By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports
WASHINGTON — The number of troubled U.S. banks leaped to the highest level in about five years in the second quarter, and bank profits plunged by 86 percent as slumps in the housing and credit markets continued.
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Front Section, Pages 1, 8 on 08/27/2008