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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) ? Members of the Dallas Bar Association and Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas want to get the word out that there are free legal services available for eligible Dallas County residents.

This month the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program is holding eight free clinics across Dallas County.

While lawyers won?t offer criminal or immigration assistance they can help residents with all types of legal issues.

?We see a lot of name changes, adoptions, divorces and custody matters,? explained Michelle Alden, the managing attorney of the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program. ?We?re trying to make sure that everybody knows about the clinics and help as many applicants as we.?

Certain financial guidelines determine eligibility, but Alden says the program also takes into consideration things like rent and mortgage responsibilities, as well as transportation expenses.

If an individual doesn?t meet the eligibility requirements program volunteers will provide them with a list of other Dallas County resources that might be able offer them assistance.

Normally there are between five and 10 attorneys volunteering and a maximum of 40 applicants accepted per clinic.

?Our goal is to help as man low-income citizens of Dallas County as we possibly can,? Alden said.

Free clinics are taking place almost every week, across Dallas County. Each session generally includes attorneys able to assist with everything from estate planning and probate, to landlord/tenant issues and Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Anyone applying for assistance will need to have identification, proof of income, and any current legal papers concerning their issue.

All of the clinics in August begin at 6 p.m., but applicants are encouraged to arrive early.

The schedule August?free legal clinics are as follows:

East Dallas (Grace United Methodist Church-4105 Junius at Haskell)
? Thursdays, August 2; and August 16
South Dallas (Martin Luther King, Jr. Center-2922 MLK Blvd.)
? Tuesdays, August 7; August 14; and August 28
West Dallas (Marillac Social Services Center-2843 Lapsley Street)
? Thursdays, August 9; and August 23
Garland (Salvation Army-451 W. Avenue D, Garland, TX 75040)
? Thursday, August 16

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Source: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/08/02/dallas-bar-volunteers-offer-free-legal-clinics/

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Google takes one giant leap: now lets you Street View the Kennedy Space Center

Today's a stupendous day for lovers of the one and only National Aeronautics Space Administration -- nearly half as great as when we took you inside Kennedy Space Center shortly after it had opened its fascinating doors to the public. At any rate, Google announced earlier that its captivating (and sometimes troubling) Street View technology had made its way into NASA's KSC, allowing people to check out what the compound is all about and what sort of sensational machinery lies inside. With Mountain View's doings, you can now find your way around different spots within the Space Center, including the Launch Firing Room, Vehicle Assembly Building and, as seen above, the Space Shuttle Launch Pad. There's a video past the break if you're interested in a quick preview, otherwise you can give it a go yourself by clicking the more coverage link below.

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Family to move from 'toxic' house - national | Stuff.co.nz

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BAD ENVIRONMENT: Danielle and her mother, Donna Koveskali, in one of the mouldy rooms in their Titahi Bay house. The dehumidifier, lower right, is half full after running for two hours and wallpaper is peeling from the walls.

After three years of living in damp and mould, a Porirua family can finally start to breathe easy.

Donna Koveskali has been battling Housing New Zealand over the condition of the state house she shares with her two children.

The family, who moved into the Titahi Bay house in 2009, soon found themselves wiping the walls clean of black mould and extreme moisture every day.

Miss Koveskali's 23-year-old daughter Danielle - who has renal failure and requires daily dialysis treatment - began to suffer breathing problems and bronchitis.

Both Miss Koveskali and her daughter had been sleeping in the lounge as they could not breathe properly in their "toxic" bedrooms.

"I cleaned all the mould out of the lounge so we would actually have somewhere to sleep. I didn't clean the rooms because I wanted [Housing NZ] to see what we had been dealing with.

"You would freak out if you saw it, and probably be sick if you smelled it."

But yesterday morning Housing NZ declared the house unliveable and offered to relocate the family as soon as possible.

A representative visiting the family's house decided that they would work to find the Koveskalis a new home.

Housing NZ spokesman Steve Corbett said they would offer the family every assistance practical, and that could include chemically cleaning the Koveskalis' belongings before the move.

"We don't want to take anything that's mouldy from the house and plonk it straight into a non-mouldy house."

Staff would show the family through a three-bedroom house on Monday, and Housing NZ would pay for the move.

It had been exhausting battling Housing NZ, Miss Koveskali said.

"I won't lie, I think I'm over it. It has just been the same thing over and over again.

"I am just so relieved. Relieved and happy that they have finally listened to us."

Miss Koveskali's 18-year-old son Lukin was also suffering kidney failure and could need a kidney transplant and regular dialysis within the next five years.

"I just had to get them out," she said.

"It's just black in there. Danielle's room smelled of mould, but mine has got to the point where it is just this extreme toxic smell."

The house was in such poor condition that it should be demolished, Miss Koveskali said. "I'm a bit worried about some poor family moving in there with little wee babies. It's seriously not safe."

Mr Corbett would not confirm if the house would need renovations. "It is still to be determined, but we are looking at whether we can sell it. It's too early to say much more."

TIMELINE

Mid-2009: Donna Koveskali and her two children move to a house in Dymock St, Titahi Bay.

Early 2010: Family begins to notice problems with ventilation, black mould and moisture. Contacts Housing NZ. June 2010:The Dominion Post reports on Danielle's breathing problems.

October 2010: Independent consultants confirm the mouldy house had caused health problems, and Housing NZ promises to begin renovations.

2010 ? early 2012: Housing NZ completes minor upgrades to the home, but the main problems remain. They offer the Koveskalis another home option, but the offered house would not accommodate dialysis equipment.

May 2012: After inquiries by The Dominion Post, Housing NZ replaces the roof.

August 2012: When the roof replacement does not fix problems, Housing NZ agrees that the Koveskali family will need to be relocated.

- ? Fairfax NZ News

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7412718/Family-to-move-from-toxic-house

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Cricket ships Huawei Ascend Q, offers Android chatting for $140 prepaid

Huawei had said it would deliver the Ascend Q in August, and it didn't waste a moment -- Cricket is selling the Android 2.3 messager as of today for $140 on its prepaid smartphone plans. While the OS, 800MHz processor, 3.2-inch display and fixed-focus 3.2-megapixel camera won't knock any socks off, we found the Ascend Q a solid phone for compulsive chatters when we tried it last month. There's also a 4GB microSD card in the box to get the ball rolling. One minor surprise: Muve Music is getting a minor boost through DTS audio processing that reportedly fills out the sound. As long as there's no expectations of a media extravaganza, Huawei's new hardware could be one of the better bargains in Cricket's stable.

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Scheme to get credit to recession-hit economy begins

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks can start tapping into a new government programme to provide them with cheap funding designed to get more credit to flow through the recession-hit economy, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

The scheme - which offers funding at below-market rates against a broad range of collateral if banks continue or extend lending to businesses and consumers - is likely to ultimately replace earlier credit easing schemes, the ministry said.

The "funding for lending" (FLS) scheme draw down window is now open for the next eighteen months and banks and building societies can borrow at cheaper rates, for periods of up to four years, the finance ministry added.

"The more generous FLS has officially opened for business and will in time effectively take over from the NLGS (National Loan Guarantee Scheme), delivering credit easing to the whole economy," George Osborne, the Chancellor, said in a statement.

Part of efforts to lift the economy out of recession, the plan was jointly announced by Osborne and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King in June and details were presented last month.

Previous schemes to spur lending since the financial crisis have failed to boost the economy. This has put pressure on the BoE and the Conservative-led coalition government, which have been quick to blame much of the country's economic woes on the neighbouring euro zone debt crisis.

Osborne and the Bank insist that the latest credit easing scheme will be different, as it ties banks' access to the scheme and cost of using it directly to whether they raise total lending to British firms and households.

The government is making an initial 80 billion pounds available, though how much the economy is boosted will depend on banks' demand for the cheap funding.

(Reporting by Sven Egenter; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

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Senate Race Rankings: Toss-Ups!

NEBRASKA (Open D, Sen. Ben Nelson retiring) (Last month's rank: 1)
Polls show state Sen. Deb Fischer leading former Sen. Bob Kerrey by a wide margin. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may have offered to help persuade his fellow Democrats to count Kerrey's previous service toward his seniority, but Reid isn't likely to suffer the consequences. Expect Fischer to join the Senate next year. MAINE (Open R, Sen. Olympia Snowe is retiring) (Last month: 3)
The Chamber of Commerce has become the first group to show any interest in Republican nominee Charlie Summers. But polling shows that Summers is far behind former Gov. Angus King. We still don't know which side King will caucus with, but Democrats are fond of pointing out that he backs President Obama and shares a pollster with Sen. John Kerry. MISSOURI (D, Sen. Claire McCaskill) (Last month: 4)
McCaskill's odds have never been good, and public polling that shows her trailing all three of her potential Republican opponents mirrors internal surveys. Everything that went right for her in 2006 -- her outsider status, her job as state auditor, and the anti-Republican, anti-establishment wave -- have turned on McCaskill: She's now the insider, defending her record and her party's unpopular president in a White House year. Businessman John Brunner leads the Republican primary, and Democrats believe they have the opposition research to make the general competitive, but the next three months will be a tough slog for McCaskill. NORTH DAKOTA (Open D, Sen. Kent Conrad is retiring) (Last month: 3)
Former Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp is keeping this red state competitive. Republicans believe they can bring her numbers down by tying her to President Obama -- but they're going to have to spend money to do it. Already, the Crossroads groups have started spending against Heitkamp. Rep. Rick Berg has plenty of money of his own, and Heitkamp's burn rate is high. But Democrats are in a better position than they should be, all based on the strength of a strong recruit. MASSACHUSETTS (R, Sen. Scott Brown) (Last month: 6)
The same arguments that Republicans use to suggest they'll win North Dakota are the ones Democrats use to talk up their chances in the Bay State: Their presidential candidate is going to get close to 60 percent of the vote, meaning the other side has to win a huge, perhaps impossibly high, percentage of crossover voters. Sen. Scott Brown is still popular, but getting one in six Obama voters to cast Republican Senate ballots is a tall order. Democrat Elizabeth Warren needs to connect Brown to Mitt Romney. Brown needs to bring Obama's approval ratings down. Outside groups running ads aimed at New Hampshire will help -- but the fact that Brown is going after Obama, even if only in a web video, is notable. MONTANA (D, Sen. Jon Tester) (Last month: 5)
Tester and Rep. Denny Rehberg have the rare opportunity to control most of their own race. Montana's inexpensive ad market means that both sides, and their respective campaign committees back in Washington, have already bought up most of the television time available between Labor Day and Election Day. Tester has a strong brand on which to run, and while President Obama isn't popular in the state, outgoing Gov. Brian Schweitzer sure is. Watch Tester sound the populist horn, while Rehberg tries to tie him to everything unpopular about Washington. Republicans still believe that Rehberg's campaign could be going better, but they see Tester as a top target. WISCONSIN (Open D, Sen. Herb Kohl is retiring) (Last month: 7)
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is fighting for first place in the Republican primary with businessman Eric Hovde. The Club for Growth, which backs former Rep. Mark Neumann, is assaulting the other two. And Rep. Tammy Baldwin is waiting in the wings. It's clear that Thompson would be the best general-election candidate -- Democrats actually remember voting for him, after all. And for all Republicans' protestations that a Madison liberal like Baldwin can't win statewide, she'd fare much worse if she hailed from Milwaukee. Candidates from the largest city in Wisconsin don't do well statewide. Just ask Tom Barrett. NEVADA (R, Sen. Dean Heller) (Last month: 8)
How do we know the ethics investigation surrounding Rep. Shelley Berkley is becoming a vote-moving issue? Because Berkley is still talking about it. She's up with three new ads this week trying to turn her work on behalf of a kidney clinic into a liability for Heller. That tells us she's still worried about her image. Democrats are registering voters at a furious pace, giving Berkley reason for optimism, but until she gets lucky (or makes her own luck), Heller has a slight edge. VIRGINIA (Open D, Sen. Jim Webb retiring) (Last month: 10)
Our operating theory has been that former Gov. Tim Kaine will run ahead of President Obama by 2 or 3 points, which means he's the favorite to keep Webb's seat. But public polling isn't reflecting that yet. Republicans are counting on higher turnout in the southwest, where turnout lagged in 2008 and where traditionally social-conservative Democrats are beginning to vote more reliably Republican. That hope represents former Sen. George Allen's best chance. NEW MEXICO (Open D, Sen. Jeff Bingaman retiring) (Last month: 9)
Rep. Martin Heinrich has a lead over former Rep. Heather Wilson, but outside groups are only now getting involved. Crossroads has run ads hitting Heinrich, and the DSCC and pro-environment groups are responding with anti-Wilson ads. This race may be closer than the polling indicates -- or Democrats may be trying to put it away early. We'll watch post-Labor Day polling to figure out which way this race tips. FLORIDA (D, Sen. Bill Nelson) (Last month: 12)
Rep. Connie Mack is becoming more competitive simply by virtue of the state's closely divided nature. National Republicans are getting more interested in the race as public polling continues to show Mack running closely behind -- or in some cases narrowly ahead -- of Nelson. If Florida comes off the presidential table, watch Senate groups get more interested. Nelson's money, though, is an overwhelming advantage right now. OHIO (D, Sen. Sherrod Brown) (Last month: 11)
Public polling is why Republicans are growing more confident about Florida. But it's also why they're quietly growing more pessimistic about Ohio. Treasurer Josh Mandel started the race largely as an undefined figure, but Brown's campaign is casting him as a power-hungry career politician, and Mandel hasn't figured out a way to respond yet. Meanwhile, the millions spent against Brown so far haven't moved any numbers. ARIZONA (Open R, Sen. Jon Kyl retiring) (Last month: 13)
Rep. Jeff Flake seems to have turned something of a corner in his closer-than-expected primary. Businessman Wil Cardon still has the money to make a comeback, but time is running short before the August 28 primary. If Democrat Richard Carmona raises the money to compete, this could be the cycle's upset special. Still, Arizona's demographics are very different from its electorate, making Carmona an underdog. INDIANA (R, Sen. Richard Lugar defeated in primary) (Last month: 14)
Rep. Joe Donnelly is running a clever ad campaign, and his money situation improved after Sen. Dick Lugar lost his Republican primary. But state Treasurer Richard Mourdock is still the favorite, given Indiana's red hue. If Republican groups start advertising against Donnelly, it will be a sign the race is tightening. CONNECTICUT (Open I/D, Sen. Joe Lieberman is retiring) (Last month: 17)
Linda McMahon is very rich, and she's not afraid to spend her money. The biggest advantage that gives her is the ability to advertise on television in the costly New York City media market, where the eventual Democratic nominee -- very likely Rep. Chris Murphy -- won't be able to compete until the race's closing weeks. But in a presidential year in a state that gave Obama 61 percent in 2008, even that ad spending is unlikely to overcome the state's Democratic lean. MICHIGAN (D, Sen. Debbie Stabenow) (Last month: 15)
Former Rep. Pete Hoekstra is likely to win his primary next week, but polling shows Stabenow in good position. She will run a few points ahead of Obama, and her work on the farm bill will give her inroads to even more traditionally Republican territory. It will take something fundamental to reshape the race. HAWAII (Open D, Sen. Dan Akaka is retiring) (Last month: 16)
Sure, former Gov. Linda Lingle is the best nominee Republicans could hope for. But in a state where President Obama scored nearly three-quarters of the vote, "best" probably still isn't good enough. A Honolulu Star-Advertiser poll conducted earlier this month confirms that Lingle is behind both Rep. Mazie Hirono, the likely Democratic nominee, and ex-Rep. Ed Case. PENNSYLVANIA (D, Sen. Bob Casey) (Last month: 18)
Businessman Tom Smith only seems to get press when he serves as a Romney surrogate -- unless it's in a conservative publication here in Washington. Casey isn't feeling any heat yet. NEW JERSEY (D, Sen. Bob Menendez) (Last month: 20)
Democrats have won New Jersey, a state that defines the modern political machine, under much more difficult circumstances. State Sen. Joe Kyrillos is giving it his best, and he's actually raising good money, but Menendez isn't in jeopardy. WEST VIRGINIA (D, Sen. Joe Manchin) (Last month: 19)
Sen. Joe Manchin is a shoo-in for reelection. Parlor game: When he runs for a second full term in 2018, will he still be running as a Democrat?

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/senate-race-rankings-toss-ups-060015685.html

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