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POINTERS
HUFFINGTON
01.13.13
NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE DEATH THREATS
Staff members of the Journal News are being
threatened after publishing a map with names
and addresses of local gun permit owners.
The writer of the article told The New York
Times: “The people have as much of a right to
know who owns guns in their communities as
gun owners have to own weapons.”
MORTGAGE COMPANIES
FORKING
OVER
$8.5
BILLION
Ten mortgage companies have agreed to pay $8.5
billion to settle homeowners’ claims that the companies
mismanaged their loans, in some cases pushing them
into foreclosure. The deal replaces the Independent
Foreclosure Review, which would have provided
homeowners with a third-party review, and seems to
acknowledge the program’s failure. Authorities say the
new deal will provide aid “significantly more quickly.”
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GABRIELLE GIFFORDS,
MARK KELLY START
GUN CONTROL INITIATIVE
On the second anniversary of the Tucson, Ariz.,
shooting that killed six and gravely wounded
Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman
and her husband created a political action
committee, Americans for Responsible
Solutions, to help prevent gun violence. “We
can’t just hope that the last shooting tragedy
will prevent the next,” Giffords and Kelly
wrote in a USA Today op-ed. “Achieving reforms to reduce gun violence and prevent mass
shootings will mean matching gun lobbyists in their reach and resources.”