The Privatopia Papers

Retailers See Back-to-School Sales Slowing - NYTimes.com : "Halfway through the back-to-school shopping season, retail professionals ar...

My Way News - Colonial BancGroup and Pennsylvania thrift shut : "Regulators on Friday shut down Colonial BancGroup Inc., a big lender i...

Homeowners association cases fill court dockets - St. Petersburg Times : "Prolonged — and some might argue trivial — homeowners associa...

Toxic Loans Topping 5% May Push 150 Banks to Point of No Return - Bloomberg.com : "More than 150 publicly traded U.S. lenders own nonpe...

Summer of fail: Why are new shows bombing?--The Live Feed : "This summer is one for the record books: more than a dozen new programs la...

'Fastest Dying Cities' Meet for a Lively Talk - WSJ.com : "They met at the Dayton Convention Center last weekend to swap ideas ...

Accused nude doorbell ringer pleads not guilty - Yahoo! News : "REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A man suspected of appearing nude at homes and r...

Extinct boobies return from the dead - environment - 13 August 2009 - New Scientist It's not what you think.

Eldo Telecom: Migration of boomers to Penturbia will boost small town broadband : "The Daily Yonder has an interesting item in today...

Kausfiles : Will You/Won't You Be on My "Death Panel"? : "THE PRESIDENT: So that's where I think you just get into s...

Foreclosures rise 7 percent in July from June - Yahoo! News : "The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 ...

Lynn bans BB guns, bats, clubs to increase school safety - The Boston Globe : "The City Council authorized police this week to arrest s...

State Dems consider 2010 ballot proposals - Coldwater, MI - The Daily Reporter : "The state Democratic Party (MDP) has raised eyebrows ...

Shut Yer Mouth: Man Gets 6 Months for Yawning | NBC New York : "[Clifton} Williams, 33, attended his cousin's July hearing at Will ...

Obama Says Grandmother’s Hip Replacement Raises Cost Questions - Bloomberg.com : "Obama said “you just get into some very difficult mor...

Breitbart.tv » Obama: ‘It’s the Post Office That’s Always Having Problems’ Yes, it is. But how is that an argument for a "public option...

Manhunt Underway After Home Invasion in Gated Community - KTLA : "The robbery was reported shortly before 3 a.m. at a residence at an ...

Lost in Translation: Clinton Says She, Not Bill, is the Secretary of State - Political Punch A Congolese student asked Hillary Clinton, thro...

Brutalist Style » The Windy Pixel : "Brutalism is a term used to describe a specific architectural style popular from the ’50s to the ’...

Shoreline Towers condo association plans to be a buyer in foreclosure market -- chicagotribune.com : "At Shoreline Towers, a 378-unit ...