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Hyundai, Kia overstated gas mileage, EPA finds

By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - Hyundai and Kia overstated the gas mileage on 900,000 vehicles in the past three years, a discovery that could result in sanctions from the U.S. government and millions of dollars in payments to car owners. The inflated figures were uncovered by the

Kennedy White House social secretary dead at 86

By JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Letitia Baldrige, the White House social secretary during the Kennedy administration who came to be regarded as an authority on etiquette, has died. Baldrige, 86, died Monday in Bethesda, Md., friend Mary M. Mitchell confirmed Thursday. At the

Ford's Mark Fields promoted, could become CEO

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) - Ford's leaders have watched Mark Fields, a brash Harvard MBA, turn the company's North American business into a profit machine. Now they're eyeing him for CEO. Fields, 51, was named chief operating officer Thursday, a

Target October sales figure rises

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Discount retailer Target Corp. said Thursday a key revenue measure rose 2.4 percent in October, as customers spent more on food and health and beauty items, but the number of people buying items was even with a year ago. Analysts expected a bigger 3.3 percent increase for the