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NEWS ABOUT: moratorium

moratorium stories: 14 news summaries
OPINION

 2 Much Kittehs 
 on teh Interwebs;
 1-Day Ban Planned 

Can "9.9.09—A Day Without Cats on the Internet" possibly fly?

Sep 3, 09 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Let’s face it: Cats own the Internet. But it’s getting a little much, and that’s why the Urlesque blog is organizing “9.9.09—A Day Without Cats on the Internet.” The master plan calls for cats not to be mentioned, emailed, viewed, nor... More »

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pets • technology • social networking • Internet • YouTube • web surfing • LOLcats • moratorium • computers • cats

(Newser) - As internal bank moratoriums on foreclosure imposed last year expire, many more Americans are losing their homes, the Wall Street Journal reports. Foreclosure proceedings were up 6% in February over January, and up 30% from March 2008. Just as the Obama administration's rescue plan kicks in, delinquents who don’... More »

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real estate • foreclosure • debt • recession • moratorium • homeowners • mortgage lender

(Newser) - Interior chief Ken Salazar isn't quite ready to drill, baby, drill. Salazar said today that a last-minute Bush initiative opening up millions of offshore acres to oil drilling would be shelved pending a 6-month review, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The policy affects much of the East and West... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • environment • Ken Salazar • moratorium • oil drilling • Obama administration • offshore drilling

Home for the Holidays: Florida Mulls Foreclosure Ban

Governor wants holiday moratorium

Nov 25, 08 4:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is considering a Christmastime moratorium on home foreclosures similar to the 90-day halt urged by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, reports the Tallahassee Democrat. Crist is unsure whether he has the legal authority to impose a moratorium. He may have to negotiate a halt with the state's... More »

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foreclosure • Charlie Crist • moratorium • subprime crisis • banks

States Act Aggressively
to Fight Foreclosures

Unwilling to wait for the federal wrangling, states make bold moves

Apr 4, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Texas Tallies 60% of Executions

Capital punishment in decline elsewhere

Dec 26, 07 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - As the rest of the country backed away from applying the death penalty in 2007, Texas kept up its customary pace, making the state responsible for an astounding 60% of all executions in the US. Of last year's 42 executions, 26 were in Texas, the New York Times reports. In... More »

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death penalty • Texas • New Jersey • execution • moratorium • National District Attorneys Association • US Supreme Court • Charles A. Rosenthal Jr. • Harris County • Richard C. Dieter • Death Penalty Information Center • Jon S. Corzine • Judge Sharon Keller • Michael Richard

Dems Pitch Own Mortgage Plans

They say Bush's freeze falls short

Dec 6, 07 2:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Democratic candidates are criticizing President Bush's plan to bail out homeowners in the subprime mess for not going far enough and have outlined their own, more ambitious, proposals, the New York Times reports. "It appears that the president is pushing a freeze for a very narrow group of borrowers,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • subprime mortgages • foreclosure • recession • US economy • moratorium • mortgage rate freeze • fixed rate conversion • borrowers

Justices Stay Execution, Signaling Moratorium

Lower courts will defer until 2008 review

Oct 31, 07 6:30 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Senate Would Extend Web
Tax Ban 7 Years

Will have to reconcile with House bill setting exemption at 4 years

Oct 26, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

A Death Penalty Moratorium?

Not so fast: the Supreme Court is sending mixed messages

Oct 19, 07 9:19 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Antonin Scalia • lethal injection • execution • moratorium • Ralph Baze • US Supreme Court • constitutionality

Supreme Court Halts Another Lethal Injection

Stay of execution for Virginia man could signal moratorium

Oct 18, 07 12:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Ban Stands on Alabama Sex
Toys, Finally

Much-challenged law will affect women unfairly, gripes writer

Oct 7, 07 11:21 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

DHS Delays Domestic
Spy Sat Plans

House forces privacy review before local cops can get photos

Oct 2, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(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 »

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law enforcement • privacy • House of Representatives • Department of Homeland Security • satellite • National Applications Office • moratorium

Africans OK Nine-Year
Ivory Ban

But first, countries approve a one-time mammoth sale

Jun 15, 07 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four southern African countries will hold a one-time sale of 200 tons of stockpiled ivory before the start of a nine-year moratorium, in a hard-fought conservation compromise. Proceeds from the blowout will be used in elephant conservation efforts in the future. "It's the best we could achieve for the... More »

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Africa • Kenya • conservation • tourism • Southern Africa • ivory • poaching • wildlife • elephant • moratorium

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