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GM to pay record fine for failing to disclose deadly defect

The federal government fined General Motors $35 million, the maximum penalty allowed by law, for failing to tell safety regulators about a defect that's been linked to 13 deaths and 31 crashes. Internal documents show how GM trained employees to tamp down bad news. Jeff Glor reports.
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