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Condo association settles Civil Rights allegation its actions forced woman with lung illness to park a mile away from her residence | NJ.com...

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Lt. Bob Johns said he recently was flanked by the aggressive birds and "got zinged." "They're like velociraptors,...

Treasury To Temporarily Penalize Mortgage Companies, Making Good On Old Threat "WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department will temporarily ...

Homeowners associations — where residents pay monthly dues to maintain common amenities such as pools and landscaping — were lightning rods...

I received an email from William Brown of Scottsdale, AZ, asking for a reposting of the above-linked post with its many comments. I agree t...

Our Fantasy Nation? - NYTimes.com Guess what country most resembles the Tea Party's prescriptions for the USA? Oh, and this: "I’ve...

The HOA at Lexington Crossing | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Check out this situation. Click the link above and you will see a photo. Click the...

This is as clear an explanation of why housing prices collapsed, and why they will continue to fall for a while, as you will ever read.

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters Life!) – Police in a suburb in the state of Missouri recently encountered one tough alligator -- or so they though...

idaho-foreclosure-snake-home: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance Where's Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?

Nice idea, but it won't be enough to combat the marketing of food and drink guaranteed to turn you into a waddling behemoth.

SACRAMENTO - Local governments would have to jump through multiple hoops before they could privatize local libraries under newly recraf...

MTA Officers Detain Man For Taking Pictures « CBS Baltimore : "The Patriot Act says that critical infrastructure, trains, train station...

Bachus Comforts Wall Street While Assailing Dodd-Frank to Voters Back Home - Bloomberg An absolutely astounding story of greed and stupidity...

The Continual Screwing of Jefferson County, Alabama | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy Read Matt ...

Texas HOAs under heavy fire in Austin | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth "A wave of new laws were proposed, designed to restrict HOA powers...

HOA threatens to sue Possum Kingdom wildfire survivor | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth The recreational vehicle and camper he is living and wo...

Foreclosure flood may not have crested yet - Business - Eye on the Economy - msnbc.com "If the national foreclosure crisis were a baseb...

Calculated Risk: Real House Prices and Price-to-Rent: Back to 1999 Take a look at this graph if you are not sufficiently depressed.