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...token efforts to develop green cars because gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles are hugely profitable. But every year the U.S. government buys 56,000 new vehicles for official use from Detroit. Under the Global Green Deal, Washington would tell Detroit that from now on the cars have to be hybrid-electric or hydrogen-fuel-cell cars. Detroit might scream and holler, but if Washington stood firm, carmakers soon would be climbing the learning curve and offering the competitively priced green cars that consumers say they want...
...publicity in the past few days over sexual harassment allegations by the Army's top woman officer, must have been thinking things couldn't get much worse. But they did, with the deaths Saturday of 19 Marines in the crash and explosion of an experimental helicopter-airplane hybrid, the MV-22 Osprey, in Arizona. The aircraft, remaining examples of which have been grounded pending an inquiry, is manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing and was in a final test phase before its anticipated introduction into Marine fleets. This is hardly the first time the Osprey has been...
...WARS Surging gas prices got you thinking about miles per gallon again? Cars.com just rated the best and worst cars for fuel efficiency. Click on Advice, then Best and Worst, then Fuel Economy Results. The Honda Insight, a gas-electric hybrid, beats them all with 61 m.p.g. in the city. Bringing up the rear (and really, really fast) is the $213,500 Ferrari 550 Maranello, which sucks gas like spaghetti, at 8 m.p.g. in town...
...that the major labels are finally making their move online. In January Warner Music agreed to buy rival EMI, which has already announced plans to begin releasing digital singles and albums from its stable of artists. Jimmy and Doug's Farm Club reflects the changed environment: it's a hybrid of a traditional record label and a freewheeling, indie-friendly MP3 site. While the music of artists officially signed by the Farm Club will be promoted and marketed by Interscope or another Universal imprint (and given face time on the label's USA Network television show), the website will allow...
...drinks featured in the game and deliver service with style (think Tom Cruise in Cocktail), all while maintaining the proper mood music and bouncing troublemakers. Those who earn the most in tips win the game. And here's a nice surprise: unlike most computer games, this one's a hybrid, meaning it'll run on either a Windows PC or a MacIntosh...