Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries

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Library Systems & Services was hired to run the libraries of Santa Clarita, Calif., setting off an outsourcing debate. Read More >>

29 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed

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GMAC’s Errors Leave Foreclosures in Question - how many mortgage mistakes take homes? NY Times article

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“Some of what the lenders are submitting in court is incompetent, some is just sloppy,” said Judge McGrady of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Clearwater, Fla. “And somewhere in there could be a fraudulent element.”

In many cases, the defaulting homeowners do not hire lawyers, making problems generated by the lenders hard to detect.

“Documents are submitted, and there’s no one to really contest whether it is accurate or not,” the judge said. “We have an affidavit that says it is, so we rely on that. But then later we may find out that someone lost their home when they shouldn’t have. We don’t like that.”

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Target to Start Selling iPad Next Month

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Target has announced that Apple’s highly popular iOS tablet, the iPad, will make its debut in retail stores across the ... Read More >>

A Portly Woman Excitedly Describes A Boxing Match

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Collections: Trash or treasure?

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Rain in San Jose

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eBay's Shtick in a Box: Reusable Shipping Container Is Innovation Expo-Winning Idea

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EBay is perhaps the ultimate online destination for used goods, so it only makes sense that the site is taking its ... Read More >>

Link About It: This Week's Picks

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American Ruins

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While photographer Arthur Drooker's ruins aren't the castles and shrines that usually come to mind, his infrared images of ... Read More >>