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New-car sales were again solidly over the 14-million-unit annual rate in April, in another sign that the auto industry's nascent recovery has taken hold. GM joined Ford and Toyota in raising its forecast for full-year sales to the low 14-million range. That pace is up nicely from last year's 12.8 million, 2010's 11.6 million, and to 10.4 million total from recession-wracked 2009. However, it's still not quite at pre-crash levels, which often reached 16 million units.