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Crisis on the home front

Even many with prime mortgages are facing foreclosure and need state help

While Washington's big dogs are trying to rescue the country's banking system from the top, things are getting steadily worse here on the ground. Lenders repossessed 134 homes on Long Island last month. That's despite millions of state dollars being funneled into agencies that provide foreclosure prevention counseling and legal services.

What's more, homeowners with prime loans - people who...

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