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 […]

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BDSM as business: An interview with the owners of a dungeon

Sunday, October 21, 2007 Torture proliferates American headlines today: whether its use is defensible in certain contexts and the morality of the practice. Wikinews reporter David Shankbone was curious about torture in American popular culture. This is the first of a two part series examining the BDSM business. This interview focuses on the owners of […]

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Japan earthquake death toll estimated at over 10,000

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 The official death toll from the devastating Japanese earthquake that hit on Friday is now nearing 1,900, while police officials say that it is all but certain the final toll will be at least 10,000 people dead. Bodies are still being recovered—2,000 thus far in the Miyagi Prefecture alone. The official […]

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?ll ??u ?eed To ?no? ?bout Selling ??ur House ?ith Mold

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United States 2003 National Adult Literacy Survey released

Sunday, December 25, 2005 Preliminary results from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), released 15 December 2005 by the US National Center for Education Statistics, indicate gains and losses in literacy among minority adults between 1992 and 2003. Contents 1 Understanding the results 2 Selected results 3 Why are the tests carried out? 4 […]

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Loyalists suspected of threatening Irish Foreign Minister with fake bomb

Saturday, March 26, 2022 Government and police sources suspect the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) are responsible for a bomb threat against Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney whilst he addressed an event in Belfast, Northern Ireland yesterday. Last night, Assistant Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Mark McEwan told press […]

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