Colonial BancGroup shut down by federal officials WASHINGTON - Real estate lender Colonial BancGroup Inc. has been shut down by federal officials in the biggest U.S. bank failure this year. Americans struggle through a day in the recession It's a rainy spring morning and Tamara Ogier plants herself at a table in a Spartan room in the Atlanta federal courthouse, computer and tape recorder at hand, ready to hear another day's stories of financial ruin. Sheriff: Soldier killed 2 Fla. deputies in arrest NICEVILLE, Fla. - More than 300 employees of a troubled Sheriff's Office in Florida gathered Sunday night to hear first hand how two of their own were killed a day earlier by a National Guard soldier they were trying to arrest for beating his wife.
Federer, Nadal upset at Agassi drug taking MIAMI (Reuters) - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both voiced their displeasure at Andre Agassi after the former world number one revealed he took the recreational drug crystal meth in 1997 and lied about the reasons for a positive test.