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Detroit, Michigan (AHN) – General Motors announced Monday that it was recalling over 2 million vehicles, citing potential safety defects.

The vehicles include pickup trucks and SUVs from model year 2003-2005 with second row seat belts that may be difficult to position across passenger’s hips. The company states it has yet to receive any reports that the seat belts have caused or contributed to accidents.

The recall includes some of GM’s top-selling pickup trucks and SUVs, including the model year 2003 to 2005 Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, Hummer H2, Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL and the crew cab versions of the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Sierra.

General Motors led the auto industry in U.S. recalls last year and last week reported losses of $1.1 billion in first quarter earnings.

Regular gasoline prices are projected to average $2.28 per gallon during this April through September summer season, 38 cents above the level last summer, according to forecasts released today by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) in the April Short-Term Energy Outlook. Monthly average prices are projected to peak at about $2.35 per gallon in May. Summer diesel fuel prices are expected to average $2.24 per gallon. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices are projected to average 37 cents per gallon above year-ago levels this summer.

The Supreme Court has guaranteed at least some protection for people who might be imperiled by the recent credit card-friendly changes in the bankruptcy laws: they have ruled that a bankruptcy filer’s Individual Retirement Account are exempt from any debt collection proceedings. Find the story at Bloomberg.