* LPD makes rape arrest (Eloria Newell James, Laurel Leader-Call)
Local law enforcement officials have arrested a Laurel man in connection with the rape of a Laurel woman.
* Tax Defense Network adding 150 jobs in Jacksonville (San Antonio Business Journal)
A local company that helps people manage their tax debt plans to hire about 150 workers in Jacksonville by the end of the year.
* Nine arrests over ‘�40m mortgage scam’ (Mark Hughes, The Independent Online)
A group of housing developers, solicitors and surveyors are alleged to have defrauded the now-nationalised high street bank Bradford & Bingley out of �40m in a buy-to-let mortgage scam.
* Conti pleads guilty to mortgage fraud scheme (Erie Times-News)
Francis R. Conti of Waterford pleaded guilty to mail fraud and conspiracy charges this afternoon in relation to a widespread Erie mortgage fraud scheme.
* FORECLOSURES IN APPLE SOAR 44% (Carl Campanile, New York Post)
The number of foreclosure proceedings shot up 44 percent in New York City last month, nearly double the statewide average, according to a study released yesterday.
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