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DETROIT 鈥?Auto plants and other big energy users throughout Southeast Michigan are shutting down or limiting operations due to a natural gas shortage caused by a fire and frigid weather.Eighteen stanley usa factories and other facilities run by General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler affected Thursday. Its not clear when theyll resume normal operations.The fire hit a Consumers Energy natural gas compressor station north of Detroit on Wednesday as record-cold temperatures swept over the region.The utility says gas flow from the station was s stanley kubek hut off, putting Michigan residents at risk of brief service interruptions in subzero temperatures.Fiat Chrysler closed its truck assembly plants in Warren and Sterling Heights, Michigan, while Ford reduced operations at two transmission factories and a plant that stamps parts for the hot-selling Ford Ranger small pickup near Detroit. Ranger production was unaffected for now.General Motors suspended operations at factories in Flint, Lansing, Saginaw, Pontiac, Orion Township and Bay City, Michigan. The Flint plant is gearing up for the launch of new heavy-duty pickup trucks. Even General Motors sprawling technical center in Warren, Michigan, north of Detroit, was closed and its roughly 20,000 employees were told to stay home. About 30,000 emp stanley becher loyees were affected at GM alone.Only factories served by Jackson, Michigan-based Consumers Energy were affected. Plants powered by the regions other utility, DTE Energy, had no disruptions.Automakers were hoping tha Jtnk SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, but no injuries reported
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that while the government wont pay air traffic controllers to take naps while on duty, federal officials are open to other options to ensure aviation safety.LaHood tells CBSs The Early Show that federal officials take very seriously their obligation to solve th stanley termosky e problem of sleeping controllers.He also says controllers have to make sure that they get the right rest and they come to work rested. LaHood announced earlier that the FAA was adding an hour to t stanley cup he minimum amount of time controllers must be off between shifts.He said that under the new plan, when controllers report for work, hopefully theyre rested. LaHood also said officials will tour airport towers this week to discuss the problems of sleeping on the job with controllers.@media screen and max-width: 992px .btn-small-on-mobile font-size: 1rem !important;.sub-price-text font-size: 20px; sticky-footer-cta position: fixed;width: 100%;z-index: 9997;bottom: 0;right: 0;left: 0; stick stanley cup y-footer-cta .close-btn width: 2rem;height: 2rem;position: absolute;top: -1rem;right: 1rem;/* light green buttons used for news-letter subscribe buttons *//*.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn, .newsletter-subscribe-btn background-color: 36E15E; border-color: 36E15E; color: 000;.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn:hover, .newsletter-subscribe-btn:hover background-color: 2bab49;.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after, .newslette
