FDIC Closes Texas-Based Guaranty Bank
nbcmiami.com — Guaranty Bank became the second-largest U.S. bank to fail this year after the Texas lender was shut down by regulators and most of its operations sold at a loss of billions of dollars for the U.S. government to a major Spanish bank. The transaction approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. More…
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Fan-Made Music Video Restores Hope In Music Video Kind
gawker.com — Remember music videos being important, and good? Neither does anybody I know, because our memory's been wiped by MTV and VH1's current slate of programming. And then there's this beautiful, fan-made music video of indie band Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks." More…
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MarkBrentFlores 'Hobbits' Walked Out of Africa
theaustralian.news.com.au — The identity of the tiny human-like creature discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2004 has become clearer -- and more astonishing -- thanks to a new analysis by Australian and Indonesian scientists that indicates the small-brained, long-armed biped was the first human-like creature to walk out of Africa. More…
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wito79Bolt Gets Third Gold Again - Jamaica Sweeps Sprint Relays
cbc.ca — The Jamaican men's team, comprising two of the world's fastest humans in Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, made it look easy as they cruised to gold in a time of 37.31 seconds. Jamaica also won both the men's and women's 4x100-metre relays at the world track and field championships in Berlin. More…
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I'm Safe On Board. Pull Up The Life Rope
blogs.suntimes.com — It is a moral imperative. I cannot enjoy health coverage and turn to my neighbor and tell him he doesn't deserve it. A nation is a mutual undertaking. In a democracy, we set out together to do what we believe is good for the commonwealth. That means voluntarily subjecting ourselves to the rule of law, taxation, military service, the guaranteeing .. More…
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Top 10 Tricks MacGyver Would Be Proud Of
lifehacker.com — When they draw up the Complete History of Lifehacking, Angus MacGyver will certainly merit a chapter. We pay tribute to the creatively can-do secret agent this week with 10 tricks that make extraordinary use of overwhelmingly common objects. More…
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