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ia Final PalmBeachPost.com CharmPost: Share photos, video of motherhood Search database of crime stats by town, county Calorie counting rediscovered Weight loss comes back to the basics of simple math IN FOOD ACCENT Homestead-Miami NASCAR finale will be historic, not dramatic CASTING BACHELOR NET The Bachelorette' team will hunt for guys atWesfePalm Beach's CityPlace IN SPORTS "JOSE LAMBIET'S PAGE 2 The Palm Beach Post Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Final Edition 50 cents MAGENTA BLACK Agency offers mortgage assistance Many homeowners with loans held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can renegotiate deals. The housing crisis Browse our special report on the housing squeeze. PalmBeachPost.comhomes Citigroup offers similar plan to homeowners. Business, 10B Mike, a Realtor in West Palm Beach and former president falling U.S. home prices and record foreclosures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which seized control of mortgage finance giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in September, set out new rules making it easier for troubled homeowners to renegotiate hundreds of thousands of delinquent loans held by those two firms. Relief can't come too soon for Palm Beach County, where 24,203 new foreclosures were filed in the 10 months ending Oct. 31, more than the three previous years combined. "I think it's going to provide major relief down to the average person," said John of the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches. The plan could have tremendous importance.

In contrast to the $700 billion bailout package, which has targeted lenders and investors at the top of the credit crunch heap, aid to homeowners would address the crisis where it start-See MORTGAGES, 7A tives, Washington and the mortgage industry Tuesday announced the most sweeping effort to date to get at the heart of the credit crisis By ALAN ZIBEL The Associated Press WASHINGTON After more than a year of piecemeal mortgage-relief initia- Veterans' sacrifices honored VOW HIKING I I Obesity in youth may pose adult risk Children who are overweight are showing warning signs of heart disease, a study finds. By PAM BELLUCK The New York Times Starbucks earnings mugged by new brew By ALLISON ROSS Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Starbucks, the Seattle beanery that made skinny vente lattes a household phrase, has been bested by a hamburger-chewing clown. Third-quarter profits plunged by 97 percent, said Starbucks Coffee and the likely culprit is none other than Mickey D's coffee. "The coffee here used to be really bad. I wouldn't drink it," said Holly Weaver, a customer at the McDonald's on Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach.

"But now, I'm addicted to their coffee. I come every morning." Choosing between coffees is no small thing for Americans. A 2007 study conducted for San Diego OnTech Operations Inc. found that 42 percent would give up morning TV for a cup of coffee. Twelve percent would give up three hours of sleep.

Ten percent would rather skip brushing their teeth than do without brew. Small wonder, then, that while McDonald's and Starbucks flail away at each other, See COFFEE, 7A NEW ORLEANS A new study finds striking evidence that children who are obese or have high cholesterol show early warning signs of heart disease. The study, presented Tuesday at the American Heart Association conference, found that the thickness of artery walls of children and teenagers with obesity or high cholesterol resembled the thickness of artery walls of an average 45-year-old. The study, which has not yet been published, was small, involving 70 children ages 6 to 19, and several experts said the results would need to be replicated to be considered conclusive. But they said the method used to measure artery wall thickness was considered a reliable indicator of heart disease risk, usually more reliable than cholesterol levels or other measures.

The method, which uses ultrasound, has been applied to children in other studies in the past few years, but experts said this appeared to be See OBESITY, 5A I i It -s. HERB SCORE, 1933-2008 Pitcher's career cut short after line drive injury By BRIAN BIGGANE Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Palm Beach County has rarely produced an athlete with the pedigree of Herb Score. And had he not been the victim of a terrible accident while pitching for the Cleveland Indians in 1957 he was PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAISThe Associated Press President-elect Barack Obama hugs Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth after a wreath ceremony Tuesday in Chicago. Inauguration trips meant to inspire kids By LAURA GREEN Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Like a fortune teller dispensing only good visions, principal Emma Banks points to students sitting around a table and predicts their futures. "This is a doctor.

Owner of a five-star hotel. This is a surgeon general," she said, looking at the juniors and seniors of Inlet Grove High School. There was always one fortune sure to illicit doubts, rolled eyes and looks of "come on." "I used to tell these kids you can be president," said Banks, who began her educa- tion as a student in Florida's segregated schools. The response was always the same: "I used to hear you'll never get a black president." See INAUGURAL, 9A struck in the face by a line drive one can only wonder how great he might have been. "I have no doubt he would have been in the Hall of Fame if not for that ininrv" President Bush listens to the National Anthem at the start of the rededication ceremony for the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum aboard the newly restored aircraft carrier in New York on Tuesday.

President Bush marked his last Veterans Day as commander in chief in New York. At least 10 services were held in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. Boynton Beach unveiled a 20-ton monument and marked the 25th anniversary of the Beirut attack that killed 241 Marines and sailors. Story, 3A Local events, IB Lake Worth High Herb Score School classmate The ex-Lake Bill McGoun said Worth High Tuesday. star was hurt Mr.

Score, who had in the majors, been in a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2002, died Tuesday at his home in Rocky River, Ohio. He was 75. Mr. Score, who was born in Rose-dale, was a teenager when he See PITCHER, 5A GERALD HERBERTThe Associated Press HOROSCOPE 2D LOTTERY 2A Copyright 2008 The Palm Beach Post Vol. 100 No.

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