In a bad economy, fun is often the first casualty _ and the repo man is mighty busy

AP Worldstream | July 15, 2008| | Copyright

In a bad economy, fun is often the first casualty.

For James Hedrick, that means it's a busy time in his line of work. He's one of those dreaded "repo men" who repossess items after people fall behind on their payments.

He spends his days scanning megayachts, sailboats and fishing skiffs as he steers his dinghy through a marina west of the city's skyscrapers, looking for a piece of the American dream.

This particular piece is a gleaming white, 65-foot (20-meter) Hatteras with two master bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a full galley kitchen with glossy teak ...

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