the third by a California city in recent weeks. Some analysts believe San Bernardino's problems may be more about its dysfunctional local politics.

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Wed July 18, 2012

And the nation's homebuilders are feeling more optimistic than they have since March, 2007, just before the beginning of the Great Recession. What's more, the National Association of Home Builders' Housing Market Index has posted its largest one-month gain in roughly a decade.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

WENDY KAUFMAN, BYLINE: David Crowe, the chief economist at the Home Builders Association says things are definitely looking up. It's a trend that began last September.UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

SUZANNE JUDE; GERALDINE HATFIELD,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES OF
                                                                 No. 97-1486
WEST VIRGINIA, INCORPORATED, a
West Virginia corporation, d/b/a
Williamson Memorial Hospital,
Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Huntington.
Joseph Robert Goodwin, District Judge.
(CA-94-1101-3, CA-95-1017-3)

Argued: April 9, 1998

Decided: August 9, 1999

Before WIDENER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges,
and DOUMAR, Senior United States District Judge
for the Eastern District of