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Closes 3 Failed Banks (at The New York Times)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/nytimes/rss/SIG=12208v5es/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/business/economy/12fdic.html?partner=yahoofinance</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3046631714</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:57:45 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mount Airy falls in overtime (at Winston-Salem Journal)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/greensboro/winston-salem_journal/fin/SIG=136kc7b29/*http%3A//www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/dec/12/mount-airy-loses-footbal-state-championship-overti/</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3565788747</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>1st United Bank, the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of 1st United Bancorp, Inc., Assumed All Deposits and Certain Loans of Republic Federal Bank, N.A. 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