- GM Workers Face Bleak Future
General Motors plans to lay off 30,000 employees by 2012. CBS News talked with GM employees from the assembly plant in Orion, Mich., where pink slips could be handed out soon.
- 72-Foot Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lit
A family of Hurricane Katrina survivors whose new house was partly built with lumber from last year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree were among thousands who attended this year's lighting ceremony Wednesday.
- Collar Bomb Bank Robber Gets 45 Years
A man who took part in a bizarre bank robbery plot that turned deadly when a bomb affixed to the neck of a pizza deliveryman exploded was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison.
- Wal-Mart Sued After N.Y. Stampede Death
The family of a New York man who was trampled to death the day after Thanksgiving by a stampede of bargain hunting Wal-Mart shoppers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
- FBI Sting Brings Down Corrupt Cops
U.S. federal prosecutors unveiled a series of elaborate sting operations aimed at officers hired out to ride shotgun for drug deals and other criminal activities.
- Stars, Economy Threaten Elephant Exhibit
The Los Angeles Zoo has been working for years on its new "Pachyderm Forest." But even before the exhibit is finished, celebrity opponents and the tight economy are threatening to turn the project into a white elephant.
- 49 States Get F In College Affordability
An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability - an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts.
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