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Government fine hardly the end of GM recall saga

By Tom Krisher
Published May 17, 2014 4:21am ET
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Government fine hardly the end of GM recall saga
This Friday, May 16 2014 photo shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. U.S. safety regulators fined General Motors a record $35 million Friday for taking at least a decade to disclose defects with ignition switches in small cars that are now linked to at least 13 deaths. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) | Paul Sancya

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors’ agreement to pay a $35 million federal fine for concealing defects in small-car ignition switches and to give the government greater oversight of its safety procedures closes one chapter of the automaker’s recall saga. But it’s far from over.

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