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GM, Ford Sales Slip in May; Toyota U.S. Sales Up

DETROIT – Higher gas prices cut into demand for sport utility vehicles and trucks in May, depressing U.S. market share for the Big Three Detroit-based automakers and prompting production cuts at General Motors Corp. (GM) and Ford Motor Co. (F). GM, the world’s largest automaker, posted a 16 percent slide …

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Supreme Court Rules Against Foreign Suspects Arrested in U.S.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled against two foreign suspects Wednesday who argued an international treaty required police to inform them that they had a right to contact their governments when they were arrested. By a 6-3 vote, justices did not decide whether a 1969 treaty signed by the United …

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5 Police Killed, 4 Missing After Attack on Afghan Checkpoint

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Five policemen were killed and four were missing after suspected militants attacked a vehicle checkpoint early Monday on a highway leading to southern Afghanistan’s main city, a highway officer said. The 2 a.m. attack was on a checkpoint in Zabul province outside the city of Qalat on …

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