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TORONTO -- Canadian artists, film and television industry professionals are celebrating the recent approval to incorporate Ontario's newest entity, the Creative Arts Savings and Credit Union.

LOS ANGELES -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp. and two top executives today, accusing them of lowering or ignoring lending standards and deceiving borrowers regarding the risks of sub-prime mortgages and other adjustable-rate loans.

WASHINGTON -- Members of three more credit unions will have access to private student loans through Credit Union Student Choice, a CUSO launched in early May.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- Jeff Williams, member education director at $1.7 billion Educational Employees Credit Union, has been selected to receive this year's California and Nevada Youth Involvement Network. The prize includes a trip to this summer's National Youth Involvement board's annual conference in Las Vegas.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. -- The Affinity Federal Credit Union Foundation has found a creative way to raise funds to benefit the group of nonprofit organizations it supports-- raffling off a New York City weekend trip for two.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association has launched a program to audit credit union staff and employees' credit card accounts.