Thousands of foreclosed properties across Florida are in limbo right now. Distressed homeowners abandoned them while banks delay their official takeover of the properties.According to data, lenders and banks have canceled almost 50 percent of REO properties for sale in

The CEOs of the nation's largest banks were urged last week by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan to step up their loan modification efforts under the federal government's foreclosure help program.In a letter

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Bel canto" means beautiful singing, and that's exactly while you'll hear on this new collection of opera arias featuring Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca.

Charlie Maguire, Pop Wagner and Tony Glover get together to perform Woody Guthrie songs on, what would have been, his 97th birthday.

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Republican Attorney General candidate Ted Cruz popped out a list of supporters — separate from the list of donors he plugged recently.

Rob Johnson , chief of staff to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst , will leave that job to run Gov. Rick Perry 's reelection campaign.

With the legislative session out of sight and mind, bloggers are revving up coverage of campaigns for the governor's office on down. They're also talking about a limelight-loving congresswoman, the first Hispanic U.S. Attorney General, a former University of Texas

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she raised $6.7 million during the first six months of the year for a race for governor against incumbent Rick Perry .

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A new short story by the National Book Award-winning author of 'Charming Billy'

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