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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Thursday Jun 19 | via Realty Trac 

  The euphoria that surrounded six years of escalating home prices, record levels of home sales and rock-bottom interest rates crashed and burned in 2007, forcing many foreclosure investors to ratchet down their ...

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Local Headlines

• Bank buys Hallmark Scottish Inn

  Apr 24, 2008 | via Arkansas City Traveler 

  The Hallmark Scottish Inn in Arkansas City was purchased today by an assignee of the bank that had foreclosed on the property, a local defense attorney said.

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  Related Topix: Arkansas City, KS, Winfield, KS, Personal Finance, Mortgage, Cowley County, KS

• Area residents question Tiahrt

  Mar 28, 2008 | via Arkansas City Traveler 

  By JAMES JORDAN and DAVID ALLEN SEATON Traveler Staff Writers news@arkcity.net A crowd of about 40 people asked U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt questions ranging from military hospitals to immigration to trade ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Todd Tiahrt, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Wichita, KS

• New Casinos Get Mixed Reviews

  Mar 12, 2008 | via KTUL 

  Arkansas City, KS The expansion of casinos owned by American Indians just across the Oklahoma state line in Kansas has had a mixed impact on Arkansas City retailers and realtors.

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• New casinos near Ark City get mixed reviews from citizens

  Mar 12, 2008 | via KWCH 

  The expansion of casinos owned by American Indians just across the border in Oklahoma has had a mixed impact on Arkansas City retailers and realtors.

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• Retailers have mixed reviews

  Mar 11, 2008 | via Arkansas City Traveler 

  Arkansas City retailers have mixed views on how the recent flurry of casino building in the Chilocco area is affecting local business.

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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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• 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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• 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

• Beware of reverse mortage scams

  5 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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• Condo Volume for June down 52% from the high

  2 hrs ago | via Ardell's Seattle Real Estate Blog 

  The number of King County condo sales in June of this year is 52% lower than the highs of 2005 and 2006 and a little more than 50% lower than June of last year.

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• Acacia revamps and expands mortgage business

  3 hrs ago | via Bizjournals 

  While many lenders are ‘running away’ from residential mortgages, Acacia Federal CEO James Barber plans to almost quadruple the amount of home loans his bank originates each month.

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• No Velvet Rope

  Thursday Jul 3 | via SmartMoney 

  THESE DAYS CONSUMERS are dealing with skyrocketing prices for everything from a gallon of gas to a gallon of milk.

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• Others' economic woes bring business to bankruptcy attorney

  9 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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