In Rochester, N.Y. - The local unemployment rate has been hanging in there just a bit lower than the national average. Video

Washington (AP) – General Motors said it has received permission to use $2.8 billion of its government aid to help buy part of troubled auto parts supplier Delphi Corp., the automaker's former parts division.

Dearborn, Mich. (AP) – Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter.

Rochester, N.Y. – Auction Direct USA has been named #1 on the Rochester Top 100 list of local businesses for 2009.

Washington (AP) – The economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter, the best showing in two years, fueled by government-supported spending on cars and homes.