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The keys to saving the Big Three?
By Bill Vlasic and David Herszenhorn
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON – General Motors, increasingly desperate for a federal bailout to stave off financial collapse, told Congress yesterday that it is willing to drastically shrink every aspect of its operations to ensure its long-term viability.
Economists see county recession's long reach
Some regional experts date slump to spring '07
By Dean Calbreath
STAFF WRITER
Although the nation's leading economists have determined that the national recession began in December 2007, regional economists are split over when San Diego County slipped into recession.
High-tech tools used in Mumbai slaughter
GPS, satellite phones wielded by attackers
By Emily Wax
THE WASHINGTON POST
NEW DELHI, India – The heavily armed attackers who set out for Mumbai by sea last week navigated with Global Positioning System equipment, Indian investigators and police said yesterday.
Obama meets with governors, vows aid to states as partners
Picking projects key to infrastructure plan
By Lori Montgomery and Michael D. Shear
THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – With President-elect Barack Obama vowing to plow hundreds of billions of dollars into the nation's infrastructure, state officials are warning that public works projects will fail to effectively lift the country out of recession unless they are chosen carefully and implemented rapidly.
As it grows in popularity, vitamin D's role is debated
By Keith Darcé
STAFF WRITER
A flurry of recent reports trumpeting the health benefits of vitamin D have vaulted the supplement to a starring role on the merchandise shelves at Burns Drugs in La Jolla.
