PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - Feb 16

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Feb. 16. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Mortgage lenders hunting for delinquent homeowners who have dodged their phone calls are using increasingly aggressive tactics to strike deals with the homeowners to help keep them in their homes.

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Lawmakers reached an agreement on a Senate bill that clears the way for the first major overhaul of the nation's consumer product safety system in a generation.

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Struggling bond insurer FGIC said it would seek to split its business in two in a move that could help settle jitters in the municipal bond market that have raised the cost of financing public projects.

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Airlines and pilot groups say that they may be forced to curtail a critical federal safety program after a federal judge's order requiring a regional carrier to disclose pilot incident reports to families suing the airline over a fatal 2006 crash.