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By Josh Grossberg Staff Writer
In a departure from what has become a familiar scene in the national debate over health care, nobody clashed at a town hall meeting hosted by South Bay Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday.
by Te-Ping Chen
In the past two weeks, activists have rallied to keep Haiti's creditors from hounding the quake-shattered nation, which has already lost 150,000 people to the disaster.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced support Tuesday for forgiving Haiti's debt, doubting the earthquake-battered nation would be able to repay it.
"It's just unrealistic to think that Haiti would ever, in the far foreseeable future, be able to repay," Clinton said in an interview with American Urban Radio Networks broadcast Tuesday.
by Anna Pratt Special to Finance & Commerce
It isn't just about people losing their homes.
Ripples from the long-running foreclosure crisis, experts told an audience in Minneapolis on Saturday, are spreading throughout the U.S. economy, affecting even those who, intuitively, might be expected to benefit.
By OLU ALEMORU, Staff Writer
Story Published: Jan 20, 2010 at 3:55 PM PST
As millions more dollars are set to be raised at Friday's Live Aid style cross-continental "Hope For Haiti" telethon, it will cap a week of global relief efforts that still seem infinitesimal considering the scale of the unfolding catastrophe.