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
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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
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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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