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London, England (CNN) -- Irish football officials have lodged an official complaint with world ruling body FIFA after Thierry Henry confessed that he handled the ball in the build-up to the goal which sent France to next summer's World Cup.

Television cameras showed Henry guiding the ball with his hand twice, before William Gallas scored from his resulting cross to give "Les Bleus" a narrow win in the two-legged World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland.

"I will be honest. It was a handball but I am not the referee," the Barcelona striker told reporters after the match in Paris.

The Irish Justice Ministry confirmed to CNN that Dermot Ahern had asked the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to demand a replay in the interests of fair play.

"Thierry Henry has admitted handling the ball, claims he told the ref he handled it. Millions of people worldwide saw it was a blatant double handball -- not to mention a double offside -- and we should put the powers that be in the cozy world of FIFA on the spot and demand a replay," Ahern said in a statement sent to CNN.

"They probably won't grant it as we are minnows in world football but let's put them on the spot. It's the least we owe the thousands of devastated young fans around the country. Otherwise if that result remains it reinforces the view that if you cheat you will win."

The FAI later confirmed that it had taken the matter to FIFA.

"I really believe the integrity of the game has been questioned last night," chief executive John Delaney told reporters. "The governing body of world football have to step up to the plate and accede to our call for a replay."

Delaney said the FAI had also written to the French football federation.

"They need to look at themselves in this situation. Henry is their captain and a wonderful footballer, but does he want to be like Diego Maradona and his legacy to be this handball, this goal that got them to the World Cup in an unjust manner? If we had qualified in this manner, I wouldn't be happy," he said.

"It is up to the people who govern the game now. Every time I go to a FIFA congress I hear about fair play and integrity. This was a defining game with the whole world watching, and if FIFA believe in fair play and integrity, this is their opportunity to step forward."

The FAI has argued that there is a precedent for the result to be struck out, following FIFA's ruling that Uzbekistan had to replay a play-off against Bahrain  for the 2006 World Cup in Germany after the referee made a mistake in awarding a penalty.

"The Football Association of Ireland is hoping that FIFA and its disciplinary committee will, on behalf of football fans worldwide, act in a similar fashion so that the standards of fair play and integrity can be protected," the FAI said.

FIFA confirmed it had received the Irish request for a replay, but gave no timescale on a decision.

However, it said that under its regulations the referee's decision cannot be changed.

"Law 5 states that the decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play, including whether or not a goal is scored and the result of the match, are final," it said.

"The referee may only change a decision on realising that it is incorrect or, at his discretion, on the advice of an assistant referee or the fourth official, provided that he has not restarted play or terminated the match."

Irish captain Richard Dunne, who spoke to Henry on the final whistle, said he felt cheated by the goal.

"He admitted he handled it, but it doesn't make me feel any better because we are not going to the World Cup finals," the defender said.

"FIFA will probably be happy. Yet again the big decisions have gone for the bigger team."

Football's international governing body had faced criticism from several Irish players that the seeding system for the play-off draw favored more powerful nations such as France.

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Dunne's teammate Robbie Keane admitted it was "hard to speak," as he struggled to come to terms with the result.

"With the way we played, we certainly deserved to win the game and it killed us near the end with that handball," he was quoted by the FAI Web site as saying.

"I've seen the replay but we knew anyway (it was handball). You could see by the reaction of the players, especially Shay (Given) who was two yards away from it. You don't get a reaction like that. It was a clear handball.

"He (Henry) almost caught the ball and actually ran into the net with it. We're devastated."

Ireland team manager Giovanni Trapattoni told reporters that the referee had time to ask the linesman and then Henry. "It would not have been the first time a player would have asked and it would not have been out of turn.

"We are angry," the Italian continued. "It is a bitter evening for me. I would prefer to have gone out on penalties."

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But former France international David Ginola was emphatic that Henry should not have "owned up."

"You don't do that," he told CNN. "Henry was doing his job. You can't blame him for doing everything he could for his team and country to get them to South Africa.

"But it was a shame to finish the game like that as Ireland had played very well.

"Referees need more help on the pitch, so as not to allow things like that. Obviously the referee was not well-positioned and couldn't see."

English Referees Union chief Alan Leighton told CNN that Swedish official Martin Hansson had clearly missed a huge decision.

"I think the incident was more of instinct than deliberately attempting to cheat but it does seem that the ball hit his hand twice and therefore there is an issue."

But on the wider issue of cheating, Leighton said: "It is all very well to blame the referees for not spotting it but fundamentally it starts with the players.

"I think the players have to think about the game, think about the reputation of the game and their own reputations and say look actually there is a line that we will not cross."

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TEHRAN, Iran (CNN)  -- A defiant and chaotic protest sprouted in and around a public square Monday despite a warning by Iran's Revolutionary Guard against the kind of street demonstrations that have roiled Iran for more than a week, witnesses said.

Security forces patrol the streets of Tehran on Monday.

Thousands of Iranians congregated and passed through Haft-e Tir Square, but riot police and the pro-government Basij militia confronted them and smacked their batons against their shin guards, making loud cracking sounds that seemed like gunshots, the witnesses said.

As the protests continued, an election official with the Interior Ministry said the "box-by-box details" of the ballots -- which were confidential in previous elections -- would be released in response to claims that the election was rigged, Press TV reported.

Iran's Guardian Council declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of the election with 62.63 percent of the vote. His closest rival, Mir Hossein Moussavi, received 33.75 percent, surprising many experts who expected him to win.

Iranians have continued protesting the results by taking to the streets.

Most stores around the square were closed as the unrest reverberated, with some guarding against damage by erecting steel fences on their windows.

Helicopters hovered overhead as the security forces wielded batons and used a spray to push the crowd out of the square. After that, police chased down demonstrators in nearby alleys and streets, with protesters and lawmen playing cat and mouse over several tension-filled hours until the crowd began to thin out around dusk.

There were isolated face-offs and quarrels that broke out between demonstrators and the riot police and the Basij militia -- a volunteer paramilitary force that takes orders from the Revolutionary Guard, a military unit under the direct control of Iran's supreme leader.

There were no reports of serious injuries, but there were at least eight arrests, witnesses said.

"Thirty years after the revolution, this is what we get," one man said dejectedly, watching the noisy and chaotic scene as he remembered the birth and the promise of Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979.

The location was the spot where a vigil was to be held in memory of Neda, a young woman who became a symbol for the opposition after her death was caught on camera. While Internet postings on Twitter, Facebook and an Iranian opposition leader's Web site had mentioned a possible rally, it was unclear whether people who were at the square were there for a vigil.

Some people were clad in black, a symbol of mourning, but placards and banners about Neda and candles have not been seen. However, security forces and demonstrators appeared at the square at the time the vigil was to be held.  Watch how women are on front line of protests Â»

Meanwhile, a message on opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi's Facebook page, which could not be authenticated, called for a peaceful demonstration in Tehran on Thursday to honor the dead.

"We are waiting for the route of the march to be announced as well as the location of the sit-in," the message said. "Presently the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic seems to be the safest place for the sit-in, so that we can mourn for our martyrs in a place that is close to the spirit of that free man.

Demonstrators Monday had brushed off a warning from the Revolutionary Guard that people who "disturb the peace and stand up to security forces" would be met with a strong response.

The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency quoted the Revolutionary Guard as saying "the guardians of the Islamic revolution and the courageous Basiji together with the security forces following the orders of the supreme leader and following him unquestioningly."

It said the authorities "are determined to act strongly to return peace and tranquility to society ... and to clean the country of these plotters and hooligans."

Iran's Revolutionary Guard is directly under the control of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and enforces the government's Islamic codes and morality. With more than 200,000 members, it is tasked with overseeing the country's crucial interests, including guarding its oil fields and missile arsenals.

The regime's lawmakers called for a review of ties with Britain amid concerns over so-called Western "meddling" in the country's daily unrest.

The government-funded Press TV reported that Iranian lawmakers were calling for a review of the country's ties with Britain because of its "interference in Iran's recent post-election unrest."

Britain's Foreign Office announced Monday it is withdrawing the family members of its embassy staff from Iran until the situation there improves.

News coverage in Iran has been limited by government restrictions on international journalists. On Sunday, the BBC said Iran had expelled Jon Leyne, the British network's permanent correspondent in Tehran. Al-Arabiya, a Dubai-based Arab satellite network, said its Tehran bureau was ordered closed.

At least 19 people were killed in clashes in Tehran on Saturday as Iranians took to the streets to protest the results of the June 12 presidential election, according to hospital sources.

Iranian-funded Press TV confirmed 13 fatalities, while unconfirmed reports put the number as high as 150. Tehran's prosecutor general's office said it has launched an investigation into the killings.  Watch one woman's account of clashes with security forces Â»

The station also said police arrested 457 people Saturday who vandalized property.  See images of the clashes Saturday Â»

Moussavi has called on Iranians to "exercise self-control," while still supporting their right to demonstrate, a statement attributed to Moussavi said late Sunday on the candidate's Web site, Ghalam news. CNN has not been able to verify the authenticity of the site.  Watch Iran's former crown prince call election a "fraud" Â»

On Monday, the site was intermittently inaccessible, but said at one point that Moussavi had met with a group of clerics in the city of Ghom on Monday morning to discuss current events.

A spokesman for the Guardian Council told state television that Wednesday is the last day it can recount the votes disputed by candidates.

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(CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr will have to pay Juan Manuel Marquez a reported $600,000 after weighing in two pounds too heavy ahead of Saturday night's welterweight showdown in Las Vegas.

Floyd Mayweather Jr, left, faces off with Juan Manuel Marquez ahead of Saturday night's fight.

Fight promoters Golden Boy confirmed after Friday's weigh-in that there had been a contractually agreed weight of 144 pounds for Mayweather's comeback bout, and that the American would pay a stipulated -- but undisclosed -- amount for every pound over that amount.

As it was, Mayweather tipped the scales at 146 pounds and Mexican Marquez, whose usual weight is around 135 pounds, was weighed at 142 as he stepped up from lightweight for the fight. The maximum for a welterweight is 147 pounds.

"The fight was contracted as a welterweight fight with an agreed upon weight of 144 pounds. However, there were pre-negotiated weight penalties built in," Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com.

The website also reported sources who stated that each extra pound would cost Mayweather $300,000, thus giving Marquez an additional $600,000 on top of his $3.2 million guarantee for the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The 32-year-old Mayweather, who returns to the boxing ring for the first time since December 2007 when he beat Ricky Hatton to retain his WBC world welterweight championship, has a reported minimum guarantee of $10 million before pay-per-view TV revenues are added.

Mayweather is undefeated with a career record of 39-0, while the 36-year-old Marquez, who holds the WBA and WBO world lightweight belts, has 50 victories from 55 fights, 37 by knockout.

Meanwhile, Nikolai Valuev will defend his WBA heavyweight title against British boxer David Haye in Germany on November 7.

The fight, originally announced in July, had been in doubt as American John Ruiz lodged a legal challenge claiming that he was the giant Russian's mandatory challenger.

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The 7' 1" Valuev, the tallest and heaviest boxing champion of all time who has a record of 50 wins from 52 fights, will dwarf the 6' 3" Haye, the former undisputed cruiserweight champion.

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(Travel + Leisure) -- When I first started traveling, I was delighted by refrigerator magnets, T-shirts, embroidered patches and snow globes -- all the usual gift-shop kitsch. At some point, however, it struck me as a shortcut, celebrating a destination's clichÃ©s rather than the place itself.

So I moved up to items that were unavailable on every other corner and, ideally, handmade. I felt good about supporting craftspeople, and the objects had more personal resonance. Though when I got them home, many of them turned into dust-catching clutter -- one-of-a-kind clutter, but still. Moreover, I questioned their authenticity. I make every effort to eat at restaurants frequented by locals. Why would I shop for souvenirs in stores where residents never tread?

Now, I hunt for what I call "unsouvenirs." The word souvenir is Middle French for "remembering," and unsouvenirs, despite the prefix, must also be able to trigger a memory. But they're different from souvenirs in that they capture the essence of a place not simply because they were purchased there, but because -- this is the important part -- locals actually use them.

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That's the best definition for cultural authenticity that I can come up with. While I prefer that my unsouvenirs originate in the destination ("made in China" is only appealing if you're in China), I don't mind if they come from a factory. Few of us can claim that we incorporate many handmade items into our day-to-day lives.

I just visited Rome for the first time -- ridiculous, I know -- and I was surprised by how rife with kitsch the historic center is. Rare is the block that doesn't have a store selling I Â© ROME T-SHIRTS. My customs form, in contrast, looked as if I had run errands on a Saturday afternoon.

I bought a plastic container designed to hold the unsliced part of an onion, premixed Campari and soda in Art Deco bottles, a package of assorted paper from an art-supply shop, Elmex toothpaste, and a lip balm called HerpeSun. They'll remind me of Rome every time I use them (though I haven't yet been brave enough to whip out the lip balm in public).

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Certain kinds of stores are more reliable for unsouvenirs. Supermarkets and pharmacies are always interesting. Cookware purveyors are also a consistently rich source: you might score Bialetti espresso pots from coffee-crazy Italy or elegant woven place mats from understated Sweden. At a Japanese hardware store you could come upon a miniature scythe-style weeder; or you might spot a cowbell and collar in northern Italy. (Part of the fun is repurposing: that bell could be a doorbell.)

Stationery shops, whether you're in Greece or Indonesia, tend to have schoolkids' notebooks, which make for quirky journals back home. Also worth a look are stores that sell hobby or restaurant supplies, sporting goods, garden equipment, bike gear....

"You have to get off the map," agrees the queen of unsouvenirs, Alisa Grifo, co-owner of Kiosk, a store in New York's SoHo that stocks workaday objects from around the world (usually one country at a time, displayed in four-to-six-month "exhibitions"), all acquired during Grifo's peripatetic travels.

Highlights from Germany included egg cups, a pencil sharpener and a doorstop; from Hong Kong, a mailbox, green twine and a calculator. Individually, the items are idiosyncratic and well designed; gathered together, they convey the spirit of a country, in both their utility and their aesthetics. (To see what I mean, visit kioskkiosk.com.)

I assumed that Grifo had the same wander-and-hope strategy that I do, but she and her husband and co-owner Marco Romeny actually do a ton of prep work. They research each destination, reading up on the history, culture, museums, food, crafts, anything. And they network like mad: "We ask ourselves, 'Who do we know from there? Who has relatives there?'"

Most important, they're usually in a country for two to six weeks, which means they stay -- and shop -- in residential neighborhoods. Just as the ideal unsouvenir reflects locals' daily existence, the best way to shop for unsouvenirs is by practicing a bit of cultural immersion -- in other words, when in Rome, shop as the Romans do.

As Grifo and I chatted, I bragged about my onion container, which I consider a symbol of my victory in tourist-clogged Rome. If any other American traveler brought home a plastic onion this year, I'll eat mine -- washed down with more than one bottle of Campari Soda.

Grifo's eyes lit up. "That's brilliant," she said. "How does it open? Can you send me a photo?" Maybe someday Kiosk will tackle Italy, and my little onion holder will be part of the exhibition. That would be fantastic -- as long as we all remember who found it first.

Erik Torkells is an editor at tripadvisor.com and the founder of tribecacitizen.com.

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(CNN) -- Extra-time goals by Darren O'Dea and Aiden McGeady gave Celtic a 2-0 victory over Glasgow rivals Rangers in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park.

Darren O'Dea (left) peels away after scoring the opening goal in Celtic's 2-0 victory over Rangers.

After 90 tense minutes had failed to produce a goal, the game moved in to extra-time and just a minute after the restart O'Dea, who had not scored since Celtic beat Livingston in February 2007, leapt to head a Shunsuke Nakamura free-kick past goalkeeper Allan McGregor.

Then, In the third minute of added time at the end of the match, Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot was red-carded for denying McGeady a clear goalscoring opportunity and the Ireland international scored from the resulting penalty.

There was little between the two sides in normal time but Celtic's superior fitness paid off, giving them a psychological boost in their bid for a fourth Scottish Premier League title in succession -- a race in which Celtic lead Rangers by three points.

The victory was Celtic's first major final victory over their arch-enemies for 20 years -- and ensured Rangers, who are also through to the semifinals of the Scottish FA Cup -- cannot now lift the domestic treble.

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PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- Thirty-year-old Lisa Locascio is walking through what she hopes will soon be her new living room.

Lisa Locascio is trying to buy her first home with help from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

"The carpet's clearly trashed, but that's going to get ripped out," she says.

She's excited to become a first-time homebuyer and has been shopping exclusively for foreclosed homes in the Phoenix, Arizona, area for several weeks now.

"It's the American dream," Locascio says of home ownership, and she's just zeroed in on the one she wants to be hers. She has a bid in and is waiting to hear on her offer.

Financially strapped prospective buyers like Locascio have discovered hope in the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a year-old federal program designed to help stabilize communities decimated by foreclosures and abandonment. Families and individuals who qualify can get a loan of up to $15,000 to cover down payment and closing costs of foreclosed homes. The amount varies by region, but can amount to tens of thousands of dollars.

Congress approved the nationwide program in July 2008, pumping a total of $3.92 billion into the hardest-hit communities. Almost $2 billion more was allocated in May.

A total of $121 million in funding arrived in Arizona in April, and the Phoenix area received the largest cut, approximately $39.4 million.

Program watch dogs are keeping their eyes on states like Arizona to see how the money will be spent and whether it will make a difference.

Arizona had the fourth highest rate of new foreclosures in May, according to Realty Trac.

With such a high foreclosure rate, the funds allocated to Arizona, and in particular the Phoenix area, were significant.

However, not one home in Phoenix has been purchased using the NSP funds despite hundreds of applications. People are still trying to navigate an unfamiliar process, housing experts in Phoenix say.

Locascio would be thrilled to be the first person to close on a home. She is single and works as a project manager at a Scottsdale asset management company. However, she currently has no savings. After recently providing financial assistance to a relative -- a move that depleted her bank account -- Locascio admits she never thought she'd be able to afford a home of her own any time soon. She's unable to meet the 3.5 percent down payment required for the most affordable government-backed home loans; therefore, she had resigned herself to paying rent until she was able to recoup her savings.

That's when a friend, Lance Connolly, a Phoenix Realtor, told Locascio of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

"My Realtor filled me in on it, and then I did some research on it and decided that would probably be the best route to take," Locascio says. The program is limited to applicants with incomes between $55,350 and $104,400, depending on family size, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The income limits vary from region to region.

Applicants must also complete eight hours of financial counseling and courses in budgeting and home ownership, and be able to invest $1,000 of their own money. Under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, HUD requires the lender to give buyers a 15% discount below the appraised value and the loan must be paid back in full when the homeowner sells the home or refinances. Lenders are not required, however, to accept a discounted offer.

Once approved for the maximum loan, Locascio wasted little time in locating and bidding on a property she liked. Although Locascio's bid was $30,000 less than the listing price, offers like hers are common in the Phoenix area. On any given day in 2009, real estate listings can show more than 25,000 foreclosed single family homes available.

Locascio said, "I'd be disappointed" if the bank turned down her offer.

Locascio has good credit, and so she qualified for a $275,000 fixed-rate mortgage using the approved federal funds. She believes taking the mandated classes taught her the importance of personal affordability. "I liked the programs, the counseling and things like that that teach you not to live outside your means... I don't want to be house poor," Locascio said.

Under the scenario of her bid, Locascio would only have to come up with about $1,500 on her own for earnest money and appraisal costs. If approved, her monthly mortgage payment would actually be $180 less than what she is paying to rent for a two-bedroom, 900-square foot apartment.

Connolly has been in the Phoenix real estate market for about nine years and has seen the disastrous real estate downturn up close. He hopes to soon see more clients using NSP funding.

"It's just kind of coming out now that people are understanding it's there. I don't think they have done a very big promotion... put it on billboards or anything like that to say, 'Hey, this is available to you,'" Connolly said. Until now, Connolly said, Internet-savvy house hunters have had to discover the program on their own.

Experts want to caution those who think the Neighborhood Stabilization Program will solve Phoenix's devastated real estate market.

John Smith, president of Mesa, Arizona-based Housing Our Communities, a nonprofit that helps people find affordable housing, says that won't happen.

"We have to identify those goals, those strategies and those resources that are going to make a difference," he says. "This is not, in and of itself, going to do that."

He compares the program to a Band-Aid, cautioning, "It is only one tool ... we're going to have to find some other solutions to stabilize these communities."

Communities are visibly ailing all across the area, with some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods nearly abandoned by foreclosures. Homes are boarded up and weeds cover the "For Sale" and "For Rent" signs in thousands of yards.

"It's overwhelming when you look at the numbers," Smith said, noting that Phoenix still records roughly 8,000 new foreclosure notices every month.

Smith estimates the loan program will probably help only about 1,000 families acquire homes across the Phoenix metro area.

Nonprofit housing assistance programs such as Smith's are available in many cities across the country to educate and counsel prospective home buyers and inform them of available assistance. However, Smith cautions it's not just about quick ownership.

"We just don't want houses to be bought and sold. We want families to invest and develop affordable, sustainable home ownership throughout the community." Smith urges patience and warns it will take full cooperation for all sectors to turn the housing crisis around.

"We have to encourage the private sector, the banking industry, the mortgage industry to also get involved and provide product that makes it possible for families to buy houses. It all can't be federal money," Smith said.

Less than 24 hours after submitting her bid, Locascio received a call from the bank. After watching the property sit foreclosed and idle on the market for almost two months, she was informed that someone else beat her bid by only a few hours. Despite the funding assistance, Locascio quickly learned there are no assurances or guarantees in the federally funded home buying process. She later found two more places she likes and placed bids on them.

She hopes one of the banks will come through quickly and make her a new homeowner, the first to use funds from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

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text: than

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text: paying

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text: has

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text: disastrous

text: real

text: estate

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text: close

text: He

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text: using

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text: now

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text: this

text: is

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text: to

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text: Connolly

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text: Connolly

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text: Internet

text: savvy

text: house

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text: program

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text: own

text: Experts

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text: to

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text: those

text: who

text: think

text: the

text: Neighborhood

text: Stabilization

text: Program

text: will

text: solve

text: Phoenix

text: 's

text: devastated

text: real

text: estate

text: market

text: John

text: Smith

text: president

text: of

text: Mesa

text: Arizona

text: based

text: Housing

text: Our

text: Communities

text: a

text: nonprofit

text: that

text: helps

text: people

text: find

text: affordable

text: housing

text: says

text: that

text: wo

text: n't

text: happen

text: We

text: have

text: to

text: identify

text: those

text: goals

text: those

text: strategies

text: and

text: those

text: resources

text: that

text: are

text: going

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: difference

text: he

text: says

text: This

text: is

text: not

text: in

text: and

text: of

text: itself

text: going

text: to

text: do

text: that

text: He

text: compares

text: the

text: program

text: to

text: a

text: Band

text: Aid

text: cautioning

text: It

text: is

text: only

text: one

text: tool

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: have

text: to

text: find

text: some

text: other

text: solutions

text: to

text: stabilize

text: these

text: communities

text: Communities

text: are

text: visibly

text: ailing

text: all

text: across

text: the

text: area

text: with

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: hardest

text: hit

text: neighborhoods

text: nearly

text: abandoned

text: by

text: foreclosures

text: Homes

text: are

text: boarded

text: up

text: and

text: weeds

text: cover

text: the

text: For

text: Sale

text: and

text: For

text: Rent

text: signs

text: in

text: thousands

text: of

text: yards

text: It

text: 's

text: overwhelming

text: when

text: you

text: look

text: at

text: the

text: numbers

text: Smith

text: said

text: noting

text: that

text: Phoenix

text: still

text: records

text: roughly

text: new

text: foreclosure

text: notices

text: every

text: month

text: Smith

text: estimates

text: the

text: loan

text: program

text: will

text: probably

text: help

text: only

text: about

text: families

text: acquire

text: homes

text: across

text: the

text: Phoenix

text: metro

text: area

text: Nonprofit

text: housing

text: assistance

text: programs

text: such

text: as

text: Smith

text: 's

text: are

text: available

text: in

text: many

text: cities

text: across

text: the

text: country

text: to

text: educate

text: and

text: counsel

text: prospective

text: home

text: buyers

text: and

text: inform

text: them

text: of

text: available

text: assistance

text: However

text: Smith

text: cautions

text: it

text: 's

text: not

text: just

text: about

text: quick

text: ownership

text: We

text: just

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: houses

text: to

text: be

text: bought

text: and

text: sold

text: We

text: want

text: families

text: to

text: invest

text: and

text: develop

text: affordable

text: sustainable

text: home

text: ownership

text: throughout

text: the

text: community

text: Smith

text: urges

text: patience

text: and

text: warns

text: it

text: will

text: take

text: full

text: cooperation

text: for

text: all

text: sectors

text: to

text: turn

text: the

text: housing

text: crisis

text: around

text: We

text: have

text: to

text: encourage

text: the

text: private

text: sector

text: the

text: banking

text: industry

text: the

text: mortgage

text: industry

text: to

text: also

text: get

text: involved

text: and

text: provide

text: product

text: that

text: makes

text: it

text: possible

text: for

text: families

text: to

text: buy

text: houses

text: It

text: all

text: ca

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text: be

text: federal

text: money

text: Smith

text: said

text: Less

text: than

text: hours

text: after

text: submitting

text: her

text: bid

text: Locascio

text: received

text: a

text: call

text: from

text: the

text: bank

text: After

text: watching

text: the

text: property

text: sit

text: foreclosed

text: and

text: idle

text: on

text: the

text: market

text: for

text: almost

text: two

text: months

text: she

text: was

text: informed

text: that

text: someone

text: else

text: beat

text: her

text: bid

text: by

text: only

text: a

text: few

text: hours

text: Despite

text: the

text: funding

text: assistance

text: Locascio

text: quickly

text: learned

text: there

text: are

text: no

text: assurances

text: or

text: guarantees

text: in

text: the

text: federally

text: funded

text: home

text: buying

text: process

text: She

text: later

text: found

text: two

text: more

text: places

text: she

text: likes

text: and

text: placed

text: bids

text: on

text: them

text: She

text: hopes

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: banks

text: will

text: come

text: through

text: quickly

text: and

text: make

text: her

text: a

text: new

text: homeowner

text: the

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text: to

text: use

text: funds

text: from

text: the

text: Neighborhood

text: Stabilization

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question: What state has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the U.S.?

answer: Arizona

text: Arizona

question: Which state has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country?

answer: Arizona

text: Arizona

question: Has money been used to help purchase homes under the federal program?

answer: Lisa Locascio is trying to buy her first home with help from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

text: Lisa Locascio is trying to buy her first home with help from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program.