News Bits
- Fannie Mae says it lost $3.6 billion in the fourth quarter as home-loan delinquencies mounted.
- The mayor of an Oregon town who once stripped to her underwear and posed on a fire truck has been stripped of her office.
- 48% of teenagers bought no CDs at all in 2007, up from 38% in 2006. Music downloads continue to grow, though, with iTunes leading the way.
- Police are investigating the east 6th Street shootings as the city's first double homicide of the year.
- Killeen police are investigating allegations that a 4-month-old girl was sexually assaulted at a day care last week.
- Glen Maxey: If I was after personal ambition, I think I'd be running for something a bit more glamorous than Tax Assessor.
- Of the many landmarks along a journalist’s career, two are among those that stand out: winning an award and making the government back down. Last week, Joshua Micah Marshall achieved both.
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