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The General Motors headquarters is seen in Detroit, Thursday, July 9, 2009. The path is now clear for General Motors Corp. to leave bankruptcy protection in record time as a leaner company that is better equipped to compete in a brutal global auto market. On Thursday, a judge's order allowing GM to sell most of its assets to a new company went into effect, despite a last-minute appeal by plaintiffs in a product liability case. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) New General Motors expected to exit Chapter 11
2 hrs 13 mins ago - After a night spent signing mounds of paperwork authorizing the transfer of cash, real estate, technology and other property, GM attorneys are expected to officially usher the new General Motors out of bankruptcy protection on Friday and onto a path toward a hopefully profitable future.
Fans of U.S. pop star Michael Jackson gather at the Tivoli Gardens in central Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, July 9, 2009, to commemorate the life and work of the king of pop Jackson. many gathered at Tivoli where they showed some of Michael Jackson's videos and the movie of the Live in Bucharest ? The Dangerous Tour concert. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dige) LAPD: Michael Jackson's drug history to be probed
2 hrs 36 mins ago - Detectives investigating the death of Michael Jackson are looking at his prescription drug history and trying to talk with his numerous former doctors, the Los Angeles police chief said Thursday.
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks at the City Club of Chicago. A Democratic official says Burris will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The source says Burris has begun informing Democratic officials about his decision. The official spoke anonymously because Burris had yet to announce his decision publicly. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) AP sources: Burris won't run for full Senate term
5 hrs ago - Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The move increases Democrats' chances of holding on to the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama.
South Korean computer hackers compete during an information security olympiad at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 10, 2009. South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers that the cyber attacks that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea were carried out by using 86 IP addresses in 16 countries, amid suspicions North Korea is behind the effort. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) SKorea says attackers use IP address in 16 nations
1 hr 1 min ago - Cyber attacks that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea used 86 IP addresses in 16 countries, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Friday, amid suspicions North Korea was behind the effort.
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian protestors run away from tear gas fired by security in an opposition rally in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 9, 2009. Hundreds of young men and women chanted 'death to the dictator,' confronting police wielding batons and firing tear gas in the capital Thursday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities' vows to 'smash' any new marches. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT Thousands protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
7 hrs ago - Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.
A wounded man lies in a hospital bed after a roadside bomb attack near a market in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Worst violence since US pullback hits Iraq
10 hrs ago - Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents.
Study: 1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated
7 hrs ago - One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed breast cancer trends at least seven years before and after government-run screening programs for breast cancer started in parts of Australia, Britain, Canada, Norway and Sweden.

American Eagle Airlines Reports December Traffic

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FORT WORTH (Map) - FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Eagle reported a December load factor of 70.2 percent - up 0.9 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 12.4 percent year over year as capacity decreased 13.5 percent.

American Eagle boarded 1.4 million passengers in December.

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Detailed traffic and capacity data are on the following page.

AMERICAN EAGLE COMPARATIVE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC SUMMARY DECEMBER -------- 2008 2007 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 588,080 671,436 (12.4)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 542,594 623,942 (13.0) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 45,487 47,494 (4.2) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 837,307 967,729 (13.5)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 764,628 884,009 (13.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 72,679 83,721 (13.2) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 70.2 69.4 0.9 pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 71.0 70.6 0.4 EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 62.6 56.7 5.9 PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 1,420,851 1,604,734 (11.5)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 1,203,031 1,386,462 (13.2) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 156,996 218,272 (28.1) YEAR-TO-DATE ------------ 2008 2007 CHANGE ---- ---- ------ PASSENGER MILES (000) SYSTEM 7,925,248 8,905,781 (11.0) AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 7,382,898 8,341,900 (11.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 542,350 563,881 (3.8) SEAT MILES (000) SYSTEM 11,291,844 12,133,188 (6.9)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 10,378,368 11,214,431 (7.5) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 913,476 918,757 (0.6) LOAD FACTOR SYSTEM 70.2 73.4 (3.2) pts AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 71.1 74.4 (3.2) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 59.4 61.4 (2.0) PASSENGERS BOARDED SYSTEM 19,102,608 21,220,199 (10.0)% AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES 16,558,164 18,519,215 (10.6) EXECUTIVE AIRLINES 2,483,620 2,700,984 (8.0)

Current AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) news releases can be accessed via the Internet.

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