3 April 2007: Morning

  • Iran says U.K. sailors will be released after a delegation decides whether or not they entered Iranian waters--if they did, Iran wants an apology.
  • Britain turns down the international pressure on Iran; Iran stops broadcasting the sailors' "confessions."
  • Op: How bad have the British sailors had it? Well, unlike when we take prisoners, the Iranians haven't duct-taped their mouths, nor kept them from writing letters to their families.
  • McCain tours Baghdad market with an entire company of soldiers in armored Humvees, declares new security plan is working.
  • In a direct shot at the White House's stance on global warming, the Supreme Court rules the EPA violated the Clean Air Act by not regulating new vehicle emissions.
  • The effect the Court's decision will have on U.S. industry, however, is anything but certain.
  • Czech president: "Environmentalism is as bad as communism."
  • A look at the first hybrid cars, developed almost a century ago.
  • BP says butanol kicks ethanol's ass, though when choosing oil giants, it's hard to play favorites.
  • Is Greenpeace's vendetta against Apple wholly justified?
  • Expect all of Utah to be armed by the end of the year; Montana kills bill that would let "law-abiding people legally... brandish guns to defray potential conflicts."
  • Chinese manufacturing: Following pet deaths, the U.S. no longer wants imported wheat gluten; those violinists are sounding awful good, though.
  • Couple commits suicide after the death of their dog.
  • Mentally ill woman who gave her $1.8 million inheritance to her church and its parishioners says she was exploited.
  • Obama campaign says "no thanks" to sculpture of the candidate in robes, wearing a halo.
  • The Trans Am from Knight Rider is up for sale, but buyer beware: It can't go 300 mph.