The county’s laws on bankruptcy were almost completely rewritten by a certain proposal supported by lawyers for homeowners and many famous democrats.
A report by Reuters said that “Mortgagecramdown” which is the name that was given to the potential change, would have given judges the permission to change agreements on mortgages for home owners who filed for bankruptcy.
The banking sector and the republicans opposed the change. According to the courts currently, bankruptcy courts are allowed to change or reduce some types of debts held by struggling borrowers.
The loans include loans on …

According to Center for Responsible Lending’s report, most offers of credit cards carry averagely about 33 distinct numbers whereby each number describes a different fee or rate. While most of these numbers – 41% – as at now apply to APR’s description and the card usually carries, 27% refer for penalty fee, 24% to miscellaneous fee & 8% for other rates or fees.
However, the report said the clarity level currently is due to disclosure, accountability and responsibility Credit Card Act. Before that the credit card offers were often found to …

A total number of about 428 consumers from the same Pennsylvanian county have had court cases because of their unpaid credit card debt over a period of the last two months, according to a report by the Lancaster News.
Credit card debt lenders like Discover, Capital One and Citi have had to file lawsuits to near record levels in the past two years, though more have followed them by being tougher, even as they see the summed number of Nationwide’s charge offers reduce greatly. Experts said to the newspaper that they …

It is pumpkin carving time once again as everyone from Heidi Klum to the kid next door dons outrageous costumes and goes trick or treating. As ghouls turn in their ancient grave and witches whiz away on brooms, it is time for some Halloween history lessons as you gear up with candy sticks to distribute.
Halloween has a rich European tradition behind it , and origins include the Celtic fest of Samhain. In case it ends up in your Halloween word search, here is the dope: Samhain means the “end …

It is time to hunt up Halloween trivia and history if you want to sweep the stakes at the Halloween word search games. The latest puzzles can be a fun addition to a Halloween treasure hunt and a challenge to spook-fest knowledge and skills. Puzzles now come tailor-made according to the age group and abilities, and now you can play J K Rowling by coining your own brand-new words.
The traditional Halloween word search games has now come along way, with 3-D scrabble models complete with small witches, elves and ghouls.
Online …

Looking for spook-fest music this Halloween eve? The all time favourite is legendary Monster Mash song in the famed voice of Bobby “Boris” Pickett, along with the Crypt-Kickers gang. Now finding the scariest track ever is at your finger-tips, just go for a free download of those bewitching tunes.
You can check out a free sampler on online stockist Amazon.com named ‘Experience Halloween’. There are 16 haunting tracks including Zombie Woman, Psycho Devil, In the Dark, Medley, and many more. Good enough to give your guests the goose bumps.
But nothing …

Two nonprofit making agencies in West Virginia received about $2million for providing two contrasting but workable means of reducing teen pregnancy.
For the first time abstinence will not be the sole consideration in funding sex education programs by the federal government. However, abstinence will be stressed as per state lawyers.
$850,000 and $ 914,347 was given to Children’s Home Society of West Virginia and Mission West Virginia Inc respectively, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The money is supposed to expand the already existing means, the school syllabus and …

The much-anticipated Office 2011 for Mac, released in a public fete by Microsoft, borrows features such as the ribbon interface from windows recent versions of Office.
Other features are features from the first ever version of Outlook that the Mac version had incorporated. Other features are Messenger for Mac, which has been included in the suite and has been long expected.
The core of the suite is made up of upgrades of Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Microsoft are charging $280 for Home & Business suite and $150 for the Home & Student …

ASUS and Garmin have brought their partnership in the phone industry, leaving room for Garmin to expand their smart phone. In the new deal, ASUS will use Garmin GPS systems on their android phones yet make the phones themselves. Benson Lin, ASUS’s head states they will continue to use Garmin GPS systems for a couple of years while Garmin will not launch any new models and will continue to sell devices like the Garminfone and nuvifone G60.
The split has confirmed rumors indirectly the the company would develop GPS navigator applications …

A man was heavily subdued by pepper spray on Saturday night by Corpus Christi police. The 22 year old man was said to be kicking and constantly banging he’s head inside the police car as he was driven to jail. The police said he was undertaking the offense of public intoxication and was subsequently arrested by the officers.
At around 10pm, the police received a call to a business located on 1300 block of Waldron Road and were quickly shown a man who was yelling in a loud voice in the …