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DETROIT – Ford expanded its plans to remake itself into a more competetive automaker and end financial losses on Friday by cutting more than 10,000 additional salaried jobs, extending buyout offers to all 75,000 of its hourly workers and shuttering two more plants. The announcement from Ford came as Chrysler’s …

TEHRAN, Iran – Irandeployed its first locally-manufactured fighter bomber plane on Wednesday during large-scale military exercises, state-run television reported. “The bomber Saegheh or lightening is similar to (the American) F-18but more powerful. It was designed, optimized and improved by Iranian experts,” the report said. The report said the Iranian air …

HOUSTON – Ken Lay’s death wiped away his convictions. Andrew Fastow got a reduced six-year sentence. That leaves former CEO Jeffrey Skilling as the sole top Enron Corp. executive who could be given at least 20 years in prison when he is sentenced Monday for helping orchestrate the biggest corporate …