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...South, long synonymous with hyper economic growth, is going through a harrowing recession. Currently, 8 of the 15 states with the highest unemployment rates are in the South: North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are all reporting the highest rate in their state's history. South Carolina posted the nation's third-highest unemployment rate for March - 11.4%, after Michigan and Oregon. (Read "When Joblessness Becomes Homelessness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southeastern States Are Hit Hard By Recession | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

...that have wrecked broad swaths of the state's reeling housing and commercial real estate market. The situation is worst along the I-4 Corridor between the Tampa and Orlando areas, where almost 30,000 homes are in foreclosure. (Lee County, in fact, has one of the nation's highest foreclosure rates, at about 12%.) In recent years, fraud - involving either property purchases like Capital Force's, or schemes that falsely promise to help desperate homeowners hang on to their houses and then take the money and run - has mushroomed. Now, the U.S. Attorney's office in the Middle District...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mortgage-Fraud Crackdown Gathers Steam in Florida | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

...Justice is part of SLAM’s recent “Greed is the New Crimson” campaign. Last week, SLAM members approached University President Drew G. Faust with a letter outlining their concerns and requesting a meeting with the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body...

Author: By James Fish, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SLAM Protests Staff Layoffs | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...most commercially successful or popular. The rich history of the Advocate, rather than engendering a conflict between the old and the new, actually contributes to its ability to find groundbreaking work. The Advocate attracts a large quantity of submissions for each issue, allowing editors to cull pieces of the highest quality. “We’re not running around desperate for content. We can be selective and get things that are really good and really new,” says design board member Joseph B. Morcos ’12, contrasting the Advocate with younger and less prominent...

Author: By Liyun Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Advokats' In The Hous | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...Taking a shot at bigger teams, although you may not be as successful in season, is definitely going to improve everyone as volleyball players,” Weintraub said. “You really want to compete at the highest level possible, and the Tait division is that for us…I would love nothing more than for Penn State to have to come to the Malkin Athletic Center, go up four flights of stairs, and play on our court...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Poised To Claim Hay Division | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

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