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Greeting cards shed their feathery accents
Jan 7 2006 11:56PM (CT)
BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) - Public concerns over bird flu have led the nation's two largest greeting card producers to remove feathers from their products.
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Asia, Latin America drive GM sales up
Jan 7 2006 10:51PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Despite General Motors Corp.'s problems in its home market, the automaker's worldwide sales were at their highest level in 27 years in 2005 thanks to growth in Asia and Latin America, GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said.
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Experts weigh soybean rust warnings
Jan 7 2006 5:00AM (CT)
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Government and industry spent millions of dollars last winter to prepare farmers for soybean rust, a fungus that could cost them thousands of dollars to control. But while the disease was found in southern states for a second straight year, it never reached the Midwest.
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Chrysler Group to recall 265,000 sedans
Jan 7 2006 12:19AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group said Friday it would recall about 265,000 sedans after receiving dozens of complaints about engine fires.
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Appeals court upholds Stewart conviction
Jan 7 2006 12:19AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court Friday upheld the conviction of celebrity homemaker Martha Stewart for lying to investigators about selling stock that plunged in price soon after her trade. Stewart completed her sentence in the case last summer but pursued the appeal anyway.
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GM, Ford focus on auto show amid troubles
Jan 7 2006 12:13AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The union picketers outside this year's North American International Auto Show will be one sign that all is not well in Detroit. The show comes at a difficult time for General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., who are in the midst of restructuring after billions of dollars in losses in 2005.
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