BRIEFS

HURON, South Dakota (AP):Three workers at a Huron Chevy dealer have been honoured by General Motors for their honesty after they found US$15,000 in a newly acquired sport utility vehicle and turned it over to authorities.

Prostrollo Motors employee Shaun Songer recently was cleaning the Traverse bought at a Dallas auction when she flipped the seat up and found a wad of hundred dollar bills totaling US$10,000. After turning over the money to management, Songer went back to cleaning and found US$5,500 more, along with two passports.

Authorities say a man had been selling cars on Craigslist and taking deposits, but never delivering the cars.

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Flood still affecting car output

TOKYO, japan (AP):Honda Motor Co said on Friday it is still unclear when its flooded Thai auto plant, which has annual capacity of 240,000 vehicles, can restart production. The automaker said production reductions will continue in Japan, North America and Europe, as well as Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan.

Company spokesman Tomohiro Okada said production in Vietnam, India and Pakistan, which is so far unaffected, would likely have to be reduced due to shortages of parts, although details were not yet decided.

Similarly, Toyota Motor Corp said stoppages it had previously projected to end yesterday will continue until Saturday, costing Japan's top automaker 69,000 vehicles in lost production in Thailand and 22,000 vehicles in Japan.

Nissan Motor Co said supply shortages will mean 40,000 vehicles in lost production in Thailand, but nowhere else so far. There is a risk of a production loss of 20,000 vehicles in Japan, it said.