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Countrywide’s CEO and his aides helped a wide variety of people obtain loans, including retired athletes. There is nothing illegal about a mortgage firm treating some borrowers better than others, but it isn’t necessarily in shareholders’ best interests.

Lenders are cutting off more home-equity lines of credit and limiting new ones. These cutbacks are crimping homeowners’ plans for costly improvements and dinging the remodeling industry.

Post’s stock fell much further than the overall market Thursday after announcing that “all potential bidders” had withdrawn from its five-month sale process.

Max Ramirez’s breakout performance brings the Texas Rangers one step closer to claiming the coveted Silver Boot trophy for 2008.

A group of Vietnam veterans had taken the Texas oilman up on a challenge to disprove accusations the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth made against Senator John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. In 12 pages, plus a 42-page attachment of military records and other documents, they identified not just one but ten lies.

Nowadays Dave Evans lives in Texas and performs as the king of all Badasses, but 35 years ago Dave Evans was the original frontman for AC/DC. Like Pete Best, the drummer booted from the Beatles weeks before their first single hit the charts, Evans was dumped for Bon Scott, who took AC/DC on to fame and fortune.The Young brothers later said he was..

A new Texas Lyceum poll shows Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and challenger Rick Noriega (D) in a statistical dead heat for U.S. Senate.Cornyn edges Noriega, 38% to 36%, but within the poll’s 4.5 point margin of error.Key findings: 70% of Texans believe the country is on the wrong track and only 23% say “things are moving in the right direction.”

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A new poll of likely Texas voters suggests that Republican John McCain leads Barack Obama in Texas, but not by much. The poll, commissioned by the Texas Lyceum, found that McCain has a 43-38 percent lead over the Illinois Democrat among Texas voters.

It was a sad day for online gambling operators and US players alike as Bill HR 5767, proposed by Rep. Barney Frank [Mass] and Rep. Ron Paul [Texas], with a crucial amendment from Rep. Peter King [NY], was smacked down by a split vote.