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Regulators close 2 small Southern banks

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Jun. 19, 2009
Regulators on Friday have shut down a small bank in Wilmington, N.C. and another small bank in Fayetteville, Ga. The two bank seizures push this year's tally of failed banks up to 39. The wave of bank failures is expected to continue as the weak housing...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler