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McAllen, TX -- Gone are the days when a kid could make a few extra bucks by selling lemonade on the corner of their street. These days, it's against the law. A 12-year-old girl and her little brother were just trying to earn a few dollars for their two hermit crabs when a city code enforcement officer in Texas came and shut them down. The officer told their grandmother that the children needed a permit to sell lemonade, and their grandmother was ticketed for the offense. "I was mad," the 12-year-old said. "I don't understand why someone would want to...

After months of partisan wrangling that included some key disagreements between Congress and the White House, the Senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the housing relief bill. The House approved the measure (H.E. 3221) on Wednesday, mostly along party lines. Most House Republicans opposed it, complaining about the cost and the provisions to give the Treasury Department to buy shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The bill sets up a fund, financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mae, to provide government loans to help some of the victims of the subprime mortgage crisis refinance their mortgages. It also...

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