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"House" flap -- A&E sued over reality show By Andrew WallensteinTue Jul 25, 12:26 AM ET A&E has been slapped with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit stemming from its reality series "Flip This House." Richard C. Davis, executive producer and star of "Flip," filed suit in the Court of Common Pleas in Charleston, S.C., against the cable network and production company Departure Films, citing fraud, breach of contract and seven other counts. The lawsuit hinges on A&E's decision to move ahead with a second season of "Flip" without Davis and his real estate company, Trademark Properties. The series follows Trademark staffers...

Good overview on how the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) turns a blind eye to massive corruption and fraud in programs designed to create "affordable" housing. The result? Inflated housing costs in poor neigborhoods and financial ruin for poor and working class people who are ripped off by politically connected "nonprofits" and corrupt local governments. Who cleans up the mess? You guessed it -- the taxpayer.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian woman was found to be carrying 51 live tropical fish after custom officials were alerted by "flipping" noises coming from beneath her skirt as she arrived at Melbourne airport. On closer inspection, officers discovered the woman had strapped on an apron of plastic water-filled bags containing the fish, the Australian Customs Service said in a statement on Tuesday. "During the search, customs officers became suspicious after hearing 'flipping' noises coming from the vicinity of her waist," said the statement. The 43-year-old woman arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Singapore last Friday. Customs are still...

OGDEN -- On a lined piece of notebook paper, Luis D'az scribbled with his pen. He jotted down careful notes and numbers, and glanced pensively at the wall every now and again. "How much is the current interest rate?" he asked during a recent meeting aimed at educating potential Latino home buyers on fraudulent housing schemes. He was careful to take notes because he doesn't want to be a victim, he said. He has heard stories of other Latinos being charged exorbitant prices for homes, of inflated interest rates, stories of fraudulent home-mortgage brokers who ask for a down payment...