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Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers

AP - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - After a slow start, the Obama administration's mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says.

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  1. A stroller distributed by Maclaren USA in an undated image released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. REUTERS/CPSC/Handout
    Stroller Recall: Maclaren Burns Fingers on Response Time.com - 1 hour, 38 minutes agoSent 534 times

    Maclaren's recall of 1 million baby strollers is unnerving parents and setting the blogosphere aflutter. The company is scrambling to save its future

  2. Happiest States are Wealthy and Tolerant LiveScience.com - Tue Nov 10, 8:33 AM ETSent 428 times

    Though you might not be able to run away from your problems, moving to another state could be good for the soul. New research suggests U.S. states with wealthier, better educated and more tolerant residents are also happier on average.

  3. This undated photo released by the South Korea Navy on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 shows South Korean Navy patrol boats, the same type of South Korean boats that involved in a naval clash with a North Korean ship, engage in an exercise in the West Sea, South Korea. The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said. (AP Photo/ South Korea Navy via Yonhap)
    Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire near border AP - 1 hour, 27 minutes agoSent 288 times

    SEOUL, South Korea - A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said.

  4. A sign rests in front of a house for sale Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Shelby, Ohio. Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers — $6,500 cheaper. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
    Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers AP - 1 hour, 23 minutes agoSent 284 times

    WASHINGTON - After a slow start, the Obama administration's mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says.

  5. The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen. Sharing status updates on online services such as Twitter or Facebook is becoming increasingly popular among Americans, according to a survey released on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    Posting Pics Online? What Your Photos Say About You LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 9, 11:23 AM ETSent 217 times

    Those photos you post on Facebook could paint an accurate picture of your personality, new research on first impressions suggests.

  6. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in a mass shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout
    FBI reassessing past look at Fort Hood suspect AP - 1 minute agoSent 168 times

    WASHINGTON - Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of him before deciding he did not pose a threat.

  7. Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad (C) addresses the court in Manassas, Virginia, along with his attorneys Peter Greenspun (L) and Jonathan Shapiro, prior to being sentenced to death in March, 2004. Muhammad, who killed 10 people in a 2002 shooting spree around the US capital, was due to be put to death Tuesday after the nation's top court denied a stay of execution.(AFP/Pool/File/Steve Helber)
    Va. gov clears way for execution of sniper AP - 7 minutes agoSent 151 times

    RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.

  8. People wait at the junction of Route 82 and Route 199 for word from officials about the hostage situation inside Pine Plains High School on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, 2009, near Pine Plains, N.Y. A town official says a gunman at an upstate New York high school has taken the principal hostage. (AP Photo/The Journal, Darryl Bautista)
    Gunman at upstate NY school surrenders to police AP - 33 minutes agoSent 141 times

    PINE PLAINS, N.Y. - A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said. No one was injured.

  9. FILE - A June 1, 2008, file photo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers smiles during the opening of the Lakers Reading & Learning Center in Santa Monica, Calif. Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
    NBA great Abdul-Jabbar has rare form of leukemia AP - 2 minutes agoSent 129 times

    NEW YORK - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging.

  10. U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement about the shootings in Fort Hood, Texas, and on the latest employment figures released in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
    Obama pressed into role as healer, inevitably AP - 1 hour, 58 minutes agoSent 93 times

    WASHINGTON - Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.

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  1. Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire near border AP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    SEOUL, South Korea - A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said.

  2. Gunman at upstate NY school surrenders to police AP - 33 minutes ago

    PINE PLAINS, N.Y. - A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said. No one was injured.

  3. Happiest States are Wealthy and Tolerant LiveScience.com - Tue Nov 10, 8:33 AM ET

    Though you might not be able to run away from your problems, moving to another state could be good for the soul. New research suggests U.S. states with wealthier, better educated and more tolerant residents are also happier on average.

  4. Copies of "Scared Silent," the memior of Mildred Muhammad, former wife of convicted Washington DC sniper John Allen Muhammad, are displayed at a Barnes and Noble Bookstore in October. Muhammad, who killed 10 people in a 2002 shooting spree around the US capital, was due to be put to death Tuesday after the nation's top court denied a stay of execution.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)
    Va. gov clears way for execution of sniper AP - 7 minutes ago

    RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.

  5. Obama pressed into role as healer, inevitably AP - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.

  6. Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers AP - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - After a slow start, the Obama administration's mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says.

  7. Posting Pics Online? What Your Photos Say About You LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 9, 11:23 AM ET

    Those photos you post on Facebook could paint an accurate picture of your personality, new research on first impressions suggests.

  8. A seagull flies along the Alabama Gulf Coast at sunrise as Tropical Storm Ida makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Ala., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.  (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
    Ida weakens to a depression, heads east to Fla. AP - 12 minutes ago

    DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. - Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed.

  9. Stroller Recall: Maclaren Burns Fingers on Response Time.com - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

    Maclaren's recall of 1 million baby strollers is unnerving parents and setting the blogosphere aflutter. The company is scrambling to save its future

  10. The shadow of U.S. Army Lieutenant Matthew Asmus of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel playing golf is cast at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY SPORT GOLF)
    TV footage shows Afghan insurgents with US ammo AP - Tue Nov 10, 8:55 AM ET

    KABUL - Television footage broadcast Tuesday showed insurgents handling what appears to be U.S. ammunition in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan that American forces left last month following a deadly firefight that killed eight troops.

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  1. Brazilian student Geysi Villa Nova Arruda attends a media conference in Sao Bernardo do Campo, November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer
    Student expelled after row over short dress Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 10:22 AM ET

    SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students outraged at the short outfit she wore on campus.

  2. This 2003 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan in his graduation photo when he completed his M.D. degree. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
    Radical imam praises alleged Fort Hood shooter AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A radical American imam on Yemen's most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday.

  3. Posting Pics Online? What Your Photos Say About You LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 9, 11:23 AM ET

    Those photos you post on Facebook could paint an accurate picture of your personality, new research on first impressions suggests.

  4. Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith gets in the middle of a scuffle on the sidelines after quarterback Matt Ryan was forced out of bounds by the Washington Redskins who were penalized for unnecessary roughness during the second quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/John Amis)
    NFL looking into Redskins-Falcons scuffle AP - Mon Nov 9, 3:00 PM ET

    ASHBURN, Va. - The NFL is looking into Sunday's altercation between Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall and members of the Falcons near the Atlanta bench.

  5. U.S. International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA ambassador Glyn Davies gestures as he attends a board of governors meeting in Vienna September 7, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer
    U.S. says can give Iran time to okay nuclear deal Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 9:52 PM ET

    VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States is willing to give Iran time to decide whether to accept a U.N.-brokered deal meant to allay suspicions it is after atomic bombs but which has drawn Iranian objections, a U.S. diplomat said Monday.

  6. An Apple iPhone showing a picture of 1980s pop icon Rick Astley in Sydney on November 10. An Australian student sparked fears of a new era of computer viruses on Tuesday after creating a worm which infects Apple's iconic iPhone with pictures of the singer.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)
    iPhone fear as 'Rick Astley' worm spreads AFP - Tue Nov 10, 3:09 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian student sparked fears of a new era of computer viruses on Tuesday after creating a worm which infects Apple's iconic iPhone with pictures of 1980s pop star Rick Astley.

  7. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives a lecture in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 5, 2009.  REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN SOCIETY)
    Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care AP - 38 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats are looking to former President Bill Clinton to jump-start their push to overhaul America's health care system, hoping a battle-scarred veteran of past health care fights can motivate their ranks to finish the politically tricky job this time.

  8. FORT HOOD'S CAUTIONARY LESSON Georgie Anne Geyer - Mon Nov 9, 7:58 PM ET

    WASHINGTON -- As we looked at the TV and other press coverage of the terrible massacre at Fort Hood last week, we rather quickly learned a lot about American Muslims, our military and our citizens in general -- only it is not exactly what we would expect to learn.

  9. Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad, seen here in 2004, who killed 10 people in a 2002 shooting spree around the US capital, is to be executed after the nation's top court denied a stay of execution.(AFP/File/Steve Helber)
    Va. gov clears way for execution of sniper AP - 7 minutes ago

    RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.

  10. Mya tops fellow celebs on 'Dancing With the Stars' AP - Mon Nov 9, 10:41 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Mya is tops on "Dancing With the Stars."