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• Kennedy aims to return to Senate in January
Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., on a mental health parity bill requiring equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses. A national service bill the senator has been working on is also expected to be unveiled this week.
• Silver State Bank in Nevada is shut
Nevada regulators closed Silver State and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the bank, based in Henderson, Nevada. It had $2 billion in assets and $1.7 billion in deposits as of June 30.
• Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout
The clarity and certainty it will provide to the status of the two institutions should have a stabilizing effect on the markets, banking system and the mortgage industry," Federal Insurance Deposit Corp.
• Heavy teens run risk of severe liver damage
Without health insurance, the family couldn't find a local hospital that would do a transplant. "My son begged me, 'Don't let me die, Mommy,' so I did everything in my power to find a place to help him.
• New Dangerous Dog Ordinance Heads To City Council
The proposal, obtained Friday by KETV NewsWatch 7, would require any owner of a dangerous, or "potentially dangerous" dog to produce proof of liability insurance before the owner could license the dog in the city.