Month: September 2012

Mistaken Foreclosure

Hat tip to daytrip for sending this in, from CBSLA: The owners of a modest home near Twentynine Palms lost their cherished possessions after a bank mistakenly foreclosed their residence.  A crew broke into Alvin and Pat Tjosaas’ desert home and took everything after...

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After Stainless

Hat tip to readers swm and eli who both sent this in, from the wsj.com: Is this the end of a 25-year run for stainless steel? Major manufacturers are placing bets on different potential successors to the shiny, upscale appliance finish, which surprised everyone with...

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Joy Division

From wiki: Joy Division was an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis (vocals and occasional guitar), Bernard Sumner (guitar and keyboards), Peter Hook (bass guitar and...

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The Wine Made Him Do It

From the AP: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Wrapping up a criminal case that ruined lives from Washington state to New Jersey, a federal judge on Wednesday is scheduled to sentence a real estate executive who acknowledged running a Ponzi scheme that bilked 600 investors out of...

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Million-Dollar Foreclosures

From northjersey.com: Elvira Grau, the Englewood-based party planner who appeared on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” and her husband have lost their $3 million Cresskill home to foreclosure. It’s one of a growing number of high-end foreclosures — a sign that...

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