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Live Blog: GM’s Mary Barra Testifies on Capitol Hill Read the full story here. 

GM Now Says It Detected Ignition Switch Problem Back in 2001 – Wall Street Journal By Jeff Bennett Read the full story here. 

Another fatal crash may be linked to GM ignition-switch defect – CBS Did Cooper every receive all the information he wanted from GM? “No,” the lawyer said. “It was clear to us they had not produced a number of documents in violation of the court order.” Does Cooper think GM ever would have given him…

Congress to launch probe into General Motors recall – Fox News Read the full story here.

The early warnings that GM missed – Automotive News Drivers got blame before switch was quietly changed By Nick Bunkley Five additional deaths are linked to crashes involving the Ion, which GM added to its recall on Feb. 25. GM expanded the recall six days after Lance Cooper, the Georgia lawyer who represented Melton’s estate…

NHTSA Drops the Ball – The Legal Examiner By Brett Emison “The chief engineer who discovered the problem, he just whitewashed it.  We can’t fit it in time, so  it will have to remain in the car when we begin selling them later this year,” [attorney Lance] Cooper says.  “It’s bone-chilling.  They recognized the defect.…

Congress to Investigate GM Recall – Wall Street Journal By Jeff Bennett and Joseph B. White Read the full story here.   

Evidence reveals more deaths tied to GM recall – Channel 2 Action News By Jim Strickland

Don’t Settle, NHTSA – Safety Research & Strategies Inc. Yesterday, the agency sent General Motors an extraordinary 27-page Special Ordercompelling the automaker to answer 107 questions about an ignition defect in the 2005-2007 Chevy Cobalt and six other models that claimed at least 13 lives and injured at least 31. Retired NHTSA senior enforcement lawyer Alan…

Feds order GM to explain recall lag – USA Today By James R. Healey and Fred Meier Read the full story here.