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CUNA is asking President Barack Obama to endorse credit union small business lending during his upcoming State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 27.

A couple in Pennsylvania has been charged with stealing and using a credit card from a woman who died on their couch, according to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The long running campaign by New York credit unions to win lawmaker support for deposit of public funds gained new ground this week with strong backing by both New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. David Paterson.

The Virginia Credit Union League was galvanizing its membership Friday for what it called a full court press to oppose state legislation permitting banks to merge with credit unions and vice versa.

CUNA political strategists say that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent lifting of many limitations on corporate political advertising will not affect credit union political action committee activities.

Virginia Credit Union members and employees are mourning the loss of retired president Dorothy J. Hall, who died this week at the age of 79.