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Rural areas seek piece of subprime-loan settlement 10/22/2014 01:26pm • HOPE YEN Associated Press Long seen as having devastated Sun Belt cities, the subprime mortgage crisis unleashed turmoil on Ohio and other rural areas. Now federal officials are pledging regulatory attention and financial help.Subprime loans were distributed in the rural U.S. at even higher rates on Feds loosen eligibility for parent loan program 10/22/2014 01:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Education Department has loosened credit requirements for a federal student loan program used by parents and graduate students.A new regulation announced Wednesday updates the definition of adverse credit history as it pertains to the federal PLUS loan program. Under the rule, Del. man must repay $20 million, serve 15 years 10/22/2014 07:26am • BALTIMORE (AP) -- A federal Baltimore judge has sentenced a Delaware man convicted of defrauding more than two dozen investors and evading taxes to 15 years in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $20 million in restitution. Forty-five-year-old Patrick Belzner of Selbyville was sentenced Tuesday a Raimondo, Fung spar over leadership in TV debate 10/22/2014 07:23am • ERIKA NIEDOWSKI Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Democrat Gina Raimondo and Republican Allan Fung went after each other's leadership and decision-making in the first televised debate of the Rhode Island governor's race, while voters also got an introduction to a wild-card Moderate Party can Bill Clinton returns to Kentucky for Grimes 10/22/2014 07:22am • ADAM BEAM Associated Press OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- Bill Clinton said he knows many Kentucky voters are angry at President Barack Obama, but he urged them Tuesday not to take it out on Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in her bid to unseat a 30-year Senate incumbent.The former president campaigned for Discover's 3Q net income up nearly 9 percent 10/22/2014 07:22am • RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) -- Discover Financial Services' third-quarter net income increased nearly 9 percent to beat market expectations.The credit card issuer and lender's gains were made on increased credit card spending and overall lending.Discover said Tuesday that sales volume for its namesake car Top mortgage firm accused of abuses 10/22/2014 07:21am • ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer One of the nation's largest servicers of home loans may have denied struggling borrowers the chance to fix loan problems and avoid foreclosures, New York's financial regulator has alleged.An investigation by the state's Department of Financial Services found that Ocwen New rules adopted in hopes of spurring home loans 10/22/2014 07:21am • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Buying a home may have gotten a little easier this week.With the financial crisis and subprime mortgage bust receding further into history, the government is loosening some financial rules, hoping to inject more life into the country's still-recover Stocks climbing...Relaxing mortgage rules... Subprime mortgage firm accused of abuses 10/22/2014 07:20am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks appear on track for more gains today. The market is getting a boost from an encouraging report on China's economic growth as well as strong quarterly results from Apple and several other big companies. The Dow had gained more than 1 percent by early afternoon, up close to 200 Ukraine, Russia end gas talks without breakthrough 10/22/2014 07:20am • RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday failed to get a decisive breakthrough in their standoff over gas supplies to Kiev and will resume European Union-sponsored talks next week.Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukraine counterpart Petro Poroshenko had agre Zoo boosts security after Tasmanian devil's death 10/22/2014 07:20am • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The killing of a rare Tasmanian devil on loan from Australia has prompted beefed-up security at a New Mexico zoo and a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.The Albuquerque Journal (http://goo.gl/tP9wF3 ) reports that the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo is adding more New Jersey charges 11 with mob loansharking scheme 10/22/2014 07:20am • DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Members and associates of one of New York's legendary crime families used check cashing businesses and a Newark restaurant to run a racketeering enterprise that reaped millions of dollars through loansharking and money laundering, New Jersey officia Next Week: Home Buyer Seminar in Bethesda (Sponsored) 10/22/2014 05:00am • Are you considering buying a home in suburban Maryland in 2015? If so, attend this home buyer seminar in Bethesda next Tuesday, October 28th. Three industry experts – Joe Zamoiski of 1st Portfolio Lending, George Papakostas of Long & Foster, and George Glekas of GPN Title – will give an Get the Facts About Borrowing Specialized Health Care Student Loans 10/22/2014 12:00am • Recently, the Student Loan Ranger caught up with a friend who was in his fifth year of medical residency. As often happens when you bring together a medical school student and someone who works in student loans, the conversation turned to debt. The student couldn't believe how much he owed -- and h How Chess Players Can Win at Personal Finance 10/22/2014 12:00am • One well known, but seldom practiced, strategy in chess is to think a few moves ahead. Chess players are able to increase their odds of success by simply planning for a variety of possible outcomes in the near future. The ability to anticipate future problems and opportunities, a skill that chess p