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The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the escalating foreclosure crisis continued to outpace government efforts to limit the damage.

Foreclosure filings were up 32 percent from the same month last year, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. More than 360,000 households, or one in every 355 homes, received a foreclosure-related notice


Corporate bondholders are challenging Donald Trump's proposed takeover of Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., claiming it would benefit only two people - Trump and his financial partner.

The bondholders filed motions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court objecting to the Trump buyout because it seems like "a brazen insider deal" and would wipe out the $1.25 billion of notes they own in the casino company.


An Ohio police department says it has received scores of calls from around the country complaining about a YouTube video showing an officer taking an 84-year-old woman to the ground.

Police said the officer did what she had to do when the woman was seen holding a steak knife in a Walmart parking lot on Aug. 1. Police say the woman has Alzheimer's.


Lincoln, Nebraska police say they've arrested a local woman twice in one night for driving drunk.

Police said Claudia Bustamante was pulled over at 1:13 a.m. Wednesday

The officer who stopped her said her blood-alcohol level was .19. That's more than twice the legal limit. Bustamante was cited on suspicion of driving under the influence and negligent driving and taken to a detoxification center.

the same officer stopped Bustamante again about two hours later. This time she was driving her boyfriend's car. She was arrested for driving under the influence and negligent driving and taken to jail. Her blood-alcohol level then tested at .154.