your hydrangea, where would you look? No, you won't find them in the fridge, and they're not parts of the anatomy.

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Thu Aug 07, 2008

NBC 15 Online

Rates on 30-year mortgages hold steady

Rates on 30-year mortgages didn't budge this week, while rates on other home loans were mixed.

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KLEW-TV Lewiston

Consumers jack up borrowing in June

Consumers - fortified by the government's rebate checks - boosted their borrowing in June at the fastest pace in seven months.

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ABC News

Phallic Flower Puts on Sex Show in Belgium

A visitor takes a picture of the world's largest flower, the Titan Arum at... A visitor takes a picture of the world's largest flower, the Titan Arum at the National Botanic Garden in Meise, near Brussels, ...

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Manchester Evening News

Interest rates held at 5%

The decision by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is likely to have been one of the toughest in recent times, with members having to balance deeper economic gloom with expectations of rising ...

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Accountancy Age

Barclays takes 2.8bn writedown as profits slide

Barclays Bank has taken a 2.8bn writedown hit as its profits fell 34% for the first half of the year.

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Wed Aug 06, 2008

Globe and Mail

Neighbours come to aid of bear-attack victim

Neighbours rushed to the woman's aid, armed with whatever objects they could muster and with little regard for their own safety when the bear attacked her as she was gardening near her Westwood Plateau driveway ...

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Charlotte.com

Conn. sues Countrywide over lending practices

HARTFORD, Conn. Connecticut sued Countrywide Financial Corp. on Wednesday, becoming the latest state to take the mortgage lender to court over its lending practices.

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Related Topix: Hartford Metro, Hartford, CT, Mortgage

News Courier

Troopers spot pot plants, man arrested

Authorities say a Montgomery man apparently was growing more than tomatoes in his garden.

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Related Topix: Montgomery, AL, Home Gardening, Drugs, Montgomery County, AL

1490 WBEX Chillicothe, Ohio

Freddie Mac Posts Another Giant Quarterly Loss

Freddie Mac on Wednesday posted its fourth consecutive quarterly loss, set plans to slash its common stock dividend and warned of more difficulty ahead amid the steepest U.S. housing market slump since the ...

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Related Topix: McLean, VA, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Delaware Coast Press

Mortgage Fraud: 2 D.C. employees from Md. plead guilty

Federal prosecutors say two D.C. employees pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Related Topix: Mortgage, District Heights, MD

The New Braunfels Herald

Treasury hires Morgan Stanley on Fannie, Freddie

The Treasury Department says it has awarded a contract to investment firm Morgan Stanley to help the government assess the risks facing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Tue Aug 05, 2008

Times Online

Repossessions rise 40% as mortgage arrears worsen

Housing repossessions rose by more than 40 per cent in the first three months of the year as the number of people in arrears on their mortgage payment soared to over 300,000. The Financial Services Authority , ...

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The Huffington Post

Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged

The Federal Reserve, confronted with the perils of a slumping economy and rising inflation, has decided for a second straight meeting to leave interest rates unchanged.

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24dash

Stamp duty suspension 'would not turn around' UK housing market

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Housing Tuesday 5th August 2008 - 2:14pm Stamp duty suspension 'would not turn around' UK housing market Suspending stamp duty would not turn the housing market round and ...

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ABC News

Freddie Chief Dismissed Warnings: Report

U.S. mortgage market giant Freddie Mac's chief executive dismissed internal warnings that could have protected the company from some of the financial problems now engulfing it, the New York Times said, citing ...

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Mid-Hudson News

Dad and son bound while armed intruders ransack their home

Police are looking for three men who bound a man and his child in the dining room of their home and ransacked it.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Wallkill, NY

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