Government-controlled mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said Wednesday they will buy back troubled loans contained in securities they already have sold to investors. Read more here: Fannie, Freddie to start buying back bad loans (Seattle Times)

IMF Staff Proposes Giving Georgia Access To $150 Million In Loans Original post: IMF Staff Proposes Giving Georgia Access To $150 Million In Loans (Fox News)

Q: I recently made a reservation on the Days Inn Web site for six nights at the Days Inn Barnwell, S.C. My American Express card was charged $415. Because of a death in my family that required me to travel to Oklahoma to attend the funeral, I called Days Inn… Oklahoma – American Express – United States – Travel – Travel and Tourism View post: Travel Troubleshooter (San...

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s Cabinet endorsed planned legislation to offer ¥100 billion in low-interest loans to developers of electric cars and solar and nuclear power. The government will offer financing at rates about 0.2 to 0.3 percentage point lower than ordinary commercial loans to developers of photovoltaic cells, lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and nuclear reactors, Tetsuya Hamabe...

The Beach Boys, Ted Nugent, Gloriana, Chris Young and Jason Michael Carroll are the entertainment scheduled for the 2010 Central Wisconsin State Fair which begins the last week of August and ends on Labor Day. More information will be posted on this Web site and in the Marshfield News-Herald . Original post: Entertainment announced for 2010 Central WI Fair (Marshfield News Herald)

Obsidian has been busy lately. The RPG studio is currently working on two games, and is now helping with a third. Game Informer is reporting that they have signed a deal to work with Red Eagle on their game set in the Wheel of Time universe. “The development team at Obsidian Entertainment has demonstrated time and again that they can successfully blend storytelling with technology to craft a...