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Everyone who has ever bought a house can enjoy this - it's too good not to share! A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the Lawyer three months to track down. After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply (actual letter): "Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application, we note that the request is supported...

When testifying before a grand jury investigation into shady actitivies at the Rose Law firm in Arkansas, Mrs. Clinton, who specialized in real estate development and cattle futures law at that firm, and who is the smartest women on Earth, could not remember anything that ever happened there, or anywhere else. We do not know the final count of the times she said, “I can’t recall.” Thirty times? Fifty? We just can’t recall. A few years later, she once more danced around the rules by accepting a multi-million dollar advance for her autobiography before she took office as a U.S....

DORSET, Vt.Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal assistance, may be in for an overhaul. This week a committee appointed by the Bush administration will hold its final meetings before submitting its recommendations for changing the law to Secretary of Education Rod Paige. Since Title IX was enacted in 1972, it has been the subject of debate — much of it misguided — about its application to college athletics. At issue now is how to alter the law — or not — so that, as Secretary Paige has put it, we can find...

Ray Hickman of Joseph proved himself to be the strongest man in the world in his weight class last weekend in Reno, Nev. “I’m still in shock,” admitted Hickman, 31, an electrician by trade, who bench pressed 429.9 pounds on his way to a world championship in the 165-lb. division at the Thermalink World Bench Press and Deadlift Championships. The event is put on by the World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters...(snip) For Complete Article, Please Click Here.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Tony Stewart dodged disaster on two restarts with less than 40 laps remaining and clinched his first Winston Cup championship by finishing 18th Sunday in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.   Tony Stewart was all smiles before the green flag on Sunday. Credit: Autostock Neither Stewart nor Mark Martin, who came into the race 89 points behind in second, managed to lead a lap in the 267-lap event on the flat, 1.5-mile oval. But Martin was only able to finish fourth, gaining less than 40 points. He was falling backwards at the finish, while Stewart,...