Federal regulators close 9 banks NEW YORK - Regulators shut California National Bank of Los Angeles and eight other banks as the weak economy continues to produce a stream of loan defaults. What recovery? Americans still gloomy on economy CHICAGO - The housing market and stocks may be looking up, but Americans just can't shake their job worries. Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus OKLAHOMA CITY - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border.
Founder of Dead Poets Society visits bards' graves CUNDY'S HARBOR, Maine - On the big screen, the leader of the Dead Poets Society at an all-boys prep school was an inspirational teacher played by Robin Williams.