Thousands of bogus voter registrations filed by ACORN have turned up in Indiana. CNN's Drew Griffin reports.
More than 2,000 voter registration forms filed in northern Indiana's Lake County by a liberal activist group this week have turned out to be bogus, election officials said Thursday.
Officials in Missouri, a hard-fought jewel in the presidential race, are sifting through possibly hundreds of questionable or duplicate voter-registration forms submitted by an advocacy group that has been accused of election fraud in other states
Countrywide Financial said Monday it will expand programs to help borrowers manage their mortgage payments regardless of the type of subprime loan they have or whether they have already fallen behind on payments.
If you can afford your adjustable-rate mortgage now, but not if it were to reset to a higher interest rate, increasingly there is help to be had. There's just one problem: Who decides if you can afford your mortgage?
Already behind on your mortgage payments? No help there.
Some of Countrywide's harshest critics changed their tune this week after the mortgage lender rolled out new rescue programs.
Efforts to help subprime borrowers have been disjointed and inconsistent, and a new mortgage industry alliance formed this week is trying to remedy that. But some who counsel distressed homeowners say the alliance won't resolve key issues.
As the nation's largest home lender and subprime debt collector, Countrywide has been the No. 1 whipping post of the mortgage crisis.
Just days after the first increase in the minimum wage in 10 years, Democrats on Capitol Hill led by Sen. Edward Kennedy are discussing a further increase to $9.50 an hour.
Foreclosures are devastating communities across the United States, and the impact may only worsen as more subprime adjustable mortgages reset during the next few months.
A movement to raise the minimum wage is sweeping the country with 14 states raising their minimum wage since 2004 -- five in the past six months alone.
In the dim dawn of Aug. 24, 1992, as Hurricane Andrew raged around them, John and Bernadine Cosgrove and daughters Tiffany and Colleen spent a harrowing three hours huddled in a bedroom closet in t...
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