Regulators shut AmTrust Bank in Ohio, 5 others

WASHINGTON Regulators have shut down six more banks, bringing to 130 the number of U.S. banks to be brought down so far in 2009 by recession and mountains of bad debt. [More]

Associated Press | December 4


Steep Rise in Completely Unassisted Home Births Worries Docs and Midwives

The number of women deciding to deliver their babies at home sans help from a doctor or a midwife has jumped dramatically in that last decade. According to recent statistics released by the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of... [More]

MSNBC | December 4



Associated Press |
Report: Mariners agree to deal with free-agent Figgins

SEATTLE — Chone Figgins is moving up the coast in the AL West. And Seattle has a dynamic replacement for Adrian Beltre at third base [--] even before Beltre is officially gone. [More]

Associated Press | December 4


Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line

LONDON — The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore. [More]

By Gregory Katz
Associated Press | December 4


Bellevue Mom Makes it Easy for Kids to Find Charity Work

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer | December 4



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Amanda Knox convicted in Italy, sentenced to 26 years

PERUGIA, Italy — American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early Saturday after a year-long trial that gripped Italy and drew intense media attention. [More]

By Alessandra Rizzo And Marta Falconi
Associated Press | December 4



WABC-TV / Associated Press |
Tom Brokaw unhurt in highway wreck that kills 1

NEW YORK Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and his wife said they escaped injury in a three-car accident on a New York City highway that killed one woman and injured a mail truck driver this afternoon. [More]

Associated Press | December 4


Pyrotechnics blast at Russian club reportedly kills 100+

MOSCOW An explosion apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing more than 100 people, according to emergency officials quoted by state television. [More]

By Jim Heintz
Associated Press | December 4


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