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• Do New Mortgage Rules Make Borrowers Safer?

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Realty Trac 

  You could hardly miss the headlines this week: More than 1,000 news outlets covered new rules from the Federal Reserve designed to "protect" America's mortgage borrowers.

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  Related Topix: Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Local Headlines

• Future Of Capitol Unclear; Little Theatre's 'Kilroy' Ends

  Friday Jul 4 | via The Greenville Sun 

  Sun Photo by Jim Feltman In an opening ceremony prior to the beginning of the Little Theatre of Greeneville production of the patriotic play, "Kilroy Was Here," Artistic and Musical Director Dr.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Agriculture, Science, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Banking, Greene County Bancshares, Financial Services, Greene County, TN

• County Committee Studies Building Code

  Thursday Jun 26 | via The Greenville Sun 

  The Greene County Commission's Building Code Committee on Wednesday discussed, but took no action on, a proposed building code for adoption by the county.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Greene County, TN, Afton, TN, Greeneville, TN

• Auction Of Capitol Theatre Still Scheduled For Thurs.

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via The Greenville Sun 

  The auction of The Capitol Theatre that had been announced for 10 a.m. Thursday is still on schedule.

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  Related Topix: Greene County, TN, Agriculture, Science, Foreclosures, Greeneville, TN, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Support For Capitol Theatre Develops, Spokesman Says

  Jun 5, 2008 | via The Greenville Sun 

  A groundswell of community support for the Capitol Theatre, the home of the Little Theatre of Greeneville, is beginning to develop in advance of a pending foreclosure sale of the landmark structure on the ...

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Banking, Greene County Bancshares, Financial Services, Greene County, TN, Greeneville, TN, Foreclosures

• Andrew Johnson Bank Promotes DeBusk, Hite

  Jun 5, 2008 | via The Greenville Sun 

  Andrew Johnson Bank's board of directors has promoted two of the bank's executives, Doug DeBusk and Shane Hite, the bank has announced.

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  Related Topix: Greene County, TN, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tusculum, TN, Banking, Greene County Bancshares, Financial Services

Regional Headlines

• More

  Friday | via The Daily News Journal 

  Unemployment in Tennessee edged up by one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.5 percent in June compared to a month earlier, keeping the jobless rate here a full percentage point higher than the nation's rate.

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  Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, Tennessee Government, Tennessee, Knoxville (University of Tennessee System), University of Tennessee System, Home, Mortgage

• First Horizon stock climbs after replacing CEO

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via The Tennessean 

  Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp., the parent company of First Tennessee, saw its stock soar in trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange after announcing it would replace its chief executive ...

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  Related Topix: Tennessee, Mortgage, Home

• First Horizon CEO to step down

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via The Knoxville News-Sentinel 

  Hours after the company's stock plunged by nearly 25 percent, First Horizon National Corp.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Tennessee

• Here's A Roundup Of The Progressive Blogs In Tennessee

  Monday Jul 14 | via SharonCobb 

  We blogs run from one end of the State of Tennessee to the other, and we're all working hard to turn our red state blue, so please support all of us.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tennessee

• Agency works to help house Tennesseans

  Monday Jul 14 | via The Tennessean 

  Much of the focus by elected officials and the media during the housing crisis in our country has focused on the mortgage industry and homeowners and buyers.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Tennessee, Tennessee Government

National Headlines

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  5 min ago | via WAVE-TV Louisville 

  The treasury secretary says the list of troubled banks will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  6 min ago | via The Topeka Capital-Journal 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Chuck Jaffe: Most money-market funds are safe from financial meltdown

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Edward in Brockton, Mass., got scared enough by the headlines a week ago that he did the unthinkable.

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  Related Topix: Boston Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Antioch Police Department Sued by ACLU

  4 hrs ago | via Associated Content 

  Antioch is a growing city of a little more than 100,000 people situated at the Eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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  Related Topix: ACLU, San Francisco, CA, Antioch, CA, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  13 min ago | via West Linn Tidings 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, US News