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Nation & World

Published
October 17, 2011

Hidden menace to housing recovery

Officially, there are 3.5 million homes for sale nationwide. But there are millions more lurking in the shadows -- hidden neatly away on banks' balance sheets, stalled in foreclosure court proceedings or simply occupied by nonpaying owners as lenders wait months or years before taking action.<br><br> The housing market's ballooning shadow inventory -- buoyed by a yearlong foreclosure slowdown -- stands as the most menacing obstacle to the recovery of the residential real estate market.
Published
October 17, 2011

World Dispatches

TEHRAN, Iran Iran warns U.S. against retaliation for alleged plot Iran’s supreme leader warned the United States on Sunday that any measures taken against Tehran over an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington would elicit a “resolute” response. Two men, including a member of the Iranian special foreign actions unit known as […]
Published
October 17, 2011

Ties to Koch brothers key to Cain campaign’s growth

The presidential hopeful draws on the billionaires' right-leaning group for ideas and organization.
Published
October 17, 2011

Medicare yanks licenses, gives them right back, review discovers

Speedy reinstatements allow bogus providers to keep getting taxpayer funds, prosecutors say.
Published
October 16, 2011

U.S. sticking to its guns, will pull troops out of Iraq by end of 2011

Baghdad’s refusal to give Americans immunity from prosecution is considered the deal-breaker.

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Published
October 16, 2011

Nation Dispatches

HOMER, N.Y. High school football player dies following head injury A high school football player died after he was hit during a varsity game in upstate New York and suffered a head injury. The death stunned his school community and came at a time when youth sports are under scrutiny over whether enough is being […]
Published
October 16, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: a movement without leaders

Some say the protest is similar to the early days of the civil rights movement during the 1960s.
Published
October 16, 2011

Key benefit dropped from health care law

Insurance for long-term care was supposed to be self-financed, but that proved unworkable.
Published
October 16, 2011

Strike kills 9 al-Qaida militants

The U.S. success comes as Yemen descends deeper into internal turmoil, with 18 protesters killed.
Published
October 15, 2011

Two GOP front-runners near even in fundraising

But the Republican candidates’ combined political contributions still trail those amassed by President Obama.