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Mortgage applications jumped last week: MBA

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Applications for U.S. home mortgages jumped last week, recouping the previous week's steep decline as interest rates continued to fall, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Occupy Wall Street Helps Family Occupy a Foreclosed Home

Occupy Wall Street protesters joined elected officials and community organizations on Tuesday in a march intended to highlight the human toll of the housing crash in East New York, culminating in placing a recently evicted family in a foreclosed upon home.
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U.S. Postal Service Cutbacks Likely to Slow Mail Delivery

In the financial crisis-era, with its constrained public revenue from a smaller U.S. workforce, almost every government agency is forced to belt-tighten -- including the U.S. Postal Service, which will implement historic cutbacks starting in the spring of 2012.
Top-ranked LSU beat the Alabama Crimson Tide in their first meeting on Nov. 5. Can the Tigers stay perfect and pull off a second win over their rivals?

SEC Bowl Games TV Schedule 2011-2012

Nine SEC schools will go bowling in the NCAA's BCS postseason, including six teams from the AP Top 25. Two SEC teams, LSU and Alabama, will also battle for the national championship title.
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Mass. AG hits big banks with foreclosure lawsuit

The Massachusetts attorney general has filed a lawsuit against five large U.S. banks accusing them of deceptive foreclosure practices, a signal of ebbing confidence that a multi-state agreement can be worked out.
U.S. Congress

Congress Warns of Bailout for FHA Mortgage Fund

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA)'s mortgage insurance fund is threatened by declining home prices and could require a taxpayer bailout, Congress members said at a hearing on Thursday, echoing an earlier report.
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Private Sector Adds Most Jobs in Nearly a Year

Private sector job growth accelerated in November as employers created the most jobs in nearly a year, prompting economists to raise their forecasts for Friday's more comprehensive U.S. labor report.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) prepares to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Enhanced Oversight After the Financial Crisis: The Wall Street Reform Act at One Year on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 21, 2011.

Barney Frank: Top 5 Viral Moments

The planned retirement of Congressman Barney Frank, D-Mass., leaves the Democratic party lacking in the YouTube mojo department. Partisan sniping aside, Frank was a regular source of one-liners and playful harassment of his legislative colleagues and TV talking heads.

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