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Ford reports $1.63b 3Q profit despite Europe woes

By DEE-ANN DURBINAP Auto Writer DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Europe may have lost its appetite for new cars, but buyers in America and China propelled Ford to a better-than-expected profit in the third quarter. Ford Motor Co. earned $1.63 billion, down only slightly from a year earlier, despite lower

Japan's Hitachi to buy Horizon Nuclear

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Hitachi Ltd. has agreed to buy British atomic power company Horizon Nuclear Power Ltd. from its German owners for 696 million British pounds ($1.12 billion). The companies announced the deal Tuesday, ending months of uncertainty after the 50-50 owners of Horizon, RWE AG and

Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

By ALLEN G. BREED and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit,

New Romney ad misleads on auto bailout

By BETH FOUHYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - TITLE: "Who Will Do More?" LENGTH: 30 seconds AIRING: Northern Ohio markets, including Toledo and Youngstown. KEY IMAGES: The ad opens with a car crossing a city bridge and cuts to other images of people in their cars - a young woman, a young black