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General Motors said Wednesday it would end its celebrated and scorned Hummer brand of sport utility vehicles after a deal to sell the nameplate to China-based Tengzhong could not be finalized.

Daughter of man accused of driving into Nevada casino surprised to hear of deadly crash. A daughter of a 70-year-old Washington state man said Thursday she was stunned to hear her father was behind the wheel of a speeding vehicle that crashed into a southern Nevada casino, killing two people and injuring at least eight.

If an evening spent watching John Hurt say the most unprintable things sounds like an enticement, then by all means hurry to ``44 Inch Chest,'' where his mouth could use a bath. The title does promise a disreputable event. Is this a documentary about a porn professional? Or a gym rat? Neither. It's a stagy, half-entertaining, half-tedious acting competition between five excellent Englishmen. Hurt is merely the eldest of the lot, playing a codger named Peanut. He scrunches his faces and snarls all his lines. The object of his obscenities is the Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) he and his buddies - played by Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane, and Ian McShane - have dragged from a restaurant, tossed into a van, and locked in a wardrobe. As it turns out, this is an act of revenge they've carried out on behalf of their grieving gangster friend Colin (Ray Winstone). Colin's wife (Joanne Whalley) has recently informed him that she's taken a lover - that would be the man tied to the chair with the bag

A 70-year-old Washington state man has been freed on $6,000 bail pending arraignment on felony charges in a deadly Nevada casino crash that killed two people and injured at least seven, authorities said.

A speeding car crashed through the entrance of a casino and into a bank of slot machines Wednesday in the southern Nevada resort town of Laughlin, killing two patrons and injuring at least eight other people, authorities said.

Like most companies that make thousands of parts in automobiles, CTS Corp. was virtually unknown to the average car buyer. That was until its gas pedal was blamed for big problems with some very popular cars.

Maker of Toyota accelerator gets unwanted attention over suspended sales of cars and trucks. Like most companies that make thousands of parts in automobiles, CTS Corp. was virtually unknown to the average car buyer. That was until its gas pedal was blamed for big problems with some very popular cars.

'Precious' aims to extend Sundance's record as incubator for Oscar glory. A little movie called "Precious" seems ready to join the list of Sundance Film Festival hits that have gone on to compete for Hollywood's biggest prize.

GM presses ahead with plans to close Swedish brand Saab, though it will continue to hear bids. General Motors Co. is pressing ahead with plans to shut down Saab, though it will continue to hear bids for the Swedish car brand, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

Govt gives GMAC $3.8 billion in new aid

General Motors said Tuesday that it could cut a deal to sell Saab to Dutch sports car maker Spyker by month's end.

STOCKHOLM/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Saab can still find a buyer for the whole firm, a spokesman for the loss-making auto maker said on Sunday after The Wall Street Journal reported China's BAIC had agreed with General Motors to buy some of the Swedish company's assets.

David Schwimmer has a well-earned reputation as a TV star after 10 years playing Dr. Ross Geller on NBC's mega-hit "Friends," although these days he is more focused on what happens behind the camera.

Ex-'Friend' Schwimmer puts 'Trust' in upcoming independent feature he's filming in Michigan. David Schwimmer has a well-earned reputation as a TV star after 10 years playing Dr. Ross Geller on NBC's mega-hit "Friends," although these days he is more focused on what happens behind the camera.

AP source: Administration to order big pay cuts for top executives at bailed-out firms. The Treasury Department is expected in the next few days to order companies that received huge government bailouts last year to slash the base salaries of their top executives by an average of 90 percent and cut their total compensation in half, according to a person familiar with the matter.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - General Motors Co's bid to find an outsider to replace its chief financial officer is being complicated by pay restrictions imposed on companies that got big U.S. government bailouts, The Wall Street Journal said on Saturday.

Awaiting pay czar's rules, largest bailout recipients rework compensation for top earners. Several firms that received large taxpayer bailouts have adjusted executive compensation to trim cash payouts before the Obama administration's pay czar issues new rules. Some fear those rules will go too far, preventing them from attracting the talent they need to remain competitive.

Auto supplier Delphi, a former subsidiary to General Motors, formally exited bankruptcy protection Tuesday after four years of court-supervised restructuring.

Auto supplier Delphi, a former subsidiary to General Motors, formally exited bankruptcy protection Tuesday after four years of court-supervised restructuring.

July wholesale figures point to economic growth