Solving the Foreclosure Crisis – How can we fix the process?

"As discussed previously, the pooling and servicing agreement requires the servicer to forward payment to the securitized trust regardless of whether the borrower is making the mortgage payment.  This must continue until the loan is removed from the trust, and that can...

Still a Mystery

"Brianna Denison: 1988-2008 Solving 1977 slaying gives hope to police Read Comments(24) Recommend(6) Eight years ago, veteran Reno police detective David Jenkins answered a cell phone call from the commander of the Washoe County Crime...

Megawaste to megawatts

Anaerobic digesters have been on the backburner essentially because of their reliance on animal slurry that has had urban communities turning their nose up at the idea even though welcoming it in principle....

Re-Bicyclable the Plastic Bike

"Matt Clark, he is a young industrial designer from Southern California. He showed me his bicycle creation, the IV-1 (for Innervision 1) : Here is the description of this unique bike: "This bicycle prototype...

Two of five feet found at shore are from same man, DNA shows

"(CNN) -- Two of five feet that have washed up on the shores of British Columbia are from the same person, but authorities said Tuesday they are a long way from solving the mystery of where they came from. ...

Forty years on, DNA helps police close in on boy's killer

"Forty years after the murder of Brighton schoolboy Keith Lyon on the Sussex downs, police said yesterday they finally have the DNA which could lead them to his killer. The officer leading the hunt for those responsible for the death of the musically precocious 12-year-old...

Free your minds, and your markets

A free economy makes for a happy society, one reader posits.

Solving the Mystery of Fish Kills

"SICKENING. ALARMING. IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A GOOD WORD TO DESCRIBE the experience of gazing upon thousands of swollen, rotting fish carcasses scattered over the surface of a favorite bayou, pond, or lake. The...

Brit Wins Digital Treasure Hunt

"A game played out in both the real and virtual worlds has been won by a 38 year old man from Middlesex in the UK. Andy Darley was one of 50,000 players from 92 countries who played the alternate reality game, Perplex City. Gamers have spent nearly two years solving clues in...

Open Source Model Improves Quality of Scientific Problem Solving

I should get in touch with Karim Lakhani with the concept of building giant robotic whales to cruise around the oceans picking up all those tiny bits of plastic that are clogging everything up. They'd have baleines just like the grid on a Cadillac. "an assistant professor at...

Polonium, $22.50 Plus Tax

"THE trail of clues in the mysterious death of Alexander V. Litvinenko may lead to Moscow, as the former spy claimed on his deathbed. But solving the nuclear whodunit may prove harder than Scotland Yard and many...

Roundup: Iran says no to uranium enrichment suspension

"Iran has stood firm on its position of rejecting the suspension of uranium enrichment, just two days ahead of its formal response to the six-nation nuclear package, due on Tuesday. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that the country would not suspend...

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