He made some very poor choices with some short-term, high-interest loans and got heavily into debt, and that pushed him into a world of drug and alcohol abuse ... It's a very unfortunate situation. 
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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama meets Vermont Governor Jim Douglas during a bipartisan meeting with members of the National Governors Association at Congress Hall in Independence Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 2, 2008.
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Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.
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...incidents of mortgage fraud jumped 42 percent during this year's first quarter compared with the same period last year. Merle Sharick, the institute's vice president for national business development, said the Tsiaoushis case is one of the larger cases prosecuted...
...related to the slump in the sense that its getting harder to make legitimate money in the industry, and, quoting Merle D. Sharick, vice president of the research institute, Harney wrote, ""Mortgage fraud used to be a crime of opportunity," he said. "Now it's...
...Maryland, Illinois and Michigan. Tough market conditions seem to actually increase pressures to commit fraud, says Merle D. Sharick, the institute's vice president. "Mortgage fraud used to be a crime of opportunity," he said. "Now it's a crime of necessity...
...Maryland, Illinois and Michigan. Tough market conditions appear to actually increase pressures to commit fraud, says Merle D. Sharick, MARI vice president. "Mortgage fraud used to be a crime of opportunity,'' he said in an interview. "Now it's a crime of necessity...
...Maryland, Illinois and Michigan. Tough market conditions appear to actually increase pressures to commit fraud, says Merle D. Sharick, MARI vice president. "Mortgage fraud used to be a crime of opportunity,'' he said in an interview. "Now it's a crime of necessity...
...stricter requirements have done little to curb fraud. "Tightening credit standards by itself doesn't eliminate fraud," said Merle Sharick, vice president and national manager of business development for MARI, especially in markets that typically attract a...
..."Mortgage fraud is so easy even a caveman can do it," according to Scott Broshears, the FBI's mortgage fraud coordinator. Merle Sharick of the Mortgage Asset Research Institute suggests that you go to the MARI Web site (www.marisolutions.com) and add your...
...requirements appear to have done little to curb fraud. "Tightening credit standards by itself doesn't eliminate fraud," said Merle Sharick, vice president and national manager of business development for the Mortgage Asset Research Institute, especially in...
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He made some very poor choices with some short-term, high-interest loans and got heavily into debt, and that pushed him into a world of drug and alcohol abuse ... It's a very unfortunate situation.
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