Several alternative technologies have been proposed to replace the car's internal combustion engine; some companies are already marketing hybrid gasoline/electric hybrids, though these have their shortcomings. Jon Severn reports on a mild hybrid that makes no compromises, yet it drastically cuts fuel consumption and emissions.

Most of us, as consumers of the automotive industry's products, would like to see the next generation of cars have improved performance, driveability that is better or no worse than what we have now, more gadgets, lower fuel consumption, and a price that is lower. Largely on our behalf, the industry and legislators would also like future vehicles to generate reduced emissions, though there is an ongoing argument over where the balance should be between CO2, NOx and, for diesel-engined cars, particulates; Europe and Japan agree rather more closely with each other than with the USA.

Selma Blair Returns as Liz Sherman

SHH!: Why are you carrying a gun? Isn't the fire enough? Blair: You'd think so. Talk to Guillermo about that. And it's really embarrassing. Obviously, I wouldn't pull this out if it weren't completely rubber, but yeah, it's really embarrassing that I spend so much time in this movie holding this gun up and I'm just like, to Abe/Doug, next to me, I'm like, "Jesus Christ, don't I have fire for this?" It's just a lot of time in the background with my gun drawn, like "I'd just blow him up. I'd just blow him up!" But I guess the movie would end, so here's the gun. SHH!: Were you involved with the New York fight we saw evidence of out on the backlot? Blair: I'm standing behind my man there. I'm not involved with it. I'm just kind of cheering him on and there to hold his hand when it's all over. SHH!: You could have caused that destruction yourself.

Mike Chappell: Colts Q&A Archives

It might be a shock to their systems if they are asked to sit and watch a game when the temperature is 45-50 degrees.


Question: I just cant get psyched for this upcoming game at New England. The Patriots are so injury riddled that they dont even resemble the old Patriots. Its not a Colts/Patriots game. Its a Colts/Patriots replacement game. Dont be fooled by this potential victory in Foxborough. You agree? (L.M. from Indianapolis)

Answer: No, I dont. The Patriots might not be at 100 percent, but theyre still the Patriots. Theyre still a quality team that will be playing at home on Monday Night Football. Theyve still got Tom Brady and all of those receivers and Corey Dillon still can be productive. The defense always finds a way to get the job done. Remember the playoff game last season when New England had so many defensive backs out? The replacements came in and played well.

Exclusive Kim Kardashian Interview

We sell designer stuff and pretty much my whole wardrobe is from there. My life and my world is fashion. My sisters and I are going to start our own fashion label soon and we model and walk in all the runway shows in LA, New York and Miami.

So is the new fashion line definitely going to go ahead then? It's definitely going to happen but we're just meeting with manufacturers at the minute so it's still in the early stages. We want to start with jeans. Like a denim line. And then we want to do some really cute dresses and stuff that we would wear.

You did some modelling at LA Fashion Week too- what was that like? We me and my sisters walked in the Christian Audigier show together. All three of us did it so it was so much fun. Last year was my first show for Christian and I did it by myself.

Web gamblers betting on Barack Obama

If you needed one more sign that Barack Obama is on a roll, the futures trading markets have decided he's a very good bet.

Gabriel Weil, 22-year-old college student, has made about $1,500, much of it by shorting Rudy Giuliani — selling shares in the former mayor that he did not yet own and assuming he could buy them later at a lower price and pocket the difference.

Famed Diner Reopens After Fire

Biting wind gusts and single-digit temperatures didn't stop customers from lining up outside for the re-opening early Monday morning of O'Rourke's Diner, the Middletown icon destroyed in a fire nearly 18 months ago.

"It's been a year and a half since I've had his corned beef hash. That's way too long," Ethan Platt of Portland said as he waited first in line next to his buddy Matt Schickling, of Sturbridge, Mass.

"Setting my alarm at 3 a.m. was a little crazy but I knew it would be worth it," Schickling said minutes before the door opened to the Main Street diner that's been a popular restaurant and gathering place in Middletown since 1941.