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NEW YORK — General Motors stock began trading on Wall Street again Thursday, signaling the rebirth of an American corporate icon that collapsed into bankruptcy and was rescued with a $50 billion infusion from taxpayers.

The stock rose sharply in its first minutes of buying and selling, going for nearly $36 per share — nearly $3 more than the...

Number of the day

81%

That's how much Tesla Motors stock has gained since the Palo Alto electric-car company went public on June 28 at $17 per share. The stock rose 96 cents to a record $30.80 on Monday after jumping 22 percent last week - its biggest weekly gain ever. A bullish JPMorgan Chase analyst's report says Tesla is at the "vanguard...

Search for pilot continues after F-22 crash
By Dan Joling - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Nov 18, 2010 5:45:52 EST
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An aerial search was scheduled to continue throughout the night for the pilot of an Air Force F-22 fighter jet that crashed in a remote area of interior Alaska during a training...

Products track hidden information on electronic devices
November 17th, 2010 @ 10:17pm
By Scott Haws
SALT LAKE CITY -- Every time you visit a website, send an e-mail, or text, you're leaving a digital footprint. A couple of products can recover hidden information...

The cable news channels are still aflutter about the news that Prince William is engaged to be married to Kate Middleton. But what to do when there is also a car chase?

That was the situation shortly after 11 AM this morning.

Fox News covered the chase in Miami, CNN didn’t bother to cover it at all while MSNBC opted to show the chase in a...