SPB News for Sunday.

Poll: GOP Field For 2012 Wide Open, Palin Has Small Lead

U.S. regulators close banks in Nevada, Illinois U.S. regulators closed Security Savings Bank in Henderson, Nevada, and Heritage Community Bank in Glenwood, Illinois, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said on Friday.

Top NY legal officer demands bonus list from BofA CEO New York's top legal officer on Thursday demanded Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis provide names of Merrill Lynch executives who received 2008 bonuses, and how much they got, before the bank's takeover of the firm in January.

Gov. Bobby Jindal fights back against those questioning points in his speech — BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal fought back Friday against reports by national media outlets and Democratic-leaning Web sites that he was inaccurate or untruthful Tuesday night in the Republican Party response …

:Sen. Bunning reportedly suggests stepping down

Buffet: Economy in 'shambles' all year

'Oracle' says crisis likely into '10; Berkshire profit dips 96%.

The Obamas turn White House organic

Iran vs. Hollywood
A special delegation from Hollywood visited Iran this weekend. Said delegation was there to take part in a “cultural exchange,” according to The Wrap, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wasn’t rolling out the red carpet.\

Stanford’s Billions Are MIA
The troubles of alleged rip-off artist Sir R. Allen Stanford are piling up in a big way: Not only does he stand accused of defrauding some 50,000 customers via his Stanford Financial enterprise, but now it seems that authorities are able to account for only $250 million of the $8.2 billion in assets that Stanford’s bank said it had.

Africa’s Good Friend
By Gbemisola Olujobi —
Linda, a 24-year-old sex worker in Kigali, Rwanda, didn’t want to be tested for HIV because she feared she would find she would soon die. Her fear was not unfounded. Being aware of one’s HIV-positive status was a first step toward dying of AIDS in Rwanda, as in most parts of Africa. Anti-retroviral drugs were expensive and hard to come by. But that was before President Bush’s PEPFAR.

Romney: Bush Should Done A Stimulus; GOP Needs A Spokesperson

In an interview with the Politico, Mitt Romney criticized George W. Bush for failing to propose his own stimulus plan last fall, "so that in September, October, November, December, there would have been a stimulus plan," rather than the one eventually passed by President Obama. Romney also got to the bottom of the problem now facing the GOP: "What's challenging about being in the minority is we don't have a spokesperson for our position who lays out a plan."

Bunning Denies Story About Threatened Resignation

Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) is

denying reports that he threatened at a Washington fundraiser to resign his seat -- and thus let the Democratic governor appoint his replacement -- if Republican leaders keep trying to pressure him into retirement. "It's not true," he told Roll Call in a statement. "I intend to fulfill my obligation to the people of Kentucky. If you are going to write something like this, you'd better make your sources known because they are lying."It's Sebelius for HHS
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius will be the new chief of HHS.
Here's some background on her. The announcement will be made Monday.