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Wyman Resigns as Chairman of the Board of Directors of FNB Bancorp and Its Subsidiary, First National Bank of Northern California (Marketwire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/091106/0554193.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1095582088</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:43:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. 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