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ing and temperature of the lithium-ion batteries.
• All 50 of the Boeing 787s in use around the world are grounded after one of the jets operated by All Nippon Airways made an emergency landing in Japan earlier this month when its main battery overheated. Earlier in January, a battery in a Japan Airlines 787 caught fire while parked at Boston's Logan International Airport.
• GS Yuasa shares jumped on the news it is no longer being investigated, gaining nearly 5 percent in Tokyo trading. The issue had plunged 12 percent after the battery problems surfaced in Japan.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too.
• That's got many people wondering: What will she do with them?
• Take on a new cause? Travel more? Trace the path of another first lady and keep the Obama political brand alive by running for office?
• The answers are to be determined.
• The first lady is trying to figure out what comes next for this self-described "mom in chief" who also is a champion of healthier eating, an advocate for military families, a fitness buff and the best-selling author of a book about her White House garden.
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• TOKYO (AP) -- Now it's official: Toyota is once again the world's top automaker.
• Toyota Motor Corp. released its tally for global vehicle sales for last year Monday at a record 9.748 million vehicles -- a bigger number than the estimate it gave last month of about 9.7 million vehicles.
• It was already clear Toyota had dethroned General Motors Co. as the Detroit-based automaker fell short, selling 9.29 million vehicles.
• GM had been the top-selling automaker for more than seven decades before losing the title to Toyota in 2008.
• GM retook the sales crown in 2011, when Toyota's production was hurt by the quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.
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