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Coverage Closing: General Motors says Balti- more plant will close next year. Page 1A Politicians: Governor, other leaders say they did all they could to save plant. Page 4D Future: GM property has many possible uses. Page 5D Online: To read earlier stories about Baltimore's General Motors plant, go to baltimoresun.com/gm

An article on Page 1A in Thursday's editions about a rise in sales of Baltimore-area homes priced under $250,000 was based on a study by Delta Associates that used faulty comparisons. See today's Business section for details.

An item on Page 1A of Thursday's Sun referring readers to an article on the Singapore caning issue inside the newspaper should have stated that the issue brought the largest single-day comment response for The Sun's Sundial system. The Sun regrets the errors.

NATIONAL Kerry, Edwards show new image Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry and his running mate, Sen. John Edwards, seized every chance yesterday to show the country a chummy, passionate and positive ticket, and to use their new pairing to inject vigor into a campaign locked in a tight contest with President Bush. [Page 1a] Bush stumps in North Carolina President Bush swept into North Carolina yesterday, Sen. John Edwards' home turf, tersely dismissing the freshman senator's fitness to be president, rebuking him for blocking Bush's conservative judicial nominees and banking $2.35 million at a campaign fund-raiser, all in a few hours.