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California May Investigate Schumer Over IndyMac Collapse

92.5 KISS FM - Thu Aug 21

California's attorney general is reviewing a request by former employees of IndyMac Bancorp Inc to investigate whether a New York senator triggered the bank's collapse by releasing confidential information.

Tropical Storm Fay floods hundreds of Fla. homes

Herald & Review - Thu Aug 21

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Emergency crews launched airboats into submerged streets Wednesday to rescue central Florida residents trapped by rising floodwaters from a stalled Tropical Storm Fay, which soaked the ...

Landrieu says aid money lost to red tape

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids - Thu Aug 21

President Bush says "hope is coming back" to New Orleans, but a Louisiana senator thinks it could stand to get there a little faster.

Tax talk angers Calif. GOP leader

KTNV - Tue Aug 19

A top Republican lawmaker has walked out of budget negotiations with Democrats and Gov.

Lummis leading Gordon in GOP House primary

Rapid City Journal - Tue Aug 19

Early results showed Cynthia Lummis leading Mark Gordon in the Republican primary for Wyoming's seat in the U.S. House.

2 New Members To Review Gibbons' Tax Break

KVVU-TV Henderson - Tue Aug 19

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Two Nevada Ethics Commission members were substituted for two other members to conduct a Sept.

Obama book falls victim to booksellers' rivalry

Bellingham Herald - Tue Aug 19

A new book about Sen. Barack Obama has intensified a rivalry between two powerful competitors: Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Title, print run on Woodward book announced

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Tue Aug 19

The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat," but we now know the name of Bob Woodward's fourth investigative work on the Bush administration, just three weeks before the book's release.

Lawmakers pledge push for appraisal reform

WAVY-TV Portsmouth - Tue Aug 19

Members of Congress say the system created nearly 20 years ago to monitor the real estate appraisal industry is broken and must be fixed to protect consumers from fraud.

Musharraf isolation highlights the need for reform

The Independent - Sun Aug 17

The crisis in Pakistan has deepened since the country's democratically elected government decided to seek the impeachment of the President, Pervez Musharraf.