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...change in fortune for hordes of previously creditworthy customers, he said that a tightening of standards by credit-card issuers is actually behind many of the calls that CareOne is getting. People with four or five credit cards who thought their outstanding credit lines could see them through a tight spot are getting notice that their credit lines are being cut. With that cushion gone, they run into trouble. "Not that it's a cushion you should ever rely on to pay for living expenses," Croxson said, "but if it disappears suddenly, that's another ball that's dropped...
...moan,” coach Tommy Amaker said. “But if we can’t snatch a rebound or come up with a loose ball or make a front end of a one-and-one down the stretch, that’s the difference in a tight game like this...We left the door open for them to make a play like they did at the end.”In the final 1:34 of play, the Bears blanked the Crimson, posting an 8-0 run to close out the win. Leffleman’s three...
...Kultgen’s sweater came off and sunglasses came on and the band launched into a well-crafted version of Britney Spears’ “...Baby One More Time.” Taking the stage last was Start, Go!, who also put out a fairly tight performance with their brand of Dashboard Confessional rock. General pop-punk gave way to one or two good slow burners. The five song set was highlighted by their new track “Cut Like a Knife” which showed a lot of promise, but a between-song MySpace plug...
...prominent and outspoken Cuban-American politicians: Republican Representatives Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Chávez won his referendum handily, but the day was still a victory of sorts for Diaz-Balart and Ros-Lehtinen, who got to cultivate potential constituents with a common concern - namely, the tight alliance between Chávez and their own nemesis, the Castro regime in Cuba. (See pictures of Fidel Castro stepping down...
Lincoln Diaz-Balart denounces the FIU poll as "pure baloney," saying it surveyed both Cuban Americans who are U.S. citizens and Cuban residents unable to vote. Still, Obama captured an impressive 35% of Miami's Cuban vote in large part because he pledged to undo George W. Bush's tight restrictions on Cuban-American travel and remittances to Cuba. It would all suggest that one of the key principles of the Miami Representatives' agendas - a hard-line approach to Cuba - is no longer the policy of choice in the community. And it's that kind of complexity that just might...