New orleans Mortgage News

New Orleans government merger this week puts property offices together (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Trend of streamlining local government continues

Magical Legoland includes Lego cities, recreation, entertainment (The Daily News)
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Some people say you can’t really put a price on fun. But I’m guessing many of those people are billionaires and mortgage defaulters.

A look at the top news events of 2008 (Hamilton Spectator)
January 6 - Canadian soldiers Cpl. Eric Labbe and Warrant Officer Hani Massouh are killed in Afghanistan. 10 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces billion-dollar package for Canadian communities dependent on single industries.

Ark. Hispanics gained new voice in difficult times (Pine Bluff Commercial)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Hispanic immigrants in Arkansas gained a new protector in an outspoken Catholic bishop in 2008, as immigration raids, an economy in recession and political scrutiny slowed one of the nation's fastest growing Latino populations.

23 days and counting until George W Bush leaves the White House (Daily Telegraph)
As George W Bush prepares to leave the White House his supporters are busy putting a positive spin on his eight years in office. Tim Shipman reports from Washington on how history will judge a 'consequential' presidency.

2008 year in review: Big news, small news and in between (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
JANUARYPDBossuJan. 1: Former Benedictine High School coach Augie Bossu, who led football and baseball teams at the school from 1953-2006, dies at 91. The FBI resumes its search for the mysterious "D.B. Cooper" who hijacked an airliner in 1971,...

The nation's foreclosure crisis seems to have skipped Louisiana (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Post-Katrina economy didn't fuel risky lending

Once Adrift, Family Finds Port After a Storm (Washington Post)
Amy Douglas had already served the artichoke casserole, the baked mac and cheese, the 15-pound sweet ham and the dirty rice with giblets and gizzard dressing. Her eight children had torn through the mountain of gifts -- iPods, clothing, craft sets and dolls -- that were piled under the decorated ...

Wanted (New York Times)
A killer disappears into another life.