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Little-Known Report Can Impact Your Insurance Rates


When someone is in a crash, the person at fault expects his or her car insurance premium to increase.


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Debt Collectors Punch Mom In Face While 5 Year-Old Watches


We realize that you need to repossess that 2000 Ford Focus, but it's just not necessary to punch a woman in the face in front of her 5 year-old daugh   read more
Location: Boston

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Banks are Making $50 billion in Service Fees - Twice as Much from a Decade Ago


Read some of the egregious practices banks are using to take more of your money, and what you can do about them.   read more

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Wal-Mart Issues Threat to Austin Neighborhood to Build Big Store Unless They Backdown


On Friday, Wal-Mart sent the City a letter offering a small and final reduction in the size of its planned Northcross Supercenter.   read more
Location: Austin, Texas

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Former Ameriquest Worker Describes Deliberate Deceptions Used on its Customers


Americans are losing their homes in record numbers due to subprime lenders who allegedly lied to customers about their mortgages. Some former employe   read more
Location: USA

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Comcast 911 Fails - 4yr Old Suffers - Comcast Support Hangs Up On Father


I've heard some pretty bad support issues from Comcast users in other parts of the country, but this one takes the cake.   read more
Location: USA

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Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Now Reject Occupation


More than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The U.S. media   read more

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Human Guinea Pigs - Offshoring of Drug Trials in Developing Nations


If you've ever wondered why we so rarely hear of drug trials going awry in the United States, it is because we "offshore" the drug trials to developi   read more

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Wal-Mart labels Boerne nuns a security threat?


It's a David versus Goliath battle heating up in the Hill Country — a group of nuns from Boerne is taking a stand against Wal-Mart.

The corporate   read more
Location: Boerne, Texas

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IBM Global Services to lay off 150,000+? Poor Management, Bad for Customers, Bad for Workers


It appears IBM has started quietly laying off about 40% of the IBM Global Services work force. T   read more

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