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• Silver State Bank in Nevada is shut
IndyMac also was the second-largest financial institution to close in U.S. history, after Continental Illinois National Bank in 1984. The FDIC has been operating the bank, now called IndyMac Federal Bank, under a conservatorship.
• You have a legal will, but what about a legacy plan?
Then you'll be able to make a journal of vital information, which Colgan says includes everything from your personal family history to instructions on how you want your children to be raised and how your pets should be cared for.
• Bhutto widower is elected Pakistan's president
He will be one of the most powerful civilian leaders in Pakistan's 61-year history, retaining many of the powers accumulated during Musharraf's nine-year rule, from the right to dissolve Parliament to appointing heads of the armed forces.
• Breaking down the playoff chase
SEATTLE - Brandon Morrow’s bid to become only the second pitcher in modern history to throw a no-hitter in his first major league start ended when pinch-hitter Wilson Betemit doubled with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Seattle Mariners held ...
• U.S. to take control of Fannie and Freddie: reports
... sponsored mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers reported late Friday, in what could be the largest financial bailout in the nation's history.