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• Beyond the Foreclosure Blame Game

  Wednesday Jun 18 | via Realty Trac 

  Real estate investors are becoming a convenient scapegoat for many looking to assign blame for the recent surge in foreclosures and faltering real estate market.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Local Headlines

• Radon bill draws fire

  Feb 1, 2008 | via Emporia Gazette 

  Originally published 02:03 p.m., February 1, 2008 Updated 02:03 p.m., February 1, 2008 Sen.

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  Related Topix: Lyon County, KS, Housing, Emporia, KS, Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• Starbucks closing 600 stores nationwide

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via PittsburghLIVE.com 

  Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will close 600 company-operated stores in the next year, up dramatically from its previous plan for 100 closures, a sign the coffee shop operator is still feeling the pain from ...

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  Related Topix: Kansas, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Ohio Democrats get pro-Obama message

  Saturday Jun 21 | via WXIX-TV Cincinnati 

  Governor Kathleen Sebelius is telling Ohio Democrats that the door of the White House only opens through their state.

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  Related Topix: Kansas Government, Kansas, Ohio, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Foreclosures

• Ohio Democrats to get pro-Obama message

  Saturday Jun 21 | via KansasCity.com 

  Democratic governors who won in states that twice backed George W. Bush have lessons to offer presidential nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama, one of those governors planned to tell Ohio Democrats on ... 5 comments

  Related Topix: George Bush, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Foreclosures, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Kansas Government, Kansas

• Double-Barreled BOOM in Kansas City

  Jun 4, 2008 | via KnowledgePlex.org News 

  In a challenging economy with residential real estate in the doldrums and commercial sectors under pressure, Kansas City has bucked the trend and enjoyed a resounding property boom in two geographic centers.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Kansas

• Kansans believe they lost border tax war

  May 20, 2008 | via Kansas City Star 

  Lawmakers in both states have gone home and the border war over taxes between Kansas and Missouri is over.Though no lives were lost in this conflict, Kansas believes they'll still lose dollars for the 2007 tax ...

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  Related Topix: Missouri Government, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas Government, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Sister-Owned Welch Builders Thrives Despite Tough Market

  6 min ago | via The Daily News 

  IN THE BLOOD: Dawn Kinard, who co-founded Welch Builders LLC with her sister, Danya Welch, stands beneath a portrait of her father, Jackie Welch, owner of Welch Realty.

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  Related Topix: Germantown, TN, Real Estate, Shelby County, TN, Collierville, TN, Opinion

• Pawning Jewels Or TV's For Gas $$$

  6 min ago | via WBAL-AM Baltimore 

  This Liberty Loan and Jewelry employee holds up a ring and a necklace recently sold at the shop.

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  Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Gwynn-Oak, MD, Mortgage, Home

• American dream goes global

  10 min ago | via Boston.com 

  She was raised in a little wooden house with a thatched roof in the Dominican Republic, a nation she left behind 17 years ago to clean offices in Boston's skyscrapers and dorm rooms at Harvard University.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, World News, Dominican Republic, Central America, Boston, MA

• Beware of reverse mortage scams

  12 min ago | via Jacksonville Daily News 

  Columnist's Note: This letter has been edited for length. Dear Troubleshooter: I read your column all the time and find it most informative.

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  Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Others' economic woes bring business to bankruptcy attorney

  16 min ago | via The Business Journal of Phoenix 

  High foreclosure rates and the increasing number of individual and small-business bankruptcies are keeping attorney Dan Gukeisen’s services in demand.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures