Automakers hopeful for 2010 as brutal year ends (AP)
AP – Automakers in the U.S. ended their worst year in almost three decades with hints of a recovery in December.
Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks (AP)
AP – Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal’s a deal.
2 ships reported hijacked off Somali coast (AP)
AP – A cargo ship and a chemical tanker have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, bringing to four the number of ships seized in the past week, officials said Saturday.







