Regulators shut banks in Calif., Ill., Fla., Texas, putting US bank failures at 20 for yearRegulators shut four banks from California to Florida on Friday, boosting to 20 the number of U.S. bank failures this year following the 140 closures last year in the worst financial climate in decades ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators seized four more U.S. banks on Friday, bringing the total for the year to 20. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, in charge of safeguarding bank deposits and resolving failed banks, has predicted that 2010 will be peak year for failures resulting from the recent financial crisis ...

<div id="subtitle">Stolen valor: US law that makes it a crime to lie about being a war hero is challenged</div><div><p>The federal courts are wrestling with a question of both liberty and patriotism: Does the First Amendment right ...