The Subprime Loan Machine
By Lynnley Browning
A little-noticed tool of automated underwriting software helped fuel the recent subprime mortgage boom.
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On this day
March 23, 2007
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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In the Yucatán Jungle, an Eco-Hideaway Sells Another Side of Mexico
By KEVIN BRASS
Los Árboles Tulum, a new residential project, is hoping to attract buyers more interested in the Riviera Maya’s exotic birds and wild orchids than ocean views.
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A Road Trip Back to the Future
By Fred A. Bernstein
Much of the architect Paul Rudolph’s work is in danger of demolition. This four-stop road trip might be your last chance to see his legacy before it goes.
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You Can Call It the Little Easy
By JOHN MOTYKA
Mobile, Ala., is a city of wrought-iron details and a love of Carnival, but with beaches, too.
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Seeking Office, in Fiction and in Fact
By Clyde Haberman
Fred Dalton Thompson, who plays the Manhattan district attorney on the television show “Law & Order,” says he is thinking about running for president.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 21, 2007, covering March 23, 2007.
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The Notorious B.I.G.
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
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Daughtry
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Konvicted
Akon
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Gary Allan
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Notable Deaths
2007Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (born 1934)[†]
Paul Joseph Cohen was an American mathematician, best known for his proofs that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, for which he was awarded a Fields Medal.
2007Eric Medlen, American race car driver (born 1973)[†]
Eric John Medlen was an American NHRA Fuel Funny Car driver. Medlen drove for John Force Racing in 2004, 2005, and 2006, campaigning in the Castrol Syntec Ford Mustang Fuel Funny Car, and in 2007, campaigning in the Auto Club/Pleasant Holiday Ford Mustang Fuel Funny Car. He had a total of six career wins. His first win came during his Rookie season in 2004 at Brainerd International Raceway.
Historical Context for March 23, 2007
In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]