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  • Mortgage lenders plan to speed up the foreclosure process in Michigan in 2012
    According to Realty Trac, the number of home foreclosures in Michigan last year dropped to the lowest level since 2007. The actual number of foreclosure…
  • Flooding of the Mira and Telembi rivers in the Narino province of Colombia left approximately 30,000 people homeless and destroyed 62 villages in February 2009. Displaced families have been forced to take refuge in the crowded and crime-infested city of Tumaco.
    Climate Change Poses Threat To Colombian Coast
    Climate scientists say Colombia's glaciers could disappear within 15 years. Wet highland areas that provide much of the country's fresh water are getting warmer and drier. And each year, flooding becomes more severe. The coastal area of Tumaco has become an example of how environmental and security pressures are undermining previously stable communities.
  • Neon Trees' new album is called <em>Pop Psychology</em>.
    Neon Trees, The Mormon Band Who Made It Big, On Honesty
    The band's catchy new album, Pop Psychology, was scooped by a bigger announcement: Its frontman, Tyler Glenn, is gay.
  • An industrial chemical finds its way into Great Lakes trout
    An industrial chemical is showing up in trout from the Great Lakes. It’s called perfluoro-1-butane sulfonamide, or FBSA.Researchers traced this chemical…
  • Richard Russo was awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for <em>Empire Falls</em>. His other novels include <em>Mohawk</em> and <em>The Risk Pool</em>.
    Caring For Mom, Dreaming Of 'Elsewhere'
    Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo began looking out for his mother early in life. In his new memoir, Elsewhere, Russo writes not only of his mother, but of the vanished world that shaped her. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls the book "gorgeously nuanced."
  • African Union and Somali troops launch an attack on al-Shabaab, a militant group linked to al-Qaida, in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Thursday in an effort to protect famine relief efforts, officials said. The World Food Program says it cannot reach 2.2 million people in need of aid in the militant-controlled areas in southern Somalia because of insecurity.
    Conflict Zone Slows Aid For Somalia's Famine Victims
    Part of Somalia affected by famine is controlled by al-Shabaab, a group on the U.S. terrorism blacklist, which places restrictions on U.S. humanitarian groups hoping to reach people in that area. The State Department is negotiating with groups to ease the rules due to the severity of the crisis.
  • African Union and Somali troops launch an attack on al-Shabaab, a militant group linked to al-Qaida, in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Thursday in an effort to protect famine relief efforts, officials said. The World Food Program says it cannot reach 2.2 million people in need of aid in the militant-controlled areas in southern Somalia because of insecurity.
    Conflict Zone Slows Aid For Somalia's Famine Victims
    Part of Somalia affected by famine is controlled by al-Shabaab, a group on the U.S. terrorism blacklist, which places restrictions on U.S. humanitarian groups hoping to reach people in that area. The State Department is negotiating with groups to ease the rules due to the severity of the crisis.
  • Commentary: Detroit on the brink
    Yesterday, when I learned that the governor would come to Detroit today to announce his decision, I felt sadness and relief.Everyone had known for weeks…
  • Skyscrapers are obscured by heavy haze in Beijing on Jan. 13. Air pollution remains a serious — sometimes overwhelming — problem, but researchers say environmental technology is available to solve it.
    China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act?
    There is some political willingness, but because China is highly decentralized politically, the Communist Party has only limited influence over provincial governments and how they regulate their dirty factories. The powerful state-owned oil companies have also resisted pressure to produce cleaner-burning fuel.
  • Ladies' trash collecting group goes after garbage as a hobby
    When you’re driving around southeast Michigan, you might happen to see three women on the side of the road. They’re all moms, but their kids are grown up.…
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