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Government regulators closed yet another bank today. This time, Georgian Bank in Atlanta. It is the 95^th bank failure this year. And it’s expected to cost the FDIC 연방 예금 보험 공사 nearly $900 million. About the economy, now a new sign of recovery in the housing market, the government says home sales are up for the fifth straight month. At the same time, though, 800,000 people are expected to lose their homes this year. Many victims of the recession. Seth Doane in Lebanon, Tennessee tells us some are camping out not out of choice, but necessity.

 

Tammy and Troy Reynolds look like any middle class couple. But someone else is living in what used to be their home. And almost everything they own is in storage. “So this is everything from the house?” “Yes, it is.” Now home for the Reynolds and their four kids is a camp site. A tent and a borrowed trailer. When Troy lost his job with the construction company and had trouble finding work on his own, the bills piled up and everything else came crashing down. That was four months ago.

 

It costs about $85 a week to rent this space here. But even that’s too much for some people. So far the management has been flexible융통성 있는, telling us they believe they’ll get what they owed, once people get back on their feet. There are 116 campsites and 85% of those filled are not folks here on holiday. For them, this has become a permanent home. “As economy got bad in everything, more painful family started moving in.” Cindy Nunley lost her home when her husband lost his job. “People don’t understand unless they’ve been in this situation really. You don’t really understand.” For now, their plan is just to stick together and hope their luck gets better before the weather gets worse.

Seth Doane, CBS News, Lebanon, Tennessee.

 

And another news. Former Manson cult member Susan Atkins has died in a California prison. She was serving life for her role in eight murders in 1969 including the stabbing of pregnant actress Sharon Tate. Atkins later denounced비난하다 Manson and converted to Christianity. Earlier this month, she was denied early release as she battled brain cancer. Susan Atkins was 61.

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