Mass evictions from Oakland’s public housing

Monday, May 15, 2006 Due to an Oakland housing official’s acts of fraud, 34 poor families face eviction from Lockwood Gardens, by order of the Oakland Housing Authority. Fear and panic have set in at some of East Oakland’s public housing units, as police agents from the Oakland Housing Authority have been making late-night visitsRead More

Rare Middle East cyclone batters Oman

Thursday, June 7, 2007 Tropical Storm Gonu headed toward Iran today, after lashing Oman for two days with high winds and torrential rains, and causing at least 23 deaths and the evacuation of more than 20,000 people to emergency shelters. Concern was high for the oil industry, as rough seas kept tankers from leaving theirRead More

Second Mortgage Charge Off: What Are The Ramifications?

See More About: Compare Nsw Green Slip Submitted by: Samantha Taylor2 Second mortgage charge-off: What are the ramifications? Scenario: We have a first mortgage and a home equity loan on our home. My husband has lost his job recently and we are lagging behind our mortgage payments. We are somehow able to take care ofRead More

U.S. state of Utah begins to accept evacuees from Hurricane Katrina

Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Evacuees from New Orleans arrived on Sunday and have continued to come to Utah, utilizing the facilities at Camp Williams, the training facility for the Utah National Guard, to house the incoming people. Flights from New Orleans to Salt Lake City International Airport provided by JetBlue Airways under a contract fromRead More

U.S. jobs picture not improving

Saturday, September 19, 2009 Final August unemployment data was released yesterday with states indicating continued nonfarm payroll contraction going into the fall. The Labor Department indicated an overall increase in unemployment in 27 states, a decrease in 16 and no change in 7. Record high jobless rates were reached in California (12.2%), Nevada (13.2%) andRead More

ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep theirRead More

Tips On Decorating A Childs Railroad Themed Bedroom

See More About: Remote Control Helicopter Decorating a childs bedroom to suit a particular theme can be a tasking job especially if you have not done it before and have idea where to begin. A railroad themed bedroom is a bedroom built around a particular railroad character, locomotive or railroad idea. If your child lovesRead More