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AP Source: GM to open battery plant near Detroit

Jul. 17, 2009
A person briefed on the decision says General Motors Corp. will build battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt electric car at a facility south of Detroit. The person says the plant in Brownstown Township about 15 miles from the city initially will employ about...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic