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The European Union and the International Monetary Fund have made progress in securing a rescue package to keep Greece from defaulting on its debt, as citizens protested the stark austerity measures the government is considering. Margaret Warner reports.

Editor’s note: As part of Paul’s continuing reporting on the foreclosure crisis, the report below examines a factor that is turning some foreclosed houses from bargains into liabilities. At the height of the building boom, contractors in the southern United…