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Jul 27 2008, AP

A man who paid $388,000 for a congresswoman’s home dropped a lawsuit that claimed she got special treatment when a bank rescinded the foreclosure, it was reported Saturday.

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An American flag flies at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, in honor of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, who died Wednesday from after a brain hemorrhage.