If you've ever been harassed by a debt collector, deserved or not, Texas AG Greg Abbott has just stood up for you (As Joe Biden might put it, since Abbott's in a wheelchair).Abbott's office announced a settlement this morning against NCO Financial Systems, one of the world's biggest debt-collection agencies, for stuff they've done to Texans."According to investigators," the AGs office said, "NCO Financial Systems representatives made harassing and sometimes profanity-laden telephone calls to Tex
Photo by Paul KnightHarris County is seeing the result of failed government efforts to fix the housing crisis by issuing 90-day moratoriums on foreclosures.July was the worst month for foreclosures in the county since the savings and loan debacle, just 73 properties short of the record month -- October 1987 -- according to numbers from the Woodlands-based Foreclosure Information & Listing Service. "If you were three months behind on payments, it's not like you were going to get caught up in
