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Councilman MikeK Recalls Knievel Action Figure
Top: Young MikeK playing with Evel Knievel action figure; bottom: MikeK receives inspiration from his childhood friends before leaving for a Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting. I had a classic Evel Knievel motorcycle riding action figure when I was a kid. The stunts my brothers and I would stage for that motorcycle toy were legendary (riding out a second story window, chasing the dog around the house without getting chewed to ribbons, you name it). RIP Evel. I wonder what happened to Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man who played the role of Evel's arch-nemesis in the boyhood action figure wars?/Councilman MikeK.
Question: What was your favorite action figure/doll when you were little?
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Grupo Elektra Introduces China's "FAW" Automobiles in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 22 -- Grupo Elektra S.A. de C.V., Latin America's leading specialty retailer, consumer finance and banking services company, announced that it will introduce "FAW" automobiles into the Mexican market -- with state of the art technology, and top safety and emission control standards -- oriented to new customers in the marketplace in the first quarter of 2008. The company completed a strategic alliance with First Automobile Works Group (FAW Group) -- the largest automobile group in China, and partner of Volkswagen/Audi, Toyota and Mazda -- which allows Grupo Elektra to sell cars in Mexico that are produced in China. As part of the alliance, within the next three years, Grupo Elektra and FAW Group will build an assembly plant in the state of Michoacan, with important geographical and logistic advantages, to produce cars in Mexico in 2010, with which it will supply the Mexican and Central American demand. More>>
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Mortgage Recording Firm Accused of Illegal Shortcuts to Speed Foreclosures
As the economy continues to suffer from fall-out from subprime mortgage foreclosures, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) is accused of skipping legally required steps to remove people from their homes in Minnesota. Today a group of Hennepin County homeowners with subprime mortgages filed a class action lawsuit to stop illegal foreclosures by MERS, a Virginia-based company. The suit alleges that MERS, which handles 40% of the foreclosures in the seven-county metropolitan area, violates Minnesota law by expediting foreclosures without following mandatory procedures. Some states require mortgage lenders to file a lawsuit before they can foreclose. In Minnesota, lenders have an alternative that is often called foreclosure by advertisement because it allows a party to foreclose after publishing a notice of foreclosure in the newspaper. More>>