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Germany considers Opel rescue plan
The German government is studying a proposal from Opel and its parent company, General Motors, to save the struggling carmaker with a huge cash injection and a cost-cutting plan. Opel would like to become fully independent of GM, but it will need taxpayer money to stay alive, GM Europe's chief executive Carl-Peter Forster, pictured, said last week. full story

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'Wife Swap' star is latest reality TV villainAfter his appearance on ABC's "Wife Swap," a reality television show in which wives from two different families switch places for two weeks, Stephen Fowler seems to have become the most hated man in America. full story
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Laborer charged in Chandra Levy slaying
A jailed laborer from El Salvador has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2001 slaying of federal intern Chandra Levy, authorities said today. The suspect, Ingmar Guandique, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in California for two assaults in Washington's Rock Creek Park that occurred around the time of Levy's disappearance. Levy's remains were found in the park.

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21 July1969: Man takes first steps on the Moon
American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the Moon.

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Good, Bad, and Ugly Game-Box Art

Good, Bad, and Ugly Game-Box Art
Why haven't video game boxes ever gotten much respect? Because for every great piece of artwork, there's a seriously hideous counterpart. Take a look at the best... and the worst.