Color of Money Live (Washington Post)
Need advice about how to handle your personal finances? Whether the struggle is saving for retirement, organizing your bank files, talking about money responsibility with your spouse or loved one, Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary offers her advice and answers your tough questions.

Payday loan traps (Baltimore Sun)
Eileen Ambrose -- Personal Finance Aziza Gary grew increasingly uncomfortable.

Lenders' ethics fall under scrutiny (The Argus Leader)
Some call it legalized loan-sharking. Others insist it's the only way to ensure all Americans have access to credit.

Mum's 240pc interest scare (The Courier Mail)
KAREN Deakin doesn't want to see another payday lender again. A loan bearing 240 per cent interest rates tends to do that.

Payday crunch: Are loans a bailout or rip-off? (La Crosse Tribune)
If you’ve watched late-night television, you’ve probably seen ads featuring a leggy woman driving away in a convertible sports car with her chiseled husband, cash in hand from a payday loan. The message: Take out a payday loan, take a vacation.

Yvonne Zanos: Regulation E protects us from electronic bank fraud (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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Putting a cap on payday lenders (Deseret Morning News)
Orem city officials have put a cap on the number of payday lending stores they will accept in their city, hoping to limit the opportunities for residents to become buried under loans with annual percentage rates as high as 800 percent.

Governor: Keep working; but without a budget, paychecks may be late (Daily American)
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Rod Blagojevich Tuesday moved to avert a government shutdown by urging state employees to report to work today, even though the state no longer has the authority to pay them.

State budget deadline expires (Galesburg Register-Mail)
Governor urges state employees to report to work; paychecks could be delayed

Housing Bubble and Real Estate Market Tracker (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance)
A roundup of articles and data about the housing market.