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Should Banks Maintain Abandoned Properties?

An abandoned home on Chicago's South Side, which neighbor Ruben DeSantiago says attracts gang activity. DeSantiago and other neighbors mow the lawn and pick up trash because they say no one else is caring for the house. Odette Yousef hide caption

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Crisis In The Housing Market

Should Banks Maintain Abandoned Properties?

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Chicago has dug in its heels on a new city ordinance that puts banks on the line for securing and maintaining vacant homes. But the federal government, on behalf of mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is fighting the law in a test case that could affect other cities, too.

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Tuesday

Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets

'Save The Dream' Tour Helps Troubled Homeowners

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As foreclosures continue to mount, a group called Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America is trying to help. Organizers are holding Save the Dream sessions across the country to help homeowners figure out how to get their mortgages restructured.

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Tuesday

Education

Ga. Program Pays Low-Income Students to Study

Some kids in Fulton County, Ga., are earning a paycheck just for doing their homework. A pilot project sponsored by a local foundation offers a group of low-income students $8 an hour to go to after-school study sessions twice a week. The kids say the program is helpful, but some educators are troubled by it.

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Monday

National

Grady Memorial Hospital Has Cash Emergency

Grady Memorial Hospital is Atlanta's only safety-net hospital for the poor. But the 100-year old institution is on the verge of collapse. Without a major infusion of money by the end of the year, Grady will fail to make payroll and may have to close. Its board of trustees has agreed to resign.

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Thursday

Obituaries

The Death of a Marine

Marine Sgt. Jayton Daniel Patterson died in Iraq, when he stepped on a land mine in January. Patterson's friends and family in Sedley, Va., remember a young man of determination and religious faith, nicknamed "Bible Boy" in high school.

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