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Firefighters watch as home burns to the ground | WPSD Local 6 – News, Sports, Weather – Paducah KY
Each year, Obion County residents must pay $75 if they want fire protection from the city of South Fulton. But the Cranicks did not pay.

The mayor said if homeowners don't pay, they're out of luck.

This fire went on for hours because garden hoses just wouldn't put it out. It wasn't until that fire spread to a neighbor's property, that anyone would respond.

Turns out, the neighbor had paid the fee.

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Wells Fargo Exec Admits Faulty Document Review, as Borrowers Get Wise to Foreclosure Fraud | FDL News Desk
…I could care less if this comes back to bite the lender in the ass now. It’s called bad business practices. And they deserve everything they’re getting.

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Progressives Gather For One Nation Under Blue Skies | TPM Photo Galleries

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Bank Of America Delays Foreclosures In 23 States
…as it examines whether it rushed the foreclosure process for thousands of homeowners without reading the documents.

The move adds the nation's largest bank to a growing list of mortgage companies whose employees signed documents in foreclosure cases without verifying the information in them.

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Such a Floofy Tail – Daily Squee – Cute Baby Animals
Red pandas are so cute that posting them here feels like cheating. I don’t even need to type anything here.

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Kuriositas: The Statue of Liberty Under Construction

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Lloyd Chapman: Bush Administration Policies Continue to Short Change Small Businesses Out Of Billions
Federal policies established during the Bush Administration are still allowing billions of dollars a month in federal small business funds to be diverted to thousands of the largest companies in the world.

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