WASHINGTON – Regulators on Friday shut down Freedom Bank, a small bank located in Bradenton, Fla. It was the 17th failure this year of a federally insured bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the bank, which had $287 million in assets and $254 million in deposits …

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It turns out there really is a thin line between love and hate, as far as your brain is concerned, that is. A new study reveals that the brain’s “love” and “hate” circuits share identical structures. Both include regions known as the putamen and insula which are linked to aggression …

Massachusetts police resumed their search Monday for a high school student who wandered off three days ago from an underage drinking party. Taylor Meyer, 17, of Plainville, Mass., disappeared Friday night from a party at an old airport in Norfolk, Mass., MyFOXBoston.com reports. “I know she’s in danger, and I …

Federal investigators found remains amid the wreckage of missing adventurer Steve Fossett’s airplane in the mountains of eastern California, but there are conflicting reports as to whether the bone fragments are human. Search teams planned to hike back out to the site Friday to scour the steep flank for more …

Real news from the virtual world: — SETTING SUN? Has Japan lost its mojo in the video-game industry? Square Enix President Yoichi Wada thinks so. As the annual Tokyo Game Show began last week, Wada argued that game development has shifted to the West, and he urged his colleagues and …

In July 2007, Kayla Roden’s life changed. The high school soccer player suffered a paralyzing injury while trying to do a “cartwheel” kick during a game with friends, cbs3.com reported Sunday. While trying to kick the ball with her legs over her head, the Minnesota teen’s arms gave out, she …

LAS VEGAS – Authorities are searching for the grandfather of a boy allegedly kidnapped by men posing as police officers and believe he is involved in a Mexican drug cartel. Metro Police Capt. Vincent Cannito said Friday that Clemens Fred Tinnemeyer, 51, was a “person of interest” in the nationwide …

Singer Leona Lewis collected more boos than awards after she failed to turn up at the Mobo (Music of Black Origin) Awards in London Wednesday night. Lewis, 23, picked up Best Album for the multi million-selling Spirit at the star-studded awards ceremony as well as Best Video for Bleeding Love. …

RICHMOND, Va. – Child pornography is illegal even if the pictures are drawn, a federal appeals panel said in affirming the nation’s first conviction under a 2003 federal law against such cartoons. Dwight Whorley of Richmond is serving 20 years in prison, convicted in 2005 of using a public computer …