Portfolios would still be chock-a-block with loans that yield no interest and shares that cannot be sold because their sale would force banks to book a loss.

ECONOMIST: How to waste $250 billion

The family of a man swept into the sea in Blackpool during gale-force winds say they "fear the worst" because he cannot swim.

BBC: Paul Morris

The flights taking the detainees from Afghanistan to Guantanamo won't be nonstop, military sources said Wednesday, because the air field at Kandahar where the detainees are being kept cannot handle a big Air Force transport.

CNN: U.S. may sedate Afghan detainees during flights