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Most of the President's longtime golfing buddies say the First Game is improving. After a brief flirtation with a new Nike driver, Obama has returned to his Titleist and is still struggling to master his new hybrid woods. He putts solidly and is working on his bunker shots, once an Achilles' heel...
...system works, there's no need for a hybrid," says Mendelson, author of "Closing Guantánamo," a report by the CSIS working group on Gitmo and U.S. detention policies. By trying to create a new facility, the Obama Administration would risk legal challenges and "it would look to others that instead of closing Gitmo, we're just moving...
...Perhaps anticipating opposition to the proposal for a hybrid facility, the Administration seems to be lining up a Plan B: it has referred the cases of dozens of detainees to prosecutors in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va., for possible criminal trials, according to the Associated Press. All three districts have previously prosecuted terrorism cases...
...Unlike Toyota and Honda, which are focused on hybrid vehicles, Nissan officials say they see sales of plug-in electrics growing faster than many expect, despite perceptions that they don't travel far enough or fast enough on a single charge. Nissan says the range of the Leaf is sufficient to meet the daily driving needs of 80% of drivers. Ghosn says that EVs could account for 1 in 10 cars sold...
...home turf of Kanagawa prefecture in 2010, which is part of a larger initiative to promote the use of EVs in Japan through government subsidies and tax exemptions. As part of Japan's stimulus program, buyers can receive $2,500 for scrapping a gas guzzler for a hybrid or an electric vehicle. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...