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General Motors has put six of its cars under review, including its once breakthrough Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, and is evaluating whether to cancel them in the coming years, according to a report from Reuters. The news comes as sales of cars continue to plummet in the U.S. and as consumers increasingly turn to SUVs and pickups. Besides the Chevrolet Volt hybrid, other vehicles believed to be under consideration for elimination iinclude the Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac CT6, Cadillac XTS, Chevrolet Impala and Chevrolet Sonic, according to Reuters. GM spokesman Jim Cain declined to comment on the report. UAW President Dennis...

Russian communists reacted with dismay yesterday after they discovered that strippers and drunken businessmen had turned the birthplace of Lenin, once one of the most hallowed museums in the land, into a wild party zone.The Lenin Memorial Museum, a complex of buildings with Lenin's home at its heart in the central Russian town of Ulyanovsk, admitted throwing open its doors to corporate parties in an attempt to raise revenues.Museum staff acted as waiters at vodka-tasting parties and other events hosted by local banks and factories that often degenerated into binges with strippers, local newspapers reported.It is all a far cry...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives will approve a new free trade agreement with Central America late on Wednesday with the help of a few Democrats, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said. "It will be a tough vote but we'll pass CAFTA tonight," DeLay told reporters after a meeting between President Bush and House Republicans. "We will honor our commitments to the south, we will protect our national security and will do it all with very few Democrats."