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General Motors announced Tuesday that its long-awaited Chevrolet Volt hybrid, a battery- and gas-powered electric vehicle, can get 230 miles per gallon in city driving, dwarfing every other car on the market in fuel efficiency.

President Barack Obama met with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Guadalajara Monday to discuss H1N1 flu prevention and efforts to combat a deadly cross-border drug trade.