Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages

Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved …

Santa Calls And Santa Letters For Presenting Your Children With Santas Personal Attention}

Click Here To Know More About: Machine Hire Australia Mining Truck Submitted by: Shayna Wilson Santa Calls and Santa letters a new way of gifting your kids on Christmas Christmas is fast approaching. The majority of us have begun to decorate our residences and look for Toys for Tots. Stores are having full-size sales to …

Massachusetts lawmakers enact plan for universal health coverage

Friday, April 7, 2006Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court, their name for the state legislature, approved legislation on Tuesday, April 4, that would make it the first state in the United States to require all residents to have health insurance and impose penalties for non-compliance. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican who is expected to …

Wildfire in California displaces 30,000

Saturday, May 9, 2009 The recent Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara County, California, has burned more than 8,600 acres of land over the last four days. Over 75 homes were destroyed, and more than 30,500 residents were evacuated. Another 23,000 are on standby to leave immediately when the notice comes down. Approximately 3,500 homes along …

Netanyahu pushed previous prime minister Olmert to attack Iran, according to Wikileaks cables

Friday, April 22, 2011 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu actively pushed for a military strike on Iran, according to a report published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Thursday. A document revealed by Wikileaks, dated July 20, 2007, shows that Mr. Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, urged an attack on Iran in exchange for …

Aerosmith sued over late cancellation of gig in Maui, Hawaii

Sunday, October 21, 2007 Fans of the American hard rock band Aerosmith have launched legal action against the band in response to a late cancellation of a scheduled concert on the Hawaiian Island of Maui. Attorney Brandee Faria filed a class action suit in Hawaii Circuit Court on October 19. The suit alleges that the …

Deadly fire below US President’s Trump Tower residence

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 On Saturday, the Trump Tower, in Midtown, New York City, caught fire shortly before 18:00 EST (2200 UTC) on the 50th floor, claiming the life of a 67-year-old resident, Todd Brassner, who lived in apartment 50C. All other residents were evacuated without incident. During the fire, six firefighters received non-life-threatening burns …

Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08: Stuttgart vs. Bayern Munich

Saturday, November 10, 2007 November 10, 200715:30 (UTC+1) Stuttgart 3–1 Bayern Munich Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 55,600 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Gomez 10′ (6)Cacau 24’Hilbert 30′ (1)Gomez 42′ (7)Bastürk 46’Khedira 46’Pardo 69’Cacau 74’Marica 74’Gomez 80’Beck 80’Tasci 90’Schäfer 90+1′ Match Report 45′ Podolski 46′ Podolski 46′ Lell 46′ Klose 46′ Schweinsteiger 52′ Schweinsteiger 70′ Lucio 72′ Kroos 72′ Van Buyten …

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua reported dead

Thursday, May 6, 2010 Presidential aides and state television announced yesterday that the Nigerian president, Umaru Yar’Adua, died. Yar’Adua ascended to the presidency in 2007, but was later taken ill, and had not been publicly seen for the last few months. He was hospitalised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to get inflammated tissue around his heart …

Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas/suicide note

This is the online suicide letter authored by Andrew Stack, the man believed to be responsible for flying a light aircraft into a building in Austin, Texas. It was originally posted at Stack’s site, http://embeddedart.com/. The hosting company, T35, took the site offline per an FBI request. The note is reproduced here in its entirety. …