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My wife and I are determined to come out of this real estate slump with a few more properties under our belt. This is truly a buyer's market -- especially if you are looking to make a good investment. Here are some quick links. # An In-Depth Look at the Atlanta Housing Market # The Austin, Texas Real Estate Market # California Market Defines, Defies Stratosphere # Smart Time to Buy a New Home?, ...More

(washingtontimes.com) The international street gang MS-13 is unifying its violent members across the U.S., including the D.C. area, attempting to strengthen its criminal operation by creating a single organization. "Traditionally, the gang consisted of loosely affiliated groups known as cliques; however, law enforcement officials have reported increased coordination of criminal activity among Mara Salvatrucha cliques in the Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and New York metropolitan areas," states a confidential ...More

Dinesh D'Souza addresses the whole Obama 'can't catch a cab because I'm Black' thing: I interviewed a number of cabdrivers for that book, and here is what they told me. Driving a cab is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, because drivers are routinely picking up people they don't know. The law requires cabdrivers not to discriminate, and yet it seems that cabbies of all backgrounds are willing ...More

But Michael Moore knows better than Cubans, right? From: Cuban American National Foundation Health Care in Cuba: "Medical Apartheid" and Health Tourism Of course, not everyone in Cuba receives substandard health care. In fact, senior Cuban Communist Party officials and those who can pay in hard currency can get first-rate medical services any time they want. This situation exists because the Cuban Government has chosen to develop a two-tiered medical system--the deliberate establishment of ...More

(oregonlive.com) Native American and African American children make up just a fraction of Oregon's population but they're represented in larger numbers in Oregon foster homes. It is also true nationally that a disproportionate number of minority children live in foster homes. The "Kids Count 2007 Databook," to be released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, reports that 32 percent of children living in foster homes in 2005 were African American. At ...More

(cnet.com) There's a wealth of free resources out there--online databases, audiobooks, museum passes, and help so that you can find even more resources. You just need to know where to look (more...) More