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Fromme Released From Federal Prison
Would-be assasin and former Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was released from federal prison in today in Fort Worth. A spokesperson for Federal Medical Center Carswell said that Fromme left the facility at about 8 a.m. this morning. Fromme was serving a...
Foreclosures Up In Tarrant County, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Can Help
Growing numbers of families in Tarrant County are being hit where they live by the current economic conditions. According to numbers issued by Foreclosure Listing Service, filings for the September auction are up 9.5 percent from the August number and 54 percent...
Statistics Show Many Bankruptcies Linked To Medical Bills
With the recent debate on health care reform causing uprisings at many town hall meetings held by congressmen in their home districts, it strikes me as funny that medical bills are involved in 60 percent of personal bankruptcy cases in 2007. Granted the reason many of...
Sotomayor Confirmed
The U.S. Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 68 to 31 vote, meaning that a few Republicans supported President Barack Obama's first nominee to the court. As the 111th justice she is the third woman appointed and the first hispanic to ever...
Golden Restaurants Files Bankruptcy
A portion of the country's largest Hispanic owned businesses filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Fort Worth recently. Golden Restaurants, which operates 50 Golden Corral restaurants in six states, is seeking protection in bankruptcy court in order to keep the business...
Evander Holyfield Saves Atlanta Home From Foreclosure
Beware Loan Modification Companies
I have recently come across several articles about so called "loan modification companies" that claim that they can help you renegotiate your bad mortgage and stay in your home. In some cases, like this one noted in the New York Times, the same people who created the...
Insider Trading Charge Against Maverick’s Owner Tossed
CNBC is reporting that insider trading charges filed last year against Dallas Maverick's owner Mark Cuban have been tossed out by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater. The charges stemmed from Cuban's sale of stock he owned in Mamma.com after having a conversation...
GM Set To Exit Bankruptcy
Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To 2005 Bankruptcy Law
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