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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Nancy Trejos / The Bulletin
September 1, 2009
WASHINGTON " Alice Smith thought she would live comfortably and quietly in her Hyattsville, Md., retirement community. Instead she's fretfully dodging calls from her creditors.
She owes more than $10,000 to four credit card companies and more than $7,000 to a credit union " in part,....