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Few American cities prospered more over the last two decades than Charlotte, its growth propelled and gilded by Wachovia and its cross-town rival, Bank of America.
Now Charlotte is suffering, as the crisis that shattered several of the nation's largest banks left many of the survivors struggling to recover.
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After losing their jobs, Scott and Kelly Nichols watched their finances and options dwindle, eventually making the tough decision to move their family to Kelly's mother's basement in Michigan.
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Corporate-jet photographer Charles Tack noticed that around last year's financial meltdown, used corporate jets were flooding the marketplace, a harbinger of just how bad the economy was about to become. It has been greatly beneficial to his one-man business, which grosses more than $300,000 a year.
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A two-bedroom house in Hyattsville owned by Nikema and Tamara Tripp was the target of the popular reality TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," for an episode to air this fall on ABC. To give the family the home of their dreams, Burch Builders and hundreds of volunteers razed the old house and built a new one.
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SouthPaws veterinary hospital, founded by Bud Siemering, has been hit hard by the recession.
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The nation's pilots, strapped-for-cash in a bargain-driven industry, often find themselves bunking with 20 or more co-workers in crash houses - dorm-like alternatives to expensive hotel rooms. They're a solution to underfunding in the airline industry which, some say, could be jeopardizing flight safety.
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Businesses like Bike Share are cropping up to meet the needs of recession-weary Americans. But besides saving money, many are relearning the principle of sharing.
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After many layoffs and the closing of many GM plants, autoworkers still employed must adapt to changes to carry out GM's mandate to bring the Volt electric car into production.
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At the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, the video game industry comes together to introduce its latest games and consoles. The conference runs through June 4.
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General Motors, the car maker known for its iconic Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet models, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 1, 2009.
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A look back at 60 years of General Motors cars and trucks shows when the automaker got it right -- and when it didn't.
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Chrysler said it wants to shrink its 3,181-dealership network by roughly a quarter.
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The U.S. automaker that pioneered such engineering innovations as wheel rims, hydraulic brakes, oil filters and carburetor design, was forced to reorganize after President Obama ordered the company to seal a deal with Italian automaker Fiat by April 30.
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Porsche, Mercedes and BMW were among 1500 automakers and auto-parts manufacturers from 25 countries and regions at Auto Shanghai 2009 in China.
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Job seekers, many formerly working on Wall Street, line up to speak with 13 government agencies, including the SEC and the FBI. The New York job fair shows how many jobs formerly associated with finance have shifted from the private to public sector.
Timelapse: The Show Before the Auto Show
Workers set up over a period of a few days for the 2008 Washington Auto Show at the Washington Convention Center.
Workers set up over a period of a few days for the 2008 Washington Auto Show at the Washington Convention Center.
A selection of the best images by Post photographers this year.
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Five years after the Taliban fled Kabul under the cover of night, signs of fragile but real progress abound. Simple pleasures once prohibited -- song and dance, the flutter of kites -- have resumed. And for the first time, women and girls once repressed under Taliban rule are able to take better control of their lives and their futures.
The Aswan High Dam is the starting point for a 690-mile journey along the river, through Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country.
Alberto Korda was born Alberto Diaz Gutierrez in Havana in 1928, the same year as Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. Korda captured the celebrated photograph of Che during his work as personal photographer to Fidel Castro. In the book 'Cuba by Korda,' available Sept. 15, 2006, rare photos of Fidel Castro and Guevara, as well as the stories behind the photographs.
In the 25 years of the epidemic, treatment has improved, but the issues of social isolation, and, often, economic instability remain.