US government takes on big role in mortgage market (AP via Yahoo! News)

8 September 2008, 9:35 am

Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market. The Bush administration is seizing troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a bid to help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.... read more

Taxpayers take on trillions in risk in Fannie, Freddie takeover (USA Today)

8 September 2008, 6:54 am

The federal government will place the companies in a temporary conservatorship and assume the powers of their boards and management.... read more

ECONOMY: Worries remain over housing market stability (The Daily Times)

8 September 2008, 4:38 am

WASHINGTON — Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market.... read more

Study finds California can cut farm water use (San Francisco Chronicle)

8 September 2008, 12:39 am

By growing less thirsty crops and investing in more efficient irrigation technology, California farmers could save billions of gallons of water each year - the equivalent of three dams to 20 dams, according to a controversial new report by an influential...... read more

Study finds California can cut farm water use (San Francisco Chronicle)

7 September 2008, 6:51 pm

By growing less thirsty crops and investing in more efficient irrigation technology, California farmers could save billions of gallons of water each year - the equivalent of 3 dams to 20 dams, according to a controversial new report by an influential water...... read more

California GOP budget plan' More debt (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

7 September 2008, 4:43 am

So now we know.Now we know what kind of budget the Republicans in the California Legislature have in mind.... read more

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