GM exec: bankruptcy not an option for industry
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top executive of General Motors Corp. said Wednesday bankruptcy isn't a viable option, as the United Auto Workers braced for a decision on contract concessions to the endanger ...
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Study flunks 49 states in college affordability
By JUSTIN POPE
AP Education Writer
An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability -- an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts.
The biennial study b ...
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Besieged: Nixon saw enemies all around him
By CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In December 1972, when a less complicated president might have been relishing a big re-election victory a month earlier, Richard Nixon had enemies on his mind.
One of them, North Vietnam ...
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Dems' hopes for Senate supermajority dashed in Ga.
By SHANNON McCAFFREY
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) -- Relieved Republicans celebrated a resounding win in Georgia's hard-fought U.S. Senate runoff, a victory that denied Democrats a filibuster-proof majority and cemented the state's re ...
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2 arrested in alleged torture of teen, who escaped
By MICHELLE LOCKE and MARCUS WOHLSEN
Associated Press Writers
TRACY, Calif. (AP) -- A Girl Scout leader and her husband were arrested after an emaciated, terrified and nearly naked 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ank ...
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Divorce rate up in Army, Marine Corps
By PAULINE JELINEK
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The divorce rate among soldiers and Marines increased last year as military marriages suffered continuing stress from America's two ongoing wars.
There were an estimated 10,200 failed marriag ...
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Big Three survival bailout requests rise to $34B
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and TOM KRISHER
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Humbled and fighting for survival, Detroit's once-mighty automakers appealed to Congress with a retooled case for a bailout as large as $34 billion Tuesday, p ...
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Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates signaled a willingness Tuesday to forge ahead with two key priorities for the incoming Obama administration: accelerating the U.S. withdrawal from Ira ...
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US soldiers re-enlisting because of poor economy
By JOHN MILBURN and STEPHEN MANNING
Associated Press Writers
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) -- Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five members of his platoon were shot and one died. As bad as that was, he wou ...
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Ford tells Congress it may be able to go it alone
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and TOM KRISHER
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Humbled and fighting for survival, Detroit's once-mighty automakers appealed to Congress with a retooled case for a huge bailout Tuesday, pledging to slash w ...
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November US auto sales drop to 26-year low
By BREE FOWLER
AP Auto Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. light vehicle sales at General Motors and Chrysler plunged more than 40 percent in November, while Ford's sales dropped 31 percent, battered by an economic storm that has sent consumer demand for ne ...
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Obama asks for governors help on economy
By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama told governors Tuesday he wants their help in designing an economic recovery plan and vowed to work with Democrats and Republicans alike.
Obama spoke to a biparti ...
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