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Then in late March, the bank became the first major lender to say it would reduce loan balances of homeowners who owe more than their property is worth. Most other banks have only been willing to lower interest rates. Writing down loan balances for such "underwater" homeowners, while costly for the bank, gives borrowers more incentive to stay current on their mortgage. The Bank of America program, which has won praise from consumer advocates, could help as many as 45,000 borrowers reduce what they owe by $3 billion. "Bank of America is to be commended for launching a program...
...crude as it is, the film manages to be a success, mostly riding on the enthusiasm and comic timing of its main cast. It might not be highbrow, but “Hot Tub Time Machine” is still worth taking...
...athlete dreams of one thing: winning a national championship. Sophomore co-captain Caroline Vloka made that dream a reality this past Saturday at the fencing NCAA championships. Her national title in the sabre and first-team All-America honor were especially sweet because they were laced with 10-years worth of retribution...
...acceleration problems ... your chances of being involved in a fatal accident over the next two years [are] 2.8 in a million ... Driving one of these suspect Toyotas raises your chances of dying in a car crash over the next two years from .01907% ... to .01935% ... It's not worth losing sleep over...
Indeed, by carefully controlling her own visibility - and refusing to be challenged or held accountable by adversaries or the press - she has become even more irresistible as programming and copy. Just last week, she signed a television deal reportedly worth millions to be featured in an eight-episode documentary called Sarah Palin's Alaska on Discovery's TLC channel. She'll add the show to Palin Inc., which already includes her richly compensated duties on Fox and another book on the way, as well as the mega-best seller Going Rogue and numerous private speaking engagements. But Palin plans...