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INDIANAPOLIS -- Speaking before Indiana credit union executives, Gov. Mitchell Daniels reinforced the industry's newly calibrated campaign to emphasize deposit insurance and regulatory protection in connection with the Treasury's $700 billion bailout legislation.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A possible departure of Washington Mutual from the ranks of institutions overseen by the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision may tarnish the appeal of the federal thrift charter, according a leading charter change consultant.

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain will attend tonight's scheduled debate in Oxford, Miss.

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain will attend tonight's scheduled debate in Oxford, Miss.

GALVESTON, Texas -- The nation's financial chaos, including yesterday's takeover and sale of giant Washington Mutual Savings Bank in Seattle, continues to overshadow the "dire conditions and destruction" on the Texas Gulf Coast in the view of Richard Ensweiler, the president/CEO of the Texas Credit Union League.

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers and administration officials are scheduled to return to the bargaining table at 11:30 this morning to try again to iron out an agreement on a plan to buy illiquid assets from financial institutions.