RICHMOND, CA - AUGUST 11: A brand new Pontiac is displayed at Hilltop Buick Pontiac-GMC August 11, 2009 in Richmond, California. Hundreds of General Motors California dealers have started to auction off new GM vehicles on eBay as part of a trial program with the online auction site and GM. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

RICHMOND, CA - AUGUST 11: A brand new Pontiac is displayed at Hilltop Buick Pontiac-GMC August 11, 2009 in Richmond, California. Hundreds of General Motors California dealers have started to auction off new GM vehicles on eBay as part of a trial program with the online auction site and GM.

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  1. FILE - In an August 24, 1975 file photo, a crowd of 62,094 fans watch the Detroit Lions beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the home opener in the new 80,000 seat structure in Pontiac, Mich. The photo shows the still-unfinished dome, which was not yet inflated. A judge cleared the way Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 for Canadian company Triple Properties Inc. to pay $583,000 for the Pontiac Silverdome, built for $55.7 million in 1975 to house the NFL's Detroit Lions.
  2. HOMESTEAD, FL - OCTOBER 10: The #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Pontiac Riley of Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney leads a pack of cars during the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Grand Prix of Miami on October 10, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.
  3. CONCORD, NC - SEPTEMBER 20: Mike Edwards, driver of the A.R.T,/Young Life Pontiac GXP celebrates winning the pro stock class during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals on September 20, 2009 at Zmax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina.

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  1. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - A tattered flag for Buick automobiles flies above an empty car lot, once filled with General Motors automobiles from GMC, Buick and Pontiac, in Daly City, California December 31, 2008, after the dealership closed for business. In December as lawmakers and the White House closed in on a deal to extend aid to U.S. automakers, concerns about the survival of the companies and their brands were compounding problems for their cash-strapped dealers.
  2. FILE - In an August 24, 1975 file photo, a crowd of 62,094 fans watch the Detroit Lions beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the home opener in the new 80,000 seat structure in Pontiac, Mich. The photo shows the still-unfinished dome, which was not yet inflated. A judge cleared the way Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 for Canadian company Triple Properties Inc. to pay $583,000 for the Pontiac Silverdome, built for $55.7 million in 1975 to house the NFL's Detroit Lions.
  3. The Silverdome is seen in Pontiac, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. For a little more than $7 a seat, a Canadian company is about to buy the Silverdome and its 127-acre site from hard-pressed city of Pontiac. A judge cleared the way this week for sale of the 80,300-seat stadium for $583,000, or about a quarter cent on the dollar it cost to build in 1975 ($220 million in today's dollars) as home for the NFL's Detroit Lions.
  4. Pontiac Mich. Native, Sgt. 1st Class Zachary Bartley, prepares the detonation switch to blow up nearly 3,000 pounds of unexploded munitions at Besmiyah Range Complex, just outside Baghdad October 24, 2009. Picture taken October 24, 2009.
  5. In this Oct. 21, 2009 picture, Dontez Tillman, second left, and Thomas McCloud Jr., third left, appear for opening arguments in their murder trial in Pontiac, Mich. Tillman, 15, was found guilty Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 in the 2008 fatal beating of homeless man Wilford Hamilton, 61, a day after McCloud was convicted and a third was taken into custody.
  6. HOMESTEAD, FL - OCTOBER 10: Jon Fogarty (left) and Alex Gurney celebrate after winning the championship in the #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Pontiac Riley at the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Grand Prix of Miami on October 10, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.
  7. General Sales Manager Peter Van Den Berghe, left, talks to Jeff Harvery, center, of Auiroa, Colo., about the Saturn Outlook that he is about to test drive at the Saturn of Denver dealership in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Salesman Tim Duff is pictured at right. Harvey a two time Saturn owner was not concerned that General Motors is going to quit the Saturn line.
  8. A Chevrolet Volt electric car is seen in this undated handout photograph released to Reuters on December 7, 2009. General Motors announced on Monday that it will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt electric car, with extended-range capabilities, in 2010.
  9. General Motors auto assembly workers Laura Mather and Jimmy Ruiz listen to an announcement about the Chevrolet Volt electric car during a news conference in Hamtramck, Michigan, December 7, 2009. General Motors Co will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next. year, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said on Monday.
  10. A worker at the General Motors Hamtramck Assembly plant listens during an announcement about the Chevrolet Volt electric car during a news conference in Hamtramck, Michigan December 7, 2009. General Motors Co will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next year, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said on Monday.
  11. A worker at the General Motors Hamtramck Assembly plant listens during an announcement about the Chevrolet Volt electric car during a news conference in Hamtramck, Michigan, December 7, 2009. General Motors Co will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next year, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said on Monday.
  12. General Motors Vice-President For Global Product Planning Jon Lauckner (L) and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm shake hands in front of a pre-production Chevrolet Volt electric car in the Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan, December 7, 2009. General Motors Co will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next year, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said on Monday.
  13. Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman, right, answers questions from reporters about her voting record during a news conference at the California Republican Convention in Indian Wells, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Whitman is seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of California.
  14. Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman speaks at a news conference at the California Republican Convention in Indian Wells, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Whitman is seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of California.
  15. Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman speaks at a news conference at the California Republican Convention in Indian Wells, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Whitman is seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of California.
  16. Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman gives a speech during the California Republican Convention in Indian Wells, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. Whitman is seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of California.

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