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America West Bank, based in Layton, was seized Friday by the state for failing to raise enough money to stay in business. Utah Department of Financial Institutions (UDFI) commissioner G.

CLEVELAND -- A federal appeals court opened the way again Friday for the Justice Department to deport alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk to Germany to face 29,000 counts of accessory to murder. The three-judge ruling from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati denied a stay of deportation for the 89-year-old retired autoworker from his suburban Cleveland home.

In a major set back to Nepal's ruling Maoists' effort to mainstream its party, the US administration has maintained the ultra left group on its latest terror blacklist. The US Department of States 2008 country reports, released in Washington on Thursday, said. 

. Intelligence on climate groups passed to police. 'Orwellian' approach condemned by LibertyGovernment officials have been monitoring environmental campaign groups and then passing intelligence on to the police, according to documents seen by the Guardian.An internal risk report from the Department for Transport reveals that a unit referred to as the comms directorate ­'continuously monitor[ed]' peaceful protest groups opposed to the expansion of Heathrow airport and then briefed detectives about their findings.The disclosure is the latest evidence of a wide-ranging crackdown on environmental campaign groups and has been condemned by MPs and civil liberty groups.Earlier this month it emerged that government officials had handed confidential police intelligence about environmental activists to the energy giant E.ON ahead of a peaceful demonstration at Kingsnorth, the proposed site of a new coal-fired power station in north Kent.Last week the Guardian revealed how undercover police were

Up to 40 West Australian jobs are at risk after the Health Department awarded a printing contract to an eastern states business.

Clerical worker at Falkirk Royal hospital tests positive as number of confirmed UK cases reaches 13A Scottish hospital worker has been confirmed as the first person to catch swine flu from within the UK, after contracting it in a pub from newlyweds who had travelled to Mexico, according to health officials.Graeme Pacitti, a clerical worker at the Falkirk Royal hospital, is thought to have caught the virus during a night out with Iain Askham, who contracted it on his honeymoon in Mexico.Tonight the Department of Health announced that there were two new cases in the south west and south east. The case in the south west is thought to have been a human-to-human transfer within the UK.Sir Liam Donaldson, chief medical advisor, said: 'The first non-imported cases of swine flu have been confirmed in England and Scotland. The infection appears to have been acquired by person to person spread within the United Kingdom. Until now cases were confined to people who had themselves recently come bac

The Rock County Health Department said Friday it has been notified of a probable case of swine flu.

Factory orders fell a larger-than-expected 0.9 percent in March and shipments dropped 1.2 percent, the Commerce Department said Friday.

. WHO confirms over 300 cases of virus around the world. Mexicans told to stay indoors for five daysThe first case of swine flu in Asia was confirmed by the Hong Kong government today as the worst-hit country, Mexico, began an unprecedented nationwide shutdown in a bid to contain the spread of the virus.The World Health Organisation (WHO) raised its tally of confirmed human cases of the virus to more than 330.Thirteen countries around the world have reported confirmed cases, including Denmark, which also announced its first case today.The Hong Kong government's chief executive, Donald Tsang, told reporters a Mexican citizen who had flown to the territory with a stopover in Shanghai had developed a fever after arriving yesterday. The patient has been isolated in a hospital and is in a stable condition.Tests by Hong Kong's department of health and the University of Hong Kong confirmed the diagnosis, Tsang added.Mexico has confirmed 156 cases and nine deaths, although authorities suspect

The White House has kept a tight grip on the Treasury -- a move that has both helped and hindered the department's attempts to contain the financial crisis.