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...lack of help. "Paulson and the rest of them don't give a damn about what's happening to us," said Angela Butler, 49, a school custodian who, after going on disability two years ago when she suffered a stroke, refinanced her four-bedroom Miami Gardens house to a lower, adjustable rate - only to see her monthly payment shoot up almost $1,100 this year. "All the dominoes are falling on top of us out here," Butler added, gripping her cane, "and they're just sitting up there behind their desks takin' care of the banks...
...seen inordinately high foreclosure rates. (Wells Fargo denies the accusation, and has asked a judge to dismiss the suit.) Countrywide Financial (now merged with Bank of America), which also attended the Miami Gardens clinic, last month settled lender-fraud complaints brought against it by 11 states by agreeing to lower home-loan amounts and interest rates at a cost of $8.4 billion...
...much will electric cars cost, including operating costs? Not very different from the price of a normal car. The battery cost plus the cost of electricity is lower [than gasoline] for the consumer. There is absolutely no reason for the consumer to feel the pinch. Obviously, incentives are going to help...
...classic: Harvard hat, Crimson Crazies t-shirt, and Harvard hoodie - 87% b) Old school: Overcoat, Grey suit, white shirt, and Grandpa’s Harvard bowtie - 2% c) State school: Body Paint - 11% 5. Reason why you’re rooting against Yale: a) Obligatory hatred for those lower on the “US News and World Report” College Rankings - 92% b) Still bitter after rejection - 8% c) I’m transferring there next fall - 0% 6. After-party of choice? a) D-Hall Party...who says those are only for freshmen? - 34% b) Final Club...
...best care anywhere, but not all care is excellent," he wrote in a report for the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, in 2005. "Thousands of people die from medical errors every year, and the odds of surviving some kinds of cancer or getting vaccines are lower here than in many other nations. Furthermore, we are falling behind in basic health measures such as life expectancy and infant mortality. When considering factors such as access, funding and quality of care, the World Health Organization ranked the U.S. health system as only the 37th in the world...