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...mortgage default rates, especially among subprime mortgage holders, began to climb at an unprecedented rate. Many home loans had been given to people without even a credit check or income verification. The mortgages often carried very low interest rates in their first three years which reset to much higher numbers after that period. Homeowners found their monthly mortgage payments spiking up and, in many cases, they could no longer afford to make these payments as employment fell across the economy...
...Israeli government justifies the wall, check points, the network of access roads, the discriminatory legal regime, the pass laws, arbitrary arrests, house demolitions, targeted assassinations, torture, and everyday military control as necessary for the security of the settlements (viewed as illegal everywhere but in Israel), and to protect against terrorism inside Israel. The international human rights NGOs such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the United Nations that have denounced Palestinian terror tactics have unanimously condemned Israel on many occasions for violating the human rights of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza...
...Complaint: Andres Felipe Alonso-Rodriguez flew on Ryanair last August from Valencia, Spain, to Milan. At check-in, the scale at the airline counter showed that his bag weighed 12 kg (26.5 lb.), 2 kg above the limit for a carry-on, so Alonso-Rodriguez was forced to check it. The cost: 20 euros. That's almost one euro for every one of his names...
Fare Sale I. SouthWest has got tickets on sale, fly from Chicago Midway to Los Angeles for $99, or travel from Denver to Seattle-Tacoma for $69. Fly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, if you can, for the best deals, and check out the website for more destinations. Purchase by Feb. 19, for travel...
...Desire" package with a bottle of Veuve and Godiva chocolates ready to welcome you. Continue imbibing with chocolate martinis in the Lobby Bar. The concierge can make dinner reservations and you'll return to a rose petal turndown. Next day have a breakfast buffet and return to bed - no check out until 3pm. Rooms start at $379 W. 63rd St. at Broadway...