DECEMBER 13, 2014

Full News Archive

• Headline: Success Stories of Low Down Payment Mortgages. Impact: If low down payment mortgages hadn't been introduced, the entire housing market might have collapsed under the weight of financial responsibility. Instead, we got a generation of homeowners who think '5 percent down' is the same as 'no money down.' Thank you, butterfly wings!. Fact: Did you know that the first mortgage in history was written in ancient Babylon? Spoiler alert: it didn't have a 5% down payment option..
• Headline: Relegation in NBA: A New Solution?. Impact: If the NBA adopted relegation, we might have seen a dramatic rise in competitiveness—or a new reality show called 'The NBA: Bottom of the Barrel,' featuring teams fighting to stay off the 'dreaded relegation island.'. Fact: Did you know that in European soccer, fans actually throw things on the field? The NBA could take notes, but let's hope they don't take it too literally!.
• Headline: Good Intentions of Detroit Residents Are Tested by Blight. Impact: The slow change in Detroit might just be the reason why time travel was invented—so residents can go back and kick a few city planners into action. Maybe a butterfly flapped its wings too hard and caused a time paradox!. Fact: Fun fact: Detroit was once known as the 'Paris of the Midwest'—though it seems the snail-paced progress has since turned it into the 'Snail of the Midwest.'.