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by Andrew Dalton

Authorities have asked the FBI to examine the remains of a bipolar California woman found in Malibu Canyon nearly a year after she disappeared when she was released from jail.

Taxpayers may have been shortchanged after a deal between failed mortgagegiants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae settled loan disputes with Bank of America Corp. for $2.8 billion rather than demanding more funds, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said.

By Hugh Son

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae may have shortchanged taxpayers when the U.S.-owned firms settled loan disputes with Bank of America Corp. for $2.8 billion rather than demanding more funds, Representative Maxine Waters said.