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Workers at General Motors' assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, put the final touches on 2011 Chevrolet Cobalts. The manufacturing sector added 36,000 jobs in July, and GM decided to keep its plants running rather than temporarily shutting them down to retool for the new model year. (AP)
Workers at General Motors' assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, put the final touches on 2011 Chevrolet Cobalts. The manufacturing sector added 36,000 jobs in July, and GM decided to keep its plants running rather than temporarily shutting them down to retool for the new model year. (AP)

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