Eight Forty-Eight 7.5.11

Eight Forty-Eight 7.5.11
A new proposal by federal regulators would ask homeowners to put 20 percent down on a home mortgage. Flikr/reallyboring
Eight Forty-Eight 7.5.11
A new proposal by federal regulators would ask homeowners to put 20 percent down on a home mortgage. Flikr/reallyboring

Eight Forty-Eight 7.5.11

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WBEZ’s Steve Edwards sits in for Alison Cuddy. He talks with journalist James O’ Shea about his new book, The Deal from Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers, and the future of the newspaper industry. Rehman Tungekar reports on a contraversial new drug treatment for alcoholism. Chicago magazine’s Dennis Rodkin explains the significance of a proposal by federal regulators asking homeowners to put 20 percent down on a home mortgage.