<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080920/bs_nm/financial_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080920/2008_09_20t103116_450x350_us_financial.jpg?x=130&y =101&q=85&sig=Ffn_LKXwsIHKRLDRT5jaDQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A trader Jeff SIlver pauses in the S and P 500 pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, September 19, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. government is preparing to
mop up hundreds of billions of dollars in bad mortgage debt,
after curbing short-selling and guaranteeing mutual funds in an
effort to stabilize financial markets.</p><br clear="all"/>
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U.S. readies massive toxic-debt plan
(Reuters)