Mason ACT scores exceed state average (The Ledger Independent)

The credit repositories and other agencies also maintain other background information on every person in the country who has a Social Security number or other identifying information. The other agencies may include the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Medical Information Board, the FBI, local law enforcement agencies, the county recorders for each county (public records repositories), etc. Even the mortgage industry has a central repository for borrowers and lenders who may have been involved in fraudulent activities in the making of mortgage loans.

Mason ACT scores exceed state average (The Ledger Independent)

In data released this week, the Mason County School District was the only local district to exceed the state and national ACT composite scores, scoring 21.6. The state composite score was just 20.7.

Mortgage `tap' has been shut off (The Charlotte Observer)

The rules of getting a mortgage have changed -- while you were on vacation. At the beginning of summer, you could have a marginal credit score, no proof of income and no down payment, and still get financing for a home. But that was then. Now the kids are heading back to school and lenders are running scared, worried about all the easy credit they granted over the past few years. With many ...

Credit cards can be a tempting trap for college students (Austin American-Statesman)

Issuers are keen for extravagant spenders, parents' bailouts. They remember their first love, their first car and — if financial institutions have it right — their first credit card.

Credit crunch hits cards too (CNN Money)

This credit crunch isn't limited to mortgages. Consumer products from home equity loans to credit cards are getting more expensive and harder to get. Here's what you need to know.

Drowning in debt? Lifeguard is CCCS (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The good news for the Consumer Credit Counseling Service is it's hiring like crazy. The bad news is, it has to do that. Since it set up a new hotline Jan. 31, the Atlanta-based nonprofit has been overwhelmed by desperate homeowners across the country teetering on the brink of foreclosure as the subprime mortgage industry implodes.

Minorities are often stung by credit-based insurance rates (New York Daily News)

Credit scores are good for auto insurance companies, but problematic for African-American and Hispanic consumers.

Catching up with Piazza (Boston Globe)

Mike Piazza has amassed Hall of Fame numbers: a .308 career average, 424 homers (including a record 399 as a catcher), 1,324 RBIs, a .377 on-base percentage. But he has had a trying year with the Oakland A's, missing 10 weeks with a sprained right shoulder that has relegated him to DHing.

Domes of Texas rolling out around the world (Dallas Morning News)

ITALY, Texas – If you've driven south to Waco on I-35E, you've probably noticed a building that looks like a caterpillar and wondered what the heck that is.

Dennis Wise finds a potent Leeds pairing (Daily Telegraph)

Apart from an occasionally volcanic touchline temperament, there appear scant similarities between the managerial styles of Brian Clough and Dennis Wise, writes Phil Shaw.

Growing mortgage crisis spreads to jumbo loans (Seattle Times)

The evening before their home purchase was to close, Gary Becker and his wife, Amy Dacus, learned their mortgage to buy a Woodinville home...

Mason ACT scores exceed state average (The Ledger Independent)

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Mason ACT scores exceed state average (The Ledger Independent)