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- As Bank Failures Rise, F.D.I.C. Fund Falls Into Red
- The government-administered insurance fund that protects depositors fell into the red for the first time since the fallout from the savings-and-loan crisis of the early 1990s as the pace of bank failures accelerated. The fund had a negative…
- New York Times
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- 2 hours ago
- Spring Hill GM plant is idled
- SPRING HILL — At its peak, about 7,800 people clocked in daily for work at the Saturn plant. "Now we're down to 630 people," said Darren Tonoli, a General Motors employee of nearly three decades. The plant goes on standby Wednesday, turning…
- Daily News Journal
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- 4 hours ago
- Ravens Q & A: Ben Grubbs focuses on being better, more…
- Each Wednesday we'll bring you a Q&A with a Ravens player to help you learn a little more about the team. Today's guest is left guard Ben Grubbs, who has helped the offense earn the 13th ranking in the NFL in average yards and the 10th…
- Baltimore Sun
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- 5 hours ago
- News briefs
- This year's theme is "Home for the Holidays," and the parade serves as a kickoff for Alabama Tourism's 2010 Year of Small Towns ... Residents are asked to place one blue light in a window of their homes or to hang a string of lights around…
- Prattville Progress
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- 5 hours ago
- The FSU beat writers pay tribute to Steve
- When Bill McGrotha, the long-time Tallahassee Democrat sports editor and media face of Florida State athletics, passed away in 1993, Steve Ellis stepped into a shadow as long the one the Seminoles' next football coach will find waiting for…
- Tallahassee Democrat
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- 6 hours ago
- Latest News
- Sales of new homes are expected to post a modest increase in October, reinforcing data this week that showed the real estate market is regaining its footing after a dramati... President Barack Obama honored India's prime minister with a…
- RealClearPolitics
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- 7 hours ago
- U.S. nails Chinese drywall for woes in homes
- MIAMI -- What thousands of homeowners nationwide have believed about Chinese drywall was validated yesterday, when the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission said there is a link between the imported material and problems with corrosion…
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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- 8 hours ago
- Dungeons of Debt
- BRADENTON, April 10, 2009 -- Somewhere in the godforsaken waters off Somalia, a rowboat with four pirates and a brave hostage aboard is holding off an American destroyer. A rowboat is a launch that has run out of gas, which is why it no…
- American Reporter
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- 9 hours ago
- More traffic for 2009 holiday
- A projected 38.4 million people will travel 50 miles or more from their U.S. homes over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend — a 1.4-percent increase from last year — according to AAA. AAA Alabama spokesperson Clay Ingram expects that increase…
- Clanton Advertiser
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- 10 hours ago
- Acorn Housing Struggles to Hang On
- PHILADELPHIA—On a shabby block in North Philadelphia, the front window of an Acorn Housing office bears a poster urging distressed mortgage borrowers to "seek help before it's too late." That advice also could apply to Acorn Housing. The…
- Wall Street Journal
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- 16 hours ago