Feds and 18 car companies team up to create new auto safety standards and other top stories.

• Feds and 18 car companies team up to create new auto safety standards

  

  The federal government will team with U.S. and global automakers to create new safety standards for vehicles on American roads.Making the announcement Friday in Detroit at the close of the North American International Auto Show, Department of Transportation SecretaryAnthony Foxxsaid his agency would join with car companies to design "a new, proactive, collaborative approach to safety."Eighteen car companies have aligned with the Obama administration on the effort, including the major U.S., Germa..

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