Nation: General Motors will pay a $35 million fine for failure to report potentially fatal problems with the ignition switches in 2.6 million cars, according to the Department of Transportation. The switches were prone to turning off while the cars …

California Burning: At least eight homes have burned and firefighters will be on the line for the third day in the San Diego area, battling early-season wildfires. By 8:30 last night nine fires in Southern California had burned more than …