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		<title>Computer Generated Lawsuits Target Consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMPUTER GENERATED LAWSUITS TARGET CONSUMERS
It&#8217;s bad enough that debt collectors often harass consumers for debts they don’t owe. But now, tens of thousands of computer-generated debt collection lawsuits are being filed against often-innocent consumers.  
Here is what is happening.
The New York Times reports that debt collection law firms are now using software to create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling Out Mortgage Modification Schemes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[9 months ago we exposed a mortgage modification scheme that was preying on consumers nationwide .Consumers were angry that after paying  the firm thousands of dollars to save their homes,the firm had done nothing.Consumers lost money and often their homes. The company claimed they were helping homeowners get mortgage modifications ,but all we found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREE BIG SCREEN TVS, COURTESY OF CONGRESS</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/free-big-screen-tvs-courtesy-of-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    FREE BIG SCREEN TVS, COURTESY OF CONGRESS
If this sounds like just another Congressional stimulus program that never really helps anyone, it&#8217;s not. This is a direct cash program that could help homeowners buy a big screen TV. We call it the Free Big Screen TV Earmark Program for Homeowners. 
Here&#8217;s how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Stands Up For Something&#8230;. Crooked Car Dealers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you hear the PA announcements blaring all over the U.S? Attention, attention&#8230;. pickpockets have been seen in the area, please hold on to your wallets. 
Congress is busy crafting legislation designed to rob you. Our representatives say that the new financial regulation bill includes important consumer protections. Here is the clue: anytime a politician [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mattresses Prove Safer Than Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the millions of Americans sucked into the cesspool of the stock market, last Thursday was one of those Holy Jesus what happened moments. In less than an hour the market lost 1 trillion dollars, only to regain almost 2/3 of the losses late in the day.
So what about the 1/3 of a trillion lost? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airline Bumps and How to Fight Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 22:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Are you ready to pocket up to  $800  after an airline  abuses you with a bump? Well listen up. Last  week the headlines screamed that Southwest Airlines was screwing passengers with bumping passengers and then not compensating them. The Department of Transportation fined Southwest a whopping $200,0000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coachella Festival 2010, Promoters, Profiteering,Pollution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	First order of business, not a single word of mention of the music (some of it amazingly great) so as to further promote the corporate beast behind Coachella.
	Coachella bills itself as a music and arts festival and according to the buzz, &#8221; it prospers thanks to a non-corporate vibe.&#8221; The promoters at Goldenvoice are described [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business is Booming for Zombie Debt Collectors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Things are looking up. Just ask any collection agency.
	Business is booming, especially for the zombie debt collectors, the folks that buy old debt for pennies on the dollar, and then hound those who allegedly owe the money.
	Now here is the catch with zombie collection agencies. First, they buy debt, often uncollectable because it is past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATT  Finally Admits Their Cell Service Sucks But Wants Consumers to Pay for Fix</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/break-the-chains-of-bad-att-service-for-iphone-users/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So finally AT&#38;T is admitting their cell phone service is non-existent in places.  Iphone owners know how the bad the service is, with dead zones and dropped calls, but the news flash is that AT&#38;T is admitting that their infrastructure can&#8217;t handle all the phones they sold and they are promising action.
AT&#38;T says they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CELL PHONE COMPANIES STEAL SERVICE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without naming names, (ATT we know who you are,) cell phones companies are ripping off more and more customers every day with bad service. Here is how they rig the game,they sell as many cell phones as they can ,knowing they don&#8217;t have the service capacity to provide service. They then sign you up for [...]]]></description>
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