CBC.ca Are You Eligible for Mortgage Settlement? Details To Come.New York Times (blog)By ANN CARRNS The big $26 billion mortgage settlement announced Thursday is complex. But it is clear that it will probably be months before individual homeowners know if they'll benefit – and if so, what they'll need to do.States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement [...]

Washington Times Walking with Giants: Practice rounds at the PG Pro AmWashington TimesPEBBLE BEACH, February 9, 2012 — As I inhale cypress mixed with salty ocean air and merge that scent with the sound of sheer metal slicing through air, pinnacled with a compressed thwack, I know that I am someplace special. So special, in [...]

Chicago Tribune States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for HomeownersNew York TimesAfter months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation's biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed by the bursting of …Foreclosure Deal to Be Announced After [...]

USA TODAY Axed musicians to protest outside Grammy Awards showTimes of IndiaAngry musicians will protest outside Sunday's Grammy Awards ceremony over a decision to cut 31 ethnic and minority musical categories from the music industry's top awards. Organizers said on Wednesday they hoped dozens of music artists and fans of …Look for Adele to be [...]

Newsweek US and Israel Split on Speed of Iran ThreatNew York TimesWASHINGTON – Amid mounting tensions over whether Israel will carry out a military strike against Iran's nuclear program, the United States and Israel remain at odds over a fundamental question: whether Iran's crucial nuclear facilities are about to …India Proposes Bartering Wheat for Oil [...]

CTV.ca India Proposes Bartering Wheat for Oil From Iran, Times SaysBloombergIndia's external affairs ministry has proposed paying for Iranian crude imports with wheat exports to the Persian Gulf nation, the Economic Times reported, citing an unidentified person with knowledge of the development.US and Israel Split on Ways to Deter IranNew York TimesThe futility of attacking [...]

CBC.ca Lin Leads Again as Knicks Win 3rd in RowNew York TimesWASHINGTON — The two-game anomaly is now a three-game trend. The fluke no longer looks so flukey. The aberration is not fading away. Jeremy Lin is not regressing to the mean, wherever that mean is supposed to be. Lin kept rising Wednesday night, …Jeremy [...]

Los Angeles Times Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is back, and so is Tiger WoodsLos Angeles TimesBy Diane Pucin Reporting from Pebble Beach — Some things are familiar. The waves crashing against the rocks, sending ocean spray into the air. The sun putting finishing touches of color on the greens. And, for at least this one [...]

TSN Syracuse Edges Georgetown in OvertimeNew York TimesKris Joseph scored a career-high 29 points, hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer with 29 seconds left in overtime Wednesday night as No. 2 Syracuse beat 12th-ranked Georgetown, 64-61, to give Coach Jim Boeheim his 880th career victory.No. 2 Syracuse holds off No. 11 Georgetown in OTUSA TODAYNo. 2 Syracuse [...]

New York Times England Loses National Team Coach and Invites UncertaintyNew York TimesLONDON England invented competitive soccer as the world plays it, and a legal system copied by many. But an astonishing few hours Wednesday left the sport and the concept of fair play open to question. During the lunch hour, Harry Redknapp, …Capello quits [...]