WASHINGTON - The Bush administration´s latest effort to resolve the financial crisis embraces an approach it had resisted just a few weeks ago. But things move fast in the bailout world. And in deciding to inject fresh capital into U.S. banks in return for ownership stakes, the administration adopted a plan that many leading economists had been pushing for weeks.

The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Jan Fitzsimmons had the luxury of being able to retire at 47 after 22 years of service with the U.S. Navy.

BELTON - A Belton business may rise from the ashes - with a little more room for growth - after the Belton school board agreed to sell property adjoining the site of Indeco Sales´ devastating fire. Board president Randy Pittenger was authorized to execute a deed and other sales documents on behalf of the district. A sale closing is imminent, Pittenger said.

Debbie Lambert was experiencing some of the symptoms of Cushing´s disease for years, but it took a torn Achilles tendon to send the disease into overdrive, resulting in a diagnosis. Cushing´s disease is caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is at the bottom of the brain and controls the body´s production of cortisol, the body´s stress hormone.

BELTON - A 34-year-old Rosebud man is expected to plead guilty to intoxication manslaughter today in 426th State District Court. The charge is related to a June 2007 car accident near Westphalia that killed University of Mary Hardin-Baylor senior Amber Rice.

CAMERON - Councils of government that serve 18 Central Texas counties where employees at Alcoa Inc.´s Rockdale Operations reside are investigating federal grant programs that could help communities and individuals affected by massive layoffs announced Sept. 30. Alcoa announced two weeks ago that it was shutting down its Rockdale smelter, and would lay off about 660 employees during the next three months. The curtailment affects employees in every department, said Alcoa spokesman Jim Hodson.

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