Wikileaks servers are overloaded and cannot operate. They recently posted a secret list of a proposed banned sites.

According to Forbes, the scope of Australia's internet censorship has developed far beyond its initial aim to block child pornography and web pages associated with terrorism. Free speech advocates fear it could be used to block legitimate activity.

Wikileaks recently published a complete list of the proposed blacklist sites currently under review in Australia, under the guise of protecting the people of Australia from child pornography.  The Australian government has issued a statement calling the list a fake and threatening action against Wikileaks.  Wikileaks is standing behind the list's authenticity and has issued a statement informing the Australian government of their full rights to publish the list as well as a promise to pursue legal action against anyone attempting to censor Wikileaks.

... could become as important a journalistic tool as the Freedom of Information Act.
- Time Magazine

Jim Wasserman/SacBee: Home Front: Sacramento-area foreclosure tours draw heat, results
. . . according to the newest quarterly report from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight in Washington, D.C. The government report is considered the gold standard for measuring the rise and fall of sales prices over time.

Good read. Since the editors "forgot" to include it, here's that missing link: OFHEO.
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Another take on the effects of subprime: theAtlantic: The Next Slum?.
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Nearly-breaking wikileaks news from Declan McCulloch/CNET
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[Note: the "sacbee" - a McClatchy Co. newspaper - is a good place to visit for regional news, if you can manage to navigate through their ad-laden website. - ed].