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Housing figures to become a major political issue this year because the road to the White House passes through some of the nation's hardest-hit housing markets.

Obama to Propose Mortgage-Refinance Plan Nick Timiraos 2012

In the U.S., high-yield bonds, among the hardest-hit investments during the September selloff, also traded up sharply Thursday.

Dow at 12208, Boosted by Deal Jonathan Cheng 2011

One of the hardest-hit areas was Tuscaloosa, a city of more than 93,000 people and home to the University of Alabama, where a tornado carved a roughly seven mile long one mile wide swath of destruction, sheering most homes trees and electric poles to eye level.

Tornadoes Leave a Trail of Devastation Timothy W. Martin 2011

Rio's mayor said this month he would create a special crack police that could be deployed to the hardest-hit slums.

Brazil's Emerging Market: Crack John Lyons 2012

Also on Sunday, Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited Ishinomaki, a coastal city of 163,000 people in Miyagi, one of the prefectures states hardest-hit by the tsunami.

Troops launch new search for Japan tsunami victims 2011

Finally, after the storm moves off the East Coast on Thursday, "the hardest-hit areas will get a break from Thursday through Saturday," Weather Channel meteorologist Mark Ressler said.

Severe storms to hit Midwest, South 2011

In San Diego County, which was hardest-hit, authorities rescued some people stranded on trains and elevators, law-enforcement officials said.

Southern California Hit By a Big Power Outage Tamara Audi 2011

The change should help many borrowers in the hardest-hit housing markets.

Obama Expands Mortgage Aid Nick Timiraos 2011

PPL Electric Utilities, which serves portions of central and eastern Pennsylvania, said Thursday afternoon about 17,000 customers were without power, with Wilkes-Barre among the hardest-hit.

Pennsylvanians Ordered to Flee Flood Zone Peter Loftus 2011

But in the past few years, home prices have tumbled by more than 30% nationwide, and plunged by more than half in the hardest-hit markets, which include parts of Florida, Nevada, and Arizona.

Underwater and in the Tank Dawn Wotapka 2011