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09 December 2010

AP IMPACT: Caught by mistake in foreclosure web (AP)

AP IMPACT: Caught by mistake in foreclosure web (AP)


AP IMPACT: Caught by mistake in foreclosure web (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:28 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by Alexa Marconi, Christopher Marconi stands outside his home in Garrison, N. Y. On Oct. 20, 2010, Marconi was in the shower when he heard a loud banging on his door. Nailed to Marconi's front door was a foreclosure summons from Wells Fargo, naming him as a defendant. (AP Photo/Alexa Marconi) ** NO SALES **AP - Christopher Marconi was in the shower when he heard a loud banging on his door. By the time he grabbed a towel and hustled to his front step, a U.S. marshal's sedan was peeling out of his driveway. Nailed to Marconi's front door was a foreclosure summons from Wells Fargo, naming him as a defendant. But the notice was for a house Marconi had never seen — on a mortgage he never had.


Pa. couple sought in Calif. man's dismemberment (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST

Elizabeth Peterson, center, and her two sons: David White, left, and Anthony White, grieve for her older son, Herbert Tracy White, whose body parts were found in a backpack Nov. 29, 2010 in Los Angeles, during at news conference at the Los Angeles Police Department Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Authorities are looking for a Pennsylvania couple, Melissa and Edward Garcia Jr., who are suspected of killing Herbert White.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A manhunt was under way Wednesday for a Pennsylvania couple accused of killing a man, cutting up his body and stashing the pieces in a backpack and under a bed in their Skid Row hotel room. Edward Garcia Jr., 36, and Melissa Hope Garcia, 25, who also goes by the name of Melissa Turner, are considered armed and dangerous, police Detective Richard Arciniega said.


WH warns tax defeat could trigger new recession (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:24 PM PST

President Barack Obama, joined at left by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, meets with his Cabinet, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, at the White House in Washington.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Raising the direst alarm yet, the Obama administration warned fellow Democrats on Wednesday that if they defeat the big tax-cut compromise detested by many liberals they could jolt the entire nation back into recession.


Police: Ala. dad charged with murder counts (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:23 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by Richard DeBlase, Natalie, left, and Chase DeBlase are shown. Uncovering how the two missing Alabama children died has police picking through wildly different tales from two suspects — the father and stepmother — as allegations of poison, rage and abuse swirl. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - Police say the father of two missing Alabama children has been charged with two counts of murder. Mobile Police Officer Chris Levy said Wednesday that the discovery of remains believed to be the man's 3-year-old son gave authorities enough evidence to file the charges against John DeBlase.


Blazing protests demand carnival singer lead Haiti (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:22 PM PST

Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly demonstrate in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010.  Supporters of eliminated candidates protested after officials announced that government protege Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat would advance to a presidential election runoff. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Protesters enraged by the results of Haiti's troubled presidential election set barricades and political offices ablaze, traded blows with U.N. peacekeepers and shut down the country's lone international airport Wednesday, creating the social upheaval many have feared since the Jan. 12 earthquake.


Antarctic cruise ship limping to port in Argentina (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:19 PM PST

This Dec. 7, 2010 photo shows the Antarctic tourist ship the 'Clelia II' struggling in high seas with 165 people aboard in the southern Drake Passage, just north of the Shetland Islands. The ship declared an emergency on Tuesday, reporting it had suffered engine damage amid heavy seas and 55 mph (90 kph) winds when it was about 500 miles (845 kilometers) from Ushuaia, the Argentine Navy said in a statement. (AP Photo/Fiona Stewart, Garett McIntosh)AP - A large wave slammed into an Antarctic cruise ship with 88 American passengers and 77 crew members aboard, but the ship's crew overcame minor damage and was heading safely back to its scheduled port on Wednesday, the vessel's operator said.


GOP blocks legislation to award seniors $250 (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:19 PM PST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, walks to the House democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - House and Senate Republicans on Wednesday thwarted Democratic efforts to award $250 checks to Social Security recipients facing a second consecutive year without a cost-of-living increase.


Hackers strike at MasterCard to support WikiLeaks (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:19 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec.11, 2009 file photo, a sign for MasterCard credit cards is shown on the entrance to a bank, in New York. Mastercard is having severe technical problem Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, possibly a target by supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Hackers rushed to the defense of WikiLeaks on Wednesday, launching attacks on MasterCard, Visa, Swedish prosecutors, a Swiss bank and others who have acted against the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange.


House Democrats' bill freezes most agency budgets (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:19 PM PST

FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. clutches a pen used by President Barack Obama to sign the health care bill,  in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  Pelosi, chosen after a messy family feud among Democrats to remain as their leader in the new Congress, and President Barack Obama share a keen interest in repairing their injured party after this month's staggering losses. But Pelosi's mandate is diverging from the president's at a critical time, with potentially damaging consequences for Obama's ability to cut deals with Republicans in the new Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Democrats controlling the House moved ahead Wednesday on legislation that would freeze the budgets of most Cabinet departments and fund the war in Afghanistan for another year.


Senate to vote on gays in military ban (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:18 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Senate Democrats said Wednesday they had a plan to overcome Republican objections and finally repeal the military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops. The White House also expressed optimism that Congress would overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, despite key GOP senators giving no indication that they would agree.


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