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In a row of six townhouses on Blackberry Way in Lawrenceville, two are being renovated and the other four are still occupied two months after a 30-day lease termination notice. These four low-income households are teetering, hoping to fall into housing they can afford before they fall into magistrate’s court. It’s a gamble, hoping for mercy to last long enough.

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Low-income housing market shrinking

LONDON — For a man accused of holding an entire continent hostage, Richard Sulik cuts a modest figure. With his shiny pate and geeky glasses, he looks more like a mild-mannered economist than a rough-and-tumble politician. In fact, he’s both

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European bailout in hands of Slovak official

In the closing days of the Bush administration, then-president Bush made the decision to grant General Motors a $13.4-billion loan to keep the company afloat, at least through the transition to the Obama administration.

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Dick Cheney Opposed The GM Bailout