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Part 1: Reckless strategies doomed WaMu
Part two WaMu: Hometown bank turned predatory

Saudi female journalist gets lashes for taking part in a TV show where a man openly talked about sex

Steve Phillips fired by ESPN

South Carolina Senators DeMint and Graham battle for the soul of the GOP

Obama to address Marines, sailors on Monday

Podesta: Bush admin only spent one hour on Afghanistan report before turning it over to incoming Obama administration

Warren Buffett beat the markets' rebound by investing when others were most fearful

How the Federal Government became landlord to a deserted shopping mall in Oklahoma

WSJ Photo Blog: Photos for the Week Oct. 19 - 24, 2009


James Ellroy's American Apocalypse

Foodbank requests up over 50% in Richmond, Virginia this year

Protesters invade American Bankers Association meeting in Chicago

Forbes: The NBA's most overpaid players

Real-Estate Slump Hits Howard Hughes's Heirs

Reid Lacks Consensus on Public Option as House Fine-Tunes Plan

Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3

Salvage company raises prospect of expedition to the Titanic wreck site in 2010

Afghanistan: 14 Americans killed in two copter crashes

The first of a dozen polygamist sect members charged with abuse of women stands trial Monday

Probe widens in Galleon case: report

WSJ Photo Journal looks at "Upgrading Mexico's Police"

What to do if the banks says, "The dog ate your mortgage"

Why wealthy people are renting instead of buying homes these days

Feds took over 7 more banks . . . 3 of them in Florida . . . this weekend pushing year's total to 106

R. Crumb illustrates the Book of Genesis

U.S. Considers Reining In ‘Too Big to Fail’ Institutions

Yankees going to the World Series again