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Thirty-Year Mortgage Rates Drop to Near-Record 4.87%...

Oct. 8, 2009
Thirty-Year Mortgage Rates Drop to Near-Record 4.87%...(Second column, 5th story, link)Related stories:Federal Housing Administration Shortfall Seen at $54 Billion; May Lead to Bailout...
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler