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Stateside: GM workers strike; UCLA coach on changing gymnastics culture; Yemeni Great Lakes sailors
Today on Stateside , 46,000 General Motors factors workers are on strike after the United Auto Workers union and GM failed to reach a contract agreement this weekend. Plus, a popular flower in floral arrangements, baby's breath is actually an invasive species that is damaging coastal dune ecosystems around the Great Lakes.