Uncle Sam’s rentals

Published 12:01 am Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Obama administration proposes turning thousands of government-owned foreclosures into rental properties to help boost falling home prices across the nation.

This is excellent news for the Republicans, who now can add “Took three entire days to fix the leaky water heater at the 2344 NE Sycamore house” to their list of grievances against the president.

A Nightmare on Wall Street: Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary likens the turmoil in the stock market to a horror film: full of terrifying jolts, like the Dow dropping 519 on Wednesday, but eventually the movie ends.

Perhaps, but here’s the deal with horror movies: There always seems to be a sequel — or two, or three, or four, or …

Texas tea: Folks in drought-stricken West Texas soon will be drinking water reclaimed from sewage.

Experts say the water will actually taste better than the region’s naturally occurring groundwater, just as the sewage it will come from tastes better than Lone Star beer.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff