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ABC, Beazer Homes, and 1800 volunteers provided the Harper family with a new McMansion on the show Extreme Makeover. They even included a fund for maintenance and taxes. Did I mention they also kicked in scholarships for the kids?

The grateful brood did what any redblooded American family would do - they took out a $450,000 mortgage, secured by the gift house, and defaulted.

A Wall Street Journal story says driving is down almost 4%.

It's nice to see Congress willing to fund Fannie and Freddie since they've been funding politicians for years. Rich Lowry says the two have given over $200 million during the past decade.