<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/bs_nm/us_gm_layoffs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081016/2008_10_16t145937_450x336_us_gm_layoffs.jpg?x=130& y=97&q=85&sig=x6_PHJfIWCqOEMlV1_lMmQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="General Motors assembly worker Dan Jenks stands outside the Grand Rapids Metal Center as he talks about GM's announcement to close the plant by the end of 2009 in Wyoming, Michigan, October 15, 2008. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - General Motors Corp will lay off 1,500 hourly workers at plants in Michigan and Delaware where it builds pickup trucks, large cars and a two-seat roadster due to slowing demand, a spokesman said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)