Read more debt stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3552/debt.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:58:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74359/tribal-casino-defaults-may-sink-creditors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the Native American tribe that own the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut looks poised to become the biggest defaulter yet on tribal casino debt, holders of billions of dollars of tribal debt are questioning whether US laws apply to tribes operating as sovereign nations. “With casinos such as Foxwoods...http://www.newser.com/story/74359/tribal-casino-defaults-may-sink-creditors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:17:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73465/what-broke-celebs-can-teach-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCelebrities really are just like us: During these financially stressful times, they’re suffering, too. On Huffington Post, Manisha Thakor points out the takeaway from four high-profile meltdowns. NBA Player Antoine Walker: Squandered away his $110 million fortune by age 33. The lesson? If you have a variable income, don’t spend...http://www.newser.com/story/73465/what-broke-celebs-can-teach-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 9:38:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73230/nicolas-cage-selling-vegas-mansion-to-cover-debt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNicolas Cage must sell his $10 million Las Vegas mansion to help cover the $6.6 million he owes to the IRS in back taxes and penalties. The Nevada estate is just the latest property Cage has been forced to put up for sale to cover his mounting debt, and...http://www.newser.com/story/73230/nicolas-cage-selling-vegas-mansion-to-cover-debt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 14:56:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71857/leveling-with-voters-could-revive-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe economy might be in shambles, but Republicans are offering no alternative plan to ward off mounting American debt—insisting on yet more tax cuts and refusing to cut into bloated Medicare. David Brooks suggests they take a lesson from their British cousins, the Tories, who are poised to win...http://www.newser.com/story/71857/leveling-with-voters-could-revive-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 8:22:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70139/citycenter-las-vegas-85b-stimulus-bet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA gigantic addition to the Las Vegas Strip is a one-stop stimulus package for a city and state walloped by the recession and an $8.5 billion bet that happy days are near again. With 12,000 jobs, the CityCenter project—a kaleidoscope of condominiums, boutique hotels, shopping, and, of...http://www.newser.com/story/70139/citycenter-las-vegas-85b-stimulus-bet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 18:54:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69253/knox-trial-is-poison-for-all-involved.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmanda Knox may be the one on trial for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, waiting it out in a sweltering Italian prison. But as Barbie Nadeau notes in Newsweek , Knox isn’t the only one suffering: “The Knox trial is poison,” Nadeau writes. “Nearly everyone it has touched so far...http://www.newser.com/story/69253/knox-trial-is-poison-for-all-involved.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 18:44:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69198/leibovitz-staves-off-foreclosure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnnie Leibovitz has won an extension of her outstanding $24 million debt to Arts Capital Group, the New York Times reports. The celebrity photographer bought back the rights to her homes and intellectual property—both collateral in the loan—for an undisclosed sum as part of the restructured deal. But...http://www.newser.com/story/69198/leibovitz-staves-off-foreclosure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 14:58:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68746/georgia-man-innocent-in-trailer-slayings-kid-brother.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe brother of a Georgia man charged with slaying his father and seven others in a mobile home insists that 22-year-old Guy Heinze Jr would never harm his family, and instead speculates that a drug dispute could have prompted the killings. "I know my brother didn't do this. My brother...http://www.newser.com/story/68746/georgia-man-innocent-in-trailer-slayings-kid-brother.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 14:09:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68204/commercial-real-estate-may-set-off-2nd-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust as the economy starts to recover, a second mortgage disaster may be looming. The commercial real estate sector is tanking, with many properties unable to generate enough cash to make mortgage payments. Lo and behold, those commercial mortgages have been sewn into securities—comparable to the packages of home...http://www.newser.com/story/68204/commercial-real-estate-may-set-off-2nd-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 7:27:11 CDT