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The automaker announced Thursday that it earned its largest profit ever in 2011 — $7.6 billion — citing strong sales in the U.S. and China. The company nearly collapsed two years ago and needed a bailout by the U.S. government, which still owns about 26 percent of the company.

A Marine and his buddies joined the mob that entered the Capitol on Jan. 6. They were not the only Marines there. NPR asked the Corps' top officer a question: Do the Marines have an extremism problem?

On Friday June 6th and Saturday June 7th – Albany Pro Musica will present “Pops Goes the Chorus” – two concerts of show tunes and popular songs at the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-953159.mp3Albany, NY – A former top political advisor in New York has been sentenced…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-946407.mp3Boston, MA – Another top official with the State Probation Department has…

The residents of Sumner County, TN are facing a county commission that essentially is against government, and has swung hard right, not a surprise. In fact, it is so extreme that these commissioners are threatening to defund the election commission, I am not quite sure how that works since at least the federal elections are constitutionally mandated. They have the old familiar rants about being constitutionalists, but that only appears to apply to things that they think are right, not what the Constitution actually requires. We have seen this kind of behavior in our history before, and hopefully, this too burns itself out as it demonstrates that it cannot provide what its citizens need and want.

In baseball news, the Yankees topped the Orioles, 5-2, the Cardinals beat the Mets ended their three-game winning streak with a 10-5 loss to the Cardinals, the Red Sox defeated the Blue Jays, 7-1, and the Phillies bested the Rockies, 7-3.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-944149.mp3Albany, NY – WAMC's David Guistina speaks with WAMC political observer Dr.…

By Paul Tuthillhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-643936.mp3Amherst, MA – The top economic development official in the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-920204.mp3Boston, MA – The United States Department of Education has announced 10…