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The federal government has lost another 72 million of your tax dollars. Here we go again. The feds have gambled with your money again, and they've lost it again; this time with a company called Beacon Power. You've probably never heard of this company. Candidly, before the announcement of its bankruptcy filing this week, neither had I. Just as you probably had never heard of Solyndra before its bankruptcy, neither had I. But your government has heard of both. Solyndra and Beacon received loans the government guaranteed -- $535 million and $72 million respectively. In each case, your tax dollars...

DETROIT - It been several months since President Obama visited, but a Chrysler plant in Detroit is again making headlines -- this time for what employees did every day on their lunch break. Fifteen workers at the plant in Detroit were caught on hidden video, day after day for 10 days, drinking and smoking marijuana during their half-hour lunch breaks. It's not unusual to see a few people throwing back some cold ones at the park, but you're not going to believe the brazen boozing going on in this video. The workers build Jeeps at the Chrysler plant, and this...

Chrysler LLC has found an international partner in Fiat SpA but the auto maker isn't out of the woods, mainly because the deal is contingent on Chrysler getting $3 billion in additional government loans, said people familiar with the pact. On Tuesday, Chrysler and Italy's Fiat confirmed they had reached an agreement on an alliance that would give Fiat a 35% stake in the American company. Fiat would not put any cash into Chrysler but would provide technology and vehicles that Chrysler could build and sell in the U.S. View Slideshow [SB123249355331300011|section=Life Style|subsection=Autos] Fiat The Panda could be one of...