Pictured after 16 years: First mugshot of mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger as he is quizzed by police over 19 murders
Staring blankly into the camera, this is mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s mugshot following his arrest after 16 years on the run. Police in Orange County finally arrested the fugitive on Wednesday alongside his long-term girlfriend Catherine Greig.
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Source: Daily Mail
Date Published: 24th June 11
Dare Sentenced
Former Urban League president Aaron Dare was sentenced in federal court this morning to more than five years in prison for his role in a federal loan scheme.
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Source: WRGB Albany
Date Published: 21st June 11
3 Stocks the Recovery Has Missed
Most shares have soared over the past two years. Not these.
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Source: Smart Money
Date Published: 22nd June 11
Japanese house # 8
Shoji screen paper repair and replacement Its time to replace the shoji screens down stairs. It was trial and error and a lot of patients. If you take your time you can replace your screens cheaply and still do a great job. Its cool you can get all kinds of prints here and I went with a light bamboo pattern. Of course having a shoji master do it is better but since they get wrecked after a few years I wanted to save money and learn how myself. The master will do a great job and they turn out tight like a drum head but mine came out great and after the first two I got the rest done really fast as the learning curve progressed. I had a few minor wrinkles and they do not come out as tight as a glue job by a master but it looks great! It cost me 4000 yen including the plastic slide rail tape for all the screens total including one mistake. One roll usually does two full size doors. The iron on paper I used is more resistant to stains and dirt due to the fact it has synthetic material in it and it comes of with a heated iron later with far less clean up, however there are may types of iron paper and glue on papers available. I did six units for that price, two window panels and four doors. It took me half the day but next time its only going to take a few hours. Cleaning the glue off was the hardest part but that also went faster as I developed my own technique. The iron on type that I used is a fairly recent development in the shoji world. At least that’s what Japanese people …
TBW prison terms: 40 months for Allen, 3 months for Ragland
The former CEO of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for his role in a long-running fraud scheme.
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Source: The Ocala Star-Banner
Date Published: 21st June 11
Medical debt hurting loan applicants
WASHINGTON — Are medical-bill collection accounts buried away inside millions of consumers’ credit files — even bills that were fully paid or settled years ago — functioning as a drag on the housing market?
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Source: Seattle Times
Date Published: 18th June 11
More pain for borrwers as mortgage fees rise
Mortgage borrowers struggling with falling house prices and strict lending criteria have been dealt a further blow as research shows that application fees have risen 13pc in two years.
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Source: AFP Telegraph Finance News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
Date Published: 14th June 11
More pain for borrowers as mortgage fees rise
Mortgage borrowers struggling with falling house prices and strict lending criteria have been dealt a further blow as research shows that application fees have risen 13pc in two years.
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Source: AFP Telegraph Finance News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
Date Published: 14th June 11
Going underwater?
Barb Hannan didn’t intend to put her house up for sale. But after suffering through the events of the past few years – events that have become all too common for many homeowners – listing her home on the market seemed like the only option left.
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Source: Kane County Chronicle
Date Published: 17th June 11
Arnott’s unwrapped but Coe takes biscuit
The State Library of NSW has received a rare slice of company history with the donation of more than 200 annual reports, spanning the past 20 years, prepared by corporate scribes Businesswriters & Design.
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Source: Brisbane Times
Date Published: 14th June 11
