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  • April 2008

    • States Act Aggressively to Fight Foreclosures

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 4, 08 11:17 AM CDT

      States Act Aggressively to Fight Foreclosures

      (Newser) - State lawmakers aren’t sitting around waiting for Washington to solve the mortgage crisis, the Wall Street Journal reports. Instead, many are taking aggressive steps to ease borrower pain, sometimes running afoul of lenders in the process. Illinois, Maryland, and Minnesota all have bills in the works to impose a moratorium on foreclosures—in one state as long as 12 months— for families attempting to restructure mortgages. More »

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      foreclosure  • mortgage crisis  • Minnesota  • borrowers  • mortgage defaults  • state governments  • moratorium

  • December 2007
  • October 2007

    • Justices Stay Execution, Signaling Moratorium

      New York Times  |  Oct 31, 07 6:30 AM CDT

      Justices Stay Execution, Signaling Moratorium

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court delivered an eleventh-hour stay for a prisoner slated to die by lethal injection last night, giving what the New York Times calls a "nearly indisputable indication" that a majority of justices are willing to block all executions until they rule on a death penalty case next spring. Earl Berry had eaten his last meal in a Mississippi jail, and the verdict was delivered 19 minutes before the scheduled execution. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • death penalty  • constitutionality  • moratorium  • Earl Berry

    • Senate Would Extend Web Tax Ban 7 Years

      ComputerWorld  |  Oct 26, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      Senate Would Extend Web Tax Ban 7 Years

      (Newser) - The Senate passed a bill yesterday to extend a ban on Internet access taxes for 7 years; it will have to be reconciled with a House bill—which has a 4-year lifespan—and signed into law by next Thursday to beat the current law’s expiration date. The bill was a compromise between those seeking a permanent ban and those looking to match the House’s shorter moratorium, ComputerWorld reports. More »

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      taxes  • email  • broadband Internet  • instant messaging  • moratorium  • web services

    • A Death Penalty Moratorium?

      New York Times  |  Oct 19, 07 9:19 PM CDT

      A Death Penalty Moratorium?

      (Newser) - Is there a stay on all US executions? The Supreme Court has recently granted 2 and refused to nix a third, as more inmates challenge lethal injection. “The states are getting the message,” says one expert, while another mentions “moratorium mojo” on his blog. But critics warn that it's not so simple: The Supreme Court's messages are mixed, and it won't rule on lethal injection's constitutionality per se in 2008. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • lethal injection  • Antonin Scalia  • constitutionality  • moratorium

    • Supreme Court Halts Another Lethal Injection

      Washington Post  |  Oct 18, 07 12:10 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Halts Another Lethal Injection

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court issued a stay of execution yesterday for Christopher Scott Emmett, four hours before the Virginia inmate was scheduled to die. Observers say the move signals a de facto moratorium on executions, as the court considers the legality of lethal injection. One expert called it “the most profound hiatus in the death penalty in at least two decades.” More »

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      US Supreme Court  • death penalty  • Virginia  • lethal injection  • moratorium

    • Ban Stands on Alabama Sex Toys, Finally

      Wired  |  Oct 7, 07 11:21 AM CDT

      Ban Stands on Alabama Sex Toys, Finally

      (Newser) - After 9 years of court challenges, an Alabama judge has green lighted enforcement of a state law banning the sale of sex toys—the Supreme Court declined to hear the case last week—making Wired’s Regina Lynn cry misogyny. The statute does not outlaw Viagra to help men achieve sexual pleasure, she observes, but a woman won't be able to (legally) get an assist. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Alabama  • Viagra  • moratorium  • sex toys  • Viggo Mortensen

    • DHS Delays Domestic Spy Sat Plans

      InformationWeek  |  Oct 2, 07 6:45 PM CDT

      DHS Delays Domestic Spy Sat Plans

      (Newser) - Amid a privacy hullaballoo in Congress, the Department of Homeland Security has postponed the opening of an office that would share domestic spy satellites images with law enforcement, InformationWeek reports. House committee members overseeing DHS had threatened to block funding until better civil liberties safeguards are in place. More »

  • June 2007

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